Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

sharp swish and the dull cut, as i,
struck the writing form.
The clerks hammering at the door,
the screams of Mr.. Greenfield. the
struggle-nothing had any effect upon
the machine-like work of that terrible
whip.
At last, when the screams had sunk
into means, Jack flung the whip away,
and, letting go, allowed Mr.. Greenfield
to fall upon the floor.
Then he unlocked the door, walked
out, and no man dared to stop him.
It was the next day that Jack, Mr..
Foster, and Mr.. Castle took the confess
sion to the prosecuting attorney, and
the day after that the case was dis,
missed in court.
The newspapers got hold of it and
published it, and Mr.. Greenfield was,
as soon as he could be moved, taken
away.
Neither Lena nor Jack wished to
prosecute him, but it was not long be-
fore his house was sold, and Stockton
heard of him no more.
There is no real necessity to say that
wedding took place. However, Jack
stammered most awfully when he tried
to answer the toast OF "The Bride and
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failure of his speech and sat down in a
violent perspiration. - "
FIVE WEEKS ON Il BURNING SHIP.
Landsmen as we'll as sailors deplore
that all the romance has been taken out
of the sea by the advent of steam, but
they are wrong. The sea and the men
who go down to the sea in ships fur
nishes eyey day Of the year its tale OF
horror at which the heart glows cold.
What can equal in intensity the true
story of the voyage of the steamer Park.
hurst from Hull to Rio de Janeiro? The
steamer left Hull on March 20, and on
March %, fire was discovered in he1
cargo.
In short time it had such hold on
the vessel that Captain ROBERTSON be.
ieved she was doomed to destruction,
and had the life-boats got out and pro.
visioned. Everything that could be
done to eStinguish the fire was done.
but, despite the best efforts of the crew,
the fire spread through the cargo, and
soon the sides of the vessel above the
vessel became red hot, and the decks
could only be walked on by spreading
wet sails on them and keeping them
continually saturated.
Holes were made in the decks, and
high pressure steam from the donkey
boiler was injected on the blazing cargo
with good result. Water was also
pumped in in large quantities; but on
the Goth the fire again increased and
reached the coal-bunkers.
For two days and nights the crew
worked hard to remove the coal. Sew.
eral Of the men, being rendered insensi-
BILE by the suffocating smoke and in
tense heat. had to be carried on dock.
For three days the cabin was rendered
uninhabitable, and four of the crew
had narrow escape from suffocation.
Several times the crew thought they
would be driven to abandon the vessel,
but, encouraged by the commander,
who was foremost in fighting the
flames, they managed to stand by the
ship, and succeeded in taking her into
Rio de Janeiro, the cargo being then
still in flames. Captain Robertson and
seven of the crew were badly burned
and almost blinded
The Brazilian government has pre-
sented a gold medal to Captain Robert
son, and he certainly deserved it. Five
weeks on burning ship. Think of it.
Golden Days.