The young lady presented him to her father, who appeared to be about fifty years of age.

He was very gentlemanly in his manners, and thanked the captain heartily for the courtesy and kindness with which he had been treated.

Later in the voyage he learned that Mr.Pembroke's wife and son had been killed some years before in a railroad accident, and that the money recovered from the corporation was about his only fortune.

Miss Bertha, as her father called her, had been educated to become a teacher, but when his health failed, she had devoted herself wholly to him.

They had gone to Georgia just before the war, and had lived in the pine woods nearly two years.
"My health is very much improved, and the genial climate just suited my case; but in the present situation, I had rather die at home than live in the South," said the invalid in conclusion.
"Father is ever so much better than when we came to Georgia," added Bertha.
Christy looked at her, and he had never seen a young lady before who made such a decided impression upon him.