don can be
obtained.

When at length he rose from his sick bed he was truly an altered man,
and Pedro Alvarez acknowledged that he loved him better than ever,
although a Protestant minister had been the means of his reformation.

Sir Marcus Wardhill died shortly after, in a state of utter imbecility,
without recognising his grandson.

On her father's death Hilda accompanied her son to Spain, where Hernan
succeeded in establishing his rights to his paternal estates. He had,
however, never entirely recovered from his wounds, and in two years
Hilda had to endure the grief of seeing him die in her arms; but she
bore it with fortitude, and, invited by her loving relatives at
Lunnasting, returned to spend the evening of her days in Shetland.

Glover having married Donna Julia, inherited Hernan's estates in Spain.
Their children, brought up partly in the Protestant faith, became the
ancestors of those who have since fought the battle for the truth in
that long-benighted land.

Pedro Alvarez not being perfectly satisfied that the officers of the
Inquisition, though itself abolished, might not by some means get hold
of him, continued a welcome inmate to the end of his days at Lunnasting
Castle, the constant companion of Lawrence Brindister, who, on the death
of Sir Marcus recovered his intellect so far that he was looked upon by
Ronald's large family of young cousins as a most agreeable and amusing
old gentleman, the chief promoter of every sort of pastime and amusement
in which they were indulged.

For several years a gaunt old beggar might be seen at the corner of one
of the streets of Cadiz, surpassing his mendicant brethren in the
loudness of his complaints and the squalor of the rags which covered
him; and one day Glover, passing by, recognised in him his quondam
acquaintance, the ex-pirate, Tacon.

Father Mendez was never again heard of, nor was any surmise offered as
to what had become of him.

As Admiral Sir Ronald Brindister might object to have more of his
private history brought to light, we must bring, our tale to a
conclusion.

THE END.

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