uffering
wife and their three children. I found that Robin had not overpraised
his sweet sister Ella or his little brother Oliver, who, however, by
this time had grown into a fine handsome boy.

Robin had told his mother of our kindness to him, and she expressed her
gratitude in a way which could not fail to give me very sincere
satisfaction. "And oh, how I long," she added, "to thank that good
missionary, Mr Crisp, for the change he has been the means of working
in my husband!"

We all went back in the spring to Fort Ross, but Mr and Mrs Crisp had
by that time returned to their distant station. Martin, however,
remained, having been appointed to a clerkship. In a few years
afterwards, when Alick married his sister, I became the husband of Letty
Meredith. He proposed and was accepted by Ella Grey. Before white
hairs sprinkled our brows we were all able to retire from the service,
and to settle on adjacent farms in Canada, where we enjoyed the benefit
of having Mr Crisp as minister of the district. We formed, I believe,
as happy and prosperous a community as any in that truly magnificent
colony of Great Britain, to the sovereign of which we have ever remained
devotedly attached. We have never forgotten the trials and dangers we
went through, or ceased, I trust, to be grateful to that merciful Being
whose loving hand guided us safely through them; while we have ever
striven to impress upon our children the importance of a loving
obedience to our heavenly Father, a confidence in the justice of His
laws, and a perfect trust in Him.

THE END.

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