ng limbs of the
dying man, and his brain made its last effort, a crowd of ill-defined
recollections and bewildered thoughts whirled past, and a sudden
vision brightened the last moments of the sufferer.

It was the vision of that celebrated return from Rio, the proudest
moment of his life.

He was standing again on the deck of the _Hope_, a fresh north wind
was blowing in the fjord, and the old brig was gliding in under easy
sail.

He opened his eyes, but did not see the wan faces which had gathered
around him. He saw the sun shining over Sandsgaard Bay, where the
summer ripples hastened towards the shore, with the news that Jacob
Worse was in the fjord.

He tried to raise his head, in order to see the better; but, sinking
back upon the pillows, he muttered with a happy and contented smile:

"We come late, Herr Consul, but we come safely." And, so saying, old
Skipper Worse sailed out of the world.

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