"Right to the bottom of the sea," I added.
"Yes; and you seem to have been hurt."
"Hurt? I should think I was, horribly," I cried; "but it don't seem so
bad now, since I've been helping you."
"But the passengers, Dale?" he said excitedly, as he tried to sit up,
but sank back with a groan; "have you not heard anything whatever about
them?"