I alone got on to the jib-boom and jumped.
What became of the others I know not, but I jumped on to the rock by which you found me this morning.

The vessel broke up in a very short time.

I heard the men crying bitterly, but the mate's voice was louder than any.

The captain of course was below, and so, when last I saw them, were his wife and child, but she might have rushed upon deck.

I was almost sucked back twice, but managed to scramble up.
It was not until daylight that I knew I was on the mainland, and climbed down to the sands." As this strange history proceeded, I know not who in that little audience was most affected.