Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-10-13

dressed; and In a bunk on the right
sat a sailor, who, when he saw me,
yelled out and snapped his fingers,
making horrible grimaces.
Such, In brief, the coup d0H Of that
weird interior as IL met my eyosl
seized the girl BY the arm.
"You first. said l. Come. there Is
no time 10 be lost"
But she shrunk back, pressing
against the door with her hand to pre-
vent me from pulling her, crying In a
husky voice, and looking ut the old
man with the white hair: "My father
lirstl my father firstr'
"You shall all be saved, but you
must obey me. Quickly, nowr' l eN-
claimed, passionatcly, for II heavy sea
ut that moment Hooded the ship, and u
rush Of water swamped the house
through the open door, and washed
the corpse on the deck up Into cor
ncr.
Grasping her firmly | carried her To
the side Of the wreck and with much
difficulty succeed in placing her in tho
boat. / then returned aud taking the
old man also got him INTO the boat
where he was received with hearty
embrace by his almost distracted
daughter. The lunatic sailor made US
great deal Of trouble. When the
men went to secure him he fought
desperately and bit one Of them
through the hand Then he jumped
over board and was swimming briskly
away. The GrosvenOr stood steady all
this time about mile of and now her
~ NtI n an hAnEI nj nd
dipped three times. Fortunately tho
sailors Just Mt this moment came up
with the lunatic and dragged him out
Of the water like drowned rat
| had now leisure TO examine the
persons whom we have saved.
They-father and daughter, as
judged them by the girls exclamation
OH the wreck-sat In the stern-shects,
their hands locked. The old man
seemed nearly insensiblc. leaning
backward with his chin on his breast
and his eyes partially closed. feared
he was dying, but could do no good
until We reached the Grosvenor, as we
had no spirits In the boat
The girl appeared to be about twenty
years Of age. very fair, her hair OF u
golden straw color. which hung wet
and strcaky down her back and over
her shoulders, though portion Of II
was held by comb. She was deadly
pale and her lips blue. and in her fine
eyes was such look Of mingled hor-
ror and rapture AS she cast them around
her, first CHANGING ut me, then nj the
wreck. then ut the Grosvenor. that the
memory Of II will last me to my death.
Her dress, Of some dark material. was
soaked with salt water up to her hips.
and she shlycrcd and moancd inccs.
sanity. though the sun beat 50 warmly
upon us that the thwarts were hot TO
the hand.
! said to tho girl: GLOW long have
you been in this dreadful positionP"
"Sincc yesterday morning she an.
swcrcd, in choking voice, painful to
hear, and gulping after each word.
" We have not had drop of water TO
drink since the night before last"
"Do you hear that, menP" cried.
" They have not drunk water for two
days. For the love Of Heaven, give
wayl"
They bent their backs TO the oars,
and the boat fOamed over the long
swell The wind was astern and helped
us did not speak again to tho poor
girl, for II WAS cruel 10 make her talk
when the words laceratcd her throat ns
though they were pieces Of burning
iron.
Ate, twenty minutes, which seemed
as many hours, we reached the vessel.
The crew pressing round the gangway
cheercd when they saw we had brought
people from the wreck. Duckling and
the skipper watched US grimly from
the poop.
Now, then. my lads" cried, cup
with this lady first Some Of you on
deck get water ready, as these people
are dying of thirst"
In few minutes both the girl and
the old man were handed over the
gangway. l cut the boats painter
ndrift from tho ring-bolt so that We
could ship the mailman without loosen.
ing his bonds. and he was hoistcd up
Ike n bale OF goods. Then four OF vs.
got out Of the boat, leaving ono 10
drop her under the davits and hook on
the falls.
AT this moment horrible scene took
place.
The old man. lettering on the arms
OF two scamen. was being led into the
cuddy, followed by the girl, who
walked unaided. Tho mailman. In the
grasp of tho big sailor named johnson,
stood near tho gangway, and M I
scrambled on deck one of the men was
n pannikin full of water 10 his
face. The poor wretch was shrinking
Al tNiNI hal NJ
tieir sockets; but suddenly tearing his
arm with violent effort from the rope
that bound him. he seized the panni-
Kin and bit clean through the TIM after
which, throwing back his head. he
swallowed the whole draught, dashed
the pannikin down, his face turned
black and he fell dead on the deck,
The big sailor sprung aside with an
oath, forced from him by his terror.
and from every looker-on there broke
a groan. They all shrunk away and
stood staring with blanched faces,
Such a piteous sight ms 1t was, lying
doubled up, with the rope pinioning
the miserable limbs, the teeth locked
and the right arm uptossed!
"Aft here and get the quarter-boat
hoisted upw shouted Duckllng, advanc-
Ing on tho poop; and, seeing the man
dead on the deck, he added; Get
tarpauin and cover him up, and let
him lie on the forc-hatch.
"Shall tell tho stewart to serve out
grog to the men who went with mef"
] asked him.
lie stared at me contemptu )usly,
and walked away without answering
You shall have your grog," said !,
addressing one of them who stood
near Though It should be my own al
lowance.M And. Thoroughly exhausted