The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-12

prayers were alternately Tor dellVefahce
and death My anguish made me struG-
gle to RISE but in vain. Every attempt
only made me appreciate still more how ut
tery helpless | was Finally, summoninS
all the will power possible and every atom
Of strength in my body, L succeeded in
rising to sitting posture t and loo 4kei
any sign of the ship Or any of my mates.
Nothing! Nothing, but dreary waste Of
rolling waters as far as the eye could
reach. Adrift i'll the vast ocean on an ICE
berg, perhaps thousands of miles from the
nearest help. For more than an hour L
was so completely occupied by the eXcru-
cating pains that racked my flame that
the awful situation | was in did not July
dawn upon me. At last the full reallza-
ton of the hopelessnesS of ever LEAVING
there came with oyerpowering force AdrlfG
on the ice in quarter of the globe where
few vessels frequent and where the sea IS
so rough almost necessarily that to lower
a boat from vessel Is an impoSSlDliltv.
With this conviction | thought l would go
mad. Why had L not gone down with my
shpmates and been spared this anguish
and torture? My mental suffering became
so intense that all thoughts OF my sun. be-
nunbcd and aching limbs passed. Ihey
seemed to timber up as if nothing allied
them, and | rose to my feet with the de-
termination to heaye myself i'll the water
and join McGiniy, and was just III the act
of going TO the edge of the ice tor that
1
mist of smoke Smoke, Smoke. steamer
must be there | rubbed my eyes and
looked again fearing it might be II mirage
Joy-it is smoke, There | stood as though
rooted to the spot, half insane, drinking III
the most beautiful OF all earthly Visions.
Smoke. Smoke. My whole frame quyered
with excitement. Would she come near
enough to see me? Heaven direct her TO
my relief, She was coming up rapidly ana
now L could make out her masts, On she
came. gradually rising higher and higher
over the hill Of the horizon until at last
her hul was in full view. | pulled off my
coat and commenced to wave with all my
strength and to yell with the force OF
twenty par OF lungs i, ..asn sne was vas
yet i've miles away. Wy tAclielheLt W
came so intense ahat mere 'sliT 5i'e 'poa "'
manche around the VICTIM III me stakei
She seemed to be standing TO lee"aIu On
the berg, and II she dld was IoSt' iost IoI-
ever. renewed me yeliins alu siSn na.,,,
win an my might a. sle 4 p"Ile +li'',rds
and never dld mortar heaiI 9e:tlh toNhlu S
us Mixer IN PRAYER do G Gh i s!,l' ,o and
moments OF suspense; ohe saw Hle any
swung around 10 I meau Inc VIM ''t tI'n
see All hanuS cohcc'eu Aoci ~ ~ w..
forecas'ie LOOKING aheaV' AS S ma, "p,
proacned lhe Skipper apnt hi"n ~ ~
Lead me III e2ch Chung ana sie"nieu 9toMi
ahead, SouhoIhS al the VIII 'u"'l,1
Sile"hlhS Slowly WIN thI w - bo roesaI
upon mouse, ui'Il 'ilo ~" ~; ~ ' ,,,. hn,,a
almost louIheu NE ~ nt,l hnfaro ,,.s
10 me "lth d We qu'ON Nv" ;i 4
STRIKE. ana say, nate, " as u - NH
10 peru DOW liiie "lotiiiet 'i' 49, i
'ilel na'iieu ine III 49, neq,';a incblr
% o.diG' q, y MY - t"i~ sfa. A.nninr
sn"lies s7nG p'g, CA , ~ p Lrt never
on II ciu!se III tHG 1tioi ~ nf+lrunrJ
kaeW 1t lol Il Soou Ii'icc NVoN9 49, ,,a
lof Wheh theN lahicu me 9i uU,n wa" .',
again III hafpE Qnld,Iol e anu onrs bcfnre
lheN say; iot iNcitS lou thraa
showing Out hite 81 II W IN, NV, rn mnoo
WeeNs ia'er c'lne TO LILY A'7i'' -'''"N '''0e
more.
But let's have little more that cheers
and inebriates, for even these memories
make me SILVER.
We'll | should say you would shiyer.
/, too, have been wrecked
since we were shinmatcs but my expert.
ence was a regular picnic in comparison
with yours, and | had rather die than rt-
arn anon hnt ! am not in san francisco
vnt on that VOYAGE and-herc's luck to YOU
INV boy. and every homes -hcarted man that
follows the sea- FIJI em up again. my lad,
and before | get there | believe | can tell
,n,, If a worse experience than the iceberg.
"a ftn,. , fn,v ,ynnLs ! w,s able to be on
49,. ,r,in thn,,l,. ~ tho lnoy,-!nfl,ra of
ny PLn ",''l, ,.bn hn3 n,,lira+nd tho cold
al.,, nt,ith and south HlI his life. ana
i,',,' how to- work Win frozen men |
/, Il Sjtrp n
yolHcu ~, WV ~ ",,;t ,S t;nisbad tTnr
nm u.i'.I t.i' , ir 40 n,,,,b IN tho eo,,th
seas NtlF SV'' !7l " tIE rIitb,,.ord In
Ih"I we nai SOU ~ "a anon,, tbn IA
teholhS ~ r Houcn '';|,'" ''-''''
moan ahu !"N"ntn ii''''"t3 ;r},+od from,
'he evening t'i'I' we Enio,,.ni t
the crow nest al!u 'ir Do't D' ai7t n w.
was calied away III {,i,' ~ "'' '' thn
same TIME announcer "i1i' was 1e,i o,' ip
olher bow ana pPni HdS "'n' ~, man, IA
chase OF MN. We 1iiP,n "p o. a. ,i' +. H.,
slrI III no ''lie any iF." N.Y. ,',' l.r
WIN Two HaIPTon 1ii,[' +r,L f,.St +n,l,,h -
rIlh2 "t tnt i4'o +I I've, lt ,,7Sd,. f,.t ~
seems tnal tnG ot'iti po''t iit4'' ',,''l:,,
It's game ana thaI itilo" S'"t 'Vt H0'i tI'
in the opposite direction rom oui 3 ,, Heie
we were ooth gong III OPPOSITE uIIFt'i?9 i1,
ut terrlhc speed. our o?d' was Gl ,-
along over the water as II III loM ol "nq o.
the ocean &feyhouhoS OF inc Wp'etin
he NeSsel S'"Ilto "i,oI 'AV " INC MIN
following cioSelH upon ~ ~
we were SPINNING ~ f '"e 'II"
SIT" ulrTGlloh "s t"'t az t
whale cOuiu carry us seeing 'i'' ~
distance was rapluly increasing an" HlSnt
rapidly approachihS, We wanted 'he llale
in charge to east aunlt ana iel uS return
but he held on hoping 10 2tt ii SH9t WIN
the bomn ana secure tilt s'inV " iln ti'J
closing day Ine VIM nr''I i" no "'i.