"You can go down with the ship!" cried Dan Baxter mockingly. An
instant later the darkness hid the speaker from view.
"They have left us," cried Captain Blossom. "But, thank fortune, the
best and largest boat is also left."
Some provisions had been tumbled into this boat, and a cask of water
followed. Then the girls were placed on board, the Rover boys followed,
and the captain and old Jerry came behind, to cut away. Down went
the small boat into the mighty waves, and each of the boys caught up
an oar.
"Pull!" roared Captain Blossom. "Pull for your lives!" And they did
pull, two boys on one side, and Sam and old Jerry on the other. The
girls huddled in the stern, expecting every moment to see the little
craft turn bottom side up. They scraped along the side of the doomed
ship, and then along some rocks. Captain Blossom was in the bow,
peering ahead.
"To the left!" he yelled. "Quick!" And then came a shock, and the
captain disappeared beneath the waves.
"The captain is gone!" screamed Dora, but she was hardly heard, for
the ship was pounding on the rocks, and the spray was flying in all
directions. The boys and old Jerry continued to pull, knowing not
what else to do, and at last the spot was left behind and they found
themselves on the bosom of the mighty Pacific, in the black darkness,
out of sight of everything, with only the sounds of the wind and the
waves filling their ears.
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