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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
·
Captain Adam Seaborn
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But,
alas!
we
are
short-sighted
creatures.
I
was
soon
called
to
lament
the
loss
of
my
vessel,
the
partner
of
my
adventures.
Mr.
Boneto
not
being
satisfied
with
a
life
of
idleness
on
shore,
and
having
a
wish
to
visit
Europe,
I
permitted
him
to
take
the
Explorer,
without
her
machinery,
for
a
voyage
to
New-Orleans,
and
thence
to
Europe.
He
took
his
money
with
him
to
purchase
a
cargo.
On
his
way,
he
knocked
that
charming
vessel
to
pieces
on
the
Bahama
Banks,
for
want
of
Blunt's
chart,
improved
by
recent
surveys,
to
warn
him
of
all
the
dangers.
This
misfortune
grieved
me
not
only
for
my
own
loss,
but
for
Boneto's,
who
was
plundered
by
the
Providence
wreckers
of
every
dollar.
Yet
it
was
but
the
beginning
of
affliction.
A
few
days
after,
I
was
thunderstruck
by
a
rumour
that
my
friend
the
great
merchant,
Mr.
Slippery,
had
stopped
payment.
But
there
was
some
comfort--I
was
assured
that
it
was
no
failure,
nothing
but
a
suspension.
For
some
time
I
was
kept
at
bay
by
promises
and
plausible
statements.
The
whole
truth,
however,
burst
upon
me
at
the
appearance
of
Mr.
Slippery's
name
in
the
Gazette,
as
an
applicant
for
the
benefit
of
the
insolvent
act.
My
situation
could
no
longer
be
concealed
even
from
myself.
I
was
utterly
ruined.
Many
of
my
drafts
on
Mr.
Slippery
remained
unpaid,
and
came
back
upon
me.
I
was
sued,
and
called
a
rascal
for
not
paying
my
debts.
No
one
would
believe
that
the
Nabob
was
actually
poor.
I
pressed
Mr.
Slippery
for
assistance,
but
got
no
other
comfort
than
a
cool
recommendation
to
take
the
benefit
of
the
act,
as
the
most
judicious
course
I
could
pursue.
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