elow, "there is a little chap striking out
towards us; and I do believe he has a baby in his arms. I know him; he
is young Broke, a famous swimmer. Oh, Mr Shafto, do save them if you
can."

Harry required no urging, nor did the crew. In another instant the
young drummer boy was alongside; and the doctor, stooping down, lifted
up the baby; but it seemed as if life was extinct. Young Broke was
speedily hauled on board. All for the moment seemed to forget their own
danger in their anxiety for the young infant; watching anxiously for the
report of the doctor, who was seen for a short time gently pressing its
stomach and breathing at the time into its mouth. "It lives," he said,
"and will, I trust, recover." The little creature had no lack of
nurses, for even at that moment of trial all were eager to take it.
Young Broke, though nearly exhausted when taken on board, soon
recovered; he could not tell what had become of the mother, but he had
some idea that she was still on board, having entrusted her child to one
of the men before she herself was lowered down.

Harry again dropped the launch astern, in obedience to the orders he had
received. The sea coming ahead of the ship, she began to pitch
violently; the other boats, to avoid the accident which had happened to
the second cutter, kept well clear of her. The commander was standing
on the poop, and Colonel Morley by his side.

"Is my husband not coming?" asked Mrs Morley, now appearing for the
first time aware that she was to be separated from him.

"The colonel will act as duty prompts him," said Harry.

"Yes, yes; I know he will," said Mrs Morley, gazing towards the ship.
"And he considers it is his duty to remain on board," she gasped out as
she hid her face in her hands, sobs bursting from her bosom.

Harry, still hoping that, as the weather had been moderating, the ship
might be kept afloat, determined to hold on to the last. As he looked
ahead, however, he saw the heavy rollers continuing to come in from the
north-west, while the sky in that direction looked dark and threatening.

Colonel Morley was observed every now and then to cast an anxious gaze
at the boat which contained his wife and daughters. How must he have
felt at allowing them to go away without him! It must have been a sore
trial to his manly heart at all events. The commander was evidently
issuing orders to those who remained with him.

"Oh, Mr Shafto, do they not fear that the ship