t now, knowing that he was safe, her spirits revived,
and the colour once more returned to her cheeks.

The wind proving favourable, the _Deliverance_ and _Patience_ got under
way, and proceeded round to Cape Comfort, where they came to an anchor
in the roads, not far from where the _Rainbow_ and two other ships lay
moored. Scarcely had their sails been furled than the wind, which had
for some time been increasing, began to blow a perfect hurricane; the
thunder roared, the lightning flashed, and the rain came down in
torrents. Truly, they had reason to be thankful that they were in a
safe harbour instead of being out on the stormy ocean. So fiercely did
the hurricane rage that no boats could venture to pass between the
ships. It was hoped that Vaughan and Roger had already safely reached
the ship, but even of that they were uncertain. Hour after hour the
storm raged on; the surface of the harbour was broken into foaming
waves, which rolled hissing by. The tall trees on shore bent before the
blast; huge boughs were seen torn off and whirled far away through the
air.

All night long the hurricane continued. Towards morning it broke. When
daylight returned, the clouds disappearing, the sun shone forth,
brightly sparkling on the tiny wavelets, which now danced merrily on the
bosom of the harbour. Early in the morning Gilbert, accompanied by
Fenton, pulled on board the _Rainbow_. As he stepped on deck, Captain
Layton, who was standing near the gangway, started on seeing him; for a
minute or more it seemed that he could not believe his senses.

"Who are you, young man?" he exclaimed, scanning his features. Gilbert
briefly told him who he was, and what had occurred.

"Heaven be praised!" exclaimed the captain; "I fully believed that you
and all on board the _Sea Venture_ had perished, or I should long ere
this have gone in search of you. The news that your brother has escaped
will restore life to my daughter Cicely, who has been mourning him as
lost. I will at once go below and break the intelligence to her, or it
may reach her too suddenly. Can I tell her that your brother is well?"

"I believe so," answered Gilbert. "He but yesterday landed with your
son, and I expected to have found them on board the _Rainbow_. Why they
have not arrived I cannot tell, as they were to have set off immediately
from Fort Algernon."

"Possibly they may have been detained by the storm, but I would rather
they had been here,