He will not speak about it himself, and no one dares mention Archer's name to him.

There was neither bruise nor scratch on the little fellow's body, which shows how heroically the other must have tried to save him." I soon recovered, but Hall was ill for many weeks--ill as much from distress of mind as from the injuries he had received.

He and I are firm friends to this day; and whenever we meet, we speak often of little Charlie Archer.

Hall is a sea captain now, and commands his own vessel in distant seas; but though he has been through many a peril and many a storm since, I can confidently say he never showed himself a better sailor than he did the night we sailed back from the Shargle..