But the moment that God imposed such a task upon one of His creatures, it is God himself that becomes the operator.
When, some days after, Mrs.Becker--calm, radiant, and saved--requested to see and thank her deliverer, it was Jack who presented himself.

If she had known this sooner, it would, most undoubtedly, have augmented her terror, and increased the fever.

As it was, it redoubled her thankfulness, and hastened her recovery.
Frank and Ernest embarked on board the _Nelson_ when she returned to New Switzerland on her way to Europe.

Two years afterwards, the former returned in the capacity of a minister of the Church of England, bringing with him a sufficient number of men, women, and children to furnish a respectable congregation; and it was rumored, though with what degree of truth I will not venture to say, that one of the young lady passengers in the ship was his destined bride.

Ernest remained some years in Europe, partly to consolidate relations between the colony and the mother country, and partly with a view to realize his pet project of establishing an observatory in New Switzerland.
Willis, instead of being suspended at the yard-arm as he had insisted on prognosticating, received his lieutenancy in due course, accompanied by a highly flattering letter from the Lords of the Admiralty, thanking him, in the name of the captain and crew of the _Nelson_, for his exertions in their behalf.