e to bed, old Tom
drawled out his ditty--

"Oh! we sailed to Virgi-ni-a, and thence to Fy-al,
Where we water'd our shipping, and so then weigh-ed all,
Full in view, on the seas--boys--seven sail we did es-py,
O! we man-ned our capstern, and weighed spee-di-ly.

"That's right, my boys, haul and hold--stow the old Dictionary away--for
he can't command the parts of speech.

"The very next morning--the engagement proved--hot,
And brave Admiral Benbow received a chain-shot.
O when he was wounded to his merry men--he--did--say,
Take me up in your arms, boys, and car-ry me a-way.

"Now, boys, come and help me--Tom--none of your foolery--for your poor
old father is--drunk--."

We assisted old Tom into the other "bed-place" in the cabin. "Thanky,
lads--one little bit more, and then I'm done--as the auctioneer says--
going--going--

"O the guns they did rattle, and the bul-lets--did--fly,
When brave Benbow--for help loud--did cry,
Carry me down to the cock-pit--there is ease for my smarts,
If my merry men should see me--'twill sure--break--their--hearts.

"Going,--old swan-hopper--as I am--going--gone."

Tom and I were left on deck.

"Now, Jacob, if you have a mind to turn in. I'm not sleepy--you shall
keep the morning watch."

"No, Tom, you'd better sleep first. I'll call you at four o'clock. We
can't weigh till tide serves; and I shall have plenty of sleep before
that."

Tom went to bed, and I walked the deck till the morning, thinking over
the events of the day, and wondering what the Dominie would say when he
came to his senses. At four o'clock, as agreed, I roused Tom out, and
turned into his bed, and was soon as fast asleep as old Tom and the
Dominie, whose responsive snores had rung in my ears during the whole
time that I had walked the deck.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN.

COLD WATER AND REPENTANCE--THE TWO TOMS ALMOST MORAL, AND MYSELF FULL OF
WISE REFLECTIONS--THE CHAPTER, BEING FULL OF GRAVE SAWS, IS LUCKILY VERY
SHORT; AND THOUGH A VERY SENSIBLE ONE, I WOULD NOT ADVISE IT TO BE
SKIPPED.

About half-past eight the next morning, I was called up by Tom to assist
in getting the lighter under weigh. When on deck I found old Tom as
fresh as if he had not drunk a drop the night before, very busily
stumping about the windlass, with which we hove up first the anchor, and
then the mast. "Well, Jacob, my boy, had sleep enough? Not too much, I
dare say; but a bout like last night don't