Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-12-15

"won'tIt DO MAXIM KIND OF game
D religion for the likes o ME oprayP
he answered. Il was for murderin'
you an the lady and all hands as are
left on BOARD this wessel-what I'D be ,
the use o my prayersp'
Miss Robertson went over TO him and
took his hand.
God" said she, "has told US that |
there Is more Joy In Heaven over one
sinner that repenteth than over ninety |
and-nine Just persons who need no re-
pentance. But who Is good among us,
Cornish2 BE sure that as you repent
so arc you forgiven. My poor father
lies dead In his cabin, and wish you
10 pray with me for him, and TO pray
with us for our own poor lives MIR:
Royle," she said, Cornish will stay
And with an expression on her face
Of Infinite sweetness and pathos, she
drew him to one of the cushioned
lockers and seated herself by his side.
The steward seated himself on the
| other side OF her and l began to read
from the open book. / selected those
passages from the eleventh chapter OF
John ending with the thlrty-sixth verse,
| and calling especial attention TO the
| words of Jesus addressed to Martha;
al am the resurrection and the life; he
that believeth in Me though he were
dead, yet shall ho live" l also read
from the eighth chapter Of Matthew
those few verses wherein II is told that
Christ entered ship with His disciples
and there arose n great storm.
After the reading was finished 1 adj
dressed them In such manner as
seemed appropriate 10 our condition
and offered prayer entreating God to
comfort tho mourner. Then i shook
Cornish and tho steward heartily by
the hand and could SEQ by the ex-
preston on tho face OF the former he
was glad he had stayed.
then sought 10 draw Miss Robert
sons mind from her bereavement by
leading her thoughts to our own crit.
ical condition. At another time j
should have softcned tho account OF
our danger, but now thought II best
TO speak plainly of tho insecurity Of
our lives as this would in some man.
ner distract her thoughts from hei
fathers death.
She asked me IL the storm was not
abating.
| told her It was not increasing, but
that IL the wind lulled and then blew
hard from another quarter 1t would
render our condition very critical, as II
would cause cross-sea and the ship
being so deeply loaded we might tinc
IL difficult to keep her afloat
She desired TO go on deck with me
and finally consented, meaning te
keep her under tho companion, half
way up the ladder.
/ took big tOp-coat belonging 4
tho captain and buttoned her up In 1t
and also tied his fur cap over her head
so that she would be well protected
from tho wind. while the coat woul'
/, keep her dress close against her.
then slipped on my Oil-skins, nn'
taking % strong grip OF her hand Il
, steady her, led her up the companion
ladder.
'Do not como any farther" said !.
wherever you 20 | will 60" sh
! answered. graspiDg my arm.
! Admitting her courage and stirred
by her words, which were rs dear 4
y mo as u kiss from her lips would hav
(, been. l led her right on TO the decl
= over TO windward, and made her 81
: on small coil Of rope just under tn
/, rail.
The sea was no heavier than 1t ha'
!, been since the early morning, and ye
iny short absence below had trant
formed It into sublime and stupen
dous novelty.
You will remember that not onl
! was the Grosvenor n small ship, bu
|. that she lay deep, with free boar
lower by q foot and q half than sh
ought TO have shown.
The height from the poop-rail TO III
water was not moro than twelve fee
Il and It Is therefore no exaggeration
~ say that the sea, running from hftee
" to twenty feet high, stood like wal
~ on either side Of her
" To appreciate the effect ofsuch n &C
- upon ship like tho Grosvenor, yo
~ must have crossed tho Atlantic in
W hurricane, not In an immense M
At, powerful ocean steamer, but in ayach
~ But even this experience would M
~ enable you to realize our danger; 4
tho yacht would not b1 overloaded vii
N cargo; she would probably be stron
~ supple and light; whereas the Gro
~ yenor was choked TO the height OF q
NY hold with seven hundred and fifty tot
~ of dead weight, and was Nova Scot
~ soft-wood ship, which means that 81
~ m ght start butt at any moment NJ
'e- go TO pieces in one Of her fright
ho sweeps downward.
or sounded the well and found III
the ship had thus far withstood q
I'M strain and was still perfectly tight.
ou communicated the news TO the bot
mr. swain who nodded his head. but
in noticed his face wore an anxious lo'
nj and that ne watched the ship We
nd closely each tine she pitched with
ira heaviuess,
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