Fairwindshelpedherand，atlast，sheenteredtheharborofNukahiva，overtwelvehundredmilesaway。Andthere——“Hammond’sluck，“thesailorscalledit——wasaUnitedStatesman-of-warlyingatanchor，thefirstAmericanvesseltotouchatthatlittleFrenchsettlementforfiveyears。TheboattheybuiltwasabandonedandthesurvivorsoftheSeaMistweretakenonboardtheman-of-warandcarriedtoTahiti。
FromTahitiCaptainNattookpassageonaFrenchbarkforHonolulu。
Here，afteramonth’swait，hefoundopportunitytoleaveforNewYorkonanAmericanship，theStarsandStripes。Andfinally，afterbeingawayfromhomefortwoyears，hewalkedintotheofficeofhisNewYorkowners，depositedtheirgoldonatable，andcheerfullyobserved，“Well，hereIam。“
ThatwastheyarnwhichTrumetwastohearlateron。Itfilledcolumnsofthecitypapersatthetime，andthoseinterestedmayreadit，inallitsdetails，inabookwrittenbyaneminentauthor。ThetaleofaCapeCodseacaptain，pluckyandresourcefulandadequate，asYankeeseacaptainswereexpectedtobe，andwere，inthosedays。
ButTrumetdidnotheartheyarnimmediately。AllthatitheardandallthatitknewwascontainedinCaptainNat’sbrieftelegram。