Fresh-faced, slender, ebullient, radiating confidence, she was a dazzling figure in a swirling cotillion or at the taffrail of a steamer.

Almost before the cigarette was alight, a jarring shock made the Calder tremble from her shattered bows to her jagged taffrail.

As we watched her there were signs of a struggle taking place on board--pistol-shots rang out, and a heavy form plunged over her taffrail.