noon
Some one had opened it -- some one who was willing to die himself if he might at the same time encompass the death of all of us . After that I kept a guard pacing the length of the narrow craft . We worked upon the engine all that day and night and half the following day . Most of the time we drifted idly upon the surface , but toward noon we sighted smoke due west , and having found that only enemies inhabited the world for us , I ordered that the other engine be started so that we could move out of the path of the oncoming steamer . The moment the engine started to turn , however , there was a grinding sound of tortured steel , and when it had been stopped , we found that some one had placed a cold-chisel in one of the gears . It was another two days before we were ready to limp along , half repaired . The night before the repairs were completed , the sentry came to my room and awoke me .