27/32 Chester tried to see him as the ship rushed on, but the commotion and the darkness prevented him. "Man overboard!" What could be done! The man was gone. He had not one chance in a thousand to be rescued. Had he fallen overboard without much notice, the ship would have gone right on--Why should a world be stopped in its even course to save one soul ?--but too many had seen this. Signal bells were rung, the engines slowed down, and then stopped. |