like Kinvig's
first sermon. The ould man couldn't get no farther till his tex', so he
gave it out three times--'I am the Light of the World--I am the Light of
the World--I am the Light--' 'Maybe so, brother,' says ould Kennish, in
the pew below; 'but you want snuffing. Come down out of that.'"--

Loud peals of wild laughter followed, and Davy's own laughter rang out
wildest and maddest of all. Then up came the landlord with his round
face smiling. What was the Captain's pleasure?

"Landlord," cried Davy, "tell your men to fill up these glasses, and
then send me your bill for all I owe you, and make it cover everything
I'll want till to-morrow morning."

"To-morrow will do for the bill, Captain," said the landlord. "I'm not
afraid that you'll cut your country."

"Aren't you, though? Then the more fool you," said Davy. "Send it up, my
shining sunflower; send it up."

"Very well, Captain, just to humor you," said the landlord, backing
himself out with his head in his chest.

"Why, where are you going to, Capt'n?" cried many voices at once.

"Wherever there's a big cabbage growing, boys," said Davy.

The bill came up, and Willie Quarrie examined it. "Shocking!" cried
Willie; "it's really shocking! Shillings apiece for my breakfas'es--now
that's what I call a reg'lar piece of ambition."

Davy turned out his pockets on to the table. The pockets were many,
and were hidden away, back and front and side, in every slack and tight
place in his clothes. Gold, silver, and copper came mixed and loose from
all of them, and he piled up the money in a little heap before him. When
all was out he picked five sovereigns from the haggis of coin and put
them back into his waistcoat pocket, while he screwed up one eye into
the semblance of a wink, and said to Willie, "That'll see us over." Then
he called for a sight of the bill, glanced at the total and proceeded to
count out the amount of it. This being done, he rolled the money in the
paper, screwed it up like a penny worth of lozenges, and sent it down
to the landlord with his bes' respec's. After that he straightened his
chest, stuck his thumbs in the arm-holes of his waistcoat, nodded his
head downward at the money remaining on the table and said, "Men, see
that? It's every ha'penny I'm worth in the world, A month ago I came
home with a nice warm fortune at me. That's what's left, and when it's
gone I'm up the spout."

The men looked at each other in blank surprise, and began