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"What is that, over yonder?" asked she--"it looks like a wreck of sohthouse," I told her "It is lying flat

on its side, a poor attitude for a lighthouse The great tidal wave of

the gulf storo, destroyed it We are now, to tell the

truth, at the edge of that district which causes the Weather Bureau

round of the tropical cyclones that

break between the Indies and this coast"

"And you bring us here?"

"Only to pass to the inner channels, ht, we shall anchor in the lee of a long

island, where the lighthouse is still standing, in its proper

position, and where we shall be safe as a church"

"Sharks! Storently, "and cannibals Yes, ht is serious, and I know not what ood will co to weep

And indeed, an instant later, my mournful skipper see expectant, a little forward, now

"Well, Peterson?" I rose and went to hi pardon, sir, Mr Harry," said he somewhat anxiously, "but we've

bent her port shaft on a cursed oyster reef"

"Very well, Peterson Suppose we run with the starboard screw"

"And the intake's clogged again with this cursed fine sand we've

picked up"

"After I warned Williams?"