boys had a strange wish to hear Fritz tell his tale.

When the boat had made a fair start, we all sat down on the deck, with
Jane in our midst, while Fritz told his tale to the end.

Jane Rose was born in IN-DI-A. She was the child of one Cap-tain Rose,
whose wife died when Jane was but a babe in arms. When ten years of age
he sent her to a first class school, where she was taught all that was
fit for the child of a rich man to know. In course of time she could
ride a horse with some skill, and she then grew fond of most of the
field sports of the East. As the Captain had to go from place to place
with his troops, he thought that this kind of sport would train her for
the mode of life she would lead when she came to live with him. But
this was not to be, for one day he told Jane that he must leave the
East, and take home the troops. As it was a rule that no girl should
sail in a ship with troops on board, he left her to the care of a
friend who was to leave near the same time. He thought fit that she
should dress in the garb of a young man while at sea, as there would
then be no need for her to keep in her berth, and he knew that she was
strong and brave, and would like to go on deck, and see the crew at
their work. It gave the Captain pain to part with his child, but there
was, no help for it.

The ship had been some weeks at sea, when one day a storm broke over
it, and the wind drove it for days out of its course. The crew did
their best to steer clear of the rocks, but she struck on a reef and
sprung a leak. The boats then put off from the wreck, but a wave broke
over the one in which Jane left, and she was borne, half dead with
fright, to the place where we found her. She had been thrown high up on
the beach, and though faint and sick, got out of the reach of the