Cahoonshee continued to revive, and on the arrival of his friends felt sufficiently strong to talk. He beckoned the Captain to take his hand and said: These men are friends of your child. This one is his brother, and this one has been to him a father. They will tell you all, and then he fell back on his bed exhausted. The Quicks were taken to the cabin, where they related the history of Charles Drake, from the time he was captured by the elder Quick on the upper waters of the Mongaup, to the present time, and that when the boat returned from the island they would see their lost child. I have already seen him! exclaimed Mrs. Davis excitedly. It was he that you questioned about Cora! Nothing but the mark on his breast will convince me, said the Captain. Then, replied Quick, you will be convinced. The mark is on there—anchor, ship, with the letters C. D. and E. N. Is that your boy, Captain? That is the way he was marked when he was stolen from his mother on the island where they have now gone. At this juncture an officer entered the cabin and informed the Captain that the boat was approaching with two ladies on board. CHAPTER XIX. Mutual Mistakes. It was difficult for old Shell to pacify Amy after Cora had mentioned the name of Walter Wallace. She was determined to go on board of the Reindeer in search of her lover if she had to swim from the island to the ship. I have often swam farther than that through the falls of the Delaware, she said. At last she reluctantly consented to wait until morning, and went to sleep in her chair. Cora retired to bed again, and the old man prepared breakfast, which consisted of smoked ham, dried herring, pan cakes and birch bark tea. They had not finished eating, when Bang! went a gun on board of the Reindeer. In an instant they were all out of the cabin. The ship first attracted their attention. Then they saw an armed boat rowing up the river. Bang! went the gun again, when they looked up the river and saw the float, with people on it. I see, said Shell. They are shooting at a black bear. Don’t you see? He is making direct for the island. I will get my gun and stop his bearship. Amy was herself again, and watched the bear with great interest until the old man returned with his gun. You stay here girls, and I will go to the beach and settle him. Amy followed him unperceived. The old man took accurate aim, when suddenly Amy struck up his gun, and the ball went over the bear’s head. Girl, what do you mean! he exclaimed. I mean to save the life of my best friend. That is no bear, it is my dog Rolla, and the party on the float are my friends. By this time Rolla had reached the shore and embraced Amy with a kind of fatherly affection. The parties watched the float, and saw the people on it get in the boat and row toward the ship.