FIRING THE ROCKET.
"Well, as I said, they were busy with the rockets when we got near, and we made in the direction in which we saw them going. Suddenly there came a bright light, Master Stanley, and then we saw it all. It was a flare which some sailor on board the sinking ship was holding up to show us where they lay."
SHOWING A FLARE.
"We had got very near them by this time, and when that light showed us where they were, it was enough to make us shudder. She had settled down by the stern on the rocks: her bows were sticking up above the water, but her deck was nearly covered: her masts were broken, her sails were torn, and the poor things aboard her were clinging to the rigging."
"Little by little we made them out, Miss Hilda, and a pitiful sight it was. There were women there, and little children, and I thought of Polly, and of Harry, and Jess, and baby Maggie ('Father's Magpie.' we used to call her); and I felt I would do anything to save them poor women and children. So I said my prayer again, 'Lord, save me.' and I held firmly on."
THE LIFE BELT.
"And now the sea was carrying us on with tremendous force towards the wreck, and when we had gone as near as we dare, we cast anchor to prevent ourselves being dashed in pieces on the rocks. We had a stout cable fastened to the anchor, and we began to let it out little by little so that we might get closer to the sinking ship."