“We will save them!” replied Greenwood.
The Tritonia passed out of hailing distance.
CHAPTER V.
BOARDING THE WRECK.
“THERE seems to be but one man on board the wreck,” said Wainwright, when the Tritonia had passed out of hailing distance.
“And he says there are two women on board,” added Marline. “It seems to me that I have heard that man’s voice before.”
“He speaks plain English, at any rate,” continued the captain. “Have you any idea what has become of the Josephine, Mr. Marline?”
“It was easy enough to lose her in such a night as the last. She may have carried sail while we were laying to, or we may have carried sail while she was doing so. She may have been within a few miles of us when we changed our course to the nor’ard.”
“But, if she had been anywhere near us, she would have heard the guns on this steamer,” suggested Wainwright.
“I think we shall have a change of weather soon, and we shall find out where she is.”
“The barometer is rising; and I am confident, if the Josephine’s people heard those guns, she will follow them up, and we shall see her in the course of the forenoon.”