the unpractised.

Only low moans and sobs broke the silence which succeeded to this
tempestuous outburst, till suddenly a shrieking figure came tumbling
into the room and, with hair unbound and garments disarranged, fairly
rolled into their midst.

"Oh, save me! Save me!" she shrieked wildly. "We're all going to the
bottom! We're all burning up! Save me!"

It was Mrs. Campbell, the dignified, the indifferent. She had retired
with a headache, only to be awakened by this crashing, and the cry of
fire, and she seemed utterly beside herself with terror. A beautiful
woman by day, when carefully gowned and controlled, she was a veritable
hag just now! It seemed as if terror and dismay let loose her
unbeautiful soul to dominate her well-kept body. She looked older, by
a score of years, and was as unlike her usual elegant self as possible.

Faith shrank a little.

"Oh!" she murmured, "Speak to her, Mr. Carnegie--help her--make her
keep still. If we must die, let us go decently, at least."

Almost involuntarily he grasped her hand in appreciation.

"Yes," he returned, "but I could do no good with her. She does not
like me. I do not believe we will be lost. I trust in your father,
and in the Father of us all. Besides, the worst is over. It is still
to what it was a moment since."

"But the fire?" she whispered, with a shiver.

"That must be conquered!" He spoke with decision. "So far it is only
among some loose shavings in the carpenter's quarters, and they will
soon extinguish it. Do not worry about that."

Meanwhile, Mr. Lawrence had seized the shrieking woman in time to save
her from a fall, and quickly pressed her back into a nest of pillows on
a wide divan which, being screwed to position, was a safe resting-place.

"Be silent, madam!" he said authoritatively. "Hysterics will only
hinder matters. The ship is in safe hands, and we can help most by
keeping still right here, and leaving the officers free to work for us
outside." Then, raising his voice, he began in deep tones that
glorious psalm of faith and trust, which has comforted so many in like
distress.

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the
mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters
thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the
swelling thereof. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make
gl