tling of the wind, and other sounds.

"Papa says there is no danger; so you need not be alarmed, Dick," I
observed. At the same time I confess that I felt far from comfortable
myself. Poor Dick was dreadfully sick. I had to assist him as best I
could; but I need not enter into particulars. His sickness overcame his
terror. Every now and then, however, he cried out, "Oh, I wish I was on
shore! couldn't your papa land me? If he cannot, please ask him to
throw me overboard. Oh, how miserable I am! Oh dear, oh dear!" and
then for certain reasons he could not utter a word.

Having to attend to him made me think perhaps less of our situation; but
I know that I was not at all happy. All sorts of dreadful thoughts came
into my mind. Every instant I expected to hear a tremendous sea come
rushing over our deck, and perhaps to find that papa or some of the men
had been washed away. I was most anxious about papa. If he was lost, I
believed that the vessel would be lost too; but then I remembered what a
good sailor he was; and as he had been to sea all his life, he was sure
to manage the vessel properly; and, as he had often said, she was such a
tight little sea-boat she would go through anything. Still, we were in
a part of the ocean where the tide runs with great force, and when
meeting the wind a very awkward sea is beaten up. This made the cutter
tumble about in a way I had never known her do before. Everything in
the cabin had been securely lashed except a few books and charts. First
one came flying out as the vessel rolled over, and hit poor Dick on the
head.

"What a shame of you to be heaving books at me, Harry!" he cried out.

I assured him that I was innocent of anything of the sort; and presently
another flew out, and nearly knocked me over. I tried to reach the
books, to secure the remainder: but the whole lot came tumbling out, and
sent me sprawling on the cabin floor. I picked myself up, and crawled
back to assist Dick, who just then greatly required my support.

I cannot describe more of that fearful night. Finding that Dick was
tolerably quiet, advising him to hold fast to the sofa, I lay down at
the opposite end, where I clung on like grim death; and, in spite of the
tossing and tumbling the vessel was undergoing, I at length fell asleep.
I cannot say I was very fast asleep, for I was conscious all the time
that something very unpleasant was taking place.

Occasionally I fancied that I was be