tell me."

Peter placed his arm so that the old man's head might rest on it. "My
name is Gray, sir," he said. "That book was indeed your wife's, my
mother's, and I am very sure that I am your son."

"You Peter, my little boy?" exclaimed the old man, gazing in his
countenance. "You captain of this ship, and I have found you after
these long years! God be praised! And your mother, tell me about her."

"I tried to prepare you, sir, for what I have to say," said Peter. "She
has been among the blessed for many years, and her last prayer on earth
was that I might find you that you might be brought to know the Saviour
in whom she trusted."

"God's will be done! God's will be done!" murmured the old man, letting
his head fall on his son's shoulder. "He knows what is best. In His
mercy He took her; and I all the time living like a savage, but He found
me--He found me; and He has sent you, and all through His love, to tell
me about her. I began to fear that she might be poor and suffering, and
you living a hard life, or sent maybe to the workhouse, but He orders
all things for the best. Praise His name!"

The old man could say no more. His feelings overcoming him, he bent his
head and wept like a child.

No one would have recognised the once "roaring Jack Gray," and for some
time the wild, half-clad savage, in the now venerable-looking old
Christian man, who sat at supper with the young captain and the
missionary who had now arrived.

"I fear that I shall lose your assistance, friend Gray," said Mr
Wilson, "though I rejoice that you have found your son."

"I have been casting the matter in my mind, sir," answered the old
sailor, "and asking God to direct me, and, now she has gone whom I
longed to see, and my son in His mercy has been sent to me, I am very
sure that He does not want me to go away from this place. I should be a
stranger in England, of no use to any one, and a burden to my son, and
here you tell me that I am of help to you among the natives, and I think
I am, as I can speak their language, and tell them about the love and
mercy of God, who found them out as He found me out, and has sent His
blessed Gospel of peace to them."

"I am very sure Captain Gray will agree with me that, although he may
wish to have you with him to look after you in your old age, you are
more certain to enjoy happiness here, knowing that you are of use to
your fellow-creatures, than you would be in returning to the lan