icism; but while no reason could be found why he should be
legally punished for what had happened, he was made to understand that
there was no ship for him in the gift of the house he had so long
served.

When Mrs. Cliff heard of this,--and she heard of it very soon, through
Captain Horn,--she immediately offered Captain Hagar the command of the
_Summer Shelter_, assuring him that her designs included cruises of
charity in the North in summer and in tropical waters in the
winter-time, and that of all men she knew of, he was the Captain who
should command her yacht. He was, indeed, admirably adapted to this
service, for he was of a kind and gentle nature, and loved children, and
he had such an observing mind that it frequently happened when he had
looked over a new set of passengers, and had observed their physical
tendencies, that he did not take a trip to sea at all, but cruised up
the smooth quiet waters of the Hudson.

As soon as it could possibly be done, Captain Horn caused messages to be
sent to many ports on the French and Spanish coast and along the
Mediterranean, in order that if the _Vittorio_ arrived in any of these
harbors, her officers and men might be seized and held; but it was a
long time before there was any news of the pirate ship, and then she was
heard of at Mogador, a port on the western coast of Morocco, where she
had been sold under very peculiar circumstances and for a very small
price by the men who had come there in her, and who had departed north
at different times on trading-vessels which were bound for Marseilles
and Gibraltar.

More definite information was received of the third of the pirate
vessels which had been fitted out to capture the Peruvians' treasure,
for, as this vessel approached the West Indies, she was overhauled by a
Spanish cruiser, who, finding her manned by a suspicious crew and well
supplied with firearms, had seized her as a filibuster, and had taken
her into a Cuban port, where she still remained, with her crew in prison
awaiting trial or a tardy release, in case it became inconvenient to
detain them longer.

The other pirate vessel, on which Captain Hagar and his men had been
placed when they were forced to leave the _Dunkery Beacon_, finally
reached Georgetown, British Guiana, where, after a long course of legal
action, it was condemned and sold, and as much of the price as was left
after costs had been paid, was handed over to the owners of the _Dunkery
Beacon_.