Excerpt from Chums, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale of the Queen's Navy But to proceed. A good many people know nothing of these things, and, what is more, prefer knowing nothing. The high-minded, patriotic Englishman whose one idea is Money, How to Make It, who will tell you that it is shameful to us, as a nation, that we remain there, a perpetual eyesore to the noble Spaniard, and who will advocate its immediate resto ration for a pecuniary consideration; he, I say, this lofty-souled, generous, money grubbing humbug, cares nothing for our key, except inasmuch as there may be a chance of turning it into a golden one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.