"ISABELLA GRAHAM."

It pleased God to preserve the life of Mrs. Graham, and to make
her the grateful mother of a son, whom she called after the name of
his father, and endeavored, in humble trust, to consecrate to the
Author of his being.

Having now no object to induce her to stay longer at Antigua, she
disposed of her slender property, and placing her money in the hands
of Major Brown, requested him to take a passage for herself and
family, and to lay in their sea-stores. After seeing a railing placed
around the grave of her beloved husband, that his remains might not be
disturbed until mingled with their kindred dust, she bade adieu to her
kind friends, and with a sorrowful heart turned her face towards her
native land.

CHAPTER III.

RETURN TO SCOTLAND--SCHOOL IN EDINBURGH.

No ship offering at this time from Antigua for Scotland, Mrs.
Graham embarked with her family in one bound to Belfast, Ireland.
Major Brown and his brother officers saw her safely out to sea; and he
gave her a letter to a gentleman in Belfast, containing, as he said, a
bill for the balance of the money she had deposited with him. After a
stormy and trying voyage, she arrived in safety at her destined port.
The correspondent in Ireland of Major Brown delivered her a letter
from that officer expressive of esteem and affection, and stating that
as a proof of respect for the memory of their deceased friend, he and
his brother officers had taken the liberty of defraying the expenses
of her voyage.

Consequently the bill he had given was for the full amount of her
original deposit; and thus, like the brethren of Joseph, _she found
all her money in the sack's mouth._ Being a stranger in Ireland,
without a friend to look out for a proper vessel in which to embark
for Scotland, she and her children went passengers in a packet; on
board of which, as she afterwards learned, there was not even a
compass. A storm arose and they were tossed to and fro for nine hours
in imminent danger. The rudder and the mast were carried away; every
thing on deck thrown overboard; and at length the vessel struck in the
night upon a rock, on the coast of Ayr, in Scotland. The greatest
confusion pervaded the passengers and crew. Among a number of young
students, going to the University at Edinburgh, some were swearing,
some praying, and all were in despair. The widow only remained