Roy kept going with long steady strokes, while Ken, working even harder, baled frantically the whole time.

Their loss saved the remainder; the boat lightened and righted for a moment, the pilot and I baled away desperately; she rose clear once more of the water.

"Five hundred bales of shavings," she softly.

The negro, Sam, alone was awake, baling steadily, his face turned aft, although scarcely glancing up from his labor.