“How about you, Bart?”
No answer.
“Hodge, are you ready?” called Frank.
No answer.
“What’s the matter with him? Why doesn’t he speak?”
“Where is he?” asked Rattleton, excitedly.
“Isn’t he here?”
“No! He is gone!”
“Impossible.”
But it was true; Hodge was not in the boat. He had disappeared in a most remarkable manner, as if he had been dragged from the boat by the grim demons of the deep.