a heavy weight of canvas was manfully breasting the breeze, al

ing yonder?" indicating by his finger the direction of the object. The mate, a weather-beaten and ex

eing clinging to some box or chair, but it is floati

iew of it, and saw it to be a woman holding fast to a ring of some kind,-a

e sight of anything in distress, how much more a woman, was sufficient to arouse his warmest sympathies;

t some restoratives, which fortunately they happened to have on hand, being applied, she soon recovered, at least su

freely to imbibe them, to keep out, as they said, the cold. It was in vain that the ladies remonstrated with them, and pointed out the dangers which would ensue, should they become helpless through its means. Unfortunately they had lost sight, in consequence of the darkness and tempest, of the other boat,

gthened; but, as night came on, the men commenced afresh to drink. Most fortunately, the sea had become calm, so the boat drifted on, pretty much left to its own will. The next morning found the sailors in a state of almost helpless intoxication; but now land was in sight, though at a great distance, and the women, seizing the oars, strove to impel the boat in that direction; but soon, worn out with the struggle, and finding they made but little headway, most of them gave up to despair, and resigned themselves, as they said, to their fate. It was now high noon, at least so they judged from the look of the sun, and Agnes strove by every means to re-assure her fainting companions. She spoke of the power and goodness of th

d with care and grief, and threw a glance, pretern

this moment one of the sailors, not quite so much stupefied as the others, hearing the exclamation, roused

eks of agony

sea to sky the

timid, and stood

with the instinct of self-preservation, almost unconsciously clung to it, while her companions, less fortun

re me with new life, for I had become so exhausted and enfeebled by the waves that surrounded me, that I felt nature could not much longer survive the icy chills which thrilled through my very frame; and when

sank back on the rude couch, that the sai

" sang one fro

sakes, for we shall soon have a terrible storm, but especia

tined harbor; and that night, sheltered, in comparative comfort, beneath the hospi