The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-02
Philip said ore evening to


lives are dependent upon making our store
of water last. IL she CHI Sc to be patient
and quiet, as Madame Remand and her riece
are, she would do as well as they do: b &,
whether or not, l am resolved that the al
Iowance shall not be exceeded by any one.
The water is common property. and II one
has more, the others have right to have
more, too"
On the ninth day after leaving the ship
the woman died. She was wrapped in a
rug, some lashipg put round it, and was
lowered overheard in the sea.
The Las airs now absolutely refused to
work longer, and several of the negroes
were wholly unfit for the labor.
What do you think, gentemeni Is it
worth while TO bring on a tight over thiss
Ii thought there was a chance of reach
ing land before the water was gone would
say make them pull; : but don't see there
is a chance of that. The last thres days we
have only been crawling along; we have
not made twenty knots a day ON an average
since we began rowing. Two or three OF
the Seedy boys have rowed fairly, but the
rest have only just dipped their oars in and
taken them out agaiu. We had three
chances at first, one has gone We have
but two left--one is that the wind may get
up and take US along, the other that ship
may pick us up"
II agree with you. Solden"--for in the
companionship OF common danger they had
become Solden and Philip to each other, for
the latter had WINGED whenever he was ad-
dressed by the name be had a sumed, and
had asked the engineer TO call him by his
christian name instead. VI ha been think
ing for the past two days that we might as
well give up the rowing, for we could never
get there in time Ii we had as many
Englishmen on board as we have these fell
lows, we should have reached land by this
time"
"Ay, perhaps we should; but l don't
know. Thirst takes a terrible lot out even
Of the strongest men. But we must look
out now, Philip. When they have once
given up rowing they will take to talking,
and we are pretty sure to have trouble.
You see, argument is not much good to a
man half mad with thirst. You may tell
him that if he is content to suffer a bit and
hold on, he gives himself fair chance of
Icing picked up. That is true enough: but
his view is, i am dying Of thirst. | may
as well die tomorrow as a fortnight hence
Let me have Que big drink first Well, il
they won't work they must drink less
think, Philip, we ought to reduce the ration
to half pint We have got, calculate. a
gallon man left. That will give us sixteen
days, and even IN these regions we may cal
culate on having breeze before that. Be-
sides, we have another ground for hope.
Some Of the other boats are pretty sure 70
have got separated from the rest, aud will
obey orders and make for Batavia, and IL
one OF them gets there the Dutch are safe
to send out a steamer at once to search for
the rest.
"Yes, that is So" Philip said az am
sure, as far az | ami concerned, / can do
with half pint of water, now there is no
more rowing TO be done, as well as | could
with pint when / was working away all
day in the sun. Besides, Soleoh--and
wonder we haven't thought of it before
the meat might help US; we haven't opened
a tin now for the last SIX days. for nobody
would touch the last, but ] think that If
small quantities were served ou5 IL would GO
to chew even il we could not yalow it.
There is certain amount OF moisture in
meat and it would give us strength too to
hold outn
"Yes, it is much the best plan," the en-
gineer said. II will tell the men that as
there will be no more rowing, and we can
rig up sort of awning with the sail and
shall only have to lie quiet all day, that /
shall reduce the ration to half-a-pint, and
that will enable them to hold out for nearly
three weeks, and we are pretty sure 10 ge
the wind before that, even if we are not
picked up by the search steamers which
may be sent out to look for US. But mind,
there is pretty sure to be a row. SO keep
your pistol handy"
The engineer stood uo and informed the
men of the determination that had been ar
rived at, and of their reasons for it. The
announcement that there would be no more
rowing was received with sa isfaction, but
there was cry of dismay aud anger whe1
they understood the ration of WAFER was to
be reduced. There was hasty consulta-
ton among themselves, and then several of
them drew knives and we're about to rush
aft, but the sight of two levelsd revolvers
at once Quelled their courage, and they
threw themselves sullenly into the bottom
of the boat. They reused themselves, how
ever, when Mr.. SoIden or Tered them to
sower the sail and rig 1t up as an awning.
The yard was us d as a ridge pole, one end
being lashed against the mast and the other
supported by one Of the floor boards, eight
feet long, placed on end, and stayed to the
sides of the boat. Two oars were cut in
half, and with these the sides of the awning
were stretched out.
All hands, including those aft, now poured
buckets of water over each other as they
had done several times a day since the ter
mination of the gale, as they thus obtained
considerable relief. The ladies mad refused
to adopt tais method.
I'VE are doing very WELL" Constance
said. Our clothes don't dry as yours do,
and the discomfort would more tina coun-
terbalance the relief We douche our ads
two or three times a day, and keep our
hands and wrists banging over in the water,
and l think tina docs US deal of good.n
They had heard, in silence, the enginee-
address the men. SIT is hard thing TO de-
termine to lessen our supply.n Philip said 70
them when the work Of fixing the awning
was completed, shut l am sure it is the
best"
II should think So" Constance said.
Annette agreed with me that we can do
With less water than we have been having
1t must have been terrible for you, work.
ing SD hard, but sitting here quietly and
Ia ing it 50 gradually it mas been plenty for
us"
The other woman had heard the an
nouncement with cries Of a fish, and
threw herself down ia the bottom Of the
D at, where she was now lyiag Constance
looked down at her and shook her head.
"She ould suffer no more THAI you do, y
Philip said sternly, ''if she would behave
as you do"
he mad for days been irritated by the con-
slant complaints and outbursts of temper
on her part. IF she Will not behave as a
sensible being, shs must suffer. She is no
W rise of than any one else, and l @ nslder
her conduct TO be dis sraceful. I saw her
snatch the cup out OF your hand this MORN
ing before you had finished it, and drink
the remainder, aad Solden aud | had de-
termined that if she does anything Of the
sort again we will send her 70. ward among
the natives and you sha1't be annoyed by
her any Ioncar -