very glad of it afterward. Come, jump up, else I shall empty the
water-jug over you. There, you need not take much trouble with your
dressing," he went on, as the boys, seeing that he was in earnest,
turned out of their berths with a grievous moan. "Just hold on by
something, and get your heads over the basin; I will empty the jugs
on them. There now you will feel better; slip on your clothes and
come up."

It was hard work for Charley and Hubert to obey orders, for the
ship rolled so tremendously that they could only proceed with their
dressing by fits and starts, and were more than once interrupted by
attacks of their weary seasickness. However, their father stayed
with them, helping and joking with them until they were ready to go
up. Then, taking them by the arm, he assisted them up the stairs to
the deck.

Miserable as the boys felt, they could not suppress an exclamation
of admiration at the magnificent scene before them. The sea was
tossed up in great masses of water, which, as they neared the ship,
threatened to overwhelm them, but which, as she rose on their
summits, passed harmlessly under her, hurling, however, tons of
water upon her deck. The wind was still blowing fiercely, but a
rift in the clouds above, through, which the sun threw down a
bright ray of light upon the tossing water, showed that the gale
was breaking.

The excitement of the scene, the difficulty of keeping their feet,
and the influence of the rushing wind, soon had the effect which
their father predicted. The boys' looks brightened, their courage
returned; and although they still had an occasional relapse of