And Drusilla and Anna saw their little charge safely across the street and within the enclosure of the green and shaded park; where, with many warnings and instructions to his attendants, they left him with Pina for his bearer and Jacob for his body-guard. Then they returned and joined their own protectors. “See how patiently he is waiting for us! Had ever any one such a dear, indulgent old uncle as I have?” said Drusilla, fondly regarding the old man as she approached. In two more minutes they were all in the carriage, and rolling down the avenue towards Broadway. They were nearly an hour in reaching their ship, which, with her passengers and freight all discharged, was lying quietly at her pier. Led on by Dick, pressing through crowds of people and climbing over piles of merchandise, and passing over decks of other boats, our party at last boarded their steamer, the “Hurona.” Picking his way among coils of ropes and chains, and folds of canvas and heaps of coal, Dick went up to an officer on duty on the deck, and showing his tickets requested to see the rooms engaged by his party. The officer politely acquiesced, called a steward, and directed him to show the gentleman and his friends to the first cabin. The man obeyed, and led our party down to the elegantly furnished floating drawing-room of the steamer. “This is much finer than anything we ever saw on our rivers and bays,” said Anna, as she glanced around upon the velvet carpets, satin damask curtains, heavily gilded cornices, cheval mirrors, and all the showy appointments of the place. “This is number three, if you please, sir,” said the steward, opening the ground glass gilded door of a state-room on their right. “Ah! yes; this is the place in which you will have to go to housekeeping for two weeks,” said the General, turning with a smile to Drusilla. It was a clean, cozy den, with an upper and a lower berth, and a sofa, wash-stand, shelves and drawers, and all that was required for convenience. “Do you think you will be comfortable here?” inquired the General. “I shall be _very_ comfortable. This is the largest state-room I ever saw,” said Drusilla, glancing around approvingly, although she was too inexperienced to know that this was indeed one of the very best positions in the ship. “And now we will see ours,” said Dick. And the steward led the party far away up to the bows of the steamer, where he showed them two large, three-cornered state-rooms, directly opposite each other. Though their position was execrable, they were even much larger and much better furnished than was Drusilla’s. She noticed their ample size and many conveniences, and exclaimed; “I am so glad that you have so much space and so many little drawers and cupboards to put away your things, and that you are so near each other, too.”