ea if thou pleases."

My lord had his lunch while Jan ate his breakfast, and a very pleasant
meal they made of it. The yacht was tossing and pitching a good deal,
but they were leaving the islands behind and sailing fast toward
smoother waters and brighter skies. Jan improved with every hour's
flight, and he would gladly have left his berth had Lord Lynne
permitted it.

"At Aberdeen," he said, "you shall go on shore, and see a physician.
Dr. Balloch thinks that he has treated you properly, but I promised
him to make sure of it."

The decision at Aberdeen was highly favorable. Jan was assured that he
might be on deck a few hours every day, with great advantage to his
health. They remained in Aberdeen two days. On the second day a trunk
bearing his name was brought on board. Lord Lynne was on shore at the
time, but his valet had it taken to Jan's room and opened. It
contained a quantity of linen and clothing.

Jan had a love for good clothing. He felt its influence, and without
reasoning about the matter, felt that it influenced every one else.
When he had put on the linen, and a yachting suit with its gilt
buttons, and had knotted the handkerchief at his neck, he felt that in
all eyes he was a different being from Vedder the fisherman.

It would have been a difficult matter to Lord Lynne to have given
clothing to some men, but Jan had not a vulgar feeling. He made no
protestations, no excuses, no promises of repayment; he was not
offensively demonstrative in his gratitude. He took the gift, as the
gift had been given, with pleasure and confidence, and he looked
handsome and noble in every thing he put on.

Lord Lynne was proud of him. He liked to see his crew watch Jan. He
encouraged his valet to tell him what they said of him. Every one had
invented some romance about the yacht's visitor; no one supposed him
to be of less than noble birth. The cook had a theory that he was some
prince who had got into trouble with his father. The secrecy with
which he had been brought on board at midnight, his scarcely healed
wound, the disguise of a fisherman's dress, were all regarded as
positive proofs of some singular and romantic adventure. On board "The
Lapwing" Jan was the central point of every man's interest and
speculations.

And at this time, even Lord Lynne was a little in the dark regarding
Jan. Dr. Balloch had only spoken of him as a young man going to ruin
for want of some friends. Incidentally he had alluded to