join with me in
thanking Captain Sedley here for all he has done for poor Tony. I am
sure, if it had not been for him, he would have been found guilty."

George Weston took the hand of Captain Sedley, and in fit terms
expressed his gratitude.

"And we have to thank him for a thousand other favors since your poor
father's death. I don't know what would have become of us without him."

George renewed his thanks, and called down the blessing of Heaven on
the benefactor of his mother.

"Come, boys, we had better go," said Captain Sedley.

The boat club withdrew, with the exception of Tony.

"Mrs. Weston, I shall be happy to see you and all your family at my
house at tea this evening," continued Captain Sedley.

"Thank you, sir; we shall certainly come," replied the widow.

"And, Captain Sedley, my mother shall soon have a house to which she
can invite her friends," said George Weston, with a smile.

The little front room of the widow Weston's cottage was the scene of a
joyful reunion on that eventful day. George related his adventures to
his mother, and shed many a tear when he heard her tell of the trials
through which she had passed during his absence. The future was still
open to him, and he determined to fill it with joys for her which
should in some measure compensate her for the sorrow and suffering of
the past; for George regarded poverty and want as misery, and did not
see how his mother could have been contented, as she professed to have
been.

After dinner the site for a new house was selected, plans were matured
for sending Mary to the Rippleton Academy, and Tony was to be kept at
the grammar school till he was qualified for the high school.

About four o'clock, when all these things had been fully discussed,
George and Tony walked down to the banks of the lake.

"There comes the Zephyr," said the latter. "We have fine times in her,
George, I can tell you."

"Whose boat is she?"

"Frank Sedley's; his father gave it to him."

"You must have one, Tony."

"Me!"

"Yes; I am able to give you one, and when I go to the city I will order
one built."

"How liberal you are, George!"

"You are a good boy, Tony; and a good boy deserves everything it is
proper for him to have."

"But we don't need another. We have just as good times in the Zephyr as
though each owned a share in her. There is nothing mean about Frank
Sedley, I can tell you!" said Tony, with enthusiasm.

"He seems to be a very fine l