Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-26

eight. Those who remained behind |
climbed into the rigging. We
did not see much OF each other,
and nj first we did not even
know who mai stopped on the wreck.
For what with the continued rolling
Of the vessel ana pillows dashing over
her, we had as much as we could 10 to
prevent Ourselves being washed away.
When we were able 10 look about a bit
We eaw that there were four of US,
jacobsen, Jobanssen, the Dutchman
aud 1. This was on the 22nd OF De.
cember. We all four lad nothing 10
eat, mol even n tobacco Leaf; not slice
Of read. II had Il happened 40 SUI
denly. Bcsides being hungry We could
not sleep, for We sat Ia tue scuitle anu
1t was very small. When sleep got the
better OF one "a wave came AMI struck
Que on the head and face, which caused
great pain, 70 sleep was not to be
thought Of. This made u feel very
bad. We suffered greatly. Snips
passed ue, but dld not see ue, for we
had deal Of oggy weather, or It wa
night. We certainly saw them, these
strange ships, even In tue darkest
night, for our suffering made our eyes
sharp, but the other had no such eyes,
30 thoy passed ON aud saw "a not"
OH Andersen OF coure related all
this In broken sentences. The que,-
tions had TO be- put to him siDgly,
whereupon he answered without any
hesitation. In bis statements he made
the impression OF n man whU, although
not quite SURE how to express himself,
was vet quite tufo atout what he
| ....,t..t g.. Ha continued.
"On the thirteenth day--it was q
Friday--the son had claimed down; the
weather was clear. Dew had fallen In
the morniug and we licked II oil the
topmasts AMI the manila ropes NJ far
as we could reach. This gave some OF
us courage, but not all. The Dutch.
mau, Tor Instance, was quite desper.
ate."
Gould you make yourself under.
stool with the Dutchman? DID you
speak his language or no YOU'RE"
"rberc was not much talking going
on. Nobody ,Ntnd to talk, and had
scarcely the strength 10 do 30.
In order 10 prevent ourselves being
frozen 10 death We climbed from
the scuttle TO tue foTocastlc, which NJ
this time stood above water, and
/ from Aut lUItCAttit bAth hhhtu w Ailt
scuttle. While standing there soml.
body spoke the fint time Of II. Who
II was 1 don't know. IL 10 sufficient to
know that II was spoken. One ot US
| was tn die so that the Others could live.
The Dutchman said he did not care
anything about his life. He would
die. But we others said that II II had
TO be II must be- done fairly, ~ is the
custom In ouch cases"
"Customl Why, have you ever
heard Of such frightful custom"
"Ycs; and we decided to do that way.
Fret we waited from morning I'll noon.
Perhaps after all n snip would come.
But none came. Then the Dutchman
began again. He said that we were
to make an end VI the matter, one way
or the other; he could not bear II any
longer. 80 We descended again 10 the
forecaslle, one after the other. When
there onr OF us tore oil piece OF linen
AMI divided 1t into four parts, one OF
which was shorter than the Others.
This short one meant death. The
man who drew that was TO die, and the
Dutchman drew It,"
Olaf Andersen passed the back Of
his hand over bis brow. This was
|
shown by him. Ho still Rpokc In the
same hollow tone ~ In the beginning.
He continued:
"Tne Dutchman became very still,
anu we remained so, too. All nj once
no turned his face 10 the sea and his
back to us, aud that was the sign.
None OF us liked 10 look In his face. |
from behind passed my arms round hit
chest. jacobsen did the same with his
legs, aud Johanssen stabbed at him
with his knife"
"Anu you really ate him?"
eyes, we ate Of 1t on that day and on
the others Till this Danes arrived and
took US off,"
"And you did not think Of anything
while DONG so--not OF God, mot OF your
parents; not that you were depriviny
yourselves Of the right 10 live among
men, aye, even OF calling yourselvs,
human belng.?"
"No, sir. We thought OF nothing. "
Sand moi even before this?"
"rhirst, hunger and slecplessness-
these were all we could think Of"
He pressed both hands 10 his head
as II he would like TO Danish the lie
mons which were called up by tn,
memory OF those awful days.
"And what can your lives In futur,
he, when you think Of what has hap.
pened? Even n the remembrance,
makes no impression upon you, do yot
think that you will ever find woTl
again In your calling, or new com
redes who will work lside by side with
your"
He seemed surprised for n moment
He had up to now not considered hi
position In this light. But he sooi
answered In ths SAME dull, imperturb
able manner: "Oh, yes, sir; we shal
, find work again, and comrades too
for, you ser, the great hunger ant
thirst anu want Of sleep were the reSsoi
oft. II the Dansk had only COM
three days sooner we should hav,