The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-06

over the sea.
Gradually rumor took form, and il
became known that one of the officers
and some of the crew were about to
make an attempt to reach the coast OF
Ireland and telegraph to Queenstown
for tugs to bring the steamer in. The
| captain still maintained that there was
no danger whatever. and it was only to
! prevent delay that this expedient was
about TO be tried.
DO you know what they are going
to do?" cried Edith Longworth, in a
state of great excitement, to John Ken
yon.
Kenyon had been walking the deck
with Wentworth. who now had gone
| below.
Il have heard" said Kenyon" that
they intend trying to reach the coast. "
Exactly. Now, why should you not
send telegram to your people in Lon
| don, end have the reports forwarded
at once? The chances are that Miss
| Brewster will never think of sending
her cablegram with the officer who is
| y
be a clear day or two ahead of her, and
everything Will be all right. In fact,
when she understands what has been
done, she probably will not send her
message at all"
BY George" cried Kenyon, shat is
4 good idea. l will see the mate at
cree and find out whether he will take
the telegram"
He went accordingly and spoke to
the mate about sending a message with
him. The officer said that any passen-
ger who wished to send a telegraphic
message would be at liberty to do so.
He would take charge of the kilograms
very gladly. Kenyon went down to
his stateroom and told Wentworth
what was going to be done. For the
first time in days George Wentworth
exhibited something like energy. He
went to the steward and bought the
stamps to put on the telegram while
John Kenyon wrote it.
The message was given to the man.
who put it into his inside pocket. and
then Kenyon thought all was safe, but
Miss Longworth was not so sure of
that. Jennie Brewster sat in her deck
chair. calmly reading her usual paper
covered novel. She apparently knew
nothing of what was going on, and
Edith Longworth, nervous with sup
pressed excitement, sat near her
watching her narrowly while prepare
tons for launching the boat were being
completed. Suddenly. to her horror,
the deck steward appeared. and in a
loud voice cried: Ladies and gentle
men. anyone wishing to send kilograms
to friends have few minutes now to
write them. The mate will take them
ashore with him, and will send them
from the first office that he reaches.
No letters can be taken, only tele-
grams"
Miss Brewster looked up languidly
from her book during the first part of
this recital. Then she sprang sudden
ly to her feet and threw the book on the
deck.
who is it that will take the tele-
grams?" she asked the steward.
The mate, miss. There he is stand
ing yonder, miss"
She made her way quickly to that
official.
VIII you take a cable dispatch to be
sent 10 New York;"
Yes. miss. Is it a long one?" he
asked.
Yes. it is very long one"
We'll, miss" was the answer. you
haven't much time to write it. We
leave now in few minutes"
ut is all written out; L have only TO
add a few words to it." Miss Brewster
at once flew to her stateroom. The
telegram about the mine was soon be-
fore her with the words counted, and
the silver and gold that were to pay for
it piled on the table. She resolved to
run no risk of delay by having the
message sent Ito collect" Then she
dashed off. as quickly as she could, n
brief and very graphic account of the
disaster which had overtaken the |
Caloric. If this account was slightly |
exaggerated, Miss Brewster had no |
time to tone it down. Picturesque and |
dramatic description was what she |
aimed at. Eer pen flew over the paper |
with great rapidity, and she looked up
every now and then. through her state
room window, to see dangh-- from the
ropes the boat that was to make the at |
tempt TO reach the Irish coast. As she !
could thus see how the preparations for |
the departure were going forward, she
fingered longer than she might other /
wise have done, and added line after line |
to the dispatch which told OF the dis
aster. At last she saw the men take /
their places in the long boat. She |
hurriedly counted the words in the new
dispatch she had written, and quickly /
from her purse piled the gold that was
TO pay for their transmission.
Then she sealed the two dispatches in /
an envelope, put the two piles of gold
into one, after rapidly counting them
again, cast a quick look up at the still
boat, grasped the gold in one
hand. the envelope in the other, AMI |
sprang TO her feet, but as she did so she