midnight
We got there after a long and stormy voyage , working our way as sailors before the mast . We were looked on as poor , shipwrecked whalemen ; and no one on board thought we had an extra dollar in our pockets . At Halifax we found a vessel ready to sail for New York , and took passage on her , and here I am now , home again , and glad to get home . '' It was long after midnight when Tite concluded his story ; and having received once more the caresses of his parents , he retired to the little room he had occupied when a boy , to sleep and dream of joys that were in store for him . The little sleepy town of Nyack had hardly waked up on the following morning , when the news of Tite 's arrival was rung in it 's ears . Marvelous stories , too , were told concerning the amount of money he had brought home , and the different countries he had visited . The inn-keeper declared at the breakfast table , intending that Mrs. Chapman should hear it , that he could say of his own knowledge , that the young gentleman had brought gold enough home to build a castle , have a coach of his own , and live like a gentleman in the city all the rest of his life .