[The Adventures of Captain Horn by Frank Richard Stockton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Adventures of Captain Horn CHAPTER XIX 8/11
He has given you his name and some of his money, and may give you more, but I must say I am very much disappointed in Captain Horn." Edna turned suddenly upon her companion.
"Color!" she exclaimed, but she did not finish her remark, for Ralph came running aft. "A queer thing has happened," said he: "a sailor is missing, and he is one of the men who went on shore for us.
They don't know what's become of him, for the mate is sure he brought all his men back with him, and so am I, for I counted them to see that there were no stragglers left, and all the people who were in that boat came on board.
They think he may have fallen overboard after the ship sailed, but nobody heard a splash." "Poor fellow!" exclaimed Mrs.Cliff, "and he was one of those who came to save us!" At this moment a wet and bedraggled sailor, almost exhausted with a swim of nearly a mile, staggered upon the beach, and fell down upon the sand near the spot from which the Mary Bartlett's boat had recently been pushed off.
When, an hour before, he had slipped down the side of the ship, he had swum under water as long as his breath held out, and had dived again as soon as he had filled his lungs.
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