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Ultimately, all were brought aboard the House boat in safety, and the men in Hades were once more reunited to their wives, daughters, sisters, and _fiancées_, and Elizabeth had the satisfaction of once more saving the life of Raleigh by throwing him her ruff as she had done a year or so previously, when she and her brother had been upset in the swift current of the river Styx. ULTIMATELY ALL WERE BROUGHT ABOARD THE HOUSEBOAT IN SAFETY AND THE MEN IN HADES WERE ONCE MORE REINITED TO THEIR WIVES DAUGHTERS SISTERS AND FIANCE AND ELIZABETH HAD THE SATISFACTION OF ONCE MORE SAVING THE LIFE OF RALEIGH BY THROWING HIM HER ROUGH AS SHE HAD DONE A YEAR OR SO PREVIOUSLY WHEN SHE AND HER BROTHER HAD BEEN UPSET IN THE SWIFT CURRENT OF THE RIVER SIX
ear, fastened by broken ropes and odd pieces of rigging to the stern-posts of the House-boat, sinking slowly but surely into the sea. It was the _Gehenna_! [Picture: A great helpless hulk ten feet to the rear] The House-boat had run her down and her last hour had come, but, thanks to the stanchness of her build and wonderful beam, the floating club-house had withstood the shock of the impact and now rode the waters as gracefully as ever. Portia was the first to realize the extent of the catastrophe, and in a short while chairs and life-preservers and tables—everything that could float—had been tossed into the sea to the struggling immortals therein. On board the _Gehenna_, those who had not cast themselves into the waters, under the cool direction of Holmes and Bonaparte, calmly lowered the boats, and in a short while were not only able to felicitate themselves upon their safety, but had likewise the good fortune to rescue their more impetuous brethren who had preferred to swim for it.  UPON THE DECK GAZING WITH HORROR AT A GREAT HELPLESS HELP TEN FEET TO THE REAR FASTENED BY BROKEN ROPES AND ODD PIECES OF RIGGING TO THE STERNPOSTS OF THE HOUSEBOAT SINKING SLOWLY BUT SURELY INTO THE SEA IT WAS THE GEHENNA THE HOUSEBOAT HAD RUN HER DOWN AND HER LAST HOUR HAD COME BUT THANKS TO THE STANCHNESS OF HER BUILD AND WONDERFUL BEAM THE FLOATING CLUB HOUSE HAD WITHSTOOD THE SHOCK OF THE IMPACT AND NOW ROWED THE WATERS AS GRACEFULLY AS EVER PORTIA WAS THE FIRST TO REALIZE THE EXTENT OF THE CATASTROPHE AND IN A SHORT WHILE CHAIRS AND LIFE PRESERVERS AND TABLES EVERYTHING THAT COULD FLOAT HAD BEEN TOSSED INTO THE SEA TO THE STRUGGLING IMMORTALS THEREIN ON BOARD THE GEHENNA THOSE WHO HAD NOT CAST THEMSELVES INTO THE WATERS UNDER THE COOL DIRECTION OF HOLMES AND BONAPARTE CALMLY LOWERED THE BOATS AND IN A SHORT WHILE WERE NOT ONLY ABLE TO FELICITATE THEMSELVES UPON THEIR SAFETY BUT HAD LIKEWISE THE GOOD FORTUNE TO RESCUE THEIR MORE IMPETUOUS BRETHREN WHO HAD PREFERRED TO SWIM FOR IT
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