"I hereby proclaim Cap'n Joe elected King of the Castle, which is the Enchanted Castle no longer.

You may all return to your work." The slaves went away well contented, and the boy and Cap'n Joe now came forward to greet their visitors.

"We're on our way home," explained Cap'n Bill, "an' we don't expec' to travel this way again.
But it pleases me to know, Joe, that you're the king o' such a fine castle, an' I'll rest easier now that you're well pervided for." "Oh, I'm all right, Bill," returned Cap'n Joe.

"It's an easy life here, an' a peaceful one.

I wish you were as well fixed." "If ever you need friends, Sacho, or any assistance or counsel, come to me," said the Mermaid Queen to the boy.
"Thank you, madam," he replied.