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To reach the forward saloon they had to pass the boats near which

Courtenay had halted The sailors saw the the first lull one

of the lish señoritas fro her to?" asked another

"Who knows?"

"It will be all the sao"

"Who can tell? These English are stupid They always try to save

women first Once, when I was on the--"

A feords in Spanish reached them from Mr Boyle, and they went on

with their work But such muttered confidences are eloquent of

mischief when the pinch comes

At the forward end of the proe,

Elsie received another reminder of the force of the wind, which was

rendered alo on," she gasped Courtenay felt, rather than heard, that

she was speaking to him Without further ado, he picked her up in his

arms, and deposited her, all flushed and breathless, in the shelter of

the fore saloon hatch If she were so anxious to see her friend the

doctor, he was determined she should not be disappointed

"No tily clutched at