Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-17

ia water, for 1 saw Ben supporting his
child as he swan vigorously toward the
man who had leaped over. / saw
Charley going down (neither he nor
was q swimmer, I clutched at him fruit~
Keep your heads upp Here's a life
beltP' :sCatch this rope!" and 90 On.
But soon the voices sounded far away
and indistinguishable; knew that salt
water was in my nostrils and mouth;
there was singing in my ears, roaring in
my head. felt q mad impulse to rise;
| did rise, again for a minute only, I
heard eager voices near me, and caught
glimpse Of the efforts that were being
made to save us; in an agony / made an
effort to keep up;it was futile; then hiss!
hiss! swish! through nay very brain: at
ter that, darkness, dense darkness! a
clear consciousness that the hand of
death was Oh me; a cry from my Utmost
soul to heaven, and-a strange deep
calm.
The sun was going down in flood of
swabbed deck all alone. Where had I
been? Where WAS going? What had
happeneR I pinched myself and felt
the pain; so was still in flesh. I tried
my voice-"Hi! hilloa! somebody"
No one came. l sat up and took
speculative survey The vessel was taut
and trim and she smelt of timber, but
she was not of British build. AS cogi-
tated-rather sweakly, I must own.-.a
footstep sounded on the deck, and along
came good-natured looking seaman,
fair, and blue-eyed; he made his way to
me and gazed smilingly down,
"What ship is this?" Queried /.
A shake of the head.
"Are you German?"
Two shakes Of the head.
'Speak, man, in some tongue or other,
will your"
ob rSs Sa h sRsaey he But o %Sra and
any language could pick out from his
| jabber.
Feeling no doubt that my understand
ing wanted arousing. he went away and
shortly returned with six other men !;
some strong, fair and blue-eyed like
| himself, the rest, shorter, darker, but
powerfully built, and all chattering I'M
! Ineligible largon. +
! AS they bent their energies to make
me acquainted with something or other,
I tried hard to discover their nationali-
ties, for, certainly they We're not all of
one nation, when-happy thought
came fitting through my brain the
words:
And then the blue-eyed Norseman told .
A sage Of the days of old.
"You are from Norway' bawled I.
"And you" to the darker men, "you
are Swedes. Am right?"
"Ha! Norroway! Norge! Norge! Ha!
| Ha! Norrike! Ha! Ha"
These words were taken up like r.
| frain with boisterous satisfaction. Had
! I only raised my eyes to the vessels
| flag, I might have seen at first that she
| then my wits were scattered. They be-
| gan, however, to disentangle themselves
and thoughts of Charlie, Ben and the
rest crowded upon me. Where were
! they? Where were they? Where was
| the lame girl? and where the Jemima?
! It was useless to question, SC I rose up
and with rather unsteady gait walked
across the deck and found my way t.,
the captains cabin.
On one side lay Ben, with pain in
every line of his face; in the captains
berth, looking absolutely death; and by
Mamie stretched out on rug lay my
brother. He, however,. managed
to moan out ''Bravo!" when he saw
| me.
went to the girls side and felt her
pulse. Then. "where's the captain"
said I to Ben's careless mate, Donald,
who was sanding by, the picture of help
less distress.
"Here," came ready answer from
| mellow voice behind me.
turned. There stood portly, gray
headed man, with trustworthy face.
a oro1-o Ep~1ich I'll io srnrfh
| thing just then.
"Have you wife-a lady on board,
| sir, who will carry out my instructions
! respecting this patient?"
care you then physician.
Il am member Of the College of Sur.
geons, and am anxious to do my best i'll
| this emergency
II am heartily glad, sir. A lady-no;
| there is not one on board. But there is
man who would lay down his life for
this child. He is burly, but docile; let
! him be her nurse"
ooh, her father? But ne is in sorry
plight himself. I fear I shall! find some
broken bones when l have time to look
at i'm"
"No, not her father--her husband"
I glanced at Ben.
| Il know" said he; 'there's rect
bright siller linin' to cor clood, thank
God!"
*'Bring him in" quoth I.
/ He came, a young fellow: having a
splendid physique and six feet two in
| height, the very man who had leaped
from the side OF the Jarl Hakon to our
rescue.
stretched out my arm in front of the
berth as warning or barrier. But Tame
| had tact and caution. He stood mutely
| looking down on his ghostly young wife,
then, in response to touch on his arm,
| he bent his head to take my orders.
While Mamie remained unconscious
| he was to keep his post quietly, using
| the prescribed remedies; the moment
| she showed signs of consciousness he
| was to vanish.
turned to Ben, who found had a
| broken arm. 'Splints!" said to Char
lie, who was on his feet. by this time.
$50 to the captain for thin wood, and
! "a sheet will do. Now, Ben, you are a
Briton, I know, will you trust me to set
that bone?"
Trust ye? Aye, sir; I ne'er vince at
sic like. I'd be poorly off an it werena
set"
That business was got through. and
Ben had scarcely uttered q moan from
first to last, but cold perspiration stood
on his forehead, and [ was just dis
patching Donald for strong cup Of tea
! to revive him When-a sudden knock On
| nav arm. e....n#5 s..
| I turned sharply. "Beg pardon, SIR
| whispered Tam, as his great bulk rolled
! and tumbjed into a dark corner beyond
me. - III.
But Mamies eyes were wide open, the
whiteness had gone from her face: her