cried Mary , holding in both her own the hand he laid on her lips to silence her . ` Only did my duty . If that torment had lasted much longer I might have been as bad as poor Barry and the boatswain . Was n't that an awful night ? ' And Emil shuddered as he recalled it . ` Do n't think of it , dear . Tell about the happy days on the Urania , when papa grew better and we were all safe and homeward bound , ' said Mary , with the trusting look and comforting touch which seemed to banish the dark and recall the bright side of that terrible experience . Emil cheered up at once , and sitting with his arm about his ` dear lass ' , in true sailor fashion told the happy ending of the tale . ` Such a jolly old time as we had at Hamburg ! Uncle Hermann could n't do enough for the captain , and while mamma took care of him , Mary looked after me . I had to go into dock for repairs ; fire hurt my eyes , and watching for a sail and want of sleep made 'em as hazy as a London fog . She was pilot and brought me in all right , you see , only I could n't part company , so she came aboard as first mate , and I 'm bound straight for glory now . ' ` Hush ! that 's silly , dear , ' whispered Mary , trying in her turn to stop him , with English shyness about tender topics . But he took the soft hand in his , and proudly surveying the one ring it wore , went on with the air of an admiral aboard his flagship . ` The captain proposed waiting a spell ; but I told him we were n't like to see any rougher weather than we 'd pulled through together , and if we did n't know one another after such a year as this , we never should . I was sure I should n't be worth my pay without this hand on the wheel ; so I had my way , and my brave little woman has shipped for the long voyage . God bless her ! ' ` Shall you really sail with him ? ' asked Daisy , admiring her courage , but shrinking with cat-like horror from the water .
` I 'm not afraid , ' answered XXXXX , with a loyal smile .
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