'Good thing,' ehouted Captain Danny. 4 You got cleaned out early.' A littlo later he declared with the sarao necossary vocifoiousnoss :

' Ain't no more troublo to bo had with them. Now wo can 'tend to tho storm.'

So for hours the tempest continuod, and when Leary announced that onothor meal had been prepared, the captain and I were the only mon who went below to eat of it. Wo found tho wounded man unconscious from tho effects of liquor with which his companions had plied him. The bullet had lodged in his shoulder, and it appeared that thero was little chance for his recovery with such poor attention as could bo given to him on board.
Dnring tho meal I asked the captain what bethought were the chancos of surviving tho storm. He answered between his mouthfuls, for ho ato ravenously : —

' A boat is made to float and not to sink, Mr Manley, and tho Rapiont is one of the best of 'em. But tho best craft go down with the best soamen at the helm. Thoy's jusb as good a chance of our woatborin' the gale as they was of you coming alivo out of our house." «

Nob a very promising prospect, suroly, but I had become proof to terrors and minded littlo what ho said.
