"He decided that he would go home and bring her with him in a double wagon--the one he had being single--to accompany me to their home; pleading my fatigue after my journey as the reason why I did not go with him at once. On the way he was to prepare her for the glad meeting, as well as he could. "I will not dwell upon the raptures of the young mother when she received her children who had 'been dead, but were alive again--had been _lost_, but were _found_!'--only to remark that she who had borne grief so calmly and patiently met the elevation also of this sudden transport in the same edifying spirit, and with many soft and tender ejaculations of the gratitude with which her heart was overflowing. "The possibility of their children's escape had never for one moment occurred to the minds of the parents, and in the confusion and darkness of the shipwreck scene on the coast their recovery was unnoticed. Their condition, and that of Mr. Ferguson, their being consequently hurried away so suddenly from the vicinity, and remaining so long unconscious, together with the absence of the physician, had prevented any communications of a kind which might have led to the disclosure of their escape. "The glad tidings soon spread through all the settlements, and the house was thronged early and late, with people of high and low degree. Rich and poor, Canadians, emigrants, and 'Americans,' came from all parts of the country to offer their congratulations--where their sympathies had before been freely bestowed--over the _Lost and Found_. "I formed many agreeable acquaintances during the few weeks to which I was persuaded to prolong my visit in that part of the country. "The vicissitudes of a changeful life--the lapse of forty years, during which I have stood by many graves of my nearest and dearest--have not been able to obliterate my fond recollections of the Macphersons, and have served only to engrave more and more deeply in my heart the lessons I learned from them, and my conviction that those upon whom God designs to bestow his richest spiritual gifts must go up, as did Moses of old, to 'meet him in the cloud!'" We sat for some time in silence after she closed, and I then asked, "Did you ever see or hear from them after your departure?" "Cars ready! Hurry up, ladies and gentlemen! Hurry up!" And groups of loungers, starting from every direction, hastened gladly to take their places and resume their broken journey. When we were again seated in the car, I repeated my question, "Did you ever see or hear from them again?"