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How he first got in touch with his captain's wife Powell relates in this

way It was long before his etting clear of the channel It was glooale; the Ferndale under reduced sail

was stretching close-hauled across the track of the hoh the water and noher and the weather looked threatening About ten o'clock at

night he was alone on the poop, in charge, keeping well aft by the

weather rail and staring to ard, when a

seas, under the black sky, he hts of a ship He watched

the dead before the wind of course She

will pass jolly close--he said to hireat ht for

us--he thought It was not his business to get out of the way On the

contrary And his uneasiness grew by the recollection of the forty tons

of dynao one

thinks of with equaniazed at the two sry

noise of the seas They fascinated hiave hier there He knew in his ency, but very properly he felt that he must call

the captain out at once

He crossed the deck in one bound By the ie of