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CHAPTER VIII

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The Spaniards believing the man-of-war to bo far away,
steer to the westward.—We sight hor, and she chases
us.—Cruel device of the slavor’s crew to assist their
eseape.—Paul, among others, being thrown overboard that
the man-of-war might heave-to to pick them up.—I fear

that he has been lost.—My life preserved by one of the

 

officers, when threatened by the slaver’s crow.—'lhe

 

 

 

schooner escapes, but is dismasted in a gale, and again
overtaken.—Paul and my cousin Jack come on board, and
I join the corvette as a midshipman.—Returning to Eng-
land I restore Cheebo to his mother.—My adventures
show that ‘all works together for good to them who love
God.—Jack becomes a Commander, marries my sister
Mary, and I find ample means for supporting the rest of
my dear sisters, 7 : . 7 ° » ii