"When we got all ready, we bid adieu to No Man's Island, and set sail
for Honolulu, feeling as if we had been set free from a prison. We were
on the way home now, and that was enough to lighten our hearts. We were
three weeks getting to Honolulu; and had to remain there two months. We
wanted an American ship homeward bound, to take passage on. But as none
came, we shipped on board the British whaleship Rose, of Halifax, Nova
Scotia, with a full cargo homeward bound. We got there after a long and
stormy voyage, working our way as sailors before the mast. We were
looked on as poor, shipwrecked whalemen; and no one on board thought we
had an extra dollar in our pockets. At Halifax we found a vessel ready
to sail for New York, and took passage on her, and here I am now, home
again, and glad to get home." It was long after midnight when Tite
concluded his story; and having received once more the caresses of his
parents, he retired to the little room he had occupied when a boy, to
sleep and dream of joys that were in store for him.
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