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I know well enough all you have to say, and trust me for making the young lady understand you." "By-the-bye, have you seen Dame Halliburt? I wish to know how she and her husband bear the loss of their son." "She is about again, and both keep up their spirits in the hopes that the lad will manage to make his escape from the smugglers, and return to them before long.
"What are you going to do with her?" asked Jacob, who having stolen down from his roosting-place after a short rest, found his father and mother sitting by the fire watching over the little girl, who was still asleep. "Do with her!" exclaimed Dame Halliburt, looking at her husband, "why, take care of her, of course, what else should we do?"
"Do your duty, Halliburt," he said, "and I can answer for it that Captain Headland will endeavour to promote your interests, and give you a higher rating as soon as possible. I will write by the first chance, to give your friends notice of your safety, and you can do the same, and let them know what I have said." "I am much obliged to you for your kindness," answered Jacob.
Halliburt turned his face seaward, sheltering his eyes with his hand from the thick drizzle which the mist had now become. "If the wind holds from the south-east there will be nothing to stop us," he answered, after waiting a minute. "It is likely, however, to be a dirtier night than I had thought for I will own that.
Unless that is as unsuccessful as the last, I shall soon redeem my fortunes." He sat for some time ruminating, now and then turning to his papers, and casting up accounts. Suddenly a thought occurred to him. "How came I so long to forget the chest I got only off the wreck from which old Halliburt saved the little girl?" he muttered.
"Father called me so when he found me a long time ago," answered May. "When he found you, my child, what do you mean?" asked Miss Mary, with surprise. "When I came in the big ship with my ayah, and was wrecked among the fierce waves," answered May. "I do not clearly understand you. Is not Dame Halliburt your mother?" "Oh, yes, and I love her and father and Jacob and the rest so much," said May.
"I shall be very glad to be of use and to serve under Miss Halliburt, for she has made so admirable a beginning that she must remain director of the works. Will you accept my services?" he asked, looking at May. "I cannot refuse them when they are so frankly offered," she said, looking up somewhat timidly as she spoke; "though I must leave the Miss Pembertons to decide who is to be director."
She, however, paid frequent visits to her kind foster father and mother, as she now called Adam and his wife. It had been a hard struggle to Dame Halliburt and her husband to part with her, but they saw clearly that it would be for her benefit, and that their cottage was not a fit abode for a young girl destined to occupy a higher rank than their own.
"If she had been half a mile to the nor'ard she might have stood through Norton Gut and been safe," observed Halliburt; "but if she is a stranger there is little chance of her hauling off in time to escape the sands."
His met them, and, strange to say, May speedily withdrew hers, while a slight blush rose on her cheeks. "I am indebted to Miss Halliburt for finding my way here so easily," observed Harry, "for I have never been in this part of Hurlston before, and did not know where your cottage was situated. What a beautiful spot it is.
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