Arizona republican., 1898-08-07

| HIS dTL1 It IS SIuplu or me, put 1eel very much frightened"
 Perhaps you would rather not be left alone?''
 ''Oh, no, it is all over now; but when the first of those terrible shocks came | it seemed to me we had struck rock"
 There are no rocks here," said Ken yon. "The day is perfectly clear, and | we are evidently not out of our course. Something has gone wrong with the | machinery. l imagine. Just wait mo- ment, and I will find cut!" AS Kenyon rushed toward the companionway he met sailor, hurrying in the other di- rection.
 ''What is the matter?" cried Ken yon.
 The sailor gave TO answer.
 On entering the companionway door, Kenyon found the place full of steam, and he ran against the officer.
 What is wrong? Is anything the nnatter?''
 How should I know?'' was the an swer, very curtly given. ''Please do not ask any questions. Everything will be attended to-
 This was scant encouragement Peo- pie began crowding mp the companion way, coughing and wheezing in the steam; and soon the deck, that mo- .ment before had been almost without
 an occupant, was crowded with ex-
 cited human beings in all states of
 dress and undress.
 What is wrong?" was the question on every lip, to which, as yet, there was no answer. The officers who hurried to
 and fro were mute, or gave short and
 unsatisfactory replies to the, inquiries
 which poured in upon them. People did not pause to reflect that even an officer
 could hardly be expected to know off
 hand what was the cause of the sudden
 stoppage of the engine. By and by the captain appeared, smiling and
 bland. He told them there was no dan
 ger. Something had gone wrong with
 the machinery; exactly what he could not at the moment tell; but there was TO necessity for being panic-striclsen
 every thing would be all right in short time if they merely remained calm, These and lot of other nautical lies which are always told on such occasions served to calm the fears of the crowd; : and, by and by, one after another went
 down to their staterooms on finding
 the vessel was not going to sink i'm
 mediately. They all appeared some
 time afterward in more suitable ap
 parel. The steam which had filled the saloon soon disappeared, leaving the
 furniture dripping with warm mois-
 ture. Finally the loud clang of the breakfast gong sounded as if nothing had happened, and that did more, per l laps, than anything else to allay the P fears of the passengers. If breakfast
 was about to be served, then, of course, , things were not serious. Still, great . many people that morning had very
 poor appetite for the breakfast served to them. The one blessing, as every body said, was that the weather was
 so fine and the sea so calm. The ma ajority of the passengers, however. |, did not notice it. After breakfast people came up on deck. There was :, f wonderful avoidance of hurry alike a by officers and sailors. Orders were I given calmly and quietly, and as
 calmly and quietly obeyed. Officers ! were still upon the bridge, although
 there were no commands to give to the ' man at the wheel and no screw turning. T The helmsman stood at the wheel as if
 he expected at any time the order to turn it port or starboard. All this absence e of rush had very calming effect s on the passengers, many of whom V wanted only q slight excuse to become s ! hysterical. As the day wore on, how , ever. general feeling of security seemed f have come upon all on board. Then one - and all congratulated themselves on the V fact that they had all behaved in a most exemplary manner considering the somewhat alarming circumstances. [, Nevertheless, those who watched the :, captain saw that he swept the long line ., of the horizon through his glass every
 now and then with good deal of
 anxiety, and they noticed on looking at
 the long level line where sea and sky ,. met that not q sal was visible around , the complete circle Up from the engine F room came the clunll of hammers. and
 the opinion Nas general that whatever a was alniss with the engine was caraElc
 of being repaired. One thing had be- c. come certain. there was nothing wrong
 with the shafts. The damage. what |, ever it was, had been to the engine Q alone. All of the passengers found r themselves more or less affected by the
 peculiar sensation of the steamer being T at rcst-the awe-inspiring and helpless
 consciousness of complete silence I after the steady throb they had become so accustomed to all the way across. :, That night at dinner the captain took his place at the head of the table, bland and smiling and polite as ever, just as l. if nothing had happened; and the peo- , pie who, notwithstanding their out Q ward calmness, were in state of pc a culiar tension, noticed this with grat- h flied feelings.
 CONTINUED TOMORROW.)
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