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must be pretty biz, for the Tour amid
ships were certainly small enough, At
the finish ] calculated that, by loading
uIl the eight boats down to the waters
edge and packing the children along
- bottom boards. we might accomo
date 800 people. w were carrying
glt altogether
The next morning ID, 3 o'clock ]
felt restless. So / came up and found
that We were iuug.u- over % long, true
,aa. that moved iu gray h.ilocks under
athick haze 10 wa, not exactly "a fog
bat 30 va, pulling The lookout man
sang -hrilIy. Vessel away on the star
board bow, sir. al right We
steamed ou and : watched the looming
ship. show, his green, sir All
right a minute later tine boatswaiu
ran swiftly aft. and said softly 20 the
officer on tine bridge. He's going
about. sir. I'D If / know what he
wants To do We lost sight of the yes
sels green just as We cleared the big
bank of haze, and then l saw that a
big bark was standing right across our
bows. Distances are so deceptive that
I still had no thought of nervousness,
4 till the bark had suddenly shook out
her square mainSail and came surgiug
away till We saw the red light. What
could one make of this, The officer
yelled Of a sudden. with an oath. Star
board. for Christi sake, starboard' and
then. a. if by magic. the cloud Of can
vas seemed 10 Overtop Us, l saw the
officer hanging on the rail. and a. !
Jumped on the matches | noticed, with
a forlorn curiosity. that his knuckles
were white. / heard a long scraunch,
and then the bark bounded back a few
yards. while the steamer trailed on
she came slowly into us again, and |
heard her bows crushing, for she had
dashed clean against the baulks of the
stokehole.
zone shrill scream came shuddering
mp from the cabin-only one-then a
murmur. then a hoarse burst of yell
in- then "a Ihau came up and cried.
oh. my God" and then, ia a Wild.
remor-eIa>-. frrocious crowd. the steer
a-r men trampIed mp. struggling. tear
iug each others clothes. cur-iug. pray
INK Some of the women battered and
screamed. a. they tried 90 force the
bolt, of tirp dOor-. then the crowd
broke clear. ana soon they were cling
ing 20 rhe men. praying. iabboriu.
with note, Of horrible pathos all kind,
of iucoherruces. ! ran aft and saw
the bark waver. lurch and then sink.
remember now observing how her
masrs guivercd. and ] heard "a report
ike that Of "a heavy raunou 49, her
patches were thrust up boy the air. y
green and white mountain cleaned 100
, the gray Of the dawn. and then the
.hip was no more seen. THE ladic-
from rhe cabin were mostly in their
~uigntdresse>. and the men also had
taken no time To irn--. ] -tw white.
drawn faces. and ] noticed particularly
my English gentleman and Dol, daugh-
ter. She was hanging on his arm. and
| thought she wa~ shaking conclusive
Is. but she kept her lips tight. and
only the deadly stare Of her eye, flash
ing from the pallor of her livid face
told Of her trouble.
The captain rushed forward. buck
ling bis belt as he came. He was in his
shirt sleeves. and ! saw the butt Of a
derringer peeping from his Yankee
pocket behind him. From below came
a queer sucking sound, with an occa-
sional long gurgle, and | saw that the
vessel seemed 10 hang as the seas
met her. The second officer, who was
a smart man, had passed a spare sail
over the side, and ! knew he wanted 70
reeve il under her; but he might just
as well have tried to stop the middle
arch of London bridge. The engines
were still kept going; but the deck
slanted steadily, and the list 10 the
starboard reached an angle that made
it difficult 20 stand at all, especially a.
the uneasy, staggering lurches Of the
steamer were taking her anyhow. ,
An awkard rush Of the men swayed
forward; the boxer and his gang made
a desperate effort TO get II Of the boat.
clear. Cursing and praying, they
hacked at the tackles with knives
some Of them swarmed up and stood on
the thwarts, tearing savagely at the
chains; but the boats were made fast
to stand heavy weather, and only skilled
sailors could launch them. A loud
crack, followed by "A wallowing noist
like thunder, rendered all other sounds
insignificant, and a captain who wa
going out TO New York said: TIL,
bulkhead's gone We must take oul
chances now The ship stopped nearly
dead, and began TO tremble curiously
but that was only the river Of wateI
driven aft, and we DOT saw the iiremer
driven up like rats from a burrow
stand by the boats.
The order was given, and the boat
swain's call rose in a long, tremulOui
screech. The sailors tried to get L
their quarters, and / observed tina
their occasional drills had done then
good. But then the drills had beer
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