out that my lord had gone among the men, with money in both pockets, and
bought a little of one man's grog, and a little of another, and had been
sipping the furtive but transient joys of solitary intoxication.

Captain Hamilton talked to him seriously; told him it was suicide.

"Never mind, old boy," said the young monkey; "a short life and a merry
one."

Then Hamilton represented that it was very ungentleman-like to go and
tempt poor Jack with his money, to offend discipline, and get flogged.
"How will you feel, Tadcaster, when you see their backs bleeding under
the cat?"

"Oh, d--n it all, George, don't do that," says the young gentleman, all
in a hurry.

Then the commander saw he had touched the right chord. So he played on
it, till he got Lord Tadcaster to pledge his honor not to do it again.

The little fellow gave the pledge, but relieved his mind as follows:
"But it is a cursed tyrannical hole, this tiresome old ship. You can't
do what you like in it."

"Well, but no more you can in the grave: and that is the agreeable
residence you were hurrying to but for this tiresome old ship."

"Lord! no more you can," said Tadcaster, with sudden candor. "I FORGOT
THAT."