Man Overboard

Yes I have heard Man overboard! a good many times since I was a boy and once or twice I have seen the man go. There are more men lost in that way than passengers on ocean steamers ever learn of. I have stood looking over the rail on a dark night when there was a step beside me and something flew past my head like a big black bat—and then there was a splash! Stokers often go like that. They go mad with the heat and they slip up on deck and are gone before anybody can stop them often without being seen or heard. Now and then a passenger will do it but he [Pg 8]generally has what he thinks a pretty good reason.