THE Gallant1 Crew at a life-saving station were about to launch

　　their life-boat for a spin along the coast when they discovered,

　　but a little distance away, a capsized vessel2 with a dozen men

　　clinging to her keel.

　　"We are fortunate," said the Gallant Crew, "to have seen that in

　　time. Our fate might have been the same as theirs."

　　So they hauled the life-boat back into its house, and were spared

　　to the service of their country.