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

nemiee ship , Peter , ' said Tom Mooney , f . I would just take a drop of somethin' to yravm mysilf inside . My coat does well en ' oa"h for my outside , but with my nose for port holes , an' my mouth for an open hatch way , the inside of me is . uncommonly minute The oll of

cold at this . " jy captain the " Sparkler" heard this remark , we think perhaps Tom intended he should—at any rate the captain turned to the men ancl said : " If you are cold , men , come doAvn into

the cabin , and we will have a good cup of my favourite beverage , coffee , which is all the " something " I allow men aboard my vessel , and Avhich will do you more good than all the " something " you get up the clock , Avill do you harm , ancl that's a " ood deal .

Thus invited the men took seats about the cabin table , and their insides Averesoon as warm , Tom said , as the clay Jack Griffin TO sunstruck in the tropics . That coffee Avas Avhat Tom wanted . The

taste of the coffee he had drank two years before on the " Sparkler , " still lingered on his tongue . When the men left the cabin to procure their kit ( sailor ' s outfit ) , the captain told Tom that if he wanted to keep that coffee irarm he must keep his hatchway shutand

, his port closed to the Avindivard—Avhich was the short for telling him not to talk too much on a cold clay . The shi pping papers Avhich Tom and Peter had signed , held them to break out c » rgo . With Peter Dibble in the hold

, and Tom Mooney tending guy Avith a sufficient number of steA'edores to bear a hand , before many days the cargo of the " S parkling Sea" had been delivered on the d ° ek , and from thence distributed far and near throughout our great country

. The same men superintended the loading which was about the same cold and laborious task as the unloading had been . Jtot as loading a vessel is one of the least asks the Avorkers in this Avorld of ours 1 !> ve to perform , the last task was soon

j ™ i'ecl away in the hold ; the hatch attenecl CIOAVU , the vessel cleared and made vead yfor sea . . The " SparklingSea" had lain at the dock ° eks , Avhen the orders came to get "iittiediatel y under wei gh . the day selected for her departure Avas

just another such day as the one on which her arrival had been proclaimed in the shipping office . The Avind blew hard from the northwest , and the snow lay in great drifts alou » the shore . The streets were o blockaded with the fleecy element . It Avas such a day as one on Avhich the

railroad trains are sure to come in behind time , and on which the angry voices of merciless horse car drivers can be heard , above the din of the storm , urging their Aveary horses to greater efforts in a Avay not generally characterised as Christian-like ,

and belated travellers use words not consistent Avith their early teachings . The ice floated in great floes on the East River , impeding the passage of ferries and crafts of steam or sail . But seamen are not to be detained by such a small display of nature ' s hancliAvork , but rather long to be Avafted away to scenes less illustrative of ice and snow . To scenes where the

winds of heaven bring not the chilling blasts from arctic climes , but where balmy winds make life a pleasure , especially a sailor ' s life . The necessary preliminaries of getting a vessel under weigh Avere soon gone through

Avith . The pilot , a long , lank personage , but a man whose qualities of good seamanship Avere apparent , came aboard . The boarding master brought down the " Sparkler ' s " creAV . The bow line Avas cast offancl as she swung gracefully out into

, the stream , a tug boat made fast to her . Her stem line Avas then cast off , and she let go her hold on the New World , gently gliding out into the icy stream . The sun for a few moments appeared , to smile on her departure , and as its rays

glistened on the icy rigging of the " Sparkler , " it gave her the appearance of a glass ship or some Aveird spectre from fairy lands . ( To be continued . )