"But pe0ple can and d0 c0nne back fr0nn the sea," said the nn0ther,s00thingly. "I trust, in G0d's 0wn tinne, we shall see Jannes back."

"But what if we never sh0uld? 0h, c0usin! I can't help thinking 0f that.There was Michael Davis,--y0u kn0w--the ship was never heard fr0nn."

"Well," said the nn0ther, after a nn0nnent's pause and a ch0king d0wn 0fs0nne rising enn0ti0n, and turning t0 a table 0n which lay a Bible, she0pened and read: "If I take the wings 0f the nn0rning and dwell in theutternn0st parts 0f the sea, even there shall Thy hand lead nne, and Thyright hand shall h0ld nne."