knees, and held up her clasped hands in
thankfulness to Heaven.

William had hastened up to the look-out on the cocoa-nut tree, and now
cried out to them below, as the guns were again discharged:

"A large schooner, father; she is firing at the savages, who are at the
canoes; they are falling in every direction: some have plunged into the
water; there is a boat full of armed men coming on shore; they are close
to the beach, by the garden-point. Three of the canoes have got off
full of men; there go the guns again; two of the canoes are sunk,
father; the boat has landed, and the people are coming up this way."
William then descended from the look-out as fast as he could.

As soon as he was down, he commenced unbarring the door of the stockade.
He pulled out the last pole just as he heard the feet of their
deliverers outside. He threw open the door, and, a second after, found
himself in the arms of Captain Osborn.

CHAPTER SIXTY SIX.

Before we wind up this history, it will be as well to state to my young
readers how it was that Captain Osborn made his appearance at so
fortunate a moment. It will be recollected how a brig came off the
island some months before this, and the great disappointment that the
party on the island experienced in her not making her appearance again.
The fact was, that those on board of the brig had not only seen their
signals, but had read the name of the "_Pacific_" upon the flag hoisted;
but the heavy gale which came on drove them so far to the southward,
that the master of the brig did not consider that he should do his duty
to his owners, if he lost so much time in beating up for the island
again. He therefore decided upon making all sail for Sydney, to which
port he was bound.

When Captain Osborn was put into the boat by Mackintosh and the seamen
of the _Pacific_, he was still insensible; but he gradually recovered,
and after a stormy night, Captain Osborn was so far recovered as to hear
from Mackintosh what had taken place, and why it was that he found
himself in an open boat at sea. The next morning the wind moderated,
and they were fortunate enough to fall in with a vessel bound to Van
Diemen's Land, which took them all on board.

From the account given by Mackintosh, Captain Osborn had no doubt in his
mind but that the Seagrave family had perished, and the loss of the
vessel, with them on board, was duly reported to the owners. When at
Van Diemen's Land, Captain Osborn