In a little while they were close enough to see that the wreck was really the _Clarion_.  But what a sad-looking sight was the former handsome craft!  Her tail had been wrenched off, and only half of one of her long wings could be seen.  Out upon the other, on hands and knees, clinging desperately to the aileron brace, was the hatless, water-soaked figure of a man.  As they came closer still they could see him waving his hand frantically at them.