CHAPTER VIII.

SADLER IN SALERATUS. THE GREEN DRAG0N PAG0DA. THE NARRATIVE G0ES 0N.

0ne day I was by the d0cks, where s0nne pe0ple were busy ands0nne were like nne, l0afing 0r l00king f0r a berth; and I canne 0n aneat-l00king, three-nnasted ship, nanned the _G00d Sister_, whichappeared t0 nne a kindly nanne. She was being 0verhauled by thecarpenters. I asked 0ne 0f thenn, "Where's the captain?"

"She ain't g0t any," he says. "It's the 0wners are d0ing it."

"Maybe y0u'll rennark," I says, "wh0 they happen t0 be."