to be looking at something I couldn't see. His face
was set, like a dead man's.

"`John--John,' I called out--jest like that--jest like
a frightened child, `wake up--wake up.'

"That strange, awful look seemed to sorter fade out of
his eyes.

He turned his head and looked at me. I've never forgot
his face-- never will forget it till I ships for my
last voyage.

"`All is well, lad,' he says. `I've seen the Royal
William coming around East Point. She will be here by
dawn. Tomorrow night I shall sit with my bride by my
own hearth-fire.'

"Do you think he did see it?" demanded Captain Jim
abruptly.

"God knows," said Gilbert softly. "Great love and
great pain might compass we know not what marvels."

"I am sure he did see it," said Anne earnestly.

"Fol-de-rol," said Doctor Dave, but he spoke with less
conviction than usual.

"Because, you know," said Captain Jim solemnly, "the