is, I for one am just about beat out."

Lucy and Ollie were quite delighted at the success of their undertaking,
and for the next half hour were busy enough in pouring and passing the
coffee. Not only were the men of the station thankful for a good drink,
but so were the poor tired and frightened passengers; and the children
had all they could do to fill up the cups fast enough.

They received a great many thanks and a great many praises for their
thoughtfulness, and when they were through the captain of the wrecked
steamer proposed three cheers for the kind little girls who had done so
much to refresh them.

The cheers were hearty enough, and the children were quite embarrassed
to have the attention of so many people called to them. They felt quite
repaid for all their trouble when they saw how refreshed every one
looked after taking a cup of their good hot coffee.

After a while the crowd began to move on toward the station. The crew
rolled up their ropes and proceeded to drag up the boat, which they had
not needed after all.

All were happy and thankful that no lives had been lost, but the poor
passengers were rather melancholy at the thought of probably losing all
their luggage. Every one was wet through, and it was necessary that they
should get on dry clothes as soon as possible.

All the houses in the village were opened to the sufferers, and soon
every one was made comfortable. Clothing of all sorts was lent them, for
the morrow, but in the mean time they were glad to go to bed and get a
good rest and sleep.

Ollie and Lucy went back to bed too, but no sleep came to them. They
talked until they saw the morning dawn, and soon after sunrise they rose
and dressed for breakfast.

After breakfast they went down on the beach again to look at the wreck,
and they spent a great deal of time there watching it. A great many
efforts were made to save her, but all in vain. One day, when the wind
was unusually high, a great wave struck her side, a crash was heard,
and down she went, out of sight forever, beneath the waves.

"Now," said Lucy, "I suppose I must go home. Mamma will be impatient to
see me and to know that I am all right after the storm."

"And you want to see her too, I have no doubt," said Ollie.

"Yes, indeed I do, but I should like to come back again. It is such fun
to have a girl of my own age to talk to; but mamma has to be very busy
this week, and I must get back and help her."

So Lucy walk