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Dick Sand

           Thechildwhounderstands,fromthebeginning,thatworkisthelawoflife,theonewhoknows,fromanearlyage,thathewillgainhisbreadonlybythesweatofhisbrowaBiblepreceptwhichistheruleofhumanitythatoneisprobablyintendedforgreatthings;forsomedayhewillhave,withthewill,thestrengthtoaccomplishthem.

           Itwas,whenhewasacabin-boyonboardamerchantvessel,thatDickSandwasremarkedbyCaptainHull.Thishonestseamanimmediatelyformedafriendshipwiththishonestyoungboy,andlaterhemadehimknowntotheship-owner,JamesW.Weldon.Thelatterfeltalivelyinterestinthisorphan,whoseeducationhecompletedatSanFrancisco,andhehadhimbroughtupintheCatholicreligion,towhichhisfamilyadhered.

           Duringthecourseofhisstudies,DickSandshowedaparticularlikingforgeography,forvoyages,whilewaitingtillhewasoldenoughtolearnthatbranchofmathematicswhichrelatestonavigation.Thentothistheoreticalportionofhisinstruction,hedidnotneglecttojointhepractical.Itwasasnovicethathewasabletoembarkforthefirsttimeonthe"Pilgrim."Agoodseamanoughttounderstandfishingaswellasnavigation.Itisagoodpreparationforallthecontingencieswhichthemaritimecareeradmitsof.Besides,DickSandsetoutonavesselofJamesW.Weldon’s,hisbenefactor,commandedbyhisprotector,CaptainHull.Thushefoundhimselfinthemostfavorablecircumstances.

           TospeakoftheextentofhisdevotiontotheWeldonfamily,towhomheowedeverything,wouldbesuperfluous.

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