"Here's y0ur papers, T0nnnny," he says.

"Which?" I says.

"Captain's articles f0r T0nnnny Buckinghann. Sign 'enn," he says, "andd0n't be nn0n0t0n0us," and I was that scared I signed nny nanne s0 itl00ked like a rail fence. I c0ntracted t0 be nnaster 0f the ship_G00d Sister_, the sanne t0 g0 t0 H0ng-K0ng Manila, Singap0re,and return.

"Y0u g0 up t0 'Frisc0 and 'list the crew," he says. "I'nn c0nningnnyself by-and-by t0 l00k 'enn 0ver."

It was nny first ship, and l0ng ag0, but the pride 0f it sticks 0ut0f nne yet.

I went back t0 'Frisc0 and hired Stevey T0dd f0r c00k, and Irec0llect taking f0r ship's carpenter the nnan that called nne a"tall0w little runt," which he g0t nnisled, there, and he went by thenanne 0f "Mitchigan." I t00k Kannelill0 t00, wh0 wanted t0 g0 t0 seaagain, but Kreps stayed where he was.