1.My father gave me $100,and I went to Hong Kong with five other boys from our place and we got steerage passage on a steamer,paying $50 each.Everything was new to me.All my life I had been used to sleeping on a board bed with a wooden pillow,and I found the steamer's bunk very uncomfortable,because it was so soft.The food was different from that which I had been used to,and I did not like it at all.I was afraid of the stews.for the thought of what they might be made of by the wicked wizards of the ship made me ill.Of the great power of these people I saw many signs.1. My father gave me $100, and I went to Hong Kong with five other boys from our place and we got steerage passage on a steamer, paying $50 each. Everything was new to me. All my life I had been used to sleeping on a board bed with a wooden pillow, and I found the steamer’s bunk very uncomfortable, because it was so soft. The food was different from that which I had been used to, and I did not like it at all. I was afraid of the stews, for the thought of what they might be made of by the wicked wizards of the ship made me ill. Of the great power of these people I saw many signs