The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-09

the sides of his jolly boat had some thing to do with the captains decis- ion to part company.
 l The long boat, owing to Holmes care, was partially provisioned She had on board six gallons of water, seyenty-five pounds of bread, ten pounds of meat, and small measure of oatmeal suffi- cient, with economy, for about week. She was naturally well constructed, seaworthy craft, being 22 feet long, 6 feet beam, and feet deep, but she was laden far beyond her capacity. To make matters worse, she had not been in the water for thirty-five days and her seams had spread from the dryness. Hence there was work for all The passengers bailed with tins and buck cts, while the crew kept steadily at the oars, holding the course which Holmes indicated as the one most likely to lead into ships path. On Tuesday after noon the plug, 11a inches in diameter, which had been repeatedly forced out, was lost, and although the orifice was stuffed with bits of clothing, the leak age greatly increased
 Then the rain descended, and with SAlleiil lIG WlIlu IItSIlGIltu. lle HUI = izon was llvid with the ghostly gleam of icebergs. The boat labored more and I more heavily as the white billowed cav airy beset her on all sides But little was said by the passengers; the pail of mortal fear pressed over them. They 1 were crowded together like sheep In a pen, and like sheep they opened not their mouths.
 The thirty-wo passengers consisted Of sixteen men, two of whom were mar ried, fifteen women, most of whom were young, and one little boy. It does not appear that the men showed any of the nobler qualities of their sex They were inert and unresisting; too much overwhelmed with the terrors of death to struggle to live. Had there been but one Holmes among them the i'm | pending catastrophe might have been averted. The water gained. Some thing must be done at once. Should they supinely perish together or should
 might again prove right and the cow ardly "Suave pue peut'' of the ship be repeated ?,.I
 The plug is gone" shrieked the pas sengers; God have mercy on our poor l souls!''
 l This won't do,'' moaned the mate; | Help me, God! Men, go to work" Don't part man and wife, and don't | throw over any women," continued the mate, and covered up his eyes. And | then, without consultation or any at tempt at drawing lots, Holmes and his men moved forward.
 There ensued a ruthless scene. One by one the unmarried male passengers were ordered to stand up. One by one they were cast overheard. Now one l entleated to be spared for the sake of wife and children awaiting his coming in the newsworld. Now another recit- ed his sins, that their very enormity might procure him little delay. | "Holmes," sobbed q man who had been friendly with the sailor. You won't put me out"
 Yes, Charlie, you must go," was the response followed by intsant execution. I A man named McAvoy craved five minutes for prayer. This at first Holmes sternly refused, but finally granted at the intercession of the ne- | gro cook It is noticeable as sign of the times that all the current ac- counts of this tragedy, while denounc- ing the fact that not one of the crew was cast over, added: Not even the negro cook" And yet after all his heart had been the lightest.
 | There was young man of wealth aboard, Frank Askin, with two sisters 1 clinging to him. He strove to temper | ;,o aeph 6,,a fa IIpI I,,,a if he would walt until morning, and promising that then, if no help came he would draw lots and go over like a | man"
 We don't want your money, Frank, replied he implacable leader; and Ask in was tossed over.
 "Giye me only a dress to put around me-" cried one of Askin's sisters" and care not to live longer" The two girls exchanged one glance, one kiss, and then, clinging together in death as they had in life, sprang over and shared their brothers fate. In the morning light Holmes did the most indefensible of all his lawless deeds. Two men
 were found hidden under the thwarts all stark from cold. The danger then was no longer imminent. The sea had gone down and the boat was compara- lively free from water, and yet these l two were also tossed out, It may be | that Holmes thought them dead; or, il l not, that to his stern nature death ir their unconsciousness seemed favor.
 Though the morning was fair, all the | others remaining on board were toe much prostrated for hope. The awful
 events of the night had stunned them
 They lay prone on the bottom, toe spiritless to curse or to pray. Holmes
 alone continued cheerful, alert ant
 equal to the emergency. He kept g | judgment that the party were saved | He detected film on the horizon, g mark, fainter than the shadow of 2
 gulrs wing, and he interpreted it Thither he turned the prov. until tht film became canvas and the mark z hull; and then, with the good oldfash
 toned signal of shawl on an oar ht attracted the attention of the mate O
 the ship Crescent, supervising some work aloft.
 As an example of Holmes strong common sense the following incident il
 noteworthy. When the women forward
 realized that the tidings of great jo!
 were true they sprang screaming ant
 distracted to their feet Lie down,
 commanded the man; If they maku