He kissed the children, shook hands with Reuben and embraced Hannah,
whose maternal tenderness caused her to restrain her emotions and
forbear her croakings, lest she should frighten the children again.

When he got outside he found Sam standing by the horse, having just
given him water, and being in the act of removing the empty bucket.

Ishmael shook hands with him also, got into the saddle, and, amid
the fervent blessings of Reuben and Hannah, recommenced his journey.




CHAPTER XXIV.

THE JOURNEY.

Love, hope, and joy, fair pleasure's smiling train;
Hate, fear, and grief, the family of pain;
These mixed with art and to due bounds confined,
Make and maintain the balance of the mind;
The lights and shades whose well-accorded strife
Give all the strength and color to our life
--_Pope_.



Ishmael's ride up to the city was, upon the whole, as much enjoyed
as the ride down had been. It is true that, in the first instance,