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"A CHILD overboard! A child overboard! " How terribly that cry resounded over the ship, with a shriek from Miss Petty as the scarlet had disappeared under the waves! Every passenger then on deck rushed to the side of the vessel from whence he could look down on the scene of the catastrophe, uttering exclamations of horror.
Gump's loud voice was heard over all, giving orders to "Let off steam! Back the ship! Lower the boat! " For with all his faults, Gump was a true British seaman, and could not see a little girl drowned without at least making efforts to save her.