erciful to me. He truly is everywhere."
A deep whispering voice seemed to come across the dark ocean--"And will
protect to the end those who trust in Him," were the words I fancied I
heard. While I kept my watch, the wind began to rise in fitful gusts,
and the uneasy rolling of the unwieldy junk showed that the sea was
getting up. Thick gathering clouds obscured the sky; and the waves,
like huge monsters from the deep, began to leap up on every side. I
watched for some time, not liking to disturb the rest of the party
unnecessarily. At last the junk gave a roll more violent than before,
and nearly threw me off my legs. "Hillo! what's the matter now,
shipmates?" I heard Blount exclaiming, as he merged from his lofty
berth, roused up by the jerk.

"Why, Seaworth, we must get her before the wind, or we shall have the
seas tumbling on board us without leave."

Accordingly we turned up the hands, except Eva and her attendant, whom I
begged to remain quietly below. The stump of the foremast remained, and
to it we lashed some spars we found on deck, and with a quantity of
matting we discovered below, we manufactured a sail, which we managed to
set. The helm was then put up, and to our great satisfaction the junk
paid off before the wind. It was now daylight; a heavy gale was
blowing, and the sea was running very high. As the sun rose, a break in
the sky, through which he appeared, showed us the direction in which we
were going; for we had no compass, and we found that our course was
somewhat to the northward of east, which we calculated would carry us
free of the coast of Celebes. The question then was, where should we be
blown to? I believe none of us had any fears about the matter. How
could we, when we had been so signally preserved? for we felt, had we
remained in the canoe, in all probability we should have been engulfed
by the waves. Every moment they rose higher and higher, and as the junk
was rolled and pitched by them in her onward course, they seemed to
follow after, as if eager to overwhelm her. We had to hold on to keep
the deck, though, notwithstanding the way she tumbled about, no seas
actually came on board the vessel. Eva took her post in front of one of
the cabins on the raised deck, and there she sat like a true heroine,
watching the raging ocean without a feeling approaching to fear.

"It may appear extraordinary, my dear Mark," she said, smiling, when I
went up to her; "but having you wit