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= 176 --s;BRAUTIFUL BUT POOR. of it. If they don’t, they don’t deserve the luck they’ve had.’’ ‘She has begged me not to tell of it at all,’’ replied the captain; ‘‘but I don’t see how I can keep my mouth shut. And there are three or four newspaper men on board, and they’d never forgive me if I kept it from them. But Vl not speak of it at the breakfast table to all of *em, as I meant to.” The steamer was now heading her course, and the wind going down a little, while the rain, that fell heavier than ever, made the sea a great deal smoother. | But the steamer was hours behind, and though Mr. Bishop, the chief engineer, drove the firemen to their work, the steamer could not make Fall River within four hours of the regular train time. But the captain told his passengers at the breakfast- table that there would be a special train ready when the boat reached her wharf to take them right on, and he added that it was better to be late and safe than early and in peril, adding a remark which he credited to his engineer: . “IT’d rather get to Fall River six hours behind time than go to perdition on time.”’ Only the reporters on board knew, and it had been given to them on condition that they should not _re- peat it there, how near to destruction they had been; and the captain, with manly delicacy and honor, had refrained from pointing out Miss Butler to them as the heroine, thus saving her from the torture of being interviewed. | At breakfast Captain Smith was very polite and attentive to our heroine, but as he was always polite to all his passengers that did not expose her. At last the noble steamer, much to the joy of all comicboo cS (ele) n-