CHAPTER V.

TWO ADROIT ADVENTURERS.

Peter Radisson and "Mr. Gooseberry" again--Radisson _v._ Gillam--Back to France--A wife's influence--Paltry vessels--Radisson's diplomacy--Deserts to England--Shameful duplicity--"A hogshead of claret"--Adventurers appreciative--Twenty-five years of Radisson's life hitherto unknown--"In a low and mean condition"--The Company in Chancery--Lucky Radisson--A Company pensioner 33