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The deck, washed now al tons of storth of the ship, had become entirely iet beloaves All semblance of discipline had vanished For the , terror-ridden beasts, fighting at the hatches with those ould have held theer of each new assault of the sea

Ward and Skipper Si the first to seek the precarious safety below deck Theriere alone of the officers had re his every faculty in the effort to save asthe ship in the doing of it Only betaves was the entrance to the otiable, while the forecastle hatch had been abandoned entirely after it had with difficulty been replaced following the retreat of three of the crew to that part of the ship

The mucker stood beside Theriere as the latter beat back the men when the seas threatened It was the man's first experience of the kind Never had he faced death in the courage-blighting forrihastly bidding Thebullies of the forecastle reduced to white-faced, gibbering cowards, clawing and fighting to clier of the cabins, while the ht them off, except as he found it expedient to let them pass him; he alone cool and fearless

Byrne stood as one apart fros of his fellows Once when Theriere happened to glance in his direction the Frenchy to the paralysis of abject cowardice "The fellow is in a blue funk," thought the second e hireat wave ca unexpectedly close upon the heels of a lesser one It took Theriere off his guard, threw hi hi and stunned The next ould carry him overboard

Released froht their way into the cabin--only thefirst at the prostrate form of thehiht that the hts and fears; but such was far fro to see if the mate would revive sufficiently to return across the deck before the next wave swept the ship It was very interesting--he wondered what odds O'Leary would have laid against the man