"Oh, oh," said Ollie, "we have neither milk nor sugar!"
"I never thought of that," said Lucy, in a disappointed tone, "but I
know they must have some at the lifesaving-station."
"I knows where they keeps it, miss, for I used to be on the crew once,"
said Sambo; "I'll be back in a jiffy with it."
So off went Sambo. The sugar was found, but alas, there was no milk.
"Never mind," said Ollie; "they must take it as it is. It will do them
just as much good."
[Illustration: Man in the surf]
Now all this time the brave men of the life-saving station had been hard
at work, drawing the car back and forth, and they had just brought in
the captain, who, as I said, stood faithfully by his ship until all on
board had been rescued, when some one shouted,
"A man--a man in the surf!" They rushed into the water and looked
anxiously before them. Yes, there he was, clinging to a piece of the
broken mast. His strength was almost gone, and just as a big wave was
about to break over him two strong pairs of hands seized and dragged him
almost exhausted to the shore.
"Would you like some hot coffee? Would you like some hot coffee?"
"What's that I hear about hot coffee?" said one and another joyfully.
"Hot coffee! why, who has been good enough to think of that?"
"A cup of coffee would be a good thing," said Joe Brown; "for the fact
is, I for one am just about beat out.
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