ey were; the
rest accepted his offer, Marco begging that he, with two others who had
volunteered to accompany him, might be landed on the island on which Ned
Hadden had so long resided. This Captain Bertram undertook to do,
hoping that the appearance of a ship-of-war might awe the natives, and
induce them to treat the missionaries with due respect. This plan was
carried out, and Ned, who went on shore first, succeeded in extracting a
promise from their chief that he would protect them. After landing the
natives at their respective islands, the Ajax returned to Callao. There
she remained till her term of service had expired, and she once more
made sail for Old England. Amply was Ben Hadden repaid for all the
dangers he had gone through when he was able to present his long-lost
brother Ned to their widowed mother, not only rescued from the power of
the savages, but from the dominion of sin and Satan.

And now there is not much more to tell about Ben Hadden. The experience
he had had of a seafaring life confirmed his original desire to be a
sailor; and the favour he had won, by his good conduct, in the regards
of the captain and officers of the Ajax, was of great advantage to him,
and led to his promotion in the service. When last we heard of him, Ben
was what is called a warrant-officer, on board an admiral's ship--that
admiral being his first patron and captain.

As long as his mother lived, Ben had the happiness of doing very much
for her comfort, and also in assisting his older brother Ned in
obtaining a good situation on shore; for he had had enough of the sea
and savages, he said. So Mrs Hadden, though she remembered with a
feeling of sadness the loss of her husband and other sons, yet felt and
thankfully acknowledged that her God and Saviour had been very good to
her in sparing those two--Ned and Ben; both of whom heartily adopted,
and lived according to, their father's favourite motto:

"Do Right, whatever comes of it;
And Trust in God."

THE END.

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