anger. No one
could have been better nursed than was poor Terence, and he at length
gave signs that he was recovering his strength, and the doctor looked
brighter when he spoke of him.

Some weeks had passed, when the frigate and brigs were standing in for
the land, a steamer hove in sight, and a signal was made that she had
the mail-bags on board. It was the first day Terence had been able to
sit up in the midshipmen's berth. Jack had come on board to see him. A
long, official-looking letter was handed to each of them, "On Her
Majesty's Service." One was addressed to Lieutenant Jack Rogers,
another to Lieutenant Alick Murray, and a third to Lieutenant Terence
Adair. There was a general shout, and warm congratulations were
showered on them. I ought to have said that, when last in England, they
had all passed their examination for navigation, having before that
passed for seamanship. They were in reality, what were then called
master's mates, a rank to which the more satisfactory title of
sub-lieutenants has been given. They were appointed to different ships
on the station; when in their new rank they performed a number of very
gallant acts, which may some day be chronicled for the benefit of my
friends. However, as they now belong to a higher rank, I must bring to
a termination the adventures of my old schoolfellows, the Three
Midshipmen.

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