"Seaman Davis, then, is the witness who knows the whole story?" questioned the judge advocate.
"Yes, sir."
"Call Seaman Daniel Davis to the witness chair."
Dan was summoned by the sentry. The boy's face was still bandaged; his face was pale and there was a livid mark across the right cheek where an oar blade had struck him.
Dan gave his name, age and date of enlistment, together with his station on shipboard.
"You were on the anchor watch on the evening of the twenty-fifth of August, were you not?"
"Yes, sir."
"State what occurred."
The witness related briefly the incidents leading up to the escape of the two ordinary seamen.
"You discovered them going over the side of the ship, did you not?"