And what'll you do there?
You'll be for getting the next train to Berwick ?" "I'm not so sure, captain," I answered.

"I don't want that man to know I'm alive--yet.

It'll be a nice surprise for him--later.

But there are those that I must let know as soon as possible--so the first thing I'll do, I'll wire.

And in the meantime, let me have a sleep." The steamer that had picked me up was nothing but a tramp, plodding along with a general cargo from London to Dundee, and its accommodation was as rough as its skipper was homely.