"KEEP a sharp look-out, lads," Was our coxswain's warning cry, As he scanned the horizon seawards, Where breakers were rolling" high.

" It's a wild night, I fear, lads; We'll have stiff work to.do; Be ready whene'er the signal's made, To muster our Life-boat crew." And the men they answered quick!}-, With a brave, responsive shout, " We're ready—aye, ready, coxswain, To muster and launch her out." So when, ere long, the rocket Went up in the midnight sky, They launched the Life-boat nobly Thro' the surf and spindrift high.

Out with a will they pulled her To the storm-tossed craft in view, And back again, without loss of men, They brought the shipwrecked crew.

Need I tell you of the welcome As the boat returned that night? 'Twas tJie welcome given to warriors Returning from the fight.

Let us ever cheer the lads, then, And remember, on bended knee, Those who venture out in Life-boats To the rescue of life at sea.

P. M.

NOTICE.

The next number of-the LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL will lie published on the 1st November..