"I won't forget you."
"You needn't accompany me to the door, nor allude to my voyage," said Randall, in a low voice, to the dealer. "Remember, I have him with me."
Moses winked in a manner which by no means improved the expression of his not very agreeable features.
"Now, my lad," said Randall, "we'll go on board the vessel. Have you ever been on board a ship?"
"Yes, sir, a good many times by myself, but I never had any one to tell me the different parts."
"I'll promise, then," said the mate, in a tone whose significance was lost upon our hero at the time, though he afterwards recalled it, "that you shall know more about a vessel before you leave this one."
"I thank you," said Charlie, considering the offer a kind one.
They ascended the ladder and jumped upon the deck of the vessel, which, though Charlie knew it not, was to be his home for many a weary day.