The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-29
sound seemed to roll and rumble
among the hills behind the beach IKE
distant thunder.

crept out upon the dizzy balcony;
The wind plucked at her dress ano
the rain blinded her eyes: how sue
got hold of the lines she didn't know.
They were tight and knotted Win the
rain. and she bad to pull out the
krots with her teeth, while standing
On tho flag, to keep 1t from Dlo"ing
away. When they we're free, sne
fastened one to each side OF the nag
and then holding on tight 70 the
railing, she threw the flag over. l.
fell down upon the roof and 1utserea
atrous snake. Now for a big pun.
Up she rose. ALL how it pulled. IL
seemed as if the lines would cut her
bands to pieces or drag her over the
balcony. The flag was like vast
bird aow, waving its red-and-white
wings and struggling to be free.
Boom! roared the great gun.
"I'.l do it. I'll do it, she painted.
"It's got to go up"
It was wonderful how quickly the
people saw it. By the time she hso
the lines fast she heard the church"
bell ringing an alarm. In twenty
minutes fifty men and boys were tear
ing along the beach toward the lie
boat house, screaming and yelling, as
they ran. Over the meadows came
lank, white mare. The old parson
was coming too. There would be no
meeting that day.
Captain Sedgewick had the doors
OF the boat-house wide open and the
lines laid out on the sands. Every
man and boy took hold, and out
came the boat, on its carriage, with
q rush, Murray! Here's the parsons
horse! Hitch her upi Lively now! All
right! Go ahead!
Away they went, with the white
mare at the head and the parson rum
ming behind az fast ss he could 60.
How the surf roared and thundered
on the sand, as if giving Thanksgiving
day music.
It was steamer. They could see
her black funnel through the driving
rain. She had come "head on" and
gone easily and gently upon the aoft
sand. She was safe for the present,
bat the people must be brought ashore.
By the time the boat was brought op.
posite the wreck the besch was black
with people. The folks were just
setting out for the Westinghouse,
when they heard the guns and sav
the signal on the no el, and they drove
of at once and followed the parson to
the shore.
There was no call for volunteers to
man the life boat" and that sort OF
thing. Every man knew just what to
Go. This was the regular United
states Service, and when that starts,
why. things work right of. and no
laundering or mistakes. The splen-
did boat plowed through the rearing
surf, and went on her way just as il it
was the right thing to do. In exactly
forty-hve minutes from the time the
steamer struck. every man, woman,
and child. including the captains
dog. were safe and sound on the
be- CD. such wonderful time had
never been known. Everybody
talked as fast as be could, and the
women and girls lent their shawls
and closks to the women passengers,
ior it was raining in torrents and the
poor things were drenched to the
skio.
The ooat haa been hauled upon
this sand, and Captain Sedgewick
sprang upon the bows and said, as
loud az he could:
Il say, fellow citizens!''
VI course al the fellow citizens
stopped talking at ouce. What had
Captain Sedsewick to say?
Il calculate. fellvw citizens. that
these folks. just rescued from tho sea,
meooy don't know it is Thanksgiv.
ing day. I've got a pretty large
house here; but We haven any pro.
visions to speak OF. II soms OF you
will drive home and bring over a few
baskets of doughnuts. or sandwiches,
or other goodies, I'll open the hos.I
and we'll give 'em q dinner"
The proposal was received with
cheers, and in half q minute thu
teams were hitohed up, and away
they went back to the village, with
the parson, on his white mare, at the
head. The other folks swarmed into
the hotel aud helped the passengert
and sailors find seats by the swe
great. roaring wood fires. The way
the chairs came down of the Ions
tables Was wonderful. Eve:y one
helped as best he knew. Lefty Sedge
wick opened the monstrous pantry
and showed them piles and piles oil
plates and steel knives and forks and
rubber napkin ripgs.
Never mind the table Cloths 81
said the Captain. "Set 'em picnic
style and give seat to every one.
I'm bound to have the biggest
Thanksgiving party on the footstool.
The folks began 20 arrive, with the
| good things. 1t seemsd 8. if shev
had jus. swep. tneir own beautiful
iabIess clear and brought them ever
e the motel. The Darson brought q
waole ham and four iosyes OF bread
10 half an hour everything was ready.
and the entire population and all the
sbipsrscke folks sat down together.