yes, sare, I always lock up my wife when I do go out, for she is
young, you see, and it is the safest plan; she can then no run away
herself, and no one can run off with her--that what I always fear. It
make my life miserable at Angostura;" and this curious representative of
the "majesty of England" shrugged his shoulders and made a grimace which
showed the intensity of his feelings.

"Well, go and get your wife and your traps, and I will inform Lieutenant
Rogers of the governor's wishes, that he should afford you and your wife
a passage home."

"Thank you, sare," answered Senhor Guedes, bowing low as he strutted off
to a boat, and returned on board the schooner, which lay at a short
distance from the shore.

Murray had invited Rogers to dine on board the _Tudor_, and a very
pleasant party the three old messmates had. They talked of times gone
by, and enjoyed a hearty laugh at the description Murray gave of the
consul and his fair partner.

"I shall be happy to give up my cabin to the lady, but I hope her
husband won't lock her in it during the whole voyage; at all events, he
cannot be afraid of any one running away with her while we are at sea."

"I wish you may at all events enjoy the company of your passengers,"
said Adair, laughing; "I want you to write me a full account of what
occurs, or the chances are that by the time you rejoin us you will have
forgotten all about it."

Jack, promising to comply with Adair's request, returned to the
_Supplejack_ somewhat earlier than he would otherwise have done, that he
might be on board to receive his expected guests. He at once gave
orders to his steward to clear out his cabin and prepare it for the
reception of the consul's lady; however, as Jack faithfully fulfilled
his promise to Adair, we have the opportunity of giving an account of
the expedition in his own words:--

"I had been walking the deck for some time, thinking now of one thing,
now of another, when a boat with two persons in the sternsheets came
alongside, and answered to the quarter-master's hail--

"`Her Majesty's British Consul of Angostura and his family.'

"The accommodation-ladder had already been rigged in preparation for the
arrival of these important personages. The sides being manned, the next
instant a stout gentleman who must be, I knew, the consul, began to
ascend, shoving up before him a veiled female figure. She, I rightly
guessed, was his wife. I advanced to meet them, and was a