Lost And Saved; Or, Nellie Powers, The Missionary's Daughter.

" Well , thin , as I was agoin' to say , when this ere useless , who ought to have taken to au edication instid of the sea , interrupted me , I yelled . I know that I yelled , because them haythens jumped tin feet straight up , and thin they put loike as though they thought the Odd Boy was after them . Says I , Tom , now is your toime to escape ; at that'I tried to jump out of the pot , but somehow I coidd not move , and the yell , ancl the exertions I made in tryin' to get out awoke me , for I had gone to sleep on

the ice , and where do you suppose I was , shipmates ? " " After all ye went through we'd none oi us venture an opinion on that , " said Risley . " Well , thin , I was flat on my back on that ice froze solid , and whin I was tryin ' to jump out of the pot , I was tryin' to get free from that ice . When I found out how thing's was , I give another yed , which moight have been mistook for Gabriel ' s trumpet ,

and started the sleepers from the bottom of the ocean . Just thin the ice knocked agin what afterwards proved to be the vessel , and I'd drifted tin miles on that ere cake of ice . I was soon in more comfortable quarters , but the men who helped me off that ice sid I clung to it loike a man to his mother-in-law , dreadful affectionate loike . " The men had been so interested in listening to Tom ' s dream , that they had not noticed the large frowning storm clouds , which had gathered in the western sky . A flash of Hghtuing , which lit the whole ocean , first called their attention to the danger . The loud peal of thunder which followed the li ghtning had hardly died away when the captain ' s voice was heard crying to the mate , —

" Mr . Evans , tie up the fore and main royals , fore and main top-gallant sails , jib and flying jib , and have the men look alive . " " Ay , ay , sir , " said the mate . " Lay aloft there somebody and furl the fore ancl main royals , and fore and main top-gallant sails . Look alive ! Lay out on the boom somebody , and tie up the jibs . " The mate , while giving his orders , ' sprung forward to the down hauls . The men leaped into the rigging with their accustomed alacrity , and

were soon working as if for dear life . The air now became close and oppressive , and the whole heaven was streaked with the lightning which continually flashed across its surface , followed by repeated peals of thunder , which shook the whole ocean . Great drops of water came pouring clown with a deafening sound , and the wind began to Wow a gale . The night became pitchy dark , and the sea lashed itself into a fury , which made the vessel roll ancl plunge violently , as it struggled with the elements , i ' om , who had

been aloft , now came aft , and touching the captain ' s shoulder , asked him if there was anything more to be clone . "Yes , " repbed the captain , " we must- tie up the foresail , and double reef the spanker . Where are the men who laid out on the boom to tie up the jibs , have they got in yet ? I ' m afraid they have been washed off , she has put her bows under two or three times since they went out . " At that moment a flash , more vivid than any that had preceded it , lit up the scene for an instant , long enough to reveal the men who had been out on the jib-boom , and who having waited a favourable time , were now scrambling along toward the deck , which they were trying to reach before the vessel should again bury itself beneath the seething billows .

The clap of thunder which followed this flash cannot be described , a hundred cannons belching forth their fire and hail would be something of a comparison .. It showed how near the electric fluid was to them . The little vessel shook from stem to stern with the concussion . The heavens rolled in continual flames , ancl the water , like huge mound tains , seemed to threaten the complete overwhelming of the " Sparkling Sea / ' Twice she had been thrown on her beam endsbut being a stout sea boatshe had immediatel

, , y righted , and again started off before the wind bke a racehorse . The topsail was blown into shreds , and the "Sparkling Sea " was now scudding under i double reefed spanker , and foretopmast staysail . ( To be continued , )