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As a little yeast leavens much flour so does the presence of a few

stout-hearted h

the ruiant hich pooped the

ship had carried ao of her six boats, there were no visible signs

of flurry in theboats for use

The men had confidence in their officers; every one worked shty persons on board when the Kansas left

Valparaiso Of these, seventeen, including the officers, were of

European birth or lineage The re froht under-stewards, a cook and his assistants, and nearly

fifty sailors and firemen Unfortunately, the explosion in the

stokehold had killed the chief engineer and one of his juniors, while

six stokers were dead and several injured

It was discovered that, before he died, the chief had shut off stea far ineer, a Newcastle ine-roo in collapse on the lever platform Walker promptly

opened certain levers which allowed the steam to escape freely; then he

carried his comrade out of the spume to the deck It was too late

Partial suffocation had placed too great a strain on a diseased heart;

by the time Dr Christobal was summoned, a brave man was dead

Courtenay, who had left instructions that he was to be called when the

Evangelistas light was sighted, was sound asleep In the elevated

quarters assigned to the captain, the noise of the explosion differed