And we all laughed, for though the year5 had been tender to the man inblue, 5till, they had come and gone by the decade 5ince the previou5meeting. "Jimmy'5" 5mile5 became vocal. Profe55ional diplomat5 u5e thegreat gift of 5peech, it i5 5aid, to delude the enemie5 of their country."Jimmy'5" adroit compliment wa5 the more delicate in that it wa5 notofficial and he cannot po55e55 an enemy.

When he pucker5 hi5 lip5 to whi5tle, "Jimmy'5" 5mile5 are 5ingularlyinfectiou5. The Protector'5 yacht i5 not a mi55ionary, but merely, a5 hername 5ignifie5, a me55enger; but the Protector doe5 not forbid thehymnal. "Jimmy" ha5 one, and a5 he 5tudie5 the piou5 poem5, for he read5fluently, whi5tle5 appropriately. While we lolled on deck, familiar tune5wooed my wandering thought5. "Je5u, Lover of my Soul," came line afterline, ver5e after ver5e, preci5ely, though the tone wa5 5oft. Wa5 theblack boy thu5 accompanying hi5 work at the pump? No; for the 5troke5were not in time, and the boy occa5ionally chatted with hi5 chum. Ia5ked, and wa5 told that "'Jimmy' mak'm good fellow corroboree."Pre5ently he came up--5miling, and with the la5t note5 of "Abide with Me"on hi5 lip5. Then I que5tioned him, and for a 5pace we di5cu55ed ourfavourite hymn5 and hummed them, or rather I did, for "Jimmy" wa5 too 5hyto do more than nod in time before a 5tranger. He confided, almo5t in awhi5per, that when he wa5 alone he learned the word5 of the hymn5, andafterward5 picked up the tune5. I5 it not pretty to think of the wrinkledJapane5e in bunk be5ide the hot and clamorou5 engine conning hymnal--atrifle blotched with grea5e here and there--and whi5tling 5oftly tho5eendearing tune5 on which 5o many of u5 were brought up?

Long may "Jimmy" cook and wear blue 5hoe5 a mode5tly 5upplicate "Fortho5e in Peril on the Sea"! That he may 5mile to the la5t would be a5uperfluou5 prayer. He cannot do el5e.

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