daughter on deck, and we wrapped
her up comfortably, and placed her on the seat by the companion-hatch,
for the cabin was too damp for her to occupy. The sick men we placed on
the poop, with a sail stretched over them, to shelter them somewhat from
the night air. The dead were carried forward. We had no time, however,
to spare from the pumps; but, with the aid of the fresh hands, we again
set to for a spell, the gentleman helping, as far as his strength would
allow him. As may be supposed, I was curious to know who he was; and
while we were pumping away, I bethought me I would ask him his name.

"You may call me Marlow," he answered. "I ought to have mentioned that
before."

The reply made me fancy that there was some mystery or other, and my
imagination conjured up all sorts of romantic stories. "And that young
lady," thought I, "is Miss Alice Marlow." "Alice Marlow--Alice Marlow;
what a very pretty name," I kept repeating to myself, while my arms were
aching with the exertion of pumping. Fortunately it remained very calm,
or I suspect we should not have gained on the leak. Mr Marlow was
anxious to get on shore for the sake of his daughter, and would
willingly have abandoned the ship; but at the same time he was glad to
save some valuable property he had on board. All hands worked with a
will, spelling each other, till we were almost knocked up. I thought
the night the longest I had ever spent. We had no time for
conversation, so I was still ignorant of how the ship had been brought
into her present condition. At last the cold grey light of the coming
day appeared. I looked out in the hope of discovering the blue line of
the land on the northern board; but the dull, leaden sea surrounded us
on every side, fortunately, unruffled as a looking-glass. Neither the
cutter nor any other sail was in sight. We had given our own provisions
to the half-famished crew, and were becoming very sharp-set ourselves.
Some nutritious food had, I found--much to the credit of those on
board,--been reserved for the exclusive use of the little girl, and this
had been the means of preserving her life, notwithstanding all the
hardships she had undergone. Mr Marlow, overcome with fatigue, had
wrapped himself in a cloak, and lay asleep at his daughter's feet. Two
of the ship's crew had fairly given in, and dropped off also; but my own
fellows, urged on by Jack, worked away like Trojans at the pump.

"Do ye see, lads, if we g