party went up to him, and said, "Why,
Jack, are you looking so serious today ?"
"Oh," said he, "I was just thinking what would
be the future of that beautiful ship. I have known some that on
their first voyage have come in collision with others, and sunk,
or obliged to return their cargo and go into clock for repairs,
whilst others have been on the coasting trade for nearly a century."
A short time since a ship was launched in the north, either Liverpool
or Glasgow, and named the Duphne, capsized at the launch, and
a number were drowned. It was thought best to change her name
to Ianthe, and she was not far down the Irish Channel when she
came in collision with another ship, and was obliged to return,
unload, and repair. Her name was now changed to Rosebud. A capital
flower is the rose, and the bud is full of promise, the flower
of the future; so she was called the Rosebud, and went to sea,
and got on shore going to Belfast, and was obliged to return for
repairs after her cargo was taken out. How many rosebuds like
her are blighted! Her career was nothing but disaster,
