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! what they should do in the night, and
came to terms about the discipline Of the
crew. whilst the ship Kept the sea.
Il shall be on deck as much as I cam"
said he. Il must sleep on deck; do not
choose to lie without shelter during my
watch below. I'll bring a hencoop aft,
thoroughly cleanseit, and put a mattress
into 1t after knocking away the rails.
That's a good idea
Excellent she exclaimed; "and clear
out another hencoop for me. How ro-
mantle tc sleep in a hencoop!' and she
laughed softly, looking lovingly at him.
IF [ will crow in my sIeep whilst you're
at the wheel you'll know that I'm being
henpecked.
Cant we put Sailor to some use?"
she asked.
The animal lifted his head to the sound
of his name, and all was intelligence In
his SOFT pathetic eyes.
''You shall sleep on a mattress at the
foot of the companion steps, where you
| will be sheltered. I have an idea. Are
you strong enough to bring your mattress
out Of your berth and place it on deck
with a pillow?''
Pshaw"' she answered with a shrug
| Il have lifted an old woman out of bed.
| What do you want me to do?''
Spread your mattress on the port side
of the steps, get a pillow, and stretch
yourself upon it, and sing out when
| you're ready"
She instantly arose and descended the
dog was about to follow her.
Lie down, Sailor!' and the dog obeyed.
| In a few moments the clear voice
| sounded, 'On deck there!'
"Halior'
"AH ready, George"
Shut your eyes and seem asleep.
| Sailor!' The dog Immediately stood up
with an inQuiring look, ears slightly lift
| ed. Fetch her, Sailor! fetch her!
The dog trembled and looked with
sort of passion about him.
Fetch her. Sailor! fetch her!' shouted
| Hardy, pointing down the hatch.
The noble creature sprang down the
steps. In a moment Julia began to
| scream
my dress, George"
Come up with ghim; 1t is all right
| he beloved. And up came the girl with
| her skirt in the mouth of the dog, who
| tried to get in front of her to drag her
as though they were both in the sea
! and aWash; but she filled the way and
the Newfoundland could not jam past
! her.
The dog held on till she was seated;
he had not torn her dress, and the sweet
! hearts fell into fit of immoderate laugh
! ter, whilst the dog by pantomime of tail
and motion exhibited every mark of salts
| faction
What a wonderful animal!" said
/ Julia.
That breed is cleverer than we are"
answered Hardy, 'and as humane as
| angels. He understood me; it was like
| bidding him jump overheard after you.
"But what is your object, George?"
II might want you, and if you are In
a sound sleep and a breeze is blowing in
| low thunder over the companion way
might yelp myself into the disease of
! laryngitis without awakening you The
dog rests beside me and is at hand TO
| call you
"You are very clever, George. The
, more I see of you the cleverer you be-
| come. Dear old Sailor! must he lie beside
you on deck unsheltered?"
II shall lash an empty cask to the
grating; there is plenty of sailcloth for
ward, and he shall have kennel. Take
the wheel, Julia; there is something to
be done before the night falls The
| breeze freshens TOO aohurrah, see how
straight the white race flies astern of
i her Under such canvas too! Keep her
| steady and dent be afraid"
Afraid" she answered with a glance
at him. which made him feel as if he
was married.
He walked forward, laughing, trusting
his girl as though she had been an able
seaman. A. great deal of confusion fol-
| lowed when he caught few hens out OF
one coop and thrust them into the other.
| Such he9rtrenGlng screams OF despair,
and two cocks and five or six hens in
the other coop strained their throats in
clamorous sympathy, and you could
have sCwrn that the whole crowd of
them, cocks and all, had just laid eggs
| When the hencoop was clear he passed
his knife through the lashings, fetched
an AK, swept the bars. out OF their fiXings
| to the accompaniment of the orchestra III
the other hercoop, drew a bucket CT
water, and with a scrubbing brush thor
ough!v cleansed the dirty thing, which
had the width of a trunk, though much
! longer
He found it was heavy to drag, being
a somewhat solid structure, SO he called
| the Newfoundland to HIM and harnessed
him to the coop blythe watch tackle. The
! dog tugged with the VIgor of man,
Hardy showed, and the hencoop rushed
along the deck right aft, whilst Julia,
with tears of laughter in her eyes, kept
the speeding ship TO her course as though
she had done nothing but steer ever since
she could stand. But there was more yet
to be done, and the sun was setting. lie
took the cooked meat out of the coppers
and placed the, steaming mass on dish
until it should grow cold.
Suddenly his ear was taken by strange
noise of kissing over the SIDE; it was
something more than the sheering of the
ship through the soft whiteness she made.
1t was like continuous snarI threading
the blowing off of steam.
He looked over the rail and saw the
boat they had come aboard in from the
brig rushing with comet-like velocity close
alongside, like a little child swept to her
home by the enraged mother that had lost
her
He debated a minute, and then said to
himself: "She is of no use, neither she,
nor the fresh water, nor the grub that is
in her"
He was making his way into the chan
nels to cast the painter adrift
Where are you going?" shrieked Julia
at the wheel He explained
''If I see you in the water behind me I
shall jump after you," she cried, with a
look of alarm and real anxiety.
Cant 1 drop into ships chains with
out going overboard?'' he answered. and
disappeared, and a short scream at the
wheel attended his going.
The boat was easily released, and, to the
great joy of Julia, the manly face of her
sailor was once more visible They both
watched the boat as she receded.
She'll be fallen in with" said Hardy,
land some skipper will log her and make
fearful mystery of her. Every tragic
possibility of shipwreck is in her She is
the issue of fire, collision, the leak, the
meteor-cloven craft
What do you mean?" interrupted