After reporting what he saw his uncle called to him to come down and
help baptize the Chinamen. Just then the boy glanced seaward and to
his surprise discovered a ship lying at anchor not a mile away. "Holy
guardian angel! Blessed Mother of God!" he cried in joy. "A ship! a
ship! A ship in sight! Ship--ahoy! Wait, wait, they're coming!
They're launching a small boat!" Willy was so excited that he did not
know what he was saying, as he slid down the mast and ran for the shore
followed by all his companions.
It was really true that a ship was at anchor but a short distance away
and that the needed help was at hand, for, "When need is greatest God's
help is nearest." Just as the first raft loaded with cannibals
attempted to land, a boat with Tommy Green at the helm appeared in the
opening of the coral reef and a half dozen shots sufficed to frighten
away the enemy. A moment or two later Willy was in the arms of his old
friend. It did not take long for the men who had survived the horrors
of life on the coral reef to make their way to "The South Star."
What had been Tommy Green's experiences at sea in an open boat? He
told of storms, a calm, hunger, and thirst, and how more than once he
and his companions were in utter despair, but ever to their minds in
the hour of greatest trial came the thought "Surely the guardian angels
of those two innocent boys will not desert us.
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