^ DICK SAKDS, THE BOY CAPTAIN.

CHAPTER XX. A HArpV RE-UNIOÎI. Two days aftcr Dick's marvellous delîverarice the party had the good fortune to fall in with a caravan of honest Portuguese ivorj'-traders on their way toEmboma, at ibe mouth of the Congo. They rendered the fugitives every assistance, and thus enabled them to rcach the coast without further discomfort. Thîs meeting with the caravan was a most fortunate occurrence, as any project of launching a raft upon the Zaire would hâve been quite impracticable, the river between the Ntemo and Yellala Falls being a continuons séries of cataracts. Stanley counted as many as sixty-two, and it was hereabouts that that brave traveller sustained the last of thirty-one conflicts with the natives, escaping almost by a miracle from the Mbelo cataract. Before the middle of August the party arrived at Emboma, where they were Kospitably received by M. Motta Viega and Mr. Harrison. A steamer was just on the point ofstarting for the Isthmus of Panama ; in this they took their passage, and in due time set foot once more upon American soil. P'orthwith a message was despatched to Mr. Weldon, apprisîng him of the return of the wife and child over whose loss he had mourned so long. On the 25th the railroad deposîted the travellers at San Francisco, the only thing to mar their happiness being the recoUection that Tom and his partners were not with them to share their joy. Mr. Weldon va^^"i'aS.i.-a,.^ ViwiseU