w her own Philip in the distance
hastening to her; she held out her arms strove to get up, and run to
meet him, but her limbs refused their office; she called to him, she
screamed, and sank back exhausted on her resting-place.

CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.

We must for a time return to Philip, and follow his strange destiny. A
few hours after he had thrown the pilot into the sea they gained the
shore, so long looked at with anxiety and suspense. The spars of the
raft, jerked by the running swell undulated and rubbed against each
other, as they rose and fell to the waves breaking on the beach. The
breeze was fresh, but the surf was trifling, and the landing was without
difficulty. The beach was shelving, of firm white sand, interspersed
and strewed with various brilliant-coloured shells; and here and there,
the bleached fragments and bones of some animal which had been forced
out of its element to die. The island was, like all the others, covered
with a thick wood of cocoa-nut trees, whose tops waved to the breeze, or
bowed to the blast, producing a shade and a freshness which would have
been duly appreciated by any other party than the present, with the
exception only of Krantz; for Philip thought of nothing but his lost
wife, and the seamen thought of nothing but of their sudden wealth.
Krantz supported Philip to the beach, and led him to the shade; but
after a minute he rose, and running down to the nearest point, looked
anxiously for the portion of the raft which held Amine, which was now
far, far away. Krantz had followed, aware that, now the first paroxysms
were past, there was no fear of Philip's throwing away his life.

"Gone, gone for ever!" exclaimed Philip, pressing his hands to the balls
of his eyes.

"Not so, Philip, the same providence which has preserved us, will
certainly assist her. It is impossible that she can perish among so
many islands many of which are inhabited; and a woman will be certain of
kind treatment."

"If I could only think so," replied Philip.

"A little reflection may induce you to think that it is rather an
advantage than otherwise, that she is thus separated--not from you, but
from so many lawless companions whose united force we could not resist.
Do you think that, after any lengthened sojourn on this island, these
people with us would permit you to remain in quiet possession of your
wife? No!--they would respect no laws; and Amine has, in my opinion,
been miraculously pres