there was room in the ship now that the Wests were to stay with us.

The ship was brought round to Safe Bay, and Fritz and Jack went on
board to fetch Mrs. West and her two girls, who were glad to find that
they were not to go back to the ship, for the storm had made them dread
the sea.

I may here say, by the way, that my wife soon found that her two sons
grew fond of their fair friends, and gave me a hint that some day we
should see them wed, which would be a fresh source of joy to us.

I have not much more to tell. The stores I had laid up--furs, pearls,
spice, and fruits--were put on board the ship, and left to the care of
my sons, who were to sell them. And then the time came for us to part.
I need not say that it was a hard trial for my wife; but she bore up
well, for she had made up her mind that it was all for the best, and
that her sons would some day come back to see her. I felt, too, that
with the help of our new friends, we should not miss them so much as we
at first thought, and this we found to be the case.

As the next day my boys were to leave me, I had a long talk with them.
I told them to act well their part in the new sphere in which they were
to move, and to take as their guide the Word of God. They then knelt
down for me to bless them, and went to their beds in Rock House for the
last time.

I got no sleep all that night, nor did the two boys, who were to start
the next day.

As Ernest takes this Tale with him--which I gave him leave to print,