He did not go on.
"Well?" asked Jack, grimly.
"Or they were put adrift, as I was," went on Ben.
"But you did not see that happen?" asked Cora, for the story was nearing its end now.
"No, Miss, I didn't see that. When I was put overboard, all the passengers—and there weren't many of them—were still aboard."
"Did you see any of them?" asked Bess.
"Oh, yes, Miss. All of 'em, I fancy."
"My father and mother—"
Ben described, as well as he could, the various characteristics and appearances of the Ramona's passengers, and Mrs. Kimball and Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were easily recognized.
"Then we must still keep on searching for them," decided Jack, at the conclusion of the narrative. "We'll just have to keep on!"