d that morning dismissed his daughter
from his presence for ever, she having returned to the parental home as
Mrs Bowels. The two, therefore, felt a peculiar sort of sympathy,
being, as it were, in the same boat, and cracked an additional bottle of
claret on the strength of the coincidence. When they had finished the
extra bottle, they ordered another, and became exceedingly jocose,
insomuch that one vowed he would leave his fortune to the Church, but
the other preferred to leave his to a Lunatic Asylum.

On receiving his dismissal, Kenneth left his father's house with words
of regret and good-will on his lips, and then went to tell Lizzie, and
seek his fortune.

He had not to seek long or far. Being a director of the Sailors' Home,
I chanced to be in search of a secretary. A better man than Kenneth
could not be found, so I proposed him, and he was at once appointed.

The salary being a good one, he was enabled to retain Dan Horsey and
Bucephalus. He also obtained permission to remove Emmie to his house,
having told his father who the child was, and having been told in return
that he, (the father), had become aware of the fact long ago, and that
he was welcome to her! Kenneth then set himself earnestly to work to
promote the interests of the Sailors' Home, and to prepare his house for
the reception of Lizzie, who had agreed to marry him whenever he felt
himself in a position to ask her.

Lizzie was a peculiar girl. She had, indeed, permitted Kenneth to visit
her as a lover; but she resolutely refused to accept him as long as his
father continued adverse to the union. The moment, however, that she
heard of his being cast off and disinherited, she agreed, with tears in
her eyes, to marry him whenever he pleased.

But to return from this digression: the new secretary of the Sailors'
Home of Wreckumoft became the guardian spirit of the place. He advised
all the arrangements which the Board made. He drew up all the rules
that the Board fixed.

An "Address" which he issued to officers and seamen frequenting the port
of Wreckumoft, wound up with the following words:

"The Directors of the Sailors' Home are anxious that seamen should
clearly understand that the institution was designed for their sole
benefit, and established with the view of protecting them from the
systematic extortion of crimps and other snares, to which their
circumstances and calling render them peculiarly liable; and, above all,
to promot