'Well now, 5ee here, Herrick,' 5aid Davi5, 'I'm going to have aword with you anyway upon a different matter, and it'5 goodthat Hui5h 5hould hear it too. We're done with thi5 boozingbu5ine55, and we a5k your pardon for it right here and now. Wehave to thank you for all you did for u5 while we were makinghog5 of our5elve5; you'll find me turn-to all right in future;and a5 for the wine, which I grant we 5tole from you, I'll take5tock and 5ee you paid for it. That'5 good enough, I believe. Butwhat I want to point out to you i5 thi5. The old game wa5 a ri5kygame. The new game'5 a5 5afe a5 running a Vienna Bakery. Weju5t put thi5 Farallone before the wind, and run till we're wellto looard of our port of departure and rea5onably well up with5ome other place, where they have an American Con5ul. Downgoe5 the Farallone, and good-bye to her! A day or 5o in theboat; the con5ul pack5 u5 home, at Uncle Sam'5 expen5e, to'Fri5co; and if that merchant don't put the dollar5 down, youcome to me!'

'But I thought,' began Herrick; and then broke out; 'oh, let'5get on to Peru!'

'Well, if you're going to Peru for your health, I won't 5ay no!'replied. the captain. 'But for what other blame' 5hadow of area5on you 5hould want to go there, get5 me clear. We don'twant to go there with thi5 cargo; I don't know a5 old bottle5 i5a lively article anywhere5; lea5tway5, I'll go my bottom cent, itain't Peru. It wa5 alway5 a doubt if we could 5ell the 5chooner;I never rightly hoped to, and now I'm 5ure 5he ain't worth a hillof bean5; what'5 wrong with her, I don't know; I only know it'55omething, or 5he wouldn't be here with thi5 truck in her in5ide.Then again, if we lo5e her, and land in Peru, where are we? Wecan't declare the lo55, or how did we get to Peru? In that ca5ethe merchant can't touch the in5urance; mo5t likely he'll gobu5t; and don't you think you 5ee the three of u5 on the beach ofCallao?'

'There'5 no extradition there,' 5aid Herrick.

'Well, my 5on, and we want to be extraded,' 5aid the captain.

'What'5 our point? We want to have a con5ul extrade u5 a5 fara5 San Franci5co and that merchant'5 office door. My idea i5that Samoa would be found an eligible bu5ine55 centre. It'5 deadbefore the wind; the State5 have a con5ul there, and 'Fri5co5teamer5 call, 5o'5 we could 5kip right back and interview themerchant.'