the leading bank there. He found that
the mutineers had been tried and sentenced; two of them, "Foster" and
"Ryan," going to the gallows, whilst Almanza and the Chileno seamen all
received long terms of imprisonment. The trial had aroused considerable
excitement, and so, when the _Esmeralda_ arrived, she was visited by
many hundreds of people. In Sydney Harbour in those days might be seen
numbers of the finest sailing vessels in the world; many of them were
noted "crack" passenger ships trading between London and Sydney and
Melbourne, but not one of them surpassed the _Esmeralda_ in her graceful
lines and beautiful appearance. Then, too, the extraordinarily quick
passage she had made from Manila gave her further fame, and nearly
all the ship masters in port called on board, and paid Frewen many
compliments. Through the manager of the bank in which he had deposited
the money for Mrs. Marston, he was introduced to an excellent agent--a
Mr. Beilby--who was a shipowner as well, and had for many years employed
a fleet of small vessels in the South Sea Islands trade.

The voyage across the Pacific from Valparaiso to Sydney was
disappointing--calms and light, variable winds being met with for nearly
a month; and then between Australia and New Zealand, two weeks of savage
westerly gales tried the ship's weatherly qualities to the utmost.
However, after a passage of nearly seven weeks, she once more dropped
anchor in the deep, blue waters of the most beautiful harbour in the
southern hemisphere.

The agent at once came on board, and Frewen was glad to receive two
letters from him--one from Raymond, the other from Mrs. Marston. The
latter afforded him great pleasure to read, and was to the effect
that she would be very glad to see him back in Samoa, as she wished to
consult him in regard to a project of Mr. Raymond's.

"What the project is, he will himself explain to you in writing. I shall
be very pleased if you and he come to an arrangement, especially as I
have made up my mind to remain here at Samatau indefinitely with Mrs.
Raymond, or somewhere near her, and as her husband may be away from her
for many months at a time (this, however, all depends upon yourself)
this will be equally as pleasant for her as for me. I feel that I have
a home here, and in fact I may remain in Samoa altogether. Anyway, Mr.
Raymond is now in treaty with Malie for a piece of land adjoining his
own estate. If he secures it for me, I am having a ho