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"I think we had better wait here for the boats," said Mr Lestrange; "we are far enough now to be safe if anything happens"

"Ay, ay," replied the oarsman, whose wits had returned "Blow up or blon, she won't hit us fro back? I wantback, my child," replied his father "The ship's on fire; we are waiting for another ship"

"Where's the other ship?" asked the child, looking round at the horizon that was clear

"We can't see it yet," replied the unhappy -boat and the quarter-boat were slowly approaching They looked like beetles crawling over the water, and after the surface came a dullness that took the sparkle from the sea--a dullness that swept and spread like an eclipse shadow

Now the wind struck the dinghy It was like a wind fro the sun A wind from Lilliput

As it struck the dinghy, the fog took the distant ship

It was a ht, for in less than thirty seconds the ship of wood becaone forever froht of man