f the cabin began rapidly to give place to
the soft, warm, pure air, every breath of which cleared the late
sleeper's brain and gave him strength.

"Bostock--Bostock," he said, softly; but there was no answer, and he
bent down and touched the sleeper on the shoulder.

"Where away then?" grumbled the man.

"Bostock, wake up."

"Heave to! D'yer hear? heave to!" came in low, muttered tones.

"Bostock, man, wake up. You've been asleep these ten or twelve hours."

Still no sensible reply, and the doctor gave the man a rough shake.

"Ay, ay, sir," he shouted. "All hands on deck! Tumble up, you lubbers;
tumble up."

"Hush!"

"Eh? The doctor! All right, sir. Why, I've been asleep!"

"Yes, yes, but be quiet," whispered his companion. "I was overcome and
have slept too."

"But the youngster, sir?" whispered the old sailor, hoarsely, as he rose
to his feet. "How is he, sir?"

"He has slept heavily. He does not seem any worse."

"I'm so thirsty!" came feebly from the boy's berth.

"Dear lad!" said Bostock, quickly. "I'll get some water for him to
drink."

"Yes, quickly," cried the doctor, as he recalled his dream-like ideas
and grasped the truth.

The old sailor hurried out, and the doctor laid his hand gently on his
patient's head, to find it moist with perspiration. As he did so the
boy's eyes opened and he stared at the doctor wonderingly for a few
moments before the light of recognition came into them, and he smiled.

"Doctor!" he said. "You here?"

"Yes, my dear boy," said the doctor, gently. "How do you feel?"

"Been dreaming horribly, and got such a bad headache. But--but--"

He stared about him, then back at the doctor, and an anxious look came
into his eyes.

"Have--have I been ill?" he said, in a husky voice, and he raised one
hand to catch at the doctor's, but let it fall with a faint cry of pain.

"Yes, a little; but you are getting better, my dear boy," said the
doctor, soothingly. "Don't be alarmed; only lie still."

"My shoulder throbs and burns, and my head is all queer. Ah, I remember
now," he cried, excitedly; "I fell."

"Yes, yes, but--"

"Oh, doctor," cried the boy, in a voice full of excitement, "don't say I
broke my new double glass!"

"My dear lad," cried the doctor, smiling; "I don't know."

"Doctor!"

"But if you have I'll buy you another."

"So I fell from up aloft?"

"Here you are, sir," came in a hoarse voice; "got at the tank quite
easy, and I fou