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"Saving your honour's presence," growled a deep voice, "I dunno what we should ha' done if he hadn't been one."
"Hah! bo'sun, you there. Glad to see you. Do you follow my brother to his new s.h.i.+p?"
"Ay, ay, sir; please goodness, and Mr Belton here, too."
"No," said Captain Belton, quietly. "My son is going for a cruise with Commander Dallas in the sloop-of-war to which he has been appointed."
"Then, saving your honour's presence, and thinking of you as the best captain I ever served, if it could be managed, I'd like to sail under Mr Dallas too, and I'll take my boy."
"You shall, Strake; and I'm very glad."
So six months after Sydney Belton joined the sloop _Ariel_, and this time saw active, service in the eastern seas.
THE END.
