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"Co, pup," he said "Let us sample Dr Christobal's cookery

You have shared my watch; now you shall share my breakfast We have

both earned it"

It was in his mind to knock loudly on Elsie's door and awaken her;

therefore he was di of disappoint over the rail of the

pro the weird beauty of the scene

spread before her wondering eyes

The ship was now so sheltered by the shoulder of the southern cape that

the keen breeze yet rushing in from the sea passed hundreds of feet

above hermore than a tidal swell on the

surface of the water, in which the heavy-laden vessel rested as in a

dock In the new and extraordinary quietude the light thud of the

donkey-engine sounded with a strange distinctness, and Elsie and her

co footsteps alained the deck

Instantly she ran towards hiratulate you," she cried, her cheeks

with exciteh all those awful reefs

and things! No; youNext to Providence, Captain

Courtenay, e our lives to you"