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Lucy and Ollie were quite delighted at the success of their undertaking,
and for the next half hour were busy enough in pouring and passing the
coffee. Not only were the men of the station thankful for a good drink,
but so were the poor tired and frightened passengers; and the children
had all they could do to fill up the cups fast enough.
They received a great many thanks and a great many praises for their
thoughtfulness, and when they were through the captain of the wrecked
steamer proposed three cheers for the kind little girls who had done so
much to refresh them.
The cheers were hearty enough, and the children were quite embarrassed
to have the attention of so many people called to them. They felt quite
repaid for all their trouble when they saw how refreshed every one
looked after taking a cup of their good hot coffee.
After a while the crowd began to move on toward the station. The crew
rolled up their ropes and proceeded to drag up the boat, which they had
not needed after all.
All were happy and thankful that no lives had been lost, but the poor
passengers were rather melancholy at the thought of probably losing all
their luggage. Every one was wet through, and it was necessary that they
should get on dry clothes as soon as possible.
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