out to consume us. But that derream air past. Solomon is onst more
among the eatables. He cooks agin the mortial repast. He lives! So
it will be with our young friend who has so mysteriously drifted away
from our midst. Cheer up, I say! Them's my sentiment. He'll come to,
an turn up, all alive--right side up--with care,--C. O. D.,--O. K.,--to
be shaken before taken,--marked and numbered as per margin,--jest as
when shipped, in good order an condition, on board the schooner
Antelope, Corbet master, of Grand Pre."

These words of Captain Corbet had a very good effect upon the boys.
They had already felt very much cheered by the escape of Solomon, and
it seemed to them to be a good omen. If Solomon had escaped, so also
might Tom. And, as their anxiety on Solomon's account had all been
dispelled by his restoration, so also might they hope that their
anxiety about Tom would be dispelled. True, he had been lost to them
for a much longer time, and his absence was certainly surrounded by a
more terrible obscurity than any which had been connected with that of
Solomon. Yet this one favorable circumstance served to show them that
all might not be so dark as they had feared. Thus, therefore, they
began to be more sanguine, and to hope that when they reached St. John,
some tidings of the lost boy might be brought to them.

Solomon's exertions towards giving them a dinner were on this day
crowned with greater success than had been experienced for some days
past. Their exertions had given them an appetite, and they were able
to eat heartily for the first time since Tom's departure.

The rest of the day passed very slowly with them. They retired early,
and slept until midnight. At that time they waked, and went on deck,
when they had the extreme satisfaction of seeing the vessel get under
way. A moderate breeze was blowing, which was favorable, and though
the tide was not yet in their favor, yet the wind was sufficient to
bear them out into the bay. Then the boys all went below again, full
of hope. The night passed away quietly, and without any incident
whatever. They all slept soundly, and the dreams that came to them
were pleasant rather than otherwise.

Awaking in the morning by daylight, they all hurried up on deck, and
encountered there a new disappointment; for all around them they saw
again the hated presence of the fog. The wind also had died away, and
the vessel's sails flapped idly against her masts.