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A light, cool breeze, which had set in at daylight, was blowing when Mary Corwell boarded the _Ceres_. Totten and Harris met her at the gangway, caps in hand. Poor Sam, their former shipmate, had died of fever a month before. They were delighted to hear that she intended to remain on board, and Harris at once told Miguel, the scoundrelly-faced Manila cook, to get breakfast ready.
-"And you must have your breakfast with me," said Mary, "and after that you must obey _my_ orders. I am to be captain to-day."