Daniel Stephens, senior partner of Messrs. Stephens, Sutton
& Stephens, which firm has carried apprentices for a number
of years, is a sailor himself, who has had the good sense
never to try and hide the fact that he was trained amid a
fine race of west-country seaman, and he is proud to be able
to say that he has been training boys for years with uniform
satisfaction. He relates with obvious pride that one of his
boys, a coal-miner's son, seven years to a day from the date
of joining his firm as an apprentice, sailed as chief
officer of their newest and largest steamer.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 2: A "half-marrow" was a young man who was trying
to become a seaman without serving his apprenticeship.]
[Footnote 3: During the passage of this book through the
press, Mr. Watts, senior, has passed away.]
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