Page 17 (1/1)

"It looks tothat you were going to be a ray of sunshine on the voyage"

"Ray of sunshine!" said Eustace Hignett, pulling a pair ofto be a volcano!"

Sam left the state-rooet on deck and ascertain if that girl was still on board About now the sheep would be separating froers would be on deck and their friends returning to the shore A slight tremor on the boards on which he trod told him that this separation htly up the companion Was she on board or was she not? The next few minutes would decide He reached the top of the stairs and passed out on to the crowded deck And, as he did so, a screa, came from the rail nearest the shore He perceived that the rail was black with people hanging over it They were all looking into the water

Samuel Marloas not one of those who pass aloofly by when there is excitement toward If a horse fell down in the street, he was always a those present: and he was never too busy to stop and stare at a blank hich were inscribed the words "Watch this space!" In short, he was one of Nature's rubbernecks, and to dash to the rail and shove a fat man in a tweed cap to one side ith him the work of aon--a viehich he i on the rail

There was a man in the water, a man whose upper section, the only one visible, was clad in a blue jersey He wore a Derby hat, and from time to time as he battled with the waves, he would put up a hand and adjust this more firmly on his head A dressy swimmer

Scarcely had he taken in this spectacle when Marlowe beca a few feet away leaning out over the rail ide eyes and parted lips Like everybody else she was staring into the water

As Saht crossed histhe irl What would she not think of a man who, reckless of his own safety, dived in and went boldly to the rescue? And there were ht, as he prepared to shift back to a position of greater safety