The smile on the lips added only beauty to the strength of the face.

He arose, shook himself as if to get rid of all past unpleasantness and weakness, and faced the east as though he were meeting the world with new power.

Then the smile changed to a merry laugh as he ran to the railing and cried: "See, sure enough, there _is_ a school of porpoises!" * * * * * The ship was in mid-ocean.

The rough weather had wholly ceased.

The sea lay glinting like a vast jewel under the slant of the afternoon sun.