5/9 "But what has become of the wreck, Jack? Did you say she had gone to pieces ?" "No, she has not gone to pieces, but she has gone to the bottom," replied Jack. "As I said before, she struck on the tail of the island and stove in her bow, but the next breaker swung her clear, and she floated away to leeward. The poor fellows in the boat made a hard struggle to reach her, but long before they came near her she filled and went down. It was after she foundered that I saw them trying to pull to the island." There wan a long silence after Jack ceased speaking, and I have no doubt that each was revolving in his mind our extraordinary position. |