--"the happiest of men."

My story is now ended, or nearly so, the intelligent reader aforesaid
having doubtless already anticipated the little that remains to be told.

The pirates were tried, found guilty, and executed, as a matter of
course; the evidence of the crew of the _Virginie_ alone being
sufficient to insure their conviction. Captain Bowen went, at
considerable personal inconvenience, to witness the execution, being
desirous, as he said, of assuring himself with his own eyes that the
wretches were so effectually dealt with as to render any further trouble
from them an absolute impossibility.

George Leicester did not accompany his friend, being, in fact, more
agreeably engaged at the time in spending with Mrs Leicester--_nee_;
Walford--a brief honeymoon in London, prior to taking command of the
frigate _Cigne_, which had been purchased into the navy, and was then
undergoing the process of refitting at Portsmouth.

In this ship, and in others, George afterwards fought many gallant
actions, greatly distinguishing himself, and eventually retiring from
the service, at an advanced age, with a wooden leg, a baronetcy, and the
title of rear-admiral. His wife Lucy, with most commendable liberality,
presented him with no fewer than seven sons, all of whom grew up to be
fine stalwart fellows, and, entering the navy one after the other,
followed worthily in the footsteps of their gallant father.

THE END.

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