Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-24
.sBear hand here. a couple of you fel.

"Bear hand here, couple of you fel.
lows"
Two of the sailors came aft and care
fully raised the injured man. With the
skipper and myself assisting in the
operation, he was carried to the quar-.
ters assigned him. He nloaned feeblv
rs the men lifted him from the grating,
and again as they felt their way down
the comprehensive, but, on the whole,
the job was well done. Then came ii he
labor, which was particularly my own,
Of reducing inflammation, of getting the
leg into splints, and of making the pa,
tent as comfortable as circumstances
permitted. At last was able to report
that, all things considered, ne was doing
very well.
That's good news" said the captain
heartily. "By the way, did you Learn
nything about him or the loss of The
steamer?"
''Only that, though he is Brazilian
he speaks English like a Briton. The
lady, who seems to be relation of his
knows nothing but her own tongue
She's with him now, watching him, al
though there's nothing for her 10 do
"You learned mis- name?'
''Yes; Perez.''
$50 much I've extracted from the sail
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 thres
other boats. The one we met was the
last to pull away from the steamer
1,of g Of IN ~, T..
had from the men,"
81 suppose that nothing has been seen
of the other boats?>'
Nothing. I'll do my best to fine
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
es opportunity as if designed to assis'
In this errand of mercy, the Mary Peel
cruised about in search of the fotilla
Nothing was seen of it, however, anc
when, after lying becalmed for two
days more, her sails were again
flied by the wind, her bow turned to the
south, and once more she was headed
for her destination. Long afterw;,rd
it was learned that an English ship had
rescued the occupants of the boats OF,
the day following that on which the
steamer burned, and had carried them
to London
As we drew into cooler Iatitudes
Perez mended steadily, although, al
may be imagined. his recovery was a
L.
condition when he was hoisted to thu
deck of the Mary Peck, neither he nor
could find cause for complaint. Eol
six weeks he was confined to his stats
room, and in that time came to know
him well and to like him exceedingly.
Of himself he said little, but, bit by bit
I learned something of his story. His
father was Brazilian, but his mother
was English, and the greater part OF
his youth was spent at English schools
Since attaining manhood he had lived
near Rio, making an occasional trip tt
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, W as
returning 20 her OWE 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. Peel
was mistress of the others tongue, thu
two women managed to strike up
great friendship and to comfort one an
other vastly in the days of gales AM
high seas we encountered off the cape
fro BE Continued
Genuine Fakirs.