He was firmly established in the sole government of Acadia; and, soon after, he contracted a second marriage with the object of his early affection,--the still beautiful widow of M.d'Aulney.

With no rival to dispute his authority, his remaining life was passed in tranquillity; the colony, relieved from strife and contention, began to flourish, and his descendants for many years enjoyed their inheritance unmolested.
Arthur Stanhope, a few months after his union with Lucie, was appointed the agent of some public business, which required a voyage to Pemaquid.
The recollection of father Gilbert forcibly recurred to him, when he found himself so near the shores of Mount Desart,--a place which the priest had frequented, probably for its very loneliness, or perhaps, from some peculiar associations.

It was possible he might again find him there, or hear some tidings which would relieve Lucie's anxiety respecting him; and, in this hope, he one day sought its sequestered shades.

The sun was declining, when he moored his little bark, and proceeded alone through the same path, which he remembered, on a former occasion, to have trodden.

The open plain soon burst upon his view; and, to his surprise, the prostrate wooden cross was again erected in the midst of it.