Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-06-04

woman.
has broken a leg-got it by fall in
leaving the steamer, tumbled into the
boat, in fact-and he seems to be in
mighty bad way. We hoisted him
aboard rs easily as possible, but he
tainted from pain while we were doing
it. He needs your attention badly"
And truly his need was grcat-a frac.
ture of the tbia and two days in an open
boat with only the rudest treatment tor
his injury. Aglancc at the swollen limb
was enough to tell the story of his
hours Of torture.
He was tall, fne-looking man, of
middle age, with wcll-cut features and
a closc-cropped dark beard. His dress,
disordered as it was, showed him to be
person of wealth.
BEST get him below at once" said I.
Hes in for n siege, no doubt of that"
PUT him in the statcroom forward
of the first Mates" said the captain.
Bear hand here, u couple of you fel.
lows"
Two Of the sailors came aft and care
skipper and myself assisting in the
operation, he YVES carried to the quar-
tiers assigned him. He moaned feebly
as the men lifted him from the grating.
and again as they felt their way down
the companion-stairs,b but, on the whole,
the Job was well done. Then came the
labor, when was particularly my own,
of reducing inflammation, of getting the
leg into spllnts, and of making the pa
ticnt as comfortable rs circumstances
permitted. At last was able to report
that, all things considered, he was doing
very well.
That's sood news" said the captain.
heartily. by the way, did you learn
anything about HIM or the loss of the
steamer"
"Only that, though he is Brazilian,
he speaks English like Briton. The
lady, who seems to be a relation of his,
knows nothing but her own tongue.
She's with him now, watching him, al
though there's nothing for her TO do"
"You learned his name?"
Eyes; Ferez."
ors," said Capt. Peck, "but very little
else, except that, when the rush was
made TO leave the steamer, our friends
were almost left behind. Most of the
crew and passengers got away in three
other boats. The one we met was the
last to pull away from the steamer.
That's the limit Of information to be
had from the meu."
81 suppose that nothing has been seen
of the other boats?"
Nothing. I'll do my best to find
them, but it's not likely we'll come
across them. The people we have on
board lost trace of them the first night.
God pity the poor souls crowded into
those three boats!"
The captain was as good as his word.
and, aided by light breeze which came
as opportunely as if designed to assist
in this errand of mercy, the Mary Peck
cruised about in search of the tlotilla.
Nothing was seen of it, however, and
when, after lying becalmed for two
days more, her sails were again
filled by the wind, her bow turned to the
south, and once more she was headed
for her destination. Long afterward
it was learned that an English ship had
rescued the occupants of the boats on
the day following that on which tn"
steamer burned, and had carried them
to London.
AS we drew into cooler ATTITUDES
Perez mended steadily, although, as
may be imagined, his recovery was a
tedious business. Yet, in view of his
condition when he was hoisted to the
deck of the Mary Peck, neither he nor
could find cause for complaint. For
six weeks he was confined to his state
room, and in that time came to know
him well and to like him exceedingly.
OF himself he said little, but, bit by bit,
l learned something of his story. Ills
father was Brazilian, but his mother
was English, and the greater part of
his youth was spent Mt English schools.
Since attaining manhood he had lived
near Rio, making an occasional trip to
Europe. The lady in his charge on the
homeward voyage which had been in
terrupted so disastrously was a cousin.
who, after some years in Portugal, was
returning 20 her own country. She was
not very young, and her beauty was of
the faded sort. In spite of the draw
back that neither she nor Mrs. Peck
was mistress of the others tongue, the
two women managed to strike up a
great friendship and to comfort one an
other vastly in the days of great gales
and high seas we encountered off the
cape. But the ship fought her way
through the storms of that stormiest
or regions into the Pacific, and at last
her anchor was dropped in Valparaiso
bay after L voyage which. south of the