We might learn a lesson from this--the lesson of dependence on that Saviour who _careth_ for us, and of trust in that blessed assurance that "_all_ things work together for good to them that love God." A week of uninterrupted fair wind and weather had carried the _Dolphin_ far to the south of their dreary wintering ground, and all was going well, when the worst of all disasters befell the ship--she caught fire! How it happened no one could tell.

The smoke was first seen rising suddenly from the hold.

Instantly the alarm was spread.
"Firemen, to your posts!" shouted the captain.

"Man the water-buckets! Steady, men; no hurry.

Keep order." "Ay, ay, sir," was the short, prompt response, and the most perfect order _was_ kept.