Lights flashed here and there, other officers of higher rank came on the scene; a boat fully manned was lowered.

It bobbed up and down on the waves like a cork.

Back into the track of the ship it went, and was soon lost to view.
The search was continued for an hour, then given up.

No trace of the man could be found.

The small boat was raised to the deck, the engine moved again, and the big ship went on its way.
Chester lingered among the steerage, passengers and listened to the story of the lost man who, it seems, had been one of those unfortunate ones who had failed to pass the health inspector at New York and had therefore been sent back to his native land, Ireland.