The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-02

Ah, with favorable winds ten wonld
90; or even eight; but suppose we have
calmsw
What, thenl Would it be best 10 try
and find these islandsn
The engineer shook his head decidedly.
have not an idea of heir position"
ne said. My opinion is, as far as / have an
opinion, that we are not We Y far from the
point we started from. But that is little
more than guess work. Blown about as
we we were tor three days, and running all
tne time some seven or eight knots an hour.
cont believe that any sailor could spot
our place on the chart within hundred and
nifty miles. As it is. we know that we are
going IN the right direction and that we
cannot be very far out of the course of
shlps. think our position is a bad one
any how; but our best chances lie in holding
on our present course"
That is settled, them" Philip said.
!" nat do you says Shall we say anything
about the barrel being emptyn'
They know it forward already.n the en-
gineer replied. They know the difference
between full and empty cask as well as |
do, and In any case | would have told them
50 as TO econclle them to being put on such
short allowance Of water. am afraid we
shall have difficulties with them before we
have done. have my revolver in my coat
pocket l always had it hanging in my
this it might come In useful
II have revolver, too" Philip said.
am heartily glad to hear it. You and
with revolvers can keep all those fellows
at distance"
The very ext day the number of mouths
was reduced by one. One of the passe gers
was making the voyage for the sake of his
health de was i'll weak state when they
LETT the ship, and the three days and nights
OF incessant wet had exhausted the rem
nant Of his strength. after drinking the
hot tea in the morning he had lain in the
bottom of the boat with his eyes closed. Mr..
Solden, looking at his face had said to
PhlI p, II am afraid that poor young chap
won't last long"
They had from time to time given him
little brandy and water, but he was scarce
able to swallow it.
Just as night came on Philip, bending
over him, touched his arm. He started
and put his hand over the young fellows
heart ard listened for his breathing.
He is gone" be said in low tones to Mr..
Solden; don't say anything about it now.
1t will be shock to the ladies. Let him lie
where he is. and we can drop him over
board after dark. There are no means of
burying him."
land no occasion, poor young chap the
engineer said. at will make no difference
to him whether he sinks down in a ham
mock with shot at his feet or whether he
floats awhile. l don't think in any case he
had many weeks to live. l noticed him
several times on the way down, and it
seemed that he was losing strength fast in
stead of gaining it,"
The body was quietly put overheard dur
ing the night, and in the morning Phllip
took the news to the ladies that one of the
number was gone.
Another week had passed, and as If the
wind had exhausted itself during the three
days gale, it had dropped into dead calm
and the sail had been lowered and the oars
got out. There had been great discomfort
on the part of the Lascars and Seedy bows
when they were informed that the allow
ance would &c cut down to pint day,
for the sun blaZed down with tremendous
power, and as soon as they took to the oars
they began to suffer severely from thirst
Two of the Lascars and one of the Seedv
men understood English, and Mr.. Solden
explained to them they had certainly six
hundred miles TO go, and that unless they
happened to strike at the right point their
distance might be considerably increased
1--WE shall not do more than fifty miles a
day at the utmost" he said, Though we NAV
do over that the first two or three DAYS:
but we cannot rely upon 1t, SO that we shall
any how be "elve days and unless we hit
the right point at first may bs several DAYS
more than that. We are a strong crew.
There are fourteen of you and only eight
oars to man. These two gentlemen and
myself will take it by turns to row, so that
we shall have full relief, and can change
every four hours. We will all
all rest for four hours in the
middle watch, which will give us all
eight hours sleep at night. We shall want
that to keep our strength up. If you are
patient, aud you do your duty, we shall all
be savei. At any rate, you will have to
obey orders and do your best. The first man
that mutinies shall put bullet into his
heed.n
30 the work began; but although for the
first two days something like fifty miles a
day was made, this distance then begs IN to
fall off RAPIDLY The boat was laden with
number far beyond her proper burden, and
rowed heavily. The heat was exhausting,
and the wait of water told terribly on the
men.
The Lascars, by no means q strong race,
succumbed rapidly.
"rhey are no good for hard work. the
engineer said, CONTEMPORARY. They do
well enough for Washing tae decks Of
steamer, but that is about all they are fit
for. The fellows have got no backboaes.
Ii you were t. take one of these fellows by
the feet, Dir. Brown, and were to take him
by the head. just as You would wiring linen,
| believe we could twist hin up into rope.
Those Sesdy boys are worth three Of them
when it comes to work.
Fortunately, among the stores put on
board was good stock of tobacco, and the
negroes when not at work SIN ked inces-
sanity. Philip had also brought a large
canister, and kept his pipe going, except
vine at tie oar.
81 envy you," Mr.. Clifford said. "My
mouth is as dry as a furnace as it is, if |
were to try and smo le it would choke rne.n
80 it would me,n tue engineer said. II
like pipe and glass of grog together, but
/ could no more smoke with this sua pouring
down upon me than could fy."
''It is quite the contrary with me-"
Philip said. II am neye thirsty when | am
smoking, and even now do not feel any
great want Of water"
The ladies suffered less. Philip had on the
first day that the sun came out with full
DO yer erected two wooden s6anc lio IS in
tie stern of the boat similar % those be had
before made, and over these and the othe s
he fixed large rug like al awning. Sit
ting there quietly, and free from the labor
of the oar, they suffered less THAI the man,
but at the same time they felt the heat
greatly, and the fact that they knew that
until evening they could get no water in
creased their thirst.
By Philips advice Annette and Con-
stance, instead OF drinking their allo vance,
which was made into tea night and morn.
ing, akei their biscuits in it, and so took
il gredIaIly keeYJinQ the tea tnat Was not