350 NIMROD OF THE SEA; OB, 



hind me, Satan !" the money was gleaned, and inclosed in a 

 courteous letter to the dreaded woman treasurer. 



But no word of inquiry respecting her passed the sailor's 

 lips. He feared to know who or what she was ; for had she 

 been " all his fancy painted her," then welcome the stormy 

 main, and the perils of ship, boat, or shore. Months, how- 

 ever, passed in safety, and the impending fate passed into 

 forgetfulness, and the danger was pooh-poohed as the base- 

 less fabric of a dream. Again the good mother pressed her 

 unwilling son into antislavery service, as her escort to a 

 conventicle of the agitators at a Quaker meeting-house in a 

 neighboring county. Under the stress of filial duty, the serv- 

 ice was rendered ; but had it not been childish, the repro- 

 bate would have sat with the horses outside, rather than lend 

 his presence to mischief in the holy place. 



However, taking the backmost seat of the back bench, 

 with disapproving glance he observed the earnest faces of 

 the assembly. The idle, indifferent gaze was presently ar- 

 rested by a pair of great, deer-like eyes, which looked from 

 the shadow of a plain beaver bonnet on the sulking unbe- 

 liever. He recognized, with a thrill of heavenly content- 

 ment, that this beautiful creature was the author of the beg- 

 ging letter which had so disturbed him, and the writer of 

 the dream-token that had so consoled him ; and in her lus- 

 trous eyes he felt the spirit which had spanned the globe to 

 meet him in the old vision of the sea. From this time out 

 he felt that he had a sure anchor by which he could ride out 

 the storms and temptations of a somewhat checkered life. 

 And that antislavery angel now laughs at the gray-beard as 

 he spins his whaling yarns for the entertainment of their 

 children. 



Oct. 15. Our long cruise on Japan seas is accomplished. 

 Land-sick, we are running into our old tramping-ground, the 

 Galapagos, for terrapin. We have eaten all our pets. The 



