"We are saved!" cried Mr. Seagrave, leaping off the plank and embracing
his wife, who sank down on her knees, and held up her clasped hands in
thankfulness to Heaven.
William had hastened up to the look-out on the cocoa-nut tree, and now
cried out to them below, as the guns were again discharged:
"A large schooner, father; she is firing at the savages, who are at the
canoes; they are falling in every direction: some have plunged into the
water; there is a boat full of armed men coming on shore; they are
close to the beach, by the garden-point. Three of the canoes have got
off full of men; there go the guns again; two of the canoes are sunk,
father; the boat has landed, and the people are coming up this way."
William then descended from the look-out as fast as he could.
As soon as he was down, he commenced unbarring the door of the
stockade. He pulled out the last pole just as he heard the feet of
their deliverers outside. He threw open the door, and, a second after,
found himself in the arms of Captain Osborn.
Chapter LXVI
Before we wind up this history, it will be as well to state to my young
readers how it was that Captain Osborn made his appearance at so
fortunate a moment.
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