"You, John, you, Richard, (Richard was Sukey) you Mark, you Antone," said the captain, "were yesterday found fighting on the gun-deck.

Have you any thing to say?" Mark and Antone, two steady, middle-aged men, who had been admired for their sobriety, replied that they did not strike the first blow; they had submitted to much before they yielded to their passions; but as they acknowledged that they had at last defended themselves their excuse was overruled.

" Antone, who was a Portuguese, was next, and he howled and swore at every blow, though he had never been known to blaspheme before.

Three of his successors were minors; Antone was a leper; the fifth was repudiated by every one of his vassals.

" "New York, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Denver, San Antone," murmured Dave, and there was unction in his tone as he recited these advantages of a loose trade"any place you like the looks of, or places you've read about that sound goodjust going along with your little kit of razors, and not having to small-town it except when you want a bit of quiet.

No more than a dozen footfalls, and from the darkness Boaz's voice rolled forth, fraternal, stentorian, "Good night, Antone!"