The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-21


The talk died out of them after that
and the miSeries OF the situation closed
in. The water was cold but the air was
piercing, and so they kept their bodies
submerged, each holding On to-the bo-
vine raft. and each man sparing a few
fingers TO keep a grip on the girl. One
OF the beasts they chung to- quickly
drowned: the other, strange TO say.
kept its nostriiS above water, swim
ming strongly and in the end came
alive to the shore, the only four-footed
occupant of the steamer to be saved.
AT the end of each minute it seemed
to them that they were teo bruised and
numbed to hang on another 10 seconds;
and yet the next minute found them
still alive and dreading its successor.
The sea moaned around them, mourn
ing the dead; the fleet of drowned cat
tie surged helDleSSly to this way and
to that, bruising them with rude coliis
ions; and the chill bit them to the bone,
mercifully numbing their pain and anx-
iety. Long before the dawn, the girl
had sunk into a stupor, and was o2-y
held from sinking by the nervous fin
gers OF the men; and then the men
themselves were merely 'automata,
completing their task with a legacy of
will
When from somewhere out of the morn
ing miStS a fisherboaI sailed up. manned
equally lost 10 consciousness and all three
were hauled over the gunwale in one
continuous dripping string. The grip of
the mems fingers had endured too long
to be Iooseneu Tor sudden call such as
that.
They were taken ashore and tended with
all the care poor homes could give. and
the men, used TO hardShips klcoVered
with a dose of wormth and sleep.
Miss Carnegie took longer to recover,
and, in fact, Tor week. lay very near to
death Kettle stayed on In the village,
making almost hourly inquiries for her.
He ought to have gone away TO seek fresh
employments he ought 10 nave gone back
TO his wife and children and he upbraid-
ed himself bitterly for his neglect of these
duties. But Stlll he could not tear himself
away. OR the Iuture-well. he dreaded
10 think what might happen in the fu-
ture.
and see him, and he visited her, showing
all the difference an ambassador might
oI1er to queen. l may go so far as to
say that he went into the cottage quite
stoned.
She listened TO his tale of the creek
with interest and surprise. She was al
most startled 10 hear that Others inelud-
ing the captain and two Ut the mates,
were saved from the disaster besides
themselves, but at the same time, I'M
lelgnedly pleased. And she was pleased
also TO near that Kettle was Subpoenaed
to give evidence before the forthcoming
inquiry.
4 am glad of that she said, because
| know you viii speak with a free mind.
GU nave told me so many times how in
competent the captain was. and now you
VIII be able to tell it TO the proper au-
thorities."
Kettle looked a Their blankly. But that
was different, he said. 4 can't say to
them what l said to you
why not? Look what misery and suf-
Iering and loss of life the man has caus-
I'd. He isn't nit to command a ship"
But. Miss" said Kettle Its his liv- /
ms. He been brought up to seafaring /
anu he isn't mt for anything else. You /.
wouldn't have me send out the man to /
'tarVe! Besides, m Shipmaster my {
SELL, and you wouldn't have me try to
AXE away another masters ticket? The +
;Ieverest captain afioat might meet with 1
misfortune, and he's always got to think I
If that when he's put up to give evidence /
against his fellows"
We'll, waht are you going to do. them
Oh, We've got together a tale. and 1
when the old man is put uD on mis- trial
he mates and l will stick to it through
hick and thin. You can bet that we are /
lot going to swear away his ticket
His tlcket?'
Yes, his masters certificate, his
means of livelihood"
I think it's wrong" she said. excited
y, 'criminally wrong. And. besides, you /
;aid you didn't like the man"
I don't. L dislike him cordially. But !
hats nothing TO do with the case. I've |
ny own honor TO think of. miss. How d !
feel If / Went about knowing I'd done
rood and always?"
You are wron." she repeated. vehe-
nently. The man is incompetent by
our own saying, and therefore he should
Kettles heart chilled
Miss Carnegie, he said, L am disap-
ointed in you. 1 thought from your
oetry that you had feelings; 1 thought
GU had charity, but 1 find that you are
And you she retorted. you that I
1ost of the manly virtues. do you think
feel no disappointment when l hear
hat you are deliberately proposing to
e lair2"
I am no liar" he said. sullenly. Il
ave most faults, but not that This is
iherent; you do not understand 1t is
laster before an inquiry board
The girl turned to the pillow in her
hair andhi d her face. 20. 60" she
aid, go! ] wish 1 had never met you
nd so honest, and when il comes to the
inch you are just like the rest. Col Go,
wish l thought L could ever forget
our
You say you don't understand. said
-ettle. Il think you deliberately won't
Understand. miss. You remember that /
I'D | was disappointed in you. and I
lex TO that now. You make me remem-
er that l have got wife and family 1
m fond of. You make me ashamed l
ave not gone to them before
He went to the door and opened it, ;
But | do not think l shall ever forget
said, how much 1 cared for you once
oodby, miss
.'Goodby," she sobbed from her pillow.
wish | could think you are right, but
erhaps it is best as it is (
In the village street outside was Nc
odd, clothed in rasping serge and in I
med to be sententious. They've {
Risky here, he said, with jerk of the {
numb. Irish whisky that's got a smoky '
ste that's rather alluTing when once {
1u, We got oyer the first dislike. I'm our
siller myself or I'd stand you a glass,
1t If We be in funds 1 could guide We TO
lie place.
Kettle was half tempted. but with a i
rench he said No" adding that if he ]
Ice started he might not know when
stop. I
quite right" said the engineer. S
Iou're quite (hic) right. skipper. 4 man I
it'll an inclination to level himself with /
e beasts that perish should always be
)stemious." /
He sat against a wayside fence and !
epared for sleep. Like me-" he added /
lemnly. and shut his eyes. Z
NO, said Kettle to himself. II won't \
rget 1t that way. | guess l can man ]
&c without. She pretty well cured me 7
,rsef, and sight of the missis will do :
e rest
STATE CONVENTION q
At a meeting of the state Democratic i