CHAPTER IV.-CONTINUED.

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CHAPTER IV.-CONTINUED.

," .; r ,ii-AN ;U NSUaPECTJSDrESCA-PB. [ ' '■' '':, A*na in *a clerir, J nndh, ] trjnstful ; vqye*' she' repekted'a few verses of the; 107 th' Psalra^- r , *•.<„.-... ;. • . , "'."-'"' ! ,~ ;.-■• ««»ph e y that go'&.wn to t^e iea in sfclpaj'that do' '■TjTjilnyaliithfenili-htjrVaWrjiJ^J' -ii i i ; ; -. • , ,-- Y These, see .the works of, the Xord, and- ibis , • wondcralri'thedeeri':' :n " M /""-.-J--.,' „.•,-.* . % "For He eommandeth au'd[ rjAsett* the. stormy* wind,, which lifteth np the waves' thereof! They . ''. mount up to the heaven/ they gb'downagairi to the ...deptlM-^eirsonlis melted Ijecausa of trouble^ i . - "They reel to' and fro, 'and stacker like a drunken' .' man. and areattbjeir wits' end.* ~- =•■; it-- -I ' *.- •'Then they cry unto the. Lord in their trouble, and he brlngeth them oat t>f their distresses. He . . maketh thfeatorm a calm, so that the waves thereof, aresttlL * ."' *r " ■' ' ; \. *sThen they'are glad because they be dnJetV so he brfngettjthe-^^^he*r.d^edhavexi,**^ v . , „. ; , Th&t,.;^ ;harl been, glimmering through, Jack's^ . . "mind,_an4 as.i'acite^ by; £jJ£ve. it ;feli, j dp . fixs soul lik,ei %balrn, ; pf blessing, bring-;, ing with it a Divine assurance, , of{ streiigriand^safety, whatever^rnjght be. the, issue i of present qircumsfcansejs.^; , A\ Oh, ' miss, but ainfyti'bea^tifiqd^d nice ?" he ejaculated! " Let us iio^e. as • how the ; Lord, will be, pur; safetgrj and deliy'er ; us out of -this trouble, j, And it, . seems to me as how. He's.adoingit, .for, the gale ainit so strong as it was, and, the. sea has gone ,dpwn a : good bit If the. Jignt wpuld; only come sou that- we ; v : *»ight see round us~but^nt. a bit o' t use looking for that for some hours j and I, know, mis?, you i must feel- very r cold. You couldn't try to sleep,, could ; ;' ; ybur..' -„.■:,■ A. ■;.;• • '*.-_. , ( " No, Jack - lam not the least -in* , clined to. sleep.- , i . And .though my wet . . clothes do make me very cold, I am.no worse than ypu. jam.";,.....;) . „.",'•'•' v Me, miss T ' $qf, r bless, yop, I'm ... "used .to it, and I'll take no more harm , from it nor.a seagull."- i "... \. n By and by tjie^cpnyersatiQn.flriiited back to the Scripture channel, a^d OliVe, ; -tolked- about fiimj who „hoJdeth! the waters in the hollow of- His, hand, and •.' who. is a refuge and strength, a^ present help in trouble! Jack listened,, with motionless intensity. His whole naturej was thrilled, every vestage of apprehend siqri left him, and he experienced .a,.joysuch as he had never known before.. And , so the night wore insensibly away — the dawn came, and they could, see each other; face to, face.. Then it was that Olive beheld Jack's beaming and benevolent countenance, and saw ; : how; true ah index it formed of his. nature as she had already: tested it. The face itself was rough and' rugged,; tarred and 'weatherbeateh,' for many tempests had blown upon it, and many , tropical suns had scorched it Above, it, too, and round about it were.*g*reat masses of curly brown hair, the disordered tangle of which a comb had seldom unravelled. But the face itself was one of such pleasant good humour,, sterling honest truthfulness, such kind- . , ness and sincerity, that no one' could look upon it without; ( being inspired ; with trust and confidence. Olive was quite prepared to find it so, for the adventures of the night and their con-, verse the -dark had proved Jack's noble, simple, brave, and emotional, character beyond all question Yet it gave her. . additional pleasure and confidence to faze on his manly features, his strong;; elpful frame,' and the beaming eyes he; bent on her with such evident pity, , gratitude, and respect And truly he, was grateful to her for the holy, hopeful words with which she had; cheered tjhej, gloorri of their lonely, desolate, and peril-, ous situation. ' ■■■•'-■'

The twilight of those regions being, as brief between dawn and "sunrise as ' between sunset and night, the : clearness of day quickly spread over the sea,- and Jack's anxious eyes were directed to every point, in the hope that a vessel or, perhaps, one of the* Cynthia's boats might be visible. Alas, the universal waste of waters which' surrounded them

■was unrelieved by a -speck ; and when he found it so he heaved ' a sigh, arid glanced at the fair creature by his side with sad and troubled eyes. , He thought -she had no conception - of the femblefate which must be theirs if no help came; but he was -soon undeceived, and at the same time confounded, by the words she uttered in ;

■answer to hia pitiful look. ; . " I know what'-yo'U are thinking of, Jack," she oalmly observed. ' "-You are. • thinking that if a vessel does nbt ; come near us soon* we must die of hunger and ; thirati for we have rip food arid no water. , That will be very dreadful.' God knows' where we are arid what* are -our needs," arid He will give •\k strength • for the ! ' ordeal" • '• -•■ •■■• •• i.' ';•> ■'. !,

'-' " Bless'd if ever I knew such a sweet angel as this," was Jack*s inward comment.^ "Death^hasn't no more fears . for her thap; it Kaslor a ( in the ! ' cradle ;.-anij there was. I athirikmg that' sh^diuVt kuqwthje worst' ori it:*' , But thbu^li OJivij J knew quite 'well what Jack termed "the worst on it," she was alsbfiijly aliye to the necessity of preventing iheit thought* from brooding over the prospective sufferings ' of their position) apd 'the ' idea 1 occpred; .io her to hpguile the timVaiid create an interest in the &md of Km! companion by telling lmri j all about herself' jtne object of her voyage to Britain j and the -singular, an^^saj-reeab^ pbsitidh' inj» ! which sh,e was forced '.^bv , her fath&rV will.- She spoke as i' : Jxedty to Jack' of ker relation to her cousin Vict6t'as|fit ; bad beea Juha 1 Hardinage '-whom" she

, was;.&ddresam^ w,a,sV^o! , quite fojeoij^p^^en,,^] lpok^pu i t 7 u,ppn r , MiPWaV-J.whichr .withelep^^eneptpause^ .h|i^l^.BQriDg. l i*: \& i m Jr?w rf9j*m #w*-> , mprpent S: apd, to f -their - aßspe^aple jp^ v they--hehelfi a^^ejahip .unfo^fofl- . sail , j np i haJ*f r a-*aiUe] .d^fant.^ , ; |*ney ha^.iiot: ,no|iced flef.ipprpa(3hj^and.,B^ . have paj^e^. without picking ; thenj rr up; . h&g, ;th^r| ( 90iit,j*.qJJ bge^, beheld , ftouithe. depk;,,;( And r Jaso^t ? q,"4te ; .aj-.prQ^Qfjpf] people t^ere, jrazjng . at them.withcunosity andastonishmeptr rn ftf returnjed.,^he sl haiL: w ith u ogreat , -.excitement ;f a^q, yi^erft. gesticulation^ aondf^hey. were.,be i ckppe,dto pome,. alongside ; l)ut . pp , ,a , signal , ; being made ; .th^ this/; was : ;mpr^,t|ian . they po^d..do,;a bjb^t, wss ip^re^papd. •B-jilic^toyaxd^^^ .-..',{[", < «t „; TJi'e shipT^'oye^.tg^be^a .jportuguespi, "vessel, .|)pund; for], Lisbop .,, anrl (? , within,. half an :.hpur. Ti from.l^e 0 ; when theyl f pecame; aware . of presence Oliye w;asj the. .occupant^ !oi* a.,c9,uch v in: the.iiest sleepingi^saliin,,, and ; Jacjkj * the inmatef o^, 4/Snpg^erth ini tk^ fprecjastle.. He had thoroughly' recovered, jfrpm-, thewßfi^ects . of^^e.,wecK Twithin , ,twenty-j ifour^purSjj out.OhypV $"ag% frame, ,could< npt^p/ea|»ly pyercorj^e tJ^ej .shock; and 7 -exhaustion. „,u ^/. weakness, an^ great prostration she ke.pt her couch all . the; rest ; pf the yoyage^.^eing^attended' by ■ Jack^th 7pll.;a,jino^ter, , s pare .grid :devptipii., , ;: , ',- Ultl ■rj-ut/i •;.. .-.■••."•(-io .'■■ f 'Theyije-o^aipedWjLisr^^ for several; "weeksviind at, Jength ? . finding, a |_ vessel ihpundforiiLondopj afld OliyeiPeing now enough TtQ,; prqceedi, they, , took berths therein, a^nql, early .in December pamp: to anchor in the Thames.- ..-, ; ;