Chapter 31 HILD UNDER HELM.

As one after another their resources seemed to fail, the courage of more than one of the lads sank; but there was no daunting Yaspard, and he began to talk of lighting a big tire, or setting up the sail as a signal-of one and all of the devices which castaways use for attracting attention, till Bill cut him short by saying, "We can do all that by-a