THE SMUGGLER.
The voyage was a quick one, and on the morning of the ninth day out they were in the River Mersey.
Wild Charley spoke to him in the morning, and asked him what he intended to do.
"I don't know, exactly," answered Tommy. "At first I was anxious to get home, but if I write a letter to mother, telling her I am safe and well, she will not be anxious about me, and now I am here I should like to see something of England."
"Spoken like a little man," said Wild Charley. "I have spoken to the steward, and he says he will always give you a passage back to America."
"That's good, and I'm much obliged to you."
"Mrs. Stocker has also mentioned your name," continued Charley. "She is grateful to you for that affair of Miss Jones' dog."
"Yes, she said she'd be a friend to me."
"If you like to be her attendant and look after her baggage, she says she will take you along."
"That will suit me first rate."