The carpenter and his mates are doing their best to shore it up from the inside with balks of timber, but the water is coming in like a mill race, and I fear there are other injuries.

All the pumps are at work, but there's a deal of water, and if the bulkhead goes"-- "We shall go, too," said Lord Holmhurst, calmly.

"Well, we must take to the boats.

Is that all ?" "In Heaven's name, is that not enough!" said the captain, looking up, so that the light that was fixed in the companion threw his ghastly face into bold relief.

"No, Lord Holmhurst, it is not all.