, 1881-11-20

struggles Of the boat increased. One coul
| stand nowhere without Il support Il stewArt
with bleeding face. another with uls!ocate.
wrist, third iitnping painfully, testified us II
! the difficulty OF iocomotfon even among thos
who were wontcd to the sea and its peculiar
itics. We knew when night came onty by thu
hands Of tho clock ut II, the hour for the ex
tlngnishng OF the lights, men and women sep
arated nnwi!l1ngly; there was some little sense
OF security in each Others presence; the dstaul
/ stntcrooms seemed remote and desuIute, I;
had been bruited through the ship that we
were heavily laden with steel rails: there was nc
It n a9G .a6snI P @t aa
sions of the travellers. \ whisper had :isu gone
! about that SOME sailors had been carried Awly.
| aud that the life-bouts had been Sp!intered All
these things made the yo,tI- nights OF the pas
] scngers reluctant and spmbre, the more tilnIu
lingering IL little, Us II thoy might nor huve an
| opportunity to say anything ut another time.
! Somehow. even those of ,,s who we're net cog
stitutionully tinid, and who were rot new TO the
ways Of the sea, separated that night with sort
| Of lenhen feeling about the heart
The lonG passage To my stateroom seemed Iu-
conparably gloomy Now climbing, now de-
de @ way ahfn e 20 some tne
| inalefactor Euiny to the scairo1d. that was
trays'ng route along which 1 might never 20
again.
stretched in the uneasy berth, surrounded by
tho dIabolical symphony of the noises Of the
ship and the tempest, felt an in1nlt Isolation;
rs II bad a1one to encounter and resist the
raging forces about me. Violently tossed from
side to side, only retnining my place in the berth
by unce'sins watchfuiness and incessnnt exer-
ton, sleep was an inpossibility- had no fear
OF death; but there was Il discomfort, Il nervous
strain. TINT was vastly worse. fancy, than the
mere fear Of going to the bottom. In fact.
contemplated this possibility us rather in the
nature of relief
Horrible night! Every few moments a huge
wave launched itself agalnst the starbonri side
ncnr the bow, and bruke with a dctonation like
that Of heavy gun. Struck, tho great ship
would stop, MS it were, and shudiler through its
length like Il thing of lite which hed received n
mortal blow. At short intervals there would
pass aloug the side Of the vessel great rush Ut
water, accompanied by Il terrific hiss, aud a
great, hollow roar, us If the ship were being
sucked into Il crater OF whir1ing waters.
Il thousand times did the ship roll to the lee-
ward to escape the butfets OF the gale, and each
tlme as cluil.; frantieaty to the berth, did |
sssk myself, Us she remained poised for m in-
stsA1lt in the depths, Gan she rise asan:" |
Each OF them seemed as fit were tho final plunge
OF tho vessel toward the bottom. and that no (
power less than silpcrhuman could uphcare it |!
u ITS proper position. Each OF these plunscs |
had al the reality, to INC, of sinking into the
turbulent t'el'ths Of the waves As We Eo down
feel the ssluoGatiou Ut the drowntug and there
4 a2paAren To close about 1nc tho icy embraces OF
tho cruet WATERS +
Not the least horrible presentation Of the oc- |
ca5lol WAS that Of the clatnors OF the ship ann
Tho ssorm- Every boit, rivet, nut purtition bc-
ea'ne soca! aud gHvc uttefuucc to a frenzy Of
:h!p was full Ut uoiscs, shrIl, strileut mcnucipe
outside were tha savage clu,uprs |
# ti. s'le. the ucatenlns explosions Of tho
he fierce Kissing aud roaring vi tue currents
hat swept along the side as II seeking place Of
:utrnucc to reach the prey Within.
There wis Single contrast to nil this uproar |
ms iMlnlneuee of disaster, this apprehension
nd nd asr1..* Several times during tho iuter1niu-
hung desperately to whatever would su,pt,rt /
e, g;tzt into tho berth below. There. siiusly
RACED III place by pillows aud blankets, lay i
:sir-h BARRED little girl The tempest howIct all
bout hcr: the interior Of the ship was ,le:tfened
y ITS own claIuors: rhe vessel reared, plunged,
nd rolled rs il i11 a mortal cu1,,nat She slept :
it'll It smile just parting her rosy lips, the long
ishc5 resting. 0n her cbceks-sltpl rs it in her
WI cratlc with Il grooming lullaby yet cchoiny
trough tho ch;t.n:Iers OF her brain.
Tho night ~ci1 ut Inst To I'll c,ld. Night Of | [
"rrurs. it enorsi after eternity of exi51cnce
H. llu with It ted away many Ut the srucsome ,
snfs tnat haunted It's inteFininnbie hours | ,
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