For the first twenty days all was prosperous and uneventful, but on the morning of Sunday, the 14th October, when in the Bay of Biscay, a squall arose, which towards noon developed into a gale. The _Cleopatra_, however, stood the gale well, not shipping enough water to do any serious harm until about six o'clock on the evening of the same day, when a big sea caught her, turning her completely on her beam ends and carrying away her mast. [Illustration: ON THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. _From a Photo. kindly lent by C. H. Mabey, Esq., Sculptor of Sphinxes and Pedestal._] A desperate effort was made to right her, but without success; a small boat was lowered, but to no purpose, and the captain of the _Olga_ at this point, seeing the danger all were in, thought it wisest to disconnect the two vessels, and so the cylinder was cut adrift. A little later, the wind having fallen, the _Cleopatra_ signalled for assistance, and the crew of the _Olga_, pitying the distress of their fellow-sailors, volunteered to put off in a boat and go to their rescue. The captain, thinking it would be a fruitless effort, advised them against it, saying: "A boat could not live in such a sea." The second officer, who had all along taken a keen interest in the welfare of the _Cleopatra_, replied: "We can't leave the poor fellows to drown; and now, lads, who will go with me?" He found five fine able-bodied men, in the prime of life, were willing to share the risk, and a boat was launched and put off; but before they could render any assistance a great wave washed them away, and they were thus drowned in endeavouring to save others. After a time a line was thrown from the _Olga_ over the _Cleopatra_, and by means of it a boat was hauled from the one vessel to the other, and the sailors on the Needle were saved. After spending some hours in searching for signs of the lost boat and the _Cleopatra_, the captain of the _Olga_ set sail for Falmouth, with the sad news of the enforced abandonment in the Bay and the supposed loss of the Needle and men. When the news was heard in England, Mr. Dixon was of opinion that the Needle would not sink when cast off, but would float, the only danger being that she might be destroyed on rocks. His surmising was correct in reference to it floating, for a telegram was received sixty days after the news of its loss saying that the ss. _Fitzmaurice_, bound for Valencia from Middlesbrough, had found and captured it ninety miles north of Ferrol, and had towed it into Vigo in Spain, and it remained in that harbour about three months. Sir James Ashbury, M.P., kindly offered the loan of his yacht, the _Eothen_, to tow it home, but arrangements were finally made for the _Anglia_ to do the work, and she arrived in England with the obelisk in tow on the 20th January, 1878. _Ivanka the Wolf-Slayer._ By Mark Eastwood. The Prince threw the reins to his servant and sprang from the sledge. "Where is he?" demanded he.