Chapter 20 HAIL AND FAREWELL

Fifteen minutes more of an ominous silence which told plainer than words that the steamship Arion with all on board had gone to her final resting place at the bottom of the sea. The very thought of it made Johnny feel sick and faint. The shrill scream of wind in the rigging became to him the cries of those who called in vain for aid.

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