His manner became nervous and restless, and it was evident there was something more he wanted to disclose, but hesitated to do.
The strangers accepted the old man's invitation, and took up their abode under his roof, finding plenty of food and kind treatment.

But they soon became weary of so monotonous a life, and longing for some means of reaching their homes and civilization, would visit the coast nearly every day, in the hope of seeing some friendly sail and effecting their deliverance.

This anxiety to get away on the part of his new friends so preyed on the old man's mind that his strength began to fail fast, and at the end of two months it became evident that his sands of life had but a few more days to run.
Two months passed, and the weather was becoming cold.

The old man was up earlier than usual one morning; still he seemed more feeble.

He tottered about the cabin, his frame shook and trembled, and his whole system seemed to be under some new excitement.