y, who, with Captain Leslie, had been busy in collecting such
other evidence as was thought necessary. The next day Mr Pengelley
went for Harry, and took him and his mother to see Sir Mostyn Stafford,
whose intellects, though he was an old man, were still perfectly clear.
On Harry being introduced to him, after regarding him fixedly for a few
minutes he exclaimed, "There stands my nephew; had I not been told that
he was Henry's son, I should have known him instantly."

Mr Pengelley asked if he was ready to acknowledge him; he replied that
he should certainly do so. It appeared that he had been for some time
suspicious of Mr Biddulph Stafford, and was very glad to find an heir
who was likely to do more credit than that person to his name and title.

I have already spun my yarn to a greater length than I intended. I know
nothing of the law, and therefore cannot describe the legal proceedings
which took place; but all I know is, that the evidence we brought
forward was so overwhelming that Mr Biddulph Stafford was defeated, and
that Harry fully established his claim as heir to Sir Mostyn Stafford.

As may be supposed, Captain Leslie no longer objecting, Harry shortly
afterwards married Miss Fanny. A few weeks more passed, when, old Mr
Hayward dying, Mrs Stafford came to live with her son, who, before a
year was over, by the death of his uncle, succeeded to the estate and
title. No one was more pleased than Jerry with the result of his
exertions. It seemed as if his last task had been accomplished; he was
suddenly taken ill, and, though he lingered for some weeks, he gradually
sank. Whatever the sins and failings of his youth, he had sincerely
mourned for them, and now, enjoying the strong hope of a true Christian,
he died. Harry and I followed the old man to his grave; Susan, who had
been summoned to give evidence at the trial, returned with me after some
time to Ryde, where we have since lived on, having seen another long war
brought to a glorious conclusion.

One of my chief amusements is to describe to the members of another
generation the battles I have seen fought, the adventures I have gone
through, and, what I find interests them more than anything else, to
repeat the account I have given in this book of "The Loss of the _Royal
George_."

THE END.

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