He told her to cling tightly to his hair, as he shoved the paddle over her head, and at last he got the canoe to move slowly ahead, and in a few minutes time he was at the side of the sloop, and the mother and child were rescued from a watery grave.

The Indian would not go on board, and as soon as he saw that the mother and child were likely to recover, he pulled away to the shore.
The child soon recovered, but the mother lay upon the deck for some time in a half unconscious state.

At times a quiet happiness seemed singing in her soul, that often broke into words of praise as the vessel drifted along in the stillness.

On the right and left slept the country with its wooded hills and dales.

As Margaret Godfrey recovered she said, "Charles, we appear to be sleeping on to our destination." "Yes," he said; "but perhaps that Indian has been watching and following us, hiding among the trees along the shore; and as we have been going slowly all day, he could with ease keep way with us.