mistress as "Misi
fafine "(Mrs.). The difference does not in the least imply
that the servant speaks to the lay white man and his wife in
a more familiar manner than he would to his spiritual
teacher. No disrespect nor rude familiarity is intended--
quite the reverse; it is merely an affectionate manner of
speaking to the employer, not _as_ an employer, but as the
friend of the household generally. It is related of the
martyred missionary John Williams, that a colleague of his
in Tahiti once reproved a native youth for addressing Mr.
Williams as "Viriamu" (Williams) instead of "Misi Yiriamu"
(Mr. Williams), whereupon the pioneer of missionary
enterprise in the South Seas remarked--" It does not matter,
Mr. -----, I infinitely prefer to be called
'Viriamu' than 'Tione Viriamu Mamae' (the Sacred, or
Reverend, John Williams)."

She rose and followed the girl to the room where Marston lay. His wife
was kneeling by him with her lips pressed to his.

Marie Raymond knelt beside her, and passed her arm around her waist.

CHAPTER X

Closely followed by the five native boats, that in which Raymond was
seated with Malie, and which was steered by Randall Cheyne, first came
alongside, and the latter called out to Foster, who was standing in the
waist, to pass down the end of the tow line. This was at once done,
and then, as Malie and Raymond left the boat and ascended to the deck,
Cheyne went ahead with his tow line, and was soon joined by the native
craft, and within a quarter of an hour the _Esmeralda_ was moving
through the water.

The instructions given to the half-caste by the chief and Frewen were
to tow the ship to the south-east, with the land on the port hand. This
would not only take her out of danger, but would prevent suspicion being
engendered in the minds of the mutineers by their seeing that she was
actually being taken away from, instead of towards the land. Both Frewen
and Malie had decided that she was not to be re-captured till she was
well into soundings, for events might arise which would necessitate her
being brought to an anchor, especially if continuous heavy rain should
fall during the night.

As soon as Raymond and the stalwart chief ascended to the poop, the
pseudo-captain received them most affably, complimented them on the
smart manner in which the boats had gone ahead with the line, and then
asked them to ta