Her home is the best place for her, as matters have turned out.

And now," said he, turning to Big Sam, "call the men together and set them to quick work.

Pull up your anchors and do whatever else is necessary to free the ship; then let us away.

We must be far out of sight of this island before to-morrow's sunrise." As Big Sam passed Black Paul he winked and whispered: "The old fool is doing exactly what I would have done if he hadn't come aboard.

This suits my plan as if he were trying his best to please me." In a very short time the cable was slipped, for Big Sam had no notion of betraying the departure of the vessel by the creaking of a capstan; and, with the hoisting of a few sails and no light aboard except the shaded lamp at the binnacle, the Sarah Williams moved down the river and out upon the sea.
"And when are you going to take the command in your hands ?" asked Black Paul of Big Sam.
"To-morrow, some time," was the answer, "but I must first go around among the men and let them know what's coming." "And how about Ben Greenway?
Has the old man asked for him yet ?" "No," said the other; "he thinks, of course, that the Scotchman has gone ashore with the young woman.