"LORD, SAVE ME!"
"Even the wind and the waves seemed to be saying it. And if ever I prayed, Master Stanley, I prayed that night in the lifeboat; for death was very near, and I was not sure that night that my soul was safe. But I seemed to see the Lord coming out to save me, just as I was going after them poor creatures in the ship; and I cried to Him from the bottom of my heart, 'Lord, save me!'"
"And, Miss Hilda, He heard me; I know He did."
"We were getting round the point now, and every man of us was on the look-out for the wreck. It was so thick, for a time it seemed impossible to find her, but we could hear the sound of rockets in the distance, and we caught now and then a gleam of light through the darkness."
"You'll have seen the rockets, maybe, Master Stanley?"
"Yes, we always have rockets on the Fifth of November," said Hilda; "we had two dozen last year."
THE ROCKET APPARATUS.
"They are very useful things are rockets in our work, little. Missy. We fasten a thin cord to them and fire them over the ship in distress. Peter will show you the boxes we keep our lines in. There are two rows of pegs inside the box, and the line is wound round them in such a way that when the pegs are drawn out it will uncurl quite easily. Then the rocket is fired, and the line is shot quickly out of the box, and it never stands a chance of getting tangled or knotted. Then as soon as the lads on board the sinking ship manage to catch hold of the line they draw it in, and we fasten to the end of it a strong stout cable, and many a poor fellow we get in that way."