aring the lashings from the stern boat. That was a
joyful moment, for it was a proof of their intention to land. Then the
boat was lowered away and pulled alongside, when two oarsmen got in, and
were followed by two men who sat in the stern sheets, and who turned
out to be my old companions, Doane and Ryder. Deliverance had come at
last.

"After being at sea three days and nights in the boat, they were picked
up by a New Bedford whaleship, and landed at Honolulu, where they
chartered the schooner Lapwing and returned for me. Thinking it
necessary to keep our discovery a secret, lest it might excite the
cupidity of the crew, who were all natives, we had to proceed
cautiously, and disguise our movements as much as we could. It was
decided to leave at least half of the treasure until we could find a
more secure means of removing it, as well as one less liable to excite
suspicion at the points we would be compelled to land at on our way
home.

"We got what we agreed to take away quietly on board during the night,
having filled Dunman's big old chest with shells and buried it among
them. Then each swore on oath that he would be true to the other, and
that he wouldn't make an effort to remove what remained except by mutual
agreement, and for the benefit of all equally. We disguised all our
movements so well that not even the captain of the schooner, who was an
old Spanish coaster, accustomed to suspicious transactions, mistrusted
what we were doing.

"When we got all ready, we bid adieu to No Man's Island, and set sail
for Honolulu, feeling as if we had been set free from a prison. We were
on the way home now, and that was enough to lighten our hearts. We were
three weeks getting to Honolulu; and had to remain there two months. We
wanted an American ship homeward bound, to take passage on. But as none
came, we shipped on board the British whaleship Rose, of Halifax, Nova
Scotia, with a full cargo homeward bound. We got there after a long and
stormy voyage, working our way as sailors before the mast. We were
looked on as poor, shipwrecked whalemen; and no one on board thought we
had an extra dollar in our pockets. At Halifax we found a vessel ready
to sail for New York, and took passage on her, and here I am now, home
again, and glad to get home." It was long after midnight when Tite
concluded his story; and having received once more the caresses of his
parents, he retired to the little room he had occupied when a boy, to