The gentleman under whose care she was traveling made a point of escorting her to meals, after which he invariably secured her a comfortable deck chair, supplied her liberally with rugs and books, and then retired to the smoking-room, with the serene consciousness of duty well performed; and Evadne Hildreth was thankful to be left in peace.

"'Well,' says the applicant, 'I'll work my passage as a deck hand, asking only a small portion of such spoils as we may pick up.

In addition another dory,the one you picked me up inwas lashed to the top of the deck house.

After the measurement of the pile by the mate or captain, the deck-passengers and boat-hands stow it away in the vicinity of the furnacesit being part of the terms of passage, that the lower order of passengers shall assist in the operation.

In attempting to make a harbor, the vessel struck the ground, and knocked off her rudder; and, in order to get her off, we were obliged to throw over the deck-load.

Oilskins hung to the deck beams, swung here and there at strange angles, while the single slush lantern dangled back and forth like the pendulum of a clock.

Then when we were near enough to the foremast to see her English flag and the men aboard standing to their deck guns for a defence, our old Moor fires a gun in the air, takes in his sails, and runs up a great white flag for a sign of peace.

There was a sort of deck cabin, or crib, with two berths, but most of the passengers slept in the hold.

I, with one or two others, already disposed of, and in control of masters, were spared this indignity, and permitted to move about as we pleased within the narrow deck space reserved for our use.

The class of passengers I have just referred to, consisted chiefly of Germans and Irish, who, although there is no professed distinction, bargain for a deck-passage, the charge being better suited to their means.

The deck aft was almost deserted, the passengers being at supper in the cabin.

The last meal was served in the open, the men squatting on the deck planks, endeavoring to jest among themselves, and assuming a cheerfulness they were very far from feeling.

"No doubt it was, because, to effect this, the vessel was hove on one side, and while in that situation, a sudden squall threw her broadside into the water, and the lower deck ports not having been lashed down, she filled, and sunk in about three minutes.

A blur of faces rose above deck-rails, faces that, looking back, receded finally.

" "You keep them below, all through the voyage?" "They are allowed on deck amidships when we are at sea, but are not encouraged to mingle with the sailors.

Sacks of potatoes, lettuce-heads, yams, and even pineapples, deck cargo, were broken open by the infuriated crew to hurl at the police.

" He hastened out, to give orders to the deck officer.

Every now and then Hippolyte came out from his cooking place, and one saw his baboon face appearing on a level with the deck floor, and he would explain all the places we passed, and it always ended with: "Il ne faut pas que Mme.

But, when the captain heard Miss Weston was there to keep an appointment, he put out the accommodation ladder, took her on board, had the notice piped that she had come to give an address; and soon a crowd of sailors was swarming round her in the upper deck battery, standing, sitting, lying, kneelingall earnestly listening.

An iron bar rang on the deck-plates as it was thrown down, and there was a rattle of chains. Going down the ladder again, I crouched in a corner, for I was sure that the racket below would attract the attention of Riggs and Harris, and that they would be down to investigate.

Our illustration (Fig. 1) represents the kind of rafts supplied to her Majesty's troop ships, while Figs. 2 and 3 show deck seats convertible into rafts, which are intended for ordinary passenger steamers.

Francois LeVere has charge of the deck watch.

She wanted to get the voyage over as quickly and luxuriously as possibleBertha Shallum had told her that in a "deck-suite" no one need be sea-sickbut she wanted still more to have another week or two of Paris; and it was always hard to make her see why circumstances could not be bent to her wishes.

About five in the morning the body was brought up, and laid on the waist near the half-deck door.

Now let's join those fellows at deck-quoits.