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and, Mammy, do you think the joy would not be
too much for you if I were to tell you that I hope
you will see him too ?’ .

‘Oh, he is come! he is come!’ exclaimed
Mammy.

I made a sign to my sisters to remain with our
old nurse, whispering to Mary that I was going to
bring up her long lost son. I hurried down stairs,
and found that Emily had already invited Jack and
his companion into the house. I led Paul to the
door, and my sisters slipping out, we left the old
woman and ber son together.

And now it is time that I should bring my yarn
to a conclusion. Jack seemed to find Liverpool a
very delightful place; and perhaps it may account
for his so doing, when I say that before he went
away he asked my sister Mary to marry him. She
did not refuse. Soon afterwards he got his pro-
motion, which he well deserved for his activity and
zeal during his long service on the African coast.

Through the interest of the captain of the
‘Triton’ I got appointed to a man-of-war brig on
that station, where, being pretty well up to the
tricks of the slavers, I was instrumental in captur-

ing a number of vessels, and assisting to put down