AND MRS HUDSON.--THEY OFFER TO TAKE US TO ENGLAND, BUT WE
RESOLVE TO REMAIN ON AN ISLAND INHABITED BY CHRISTIANS, ON WHICH WE
LAND, THAT WE MAY DEVOTE OURSELVES TO MISSIONARY WORK.--MAUD IS RESTORED
TO HER PARENTS.--CAPTAIN HUDSON, ON A SUBSEQUENT VOYAGE, BRINGS MY
FATHER TO US, AND I, HAVING BECOME THE WIFE OF MR NORTON, WE RETURN TO
OUR ISLAND, WHERE MASAUGU HAVING BECOME A CHRISTIAN, WITH LISELE AND HER
HUSBAND, ARE RESIDING.--THE WHOLE OF THE INHABITANTS BEFORE MY FATHER'S
DEATH BEING ALSO CONVERTED TO THE TRUTH.

We had been many days on board, and Maud and I were able to enjoy the
fresh air on deck, where Captain Hudson warmly congratulated us, in his
fatherly manner, on our recovery; arranging cushions on which we could
recline--for we were still too weak to sit up--and kindly doing all he
could for us. How glad we were again to see Abela and her companions,
and to comfort them in their sorrow, for they believed that they should
never again see their native land.

Young Tofa, however, was perfectly content. "I shall learn more about
the religion of Jehovah, and that will be my support wherever I am," he
observed.

Mr Norton came up and spoke to us so gently, and yet with unmistakable
earnestness in his mariner. "Oh Miss Liddiard," he said, "I am now more
than ever sure that our merciful Father in heaven hears the prayers of
the greatest of sinners who have returned to Him. I have never ceased
beseeching Him that you might be restored to health, and that while you
may enjoy happiness yourself, you may prove a blessing to many of our
fellow-creatures."

"I do indeed hope that I may be of use to some," I answered. "I desire
no greater happiness than to be employed in God's service."

"Such will, I believe, be the occupation of the blessed throughout
eternity, although He has not revealed to His creatures the way in which
they are to be employed. That surpasses human comprehension," he
observed.

A few days after this we came in sight of a high and picturesque island,
even more beautiful than the one we had left.

"My dear young lady," said Captain Hudson, "I should be very sorry to
part with you, and would gladly have carried you with me to old England,
but the poor natives are, I am sure, anxious to be put on shore, and as
an English missionary resides on yonder island, and all the inhabitants
are Christians, I thought it best to go there to land those who desire
to land. Will you and your sister re