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Lady Bountiful assisted in fitting him out very handsomely.
She also promised, or he would not have been content to have
gone, that she would take proper care of his poor father, while
he was absent ; and she faithfully kept her w<trd.
Pippin had nearly completed his voyage, when a dreadful
storm arose, and the vessel, after having been tossed about at
the mercy of the winds and waves, three days and as many
nights, was literally dashed to pieces on a rock, and every per­
son on hoard perished in the occan, except King Pippin, whom
it pleased Heaven, in its merciful goodness, t<> preserve; but he
was cast on shore, insensible for some time to the horrors of
his situation. When he recovered, he returned thanks to God fur
his deliverance fr^m a premature grave, and prayed that his
future life might bo one of piety and honour : as soon as he
was able to rise, he looked around and jk-rceived some huts at a
distance; thither he repaired, nnd on making his case known,
ho was most hospitably entertained at one of them, while the
owners of the rest all joined to promote his comfort. Happily
for him, he was net above thirty miles distant from Mr.
Worthy’s plantation ; and after three days' rest, to recover from
the fatigues and bruises lie had received, he was conducted
there with great ceremony. By prudent management. Pippin
increased the value of the estate to nearly treble its former
amount; which conduct so pleased Mr. Worthy, thal on the
young mans return to his native land, lie assisted him to open
a mercantile house in the city, and bestowed on him the hand
of his daughter M iry in marriage, on amiable and virtuous
young laily, with a handsome portion. Pippin wished his
father to reside with them ; hut the good old man did not like
to leave his native village ; so the dutiful son fitted up a neat
cottage for him, and provided him with a proper attendant, as
welt as every other comfort; he also went regularly to visit
him every summer, as long as he Jived. J'ippin also erected a