Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-25

LIVE DOG SITTING ALONGSIDE OF HIM. bit of hurt. Dye hear that? And I give you fair warning that if any one of you attacks his messmate or tries to rob him of his rations, I'll shoot him as would any othef wild beast
 "The men, Hal Wescott included, gave me a hearty cheer, and promised me implicit obedience.
 "Our first bit of luck was a heavy fall of rain, so rigging piece of sail cloth in such 0 way as to catch as much water as possible, I proceeded to empty the red wine, one bottle at time, into the sea and to fill it with water, cork it it again securely and pack it away care fully in the boats locker, upon which l took up my position.
 Now it was that great black brute, Hal Wescott, first showed his teeth, if may be permitted to express myself so, and big white, sharp and animal-lilke teeth they were, too, take my word for it. When Wescott caught the low gurgling sound of the wine as it spurted like Till of life into the sea, strange look came over his broad, bronze-colored face, his little pig eyes glowed with a wicked fire, his lips twitched convulsively, and his huge hands opened and shut with snap in the iron knuckles. He was like thirs- ty beast suddenly reused by the trick ling sound of water. I could hear the big fellows tongue fairly click between his massive jaws as he watched my movements.
 When the time came for me to take up the second bottle and uncork it Wescott could hold lis rebellious in'ards no longer in control. With a half scream, half groan, he burst out:
 For Gods sake, captain, give me 8 drink O that! Don't waste it! I'm burnin' up inside; I'm all on fire, cap tain; 1 swear aml l can't stand it, captain! For the love of Heaven don't say no! Just give me taste of it-just taster
 "I needn't tell you, sir, that even a few mouthfuls of that wine would have transformed the big mulatto into a | tlend incarnate. Poured into his fast ing stomach, it would have set stream of fire in his blood and wouldn't be here to-day to tell you this story, for he would have brained every mothers son of us, sure as fate. So in an instant I determined what course of action to pursue, and in that brief space of time 1 said my prayers, felt for my pistol and bid Uncle Bob and you good-by. l "'Silence, sirv I roared, with all the strength I could muster, as I turned upon the writhing, twitching monster, whose face, already frightfully distort- ed with suffering, was now made still more repulsive by ill-disguised rage which burned in his red eyes.
 Ut took all my self-control to keep my gaze riveted upon the man without finching, but I was successful, and the mulatto crouched down in his corner again like a half-cowed, half-defiant tiger. Things went passably well now for day or so. The men obeyed me cbeerfully, and bore the bangs of hum ger with wonderful calmness. kept Wescott at the bow of the boat so I could have my eye upon him. Next to me was the steward-never a strong man and hence the first to sink silent and lifeless in a heap on the bottom of the boat.
 "We had now been washing about for three days. Hunger was beginning to give our faces that wild, haggard look that robs the human countenance of all traces of a soul and leaves nothing be. hind but the dull. distrustful glare of she animal.
 'But thirst was the thing most dreaded. Tn spite of the few thimble- fuls of water which l doled out from time to time, it was only too plain to be seen that wouldn't be able to keep the poor fellows from drinking the seq water many days longer. In their fit ful sleep they would dream of coming upon sparkling, rills and cool fountains shaded by far-reaching boughs, heavy with dark green foliage, and wher about to plunge their red and swoIleE lips into the cool and limpid pool fl would move away from them like ( painted curtain drawn slowly aaide only
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