Lost And Saved ; Or Nellie Powers The Missionary's Daughter.

"I am sorry to interrupt your little tcte-a-tete , but we are going to jibe the spanker , and you are not in a very safe position . " Jibing a sail aboard a ship is the act of shifting it from one side of the vessel to the other , which is made necessary by a change in the wind , or the course of the vessel . Although Nellie had acted so surprised over ivhat she called catching Harry in the act , she had known that he was looking at her some moments before she turned around .

While she ivas looking- so intentively at the skies , she was thinking what a noble gentleman Harry Prescott was , and how lonely the voyage , which was now comparatively joyous , would have been without him . On the morning following the incidents related above , a dense fog covered the face of the ocean , which continued for two days , keeping the passengers below , and making everything disagreeable when contrasted with the pleasant clays that had passed .

The captain had been expecting to make the land , and , although he said nothing , he had carried an anxious mind ever since the fog had set in . Along toivards evening on the second day of the fog , the passengers were astonished by hearing the captain give the order to cast the lead , which was shortly followed by the order to let go the anchor . The anchor held fast ; the sails ivere tied up , and when the morning- dawned , and the fog- disappeared , the daylight revealed the city of Rio Janeiro spread out over a beautiful country . The harbour was filled ivith vessels of all nations , and to the crew of the ' " ¦ Sparkling- Sea " the scene was an agreeable surprise .

The mists arose above the rippling sea , Which bathed in lustrous golden sunshine lay-In grandeur spread ; while balmy ivinds blew tree , And gently f ' i . nned the waves at break of day . The dew-kissed verdure on the mountains seen , Was glist ' ning at the blush of early morn ; The ivhite walls of the citv with the srieen

Of spring , in beauty hid when day was born . " Caplain Dill , " said Harry , when the exclamations of surprise had subsided , " it seems to me that you seamen have a fair insig ht into the mysterious . I should think it would require a great deal of skill to run a vessel into a harbour like this in a fog , and no sun taken for two days . I shall be obliged hereafter to consider you a supernatural being . " " We are not supernatural , Mr . Prescott , " replied the captain , " but we often do

things because we are obliged to . Verv few ivould voluntarily enter a harbour in a fog , but the consequences of going by are worse . Your thoughts are similar to those entertained by myself , a feiv years since , when I ivas cabin boy on the bark ' Bird of Paradise ' out from San Francisco , we passed through the Golden Gates on a pleasant morning , ancl that was the only real pleasant morning we saw until we were anchored in this harbour . We had a good many storms on the passage , and bad been driven miles out of our course . When we were in the latitude of the Horn we encountered severe storms . These storms sprung us a leak , and when we were nearing this latitude we met a storm of great violence , and we lost our fore and mizzen topmast and jib boom . The captain altered the course

tor the nearest port , which ivas this one . On the day he supposed we would sight land , a fog , similar to the one ive have experienced , set in , but the captain ivas a self reliant man , and , after running a feiv hours , he gave the order to cast the lead , and , after looking at his chart , gave the order to drop anchor . Along- towards night it cleared up , ancl the city and harbour stood open to our view as you now see it . From that time forwards , I placed great confidence in the abilities of that captain , but afterwards he ran me on the rocks off the coast of Mexicoand nearlcost me my life . "

, y After breakfast , the quarter boat was lowered , and the captain with the passengers , after a great deal of manceuvering , succeeded in working their way among the great number of bumboats that filled the harbour , and reached the shore . They were met at every step by some anxious vendor of fish , meat , candy , beer , or honey , ivho offered them great inducements to buv . The market of the place was thronged with men exhibiting