It was not his intention to cross the ocean so he neglected the necessary form of purchasing a ticket.

When The Queen steamed away from her dock, Paul descended into the steerage and stowed away his outfit in an unoccupied bunk.

From that time until Sunday evening, he kept very quiet and no one on board knew of his intentions.

About eight o'clock he slipped on deck and under the shelter of a life boat commenced to dress himself in the suit.

The weather had been fair and the steamer was making good headway so he calculated she was at that time two hundred and fifty miles out.