The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-12

aort I shossbd have known what to say " |
bracc thcm up. but they were s!i.s.crass.
ship Was calculated On upscs 'em. lmadc
an attempt to broittle thc situatiou, anu
ass,:ssS sS,.. y re. . nSs". sS.r "s q b H. then Sr,
all gOt some. courage and began To ne
more hopeful. What worried nac the most
up troneer and stronger. and hy II o'clock
the yawl was huunming throigh the water
Like Like. . y %n%-" ".,, INTO :" the q f fnSi.n o.csn ~ AZ
the rate of hfttsn miles an hns,r. aud that
IL the wind held ~. IL was we'd he at least
il vos u, much strougs.r I'd have tO bring
the yawi atsait head On. no matter what
down a,.I only just k.eping ahead OF the
~roilrrs- I uot tbs. women folks tai lie down
in the t"ss';m "s the hoat. and then had
Of ts..ri ~hi-b little Ben had put in. ~ bit
of two Ia ar -rsntiing which was under
sa,.i,n. a. ,..i dead h.sof"rc tie Wind
tis-i ti.- .,sstisr fer n drag. told Mr..
Howe la attach, them u" ,i. ~isst's painter,
aud ,'y midnight was r"aiy :" bring her
IL was time. Tn. wind was now blow
nag half "a gale. and there Was danger that
"a SEA might break aboard ana
MI Va. ] lid not tell him what ] proposed
to slo. fearing he would ts,cons. nervous
right n,o.n"n,. sent him tn the how to
throw out the drag. and when i hauled
sheet and pat the tillcr over ! could feel
thty fssG th tuy sfsEsSsts s,"N hhS ~
moment, and every soul aboard screamed
out i'm terror, hat the crisis passed.. and an
the gale, and the drag was holding her
thus. then explained tn tine people that
nothing NOR, could bc done. and that they
! down I got out an old oilcioth and covered
them from the flying spray as much as
po~siblr, and then took my seat amidsniI,s
minutes at ~ time from midnight tn day
light. and when day finally broke and !
The gale still held Oft shore, with no sign
that Il might change or abate. and the
ocean around u.s., was q boiling cauIdroil.
tile wave crs.sts broken OFT and hurled at
rawIei out i hardly knew them: All
were pale, h~Ollow-cyed and desplirinH.
while MIR. Howe had ~ look upon his face
which made. me stare at him. IL was ~
look of mortal fear and desperation, and
1 rrulized that his mind was going. The
Inv sn much trouble of their own. hut lit
tie Ben did, and Inc crept over to me and
Please Jack. hut yo" won't let pap"
began to call out in ~ cheerful voice
, M.S,. ' hi s IsS,. T Ss.s H a"ss," Only az" iSak ssn a, % %s
cd so.n. srisi. got ONT the provisions,
sip the wine and eat 1. little. The gentle
men refused To partake with us. and by
and hy TIN. wo"ac, hrgan =" notice his
max. ! saw him looking steadfastly at his
wife and I carefully moved nearer tai her.
One of the girls changed her position fur
ti,cr aft, fearing that "a struggle was about
tn taks, place. and turned ana extended
my hand tai steady her. As ! did SD Howe
uttered u sort at scream. sprsang upon ami
seized his wife. and though l clutcled her
skirts, the fabric tore, and both went over
hoard and ont of sight in AN instant.
Neither one rose. to- the surface, ar, IL they
did. they were. far beyond reach. The
sudden aud "wf,,l tragedy deeply affected
down and could not bc reused mp again
until afternoon. Ben didn't realize Il so
deeply. hut il was like "a dagger ut my
heart Il, see him sitting with closed eyes
and white face. and his lips framing the
words of the Lords Prayer now and
then.
AZ moon the wind and sc. began to %
down and the sky tai clear mp. The gale
IL a question of time when we shouId sight
thu. coast. The better state of affairs
brought new life tn the girls, and I was
glad to have them rouse mp and show some
comforter tn one i'm DISTRESS. hut I did the
cs,cd in the question of saving themselves.
by 3 o'clock I got i'm the drag. shook one
reef out OF the sail, and stooi on on
made five miles the wind died out
entirely and we were left tumbling Oh
mild and bainiy as you please, the ocean
grew quiet. and every one of us lay down
and slept the whole night through with
out "a break. was the first up and the
minute ! saw the sky l R%roanssl la despair.
IL portendctl N hot day and u dead calm.
and both followed. Even before break
fast I had to make "a shift to get some
shelter from the blazing sun. and when !
came to overhaul the provisions my face
81 betrayed my feelings that the younger
girl cried ont:
"Oh! Jack. but what has happened
| now
could have eaten and drank all we
had in five minutes. I had not filed the
water-keg To its capacity. and even some
that I did put in had leaked out 10y way
of the hung. I had to- tell them that we
must put ourselves on allowance. and
hardly more than ~ cr'inib at that. hut
they chcsrfully accepted the situation. 1
am not going into the details of the next
week. For seven successive days We had
dead calm or "a contrary breeze. which
was of little use tai help US beat mp. We
spun the water and provisions ont for
four days. and then We had nothing left.
by rcsortinH To those c~xpcdicnts known
to sailors. we kept hunger and thirst i'm
abeyancc until the evening of the sixth
day. Then thc three walled and wept.
and I took oil my cowhi.lr shoes
us to chew al. Therc was
some slight relief, and the three
only called out i'm their troubled sleep u
few times. We had only the leather all