His brother chartered a steamer to bring the family to Bonnydale, but only for a friendly visit.

The reunion was a happy one; and neither brother was disposed to talk politics, and those of the North did not indulge in a single "I told you so!" in the presence of their defeated relatives.

They were the same as they had been before the war; and it is needless to say that Horatio generously helped out Homer financially; and now he is as wealthy and prosperous as ever before.
When it came to disposing of the vessels that were no longer needed for the navy, Christy bought the St.Regis, for in a moderate way compared with his father he was a rich man.

On the day he was twenty-one years old, Bertha Pembroke became his wife; and Paul Vapoor became the husband of Florry Passford on the same occasion.

Over a year had elapsed since the war, and the St.Regis had been entirely reconstructed in her interior, and furnished in the most elegant manner.
Her first mission was a voyage to Mobile to bring the family of Uncle Homer to the wedding.