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BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR, TG CHAPTER XXXVI. SAFE IN PORT, “Cap’n, that was the closest call I’ve ever had on the Sound, and I’ve been on it, boy and man, for five-and-fifty years.” | That was what the chief pilot said to Captain Smith when he returned to the pilot-house after he had seen Hattie Butler to her state-room, and taken a turn to the engine-room and forward deck below to see how things went there. 1 ‘‘How on earth did we ever get in so far, with the wind holding where it did?’’? chimed in the other pi- lot. ‘‘Our course ought to have kept us full five miles farther out.’’ “There was a stiff sou’wester all the night and day before, and with the tide at ebb it made a terri- ble current setting out by Montauk. I should have thought of it. I headed well over for smooth water, but not enough to throw us so far in shore, by ten miles, rather than five. I’ll never forget this experi- ence. We have over four hundred souls on. board, and had it not been for that bright-eyed girl, where 9? would they be now: ‘“Who is she, cap?’’ ‘“T don’t know. She gave me her name. Hattie Butler—that is all I know. She wears the dress, and has the manners of a high-born lady; and, as you saw, though the face was bee then, she is as ees as pretty can be.”’ ‘“‘T was too bad scared to look at her,’’ said the chief pilot. ‘I’m hardly over it yet. The passen- gers will make up a purse for her when they hear rye 2 ay, 6 A ~ vat ‘ = oie . Fenty PI Oe gate ew pl lib) tal Pe et ed NN, > + -~ a tare i. F, Fe lie amr “ = oe nf? —¢ Ss nt he ts ‘ ae 2 Fie 1s = —. Ory = ~ | | comicbooks 7 _ is my ve Fi com ye: : om ayt 4 ae t -