giously paid it to the last farthing.

"`You have made up your mind not to receive the blacks, and I have made
up mine not to desert them,' said Wasey, wishing him good-bye. `A
prosperous voyage to you, and I can only say that I hope for your sake
as well as ours, that we may manage to get the schooner into Bahia. I
should not wish to have my conscience troubled as yours will be if you
hear that we are lost.' Having purchased all the provisions and water
the American could spare, Wasey returned to the schooner and made sail
for the westward, while the American vessel stood away on her course.
He divided the water and most of the provisions he had obtained among
the starving blacks, and their strength renewed, they were able to
assist better at the pumps than they were before. Still the powers of
all on board were taxed to the uttermost; every one, however, knew that
their lives depended on their exertions, and worked away till they were
ready to drop. They could just keep the schooner afloat, and that was
all. The wind continued fair, and by the time the last drop of water
was expended and the farina and other food for the blacks was used up,
they made this port of Bahia.

"Wasey now hoped that his chief troubles were over. The blacks had got
to trust him, and so, when the schooner was brought to an anchor, they
willingly laboured as before to keep her afloat. Believing that all was
right he went on shore to communicate with the authorities, leaving the
quarter-master in charge of the schooner. The officials detained him
for some time, and sent him first to one person and then to another,
thus keeping him employed till nightfall. At last he pulled off to the
schooner; there she lay all right, and he hoped to be able to get the
leaks stopped, and to carry the poor blacks to Sierra Leone, where they
could be set free. When he stepped on board, he inquired if all had
gone well during his absence.

"`Yes, sir,' was the quarter-master's answer. `Some Brazilian officers
came off in a number of boats, and told me that they had been sent to
land the blacks. As all seemed right, I did not prevent them from
coming on board. At once ordering the blacks up, they made every one of
them get into the boats, which at once pulled away up the harbour. The
officers were very polite, and seemed to be doing everything regular,
though I was just a little suspicious when I saw three large boats full
of men, with a good number