"I have hit her!" "Where ?" asked the other, elated at the intelligence.
"Right on the bow! There is a hole big enough to roll a wheelbarrow through," replied the captain, greatly excited.

"She has stopped her wheels." "That's a nice hole!" added Christy, as he got the glass to bear on it, and his hopes began to rise again.

"It is just about big enough for a small wheelbarrow.

But they have gone to work on it, and are putting mattresses over it." "That craft is finished for to-day, and we needn't worry any more about her," said the captain.

"She will not get that hole stopped up for an hour or longer, and I hope this affair will be over before this can be done.