The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04


cargo We have to put over the side, sir"
It's pretty thin comfort when you'vl
got a perhaps OF that size. and no NOR
tai other stop between you and the work
house. It's all very well doing these things
in hot hood; but the reckoning's paid When
you re cold, and they're cold. and with
the board of trade standing by Ike the
devil in the background an ready TO give
you a kick when there's a spare place
for a fresh foot" He slammed down the
handle of the bridge telegraph and rang
on the Flamingos engines He had been
measuring distances all this time with his
eye. But, of course, there's the blessed
cause of humanity 10 be looked after
humanity 20 these blessed emigrants that
tneir own country doesn't want. and every
other country would rather be without
humanity to my poor old misses and the
KOS Doesn't count / shall get a s.udgy
paragraph In the papers for the Grosser
Cari' headed Gallant Rescue with all the
Iacts put upside down, and twelve months
lattr there'H be another paragraph about
case of pitiful destltution' Birds see
me through Birds sent me TO work up
a connection in the Mexican Gulf and
We done It, after four-years' service I
Jetuson the customers cargo Custom
ers VIII get mad, and give their business
10 the lines which don't run foul of blaz-
ing emigrant packets"
m awfully sorry. skipper II there's
ANYTHING ] can do. sir
capt. Kettle sighed and looked drearilv
OUT az the burning ship. But he felt that
" nad peen showing weakness and pulled
niilseh together again smartly. yes.
mere rs my lad. I'm disappointed man.
ana I've been talking a lot more than.s
dignided. You'll do me real leindnees II
you'll forget all that has been said. AWAY
with you on to the main deck, ana get
ha'ches OF, ans whip The top tier of that
cargo over the side as fast rs YOU can
make the winches travel If the old Fla
ih4hso rs going to serve out free hospitai-
ny by James, she shall do il fun weight.
give the beggars champagne and spring
mattresses if I'd got EN-"
Meanwhile those on the German oni-
grant steamer had seen the coming of
the shabby little English trader with
pumping hearts. Till then the crew had
Fought the fire with diligence, but when
tfe nearness of potential rescuer was re-
ported, they discovered that the fire was
almost beyond control, and made at once
Tor the boats, overpowering passengers
ana officers who happened 10 come be-
tween them and their desires AWAY
screamed out the davt tackles. as the
boats were lowered full of madly fright
ened deckhands and grimy handlers of
coal. Panic had Slapped every trace of
their manhood They had concern only for
their own skins one boat, chiefly man
ned by the coal interest swamped along
side before it could be showed clear; the
forward davit fall of another jammed, and
let 1t dangle vertically up and down when
the after fall overhauled, and only one
boat got away clear
The reception which this small cargo of
worthless met with surprised them. They
hnc 10, fls
got under her lee, and chung desperately
to the line which was thrown to them.
But TO the rail above them came the man
VINO expected to be ruined by this nights
work. Capt. Kettle, being human had
greatly needed some one during the last
half hour to ease his feeling on. and the
boat came neatly to supply his want. 1t
was long enough since he had found oc-
casion for such an outburst Every biting
insult In his vocabulary, every flashing
word that is used upon the seas. every
gibe, national, personal or professional,
that a lifetime of hard language could
teach, he poured out on that shivering
boats crew then. He had, of course.
many time sailed with a forecastie filed
with Germans, and had acquired the spe-
cial art of adapting his abuse to the
"Dutchman's" sensibilities. And, as a
wnd-up after having made them writhe
sufficiently, he ordered them to go back
whence they came and take share in
rescuing their fellows
"But we shall drown!' shouted back
one speaker. from the wildly jumping boat
Then drown and be hanged to YOU"
shouted Kettle. I'm not going to have
towards like you drtying my deck
planks." He cast off the line to which
their boat rode. "You go and do your
whaclS at getting the people off that pack
ct or none of you shall ever see your hap
by Dutchland again"
Meanwhile, so the irony of The fates or
dered 1t, the two mates, each in charge
of one of the Flamingos lifeboats, were
commanding crews made up entirely Of
Germans and Scandinavians, and pluckier
and more careful sailormen could not nave
been wished for. A heavy sea ran, and
from it's crests a spindrift blew which cut
the face like whips and numbed with its
chill The boats were tossed aboui Ike
playthings, and required. constant baling
But Kettle had brought the Flamingo to
windward of the Crosser Carl, aud each
boat carried a line, so that the steam
winches could help her with the return
trips.
Getting cargo was. however. the chief
difficulty. AL Vestige of order was swamp
ed in unutterable panic If a boat had
been brought alongside, they would have
tumhkeN INTO ASf ike SQetp, TIL their num-
bers swamped her. They cursed the
flames, cursed the sea, cursed their own
brothers and sisters who jostled them.
They were the sweeplngs from half-fed
Middle Europe, born with raw nerves.
and unre the sudden stress of danger.
and in the absence of some strong man
to thrust discipline on them, they became
practically maniacs.
Now, the Flamingos boats were officer
| ed by two cool profane mates VINO had no
| nerves themselves, and did not see the use
OF nerves in other people. Neither of them
! spoke German, but presuming that some
! Of those who listened would understand
| English they made proclama ton in their
own tongue to the effect that the women
| were to be taken of first,
! And if any OF you rats of men shove
your way down here" SAID the chief mate
before all the skirts is ferried across
! you'll just get knocked on the head, that's
all. Now, then, get some bow lines and
sway out the ladies"
/ As well might the order have been ad
dressed 10 a flock of sheep Then eacf
poor soul there stretched out his arm.
or hers, and ciamored to be swaziland