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He ran to the boiler , and the mystery was cleared up . The boiler had been filled with salt-water ! Our Arab , Ibraim , who carries up seawater daily to fill our baths , had filled the boiler with the same . Luckily there was time to correct the mistake , and when our friends came trooping in at four o'clock they found the coffee quite to their taste . `` You know very well , '' continued the superintendent , `` our rules never to force religion on any of our customers , our object being to _ attract _ by all the legitimate means in our power . We have our Bible-classes , prayer-meetings , temperance soirees , and the like , distinct -- as at Portsmouth -- from the other advantages of the Institute ; and are quite content if some , who come at first from mere curiosity or for the enjoyment of temporal good things , should afterwards continue to come from higher and spiritual motives . But if our military friends prefer to read our papers and books , and play our games , and use our bar , they are at perfect liberty to do so , without what I may style religious interference .