was Roebling--Washington A. Roebling, 2d. He was a
gentleman and a brave man. He warned us of the danger and
told us that it would be best to be prepared for an emergency.
We heeded his warning, and I looked out of my window and
saw a great big iceberg facing us. Immediately I knew what
had happened and we lost no time after that to get out into
the saloon.

"In one of the gangways I met an officer of the ship.

" `What is the matter?' I asked him.

" `We've only burst two pipes,' he said. `Everything is
all right, don't worry.'

" `But what makes the ship list so?' I asked.

" `Oh, that's nothing,' he replied, and walked away.

"Mr. Case advised us to get into a boat.

" `And what are you going to do?' we asked him.

" `Oh,' he replied, `I'll take a chance and stay here.'

"Just at that time they were filling up the third life-boat
on the port side of the ship. I thought at the time that it
was the third boat which had been lowered, but I found out
later that they had lowered other boats on the other side,
where the people were more excited because they were sinking