I take off my hat to you, and I say, with a full heart, that I shall never again doubt your ability to handle men.

No one but an American could have tricked that mob as you did, my lad." From various points of vantage the foregoing scene had been witnessed by uneasy, alarmed persons from upper cabins.

Overwhelmed and dismayed by the rush of the yelling mob, the elect had fled for safety, urged by a greater fear than any that had gone before,--the fear of rioting men.
A few of them, more daring and inquisitive than the rest, had ventured recklessly into the zone of danger.

Among them were Ruth Clinton and Madame Olga Obosky, who, disregarding the command of Mr.Mott, were the only women to venture beyond the protecting corner of the deck building.
They stood side by side, bracing themselves against the downward slope of the deck.

Half-way forward were Trigger and the armed gunners, and beyond them the dense, irresolute mass of humanity.