Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-28

"Your American feast, Thanksgiving
day, you call Il, 10 . Jolly good idea.
Personally I'm thankful that I'm
alive" and Or. d. X. Freeman gasec
into the CRATE fre III be room ~ the
Warwick last evening. His bearing GER
tainly carried force with his words- He
look ed thankful.
whats the story. DOCTOR"
For . moment the man Questioned
looked ~ the cracking blaze, then.
calmly drawing mp = big arm chair,
proceeded 70 place himself immedi-
ately IN the rear of . large and ira
grant fsrfeeto before aneweflng;
Taken Oh . burning ship IN mid
ocean,"
A bomhshell tossed into the room
could have created no more amaze
ment.
You see." said Or. Freeman, plainly
enjoying the astonishmsnt OF hls list
ener, last year ! MAS surgeon on the
Aiaska OF the Gulon line. She Vas
laid OF for . couple Of trips for re-
pairs, and the Abyssinia. one OF our
boats. took her place, the officers and
crew OF the Alaska manning her. The
outward bound trip wAs made all right
and on time. though The Abyssinia was
no greyhound.
I'VE left New York on December ls.
with . cargo mostly cotton aud la
souls on board. We had fair winds
aud sea behind u until We were i've
days out. in midocean.
"Dscember is Was . rather memoir
able day for the puTser, Albert Brandt
aud myself, il being the anniversary OF
Brandt's marriage and also Of the day
took my degree. We had made ar
rangements 10 have little celebration
IN my cabin. Brandt had scme we'd
ding cake and i had bottle of cham
on ice 90 the cake would 60 down
easily. Blasted heavy stuff wedding
cake! About IL O'Clock Brandt lett
my CABIN to do some work and
stretched out on my bunk to get . biz
OF . snooze. i had not been asleep ten
minutes before Bra not came in and
shook me.
Fireman, get up! the ship's on
fire. he said. The devil It is said /.
You can't get me out on that. Brandt.
I'm going to sleep And rolled over
and went to sleep again, thinking how
Brandt fell down. I'd just gotten
picely under way when Brandt awak-
ened me with the same tale.
"'See here, Brandt said 1, stop
this foolishness. The chip can burn
and be hanged. I'm bent on sleeping.'
"Burn them" replied Brandt, aud
he slammed the cabin door after him.
DIR. Freeman paused long enough TO
produce two perfectos, one Of which
he WAS soon enjoying. II tried 70
sleep again." continued the doctor,
"but for the life of me ! could not
forget Brandts burn them That it
was sell l did not doubt. Az my
chum was out Of sight l thought I'd
| look about the cabin . bit. When
stepped out of my room saw the men
laying the hose.
"Helloi" says /. "Whars up?"
"Ship's afire, sir"
81 had no idea that il was bad.
Thought it WAS little blaze that would
soon DO put out. So sauntered up on
deck, easy like. 90 - not to alarm the
passengers. And once there put my
hand TO my cap and looked about the
sea. On turning l saw little smoke
coming up the ventilators. The old
man Was on tho bridge and won't up
to HIM.
Doctor, you and Mr.. Brandt 60 be-
low and amuse the passengers. Keep
| them quiet, you know"
"Well, sir, for half an hour Brandt
and made blooming asses Of ourselves
below. and then went on deck 10 sse
how things were getting on. Smoke