Had anything happened to Damaris ? A glimpse of the girl , sewing by an upper window of the house , reassured her . `` Oh , Thyra , Thyra ! '' gasped Cynthia . `` Can you stand some good news , Thyra ? '' asked Carl , in a trembling voice . `` Very , very good news ! '' Thyra looked wildly from one to the other . `` There 's but one thing you would dare to call good news to me , '' she cried . `` Is it about -- about -- '' `` Chester ! Yes , it 's about Chester ! Thyra , he is alive -- he 's safe -- he and Joe , both of them , thank God ! Cynthia , catch her ! '' `` No , I am not going to faint , '' said Thyra , steadying herself by Cynthia 's shoulder . `` My son alive ! How did you hear ? How did it happen ? Where has he been ? '' `` I heard it down at the harbor , Thyra . Mike McCready 's vessel , the Nora Lee , was just in from the Magdalens .
Ches and Joe got capsized the night XXXXX the storm , but they hung on to their boat somehow , and at daybreak they were picked up by the Nora Lee , bound for Quebec .
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