As her masts, with their crossed yards, were still standing, "Captain Li" said she must have struck very easily, and stood a good chance of being saved if she could only be lightened before a blow came that would roll a sea in on her.
"Are you going to her assistance ?" asked Mr.Elmer.
"Certainly I am," answered the captain.

"I consider that one of the first duties of a sailor is to give aid to his fellows in distress.
Besides, if we succeed in saving her and her cargo, we stand a chance of making several thousand dollars salvage money, which I for one do not care to throw away." "You are quite right," said Mr.Elmer.

"It is seldom that we are offered an opportunity of doing good and being well paid for it at the same time, and it would be foolish, as well as heartless, not to render what assistance lies in our power." The schooner was already headed towards the wreck, but approached it very slowly, owing to the light breeze that barely filled her sails.

As the sun rose, and cast a broad flood of light over the tranquil scene, the captain anxiously scanned the line of the reef in both directions through his glass.
"Ah, I thought so!" he exclaimed; "there they come, and there, and there.

I can count six already.