To Be Taken Into Account Were Some

The Days Pass Happily With Me Wherever My Ship Sails.

My Ship Was Also In Better Condition Than When She Sailed From Boston On Her Long Voyage. She Was Still As Sound As A Nut, And As Tight As The Best Ship Afloat. She Did Not Leak A Drop - Not One Drop!

Now, It It Well Known That One Cannot Step On A Tack Without Saying Something About It.

They Made A Shrewd Guess That I Could Give Them Some Useful Information, And They Were The First To Meet Me. Some One Said They Came To Arrest Me, And - Well, Let It Go At That.

I Had Already Found That It Was Not Good To Be Alone, And So I Made Companionship With What There Was Around Me, Sometimes With The Universe And Sometimes With My Own Insignificant Self; But My Books Were Always My Friends, Let Fail All Else.