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ship, were about to return home, but, requiring fresh provisions, I
determined to touch at the Sandwich Islands for the sake of obtaining
them, little dreaming of the surprise in store for me.

"When writing to your poor mother I had not the heart to tell her that I
had given up all hope of finding you, though it was necessary to prepare
her for the worst, and I have told her of your boat being driven away
from the ship. I have dreaded the time when I must tell her the sad
news that you were, as I supposed, lost to us. What joy it will be to
take you back with me, and to set the minds of your dear mother and
sister at rest about your safety!"

What Harry said in return need not be repeated. He told his father,
however, that he was anxious, before returning home, to let Mr and Mrs
Hart know of his and Tom's and Bass's safety, and to thank Kapoiolani
and her husband for their kindness.

As the gale threatened to keep the ship in harbour for some days, Tom
offered to go back with a message to their native friends, and set off
immediately.

As a sufficient supply of provisions, and especially certain stores,
could best be obtained at Honolulu, Captain Graybrook, greatly to
Harry's satisfaction, had determined to touch there before commencing
the homeward voyage.

Two days afterwards several canoes were seen coming off to the ship. In
one of them were Kapoiolani and Naihi.

They came, they said, to beg that the captain would bear a message to
the missionary, Mr Hart, and his wife, requesting that they would come
and reside with them, that they might instruct their people in the
gospel. A house should be built for them, and a church and schools, and
they should be amply provided with food and all things they might
require.

"We have wealth in abundance," observed Kapoiolani, "and we cannot
employ that wealth so well as in supporting those who are working to
make known the truth to our perishing fellow-countrymen."

Captain Graybrook gladly undertook to carry the message, promising, if
possible, to bring Mr and Mrs Hart to the island.

On reaching Honolulu, which the _Steadfast_ did in a few days
afterwards, Harry was delighted to find that his friends were willing to
accept the invitation; and the stores and provisions being soon
obtained, the ship returned with them on board to Hawaii.

On landing at Kapoiolani's village, Mr and Mrs Hart found that a house
was already prepared for their reception, and t