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took Mrs. Bright to live with them, not far from the
residence of old Mr. Singleton, who was the fattest
and jolliest old gentleman in the place, and the very
idol of dogs and boys, who loved him to distraction.

Captain Ellice, having had, as he said, “more than
his share of the sea,” resolved to live on shore, and,
being possessed of a moderately comfortable income,
he purchased Mrs. Bright’s cottage on the green hill
that overlooked the harbour and the sea. Here he
became celebrated for his benevolence, and for the
energy with which he entered into all the schemes
that were devised for the benefit of the town of
Grayton. Like Tom Singleton and Fred, he became
deeply interested in the condition of the poor, and
had a special weakness for poor old women, which
he exhibited by searching up, and doing good to,
every poor old woman in the parish. Captain Ellice
was also celebrated for his garden, which was a re-
markably fine one; for his flagstaff, which was a
remarkably tall and magnificent one; and for his tele-
scope, which constantly protruded from his drawing-
room window, and pointed in the direction of the sea.

As for the others—Captain Guy continued his
career at sea as commander of an East. Indiaman.
He remained stout and truc-hearted to the last, like
one of the oak timbers of his own good ship.

Bolton, Saunders, Mivins, Peter Grim, Amos Parr,
and the rest of them, were scattered in a few years,
as sailors usually are, to the four quarters of the
globe. O’Riley alone was heard of again. He wrote