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CHAPTER XXII. PROSPERITY PALLS UPON ME.
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As I grew better acquainted with the conditions of life on board the coasting steamers, I became extremely dissatisfied with my treatment on board the Helen M'Gregor. For while I had the usual duties of a lamp-trimmer to attend to, I was also compelled to work at all hours as one of the crew, while the heavy weights I was ordered to handle were far beyond my strength, and several times I was severely2 hurt. So that at a fitting opportunity I left her, taking up my abode3 with a shoemaker, who had a large connection among steamer-hands, and for two or three weeks led the unprofitable life of a gentleman at large. This was bad for me in many ways. The company I was thrown amongst was doubtful; I did not then know how much so, and, although I did not get involved in any of their shadier exploits, I began to drink pretty heavily, and, to put it briefly4, go to the devil generally. This career was fortunately put a stop to by the emptying of my purse, which compelled me to get employment again.
My next ship was one of the finest on the coast, the last new vessel5 of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company's (A.S.N.) fleet, which was called the Wentworth. To my juvenile6 ideas she was a floating palace, everything on board being on a grand scale as compared with the little Helen M'Gregor. The mate was a huge Scotchman named Wallace, rough as a bear, but very just and straightforward7. When he engaged me, he gave me to understand that my duties consisted solely8 in attending to the lamps and polishing the ornamental9 brass10-work about the deck, and that I was on no account to do anything else or take orders from anybody but himself or the captain. This, added to the fact that my wages were now to be three pounds ten shillings a month, made me feel quite an important personage—in fact, I was almost "too big for my boots." Everything on board was so excellent in quality, and so well managed, that I felt great pride in my ship, and I
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