. Little journeys to the homes of the great . and out into the moonlight. The dock was onlya quarter of a mile away. The ship was to sail at day-light, on the turn of the tide. There was much commo-tion going on around the boat, battening down hatchesand doing the last few necessary things before bravingthe reeling deep. Little Stephen was watching his chance to get was going as a stowaway. A man came up to was the captain, and before the lad could escape theman said, Here, I want a cabin-boy—will yougo? 33 S3 The boy thanked God that it was night, so the captain104 STEPHEN GI
. Little journeys to the homes of the great . and out into the moonlight. The dock was onlya quarter of a mile away. The ship was to sail at day-light, on the turn of the tide. There was much commo-tion going on around the boat, battening down hatchesand doing the last few necessary things before bravingthe reeling deep. Little Stephen was watching his chance to get was going as a stowaway. A man came up to was the captain, and before the lad could escape theman said, Here, I want a cabin-boy—will yougo? 33 S3 The boy thanked God that it was night, so the captain104 STEPHEN GIRARD could not see his crooked eye, and gasped, Yes—yes! S3 S3 The cook was making coffee in the galley for the steve-dores, who had just finished loading the ship. Thecaptain took the boy by the hand and leading himup the plank to the galley told the cook to give him acup of coffee and a biscuit. The ship pushed off and hoisted sail just at daylight,on the turn of the tide, too, had turned for Stephen Girard. 105 STEPHEN GIRARD. VERY little observation will show that phys-ical defects, when backed up by mentalworth, transform themselves into beauty-spots. To be sure, no one was ever so boldas to speak of Girards blemishes as beauty-spots, butthe fact is that his homely face and ungraceful bodywere strong factors in making him a favorite of is that handsome does. Disadvantages areoften advantages—they serve as stimulus and bringout the best. Young Girard had long arms and short legs, and couldclimb fast and high. And he could see more with hisone eye than most men could with two. He expectedno favor on account of his family or his good looks,and so made himself necessary to the captain of thecraft as a matter of all sea-captains are brutal, nor do all sailors talkin a hoarse guttural, shift their quids, hitch their trou-sers, and preface their remarks with, Shiver mytimbers. S3 S& That first captain with whom Stephen Girard
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