ur loss was ascertained, I
determined that I would refund the amount to you, under the
authority which I received from your father to pay all expenses
which you might incur through unexpected casualties. This robbery I
consider as coming under that head; and so I refund you the
amount, and have charged it to your father.

I did not tell you what my design was in this respect at once,
because I thought I would see how you would bear the loss on the
supposition that it was to be your own. I also wished to avail
myself of the opportunity to teach you a little of the philosophy
of the subject. And now, inasmuch as, in learning the lesson, you
have shown yourself an excellent pupil, and as you also evince a
disposition to bear the loss like a man, there is no longer any
reason for postponement; and so I replace the amount that was taken
from you by a little package which accompanies this note.

Your affectionate uncle,

G. H.

[Illustration: THE LOSS MADE GOOD.]

On opening the package, which was lying on the table by the side of his
note, Rollo found within a new wallet very much like the one which he
had lost; and in this wallet were two sovereigns, two pennies, and a new
due bill from his uncle George for four shillings.

CHAPTER XIV.

THE DOCKS.

One day Mr. George told Rollo that before leaving London he wished very
much to go and see the London docks and the shipping in them.

"Well," said Rollo, "I'll go. But what are the docks?"

It may seem surprising that Rollo should be so ready to go and see the
docks before he knew at all what they were. The truth is, what attracted
him was the word _shipping_. Like other boys of his age, he was always
ready to go, no matter where, to see ships, or any thing connected with
shipping.

So he first said he was ready to go and see the docks, and then he asked
what they were.

"They are immense basins," said Mr. George, "excavated in the heart of
the city, for ships to go into when they are loading or unloading."

"I thought the ships staid in the river," said Rollo.

"Part of them," said Mr. George; "but not all. There is not room for all
of them in the river; at least there is not room for them at the
wharves, along the banks of the river, to load and reload. Accordingly,
about fifty years ago, the merchants of London began to f