And the next instant a large bowsprit entered our cabin window.
There was left me just space enough to wrench the door open, and
grabbing Kinney, who was still on his knees, I dragged him into the
alleyway. He scrambled upright and clasped his hands to his head.

"Where's my hat?" he cried.

I could hear the water pouring into the lower deck and sweeping the
freight and trunks before it. A horse in a box stall was squealing
like a human being, and many human beings were screaming and
shrieking like animals. My first intelligent thought was of the
lovely lady. I shook Kinney by the arm. The uproar was so great
that to make him hear I was forced to shout. "Where is Lord Ivy's
cabin?" I cried. "You said it's next to his sister's. Take me
there!"

Kinney nodded, and ran down the corridor and into an alleyway on
which opened three cabins. The doors were ajar, and as I looked
into each I saw that the beds had not been touched, and that the
cabins were empty. I knew then that she was still on deck. I felt
that I must find her. We ran toward the companionway.

"Women and children first!" Kinney was yelling. "Women and
children first!" As we raced down the slanting floor of the saloon
he kept repeating this mechanically. At that moment the electric
lights went out, and, except for the oil lamps, the ship was in
darkness. Many of the passengers had already gone to bed. These
now burst from the state-rooms in strange garments, carrying life-
preservers, hand-bags, their arms full of clothing. One man in one