aid the lady, pointing to it. "You welcome food,
plenty sleep till to-morrow, and praise Jehovah."

"What! marm, if I may make so bold to ask, are you a Christian?"
exclaimed Tom.

The lady nodded and smiled.

"You Christian too, I hope?" she said.

"That I am, marm, and so are these boys," answered Tom.

"I told you all would be right, Harry," he added. "You see we could not
have fallen into better hands."

On reaching the house, the girls, by the directions of their mistress,
hurried to prepare food, and several dishes of fish and fruits were soon
placed on mats on the floor. Before bidding her guests to eat, the
lady, who had been sitting, rose and said a grace in her own language,
adding a few words of English. Tom and the boys uttered "Amen," at
which she seemed pleased, and she then served each of them with her own
hands.

As soon as she saw that her guests had eaten enough, she assembled her
family and attendants, who seated themselves before her; she read to
them the Bible in her own language, and then offered up a prayer. After
this, she leading, the rest joined in singing a hymn, the tune of which
Tom recognised, though the words were strange to him. The evening's
devotions being thus concluded, she led them to a part of the house
screened off by mats, and bidding them enter, pointed to three beds,
also covered with matting, which her maidens had in the meantime
prepared for them.

Their clothes had been thoroughly dried during their journey. She
showed that she had thought of their comfort by presenting each of them
with some cotton garments, and making them understand that their own
clothes, saturated with the salt water, should be washed and ready for
them the next day.

"We have indeed fallen into good hands, as you say, Mr Hayes," observed
Harry, after they had all three knelt down and said their prayers.

"No doubt about that," answered old Tom. "We shall find that a
missionary has been here; and I hope by his means to gain tidings of our
friends and be able to rejoin them."

With this pleasant thought they lay down to rest. Harry hoped not only
to meet Mr and Mrs Hart again, but to be able to find a ship returning
to England. He longed once more to be with his dear mother and sister,
and to comfort them in their affliction.

CHAPTER TEN.

KAPOIOLANI.

After a long sleep, produced by weariness, Tom and the two boys dressed,
and made their appearance before their hostess.