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GeAiey na Gis ier URNS Maa Minh a eR ge ie nF a RA EE AE Ci aN hk eae, BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR. | 171 CHAPTER XXXV. Ai BATILING WITH THE STORM. ; if ‘Battling with the storm.’? That was the very word, For while those loving friends sent up a Ri prayer to Heaven for her safety, Hattie Butler, un- able to remain in her state-room, not afraid, for she ; was truly brave, but anxious, had thrown a water- Cong proof mantle, which her satchel contained, over her i head and shoulders, and gone out on the deck near 4 the pilot house, where, holding on to one of the. great iron stays, she looked out on the wildly heav- ing waters, listened to the how! of the mad gale, ‘ and waited, with faith and hope, for the end, what- Be ever it might be. ae By the light in the pilot-house, which shone on a the pale faces of the two pilots who stood at the wheel, she also saw the calm but stern face of Cap- tain Smith, the commander of the boat, a veteran in the navigation of the Sound, and she felt that he knew his peril, and would do all that man could do to save the lives of those intrusted to his care. But it is not man who brings, or rules, or allays the storm. The winds are in the hands of the Al- mighty, and He is able to save when all else are powerless. | She saw the mate pass her and go to the pilot- house door. The captain asked: “Ts all right below, Mr. Glynn?”’ ‘Ves, sir, so far. But it is a fearful night. I never knew the steamer to heave and strain so hard,”’’ re- plied the mate, a tall, fine-looking young man, with ye aS Pe Z , rs ‘ ab mn A ~ a J Le. «tt ie Wy the ry 7 - ms Bs “323 ten -- aa il sad ee Pe RS oe ae ~~ - * &e se " ~ P +) a 4 ‘a ‘ aay oY ’ " <Rg 6 ‘ WJ Lh « : 2 7 st Fs . | i ; . comicbooks:com —