The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-06
vide the contsats Of her kttls medicine chesE
and the giobules were an devoured In . mo.

and the s'obulss were an dsvoured in . mo.
ment.
And now their tortures were aggravated
BY the sight Of abundance. They drifted
Sss the se, .a. .Se,s At :,s0 ,i% % 9TH
they saw five fathoms down. They dis
cerned ama!l 6sh drifting over the bottom:
they looked hke driving cloud, so vast
was their number; and every now and then
there was a scurry among them, and por
tSa gSse' and deg broke in and isasted on
they were tantali.ed az we'll as starved.
The next day was like the last, with this
difference, that the sufferers could no longer
endure their tOrments in silence.
The ladv moaned constantly; tho sailors
groaned, lamented, and cursed.
Tie sun baked and blistered, and the wa
ter glared.
them as an awning, and salt water was con-
stantly thrown over them.
Mr. Ha.el took bailer and drenched his
bodies: This relieved the hell Of thirst in
some degree; but the sailors could not be
persuaded to pr actice It.
In the afternoon Hazel took Miss Rolles-
toms Bible from her wasted hands, and read
aloud the forty second Psalm.
When he had done. one of the sailors asked
him to pass the Bible forward. He did so;
and in hull an hour the leaves we're returned
him; the vetlum binding had been cut of.
divided, and eaten.
He looked piteoualy at the leaves and,
after a while, fell upon his knees and prayed
silently.
He rose. and, with Miss Rolleston's con-
sent; offered the men the leaves us well. 1T
IL the Bread ofl.ife for mer's e souls not their
bodies" said he. "But God is mercifnl |
think he will forgive you; for your need IL
bitter
Cooper replied that the binding was mans.
but the pnges were Gods; and, either for
this or another more obvious reason, tho
leaves were declined for food.
All that afternoon Hazel was making a
sort of spoon out Of u fragment of wood
The night that followed was Garker than
usual, and. about midnight. hand was laid
on Helen lsolleston's shoulder, and a voice
whispered, "liush! ssy nothing. have
got something for you.
At the same time, something sweet and
deliciously fragrant was put to her lips; she
opened her mouth, and rsceiveied spoon.
full oi marmalude. Never did marmnln,je
taste like that before. 1t dissolved itsslfiiks
Ambrosia over her palate. und even relieved
| her parched throat in some slight degree by
the saliva it excited.
Nature could not be resstel; her body
took whatever he gave. But hor high mind
rsbellsd.
20 how base am, said she, and went.
"Why, it is your own" snid he, soothing.
ly; took it out of your cabin expressly for
you"
..Al lenst oblige me BY eating some your.
self sir said Helen. "0r" with sudden
bnrst), ~ will die ere touch another NOR.
sel," II feel the threat. Miss RolIeston;
but do not need it, for | am very. very hun
cry: But no; i'll take any, ] must divide
it all with them. But ii you will help mo
unr'ng the jacket will suck the inuide-after
you
Helon gazed ut him, and wondered ut tho
man, and ut the strange love which had so
bitterly offended her when she w,is surrounded
by comforts; but now it extorteS her respect.
They unripped the jacket, and found some
moisture left. They sucked it. and it was u
wonte rful, and incredible relief to their
pnrched gulets.
Tho next day was n fearful one. Not
cloud In the sky to give hope of rain: the air
light. it only just moved them along; and
the sen glare1, und the sun beat on the poor
wretches, now tortured into madness with
hunger and thirst.
The body Of a man in thia dire extremity.
can suffer ntornal agony us acute az any
that can be einflcted "n it's surface by the knife;
und the cries. the screnms, the
gronns, the prayers, the curses, inter.
mingled. that issued from the bont, were not
to be distinguished from the cries Of men
horribly wounded in battle, or writhng un.
oer hoWe terroie operhGlOn IN hospitals.
y, it was terrible and piteous to Gee and
hear thu boat-load of ghastly victims, WITH
hollow cheeks, and wild beast eyes, gn groan
ing, cursing, and shreking loud upon that
fair classy sea, below that purple vault ane
glorious sun.
Toward afternoon, the sailors got together
forward, and lsft Hazel and Miss RoIIeston
alone in the stern. This gave him an oppor.
tunity ofspeaking to her confldentially. He
took advantage oft, and suid, Miss ROLES.
ton, wish to consult you. Am l justified
In: secrsting the mnrmslade any ionger7
There is nearly a spoonful apietA'
"No," said Helen, divide it amongst them
all. o, had only q woman beside me, to
pray with. and cry with, and die with; for
die We must"
II am not so sure of that" said Hazel.
faintly, but with q cool fortitude all his own.
Experience proves that the human body
can subsist q prodigious time on very littk
food; and saturating the clothst with waite.
ts, ! know, the best way to allay thirst.
And women, thank Heaven, last longer than
men. under privations."
~ shah not last long. SIR" said Helen.
Look at their eyes,
what do you mean?"
II mean that those men ore going to kill
me-"
(To ne coNTINUED.)