lieutenant commanding the cutter came down. We both knew him well, and
he received us cordially.

In a week we were landed at Port Royal.

* * * * *

I was a midshipman when I began my log, but before I finally left the
West Indies I was promoted to the rank of commander, and appointed to
the Lotus Leaf, under orders for England.

Before I set sail, however, I was married to my cousin Mary in Jamaica;
and when we got to Old England, where the Lotus Leaf was paid off, I
settled for a time on shore, the happiest, etc., until some years
afterwards, when the wee Cringles began to tumble home so fast that I
had to cut and run, and once more betake myself to the salt sea.

* * * * *




SIR WALTER SCOTT


The Antiquary


Sir Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh on August 15, 1771. As
a child he was feeble and sickly, and very early he was