I met him last in Hong Kong." "Then you know him ?" "Quite well, if he is the man I imagine." "That is really very nice of Ventnor," thought the shipowner.

"The last thing I should credit him with would be a forgiving disposition." Meanwhile Anstruther was reading Iris a little lecture.

"Sweet one," he explained to her, "do not allude to me by my former rank.

I am not entitled to it.

Some day, please God, it will be restored to me.