The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26

Rad m apartment there He escaped. o1t
left behind two vai9zhis arf;c1<s. = pillow
esven him ny BIS mother when be iefs
aoTEs. K boy 10 h9r5ase an apprta-sce
on a White Star sasssnx TeTEssi. and
watch presented nina By the passengers be
had saved from sinking ship He re-
GREETED rsse loss Of sse Dslscs Hore than
that Of the watch. He had often spoken
Of that pillow He had kept II through
mary adventures hv food ard row grsereA
10 Icse IL by FIRE Once m the Indian
ocean the vessel on which he was Junior
Officer took are The hold was filled with
ram and tire sailors rad bored through a
bulk head ard ,nto barrel ard had be-
come drunk. The liquor had leaked ores
the noor. and one % the sailors, gtynt-
ing bis pipe. eropp~a burning match Oh
II. There was a blaze and then the con-
Hagration. which they tried Intellectually
20 exfinxxsssh. and were a. last compelled
to take To the boats Mckay went into
tire Iast boat with the first officer, Each
man VIA. allowed TO take only one extra
suit Of clothes into the boats. ani Mckay
left his behind and put the mothers pill
Auw .ato hss SgnnAxa ha<- TnSu fS~F
pushed on into tire trsckIsss ocean and the
ship burned 10 the waters edge and Sank.
Now IL l. the cussom on sssIps tn Indian
waters TO serve water ration. on ar
count 81 IS rcaActtv. Each beat IL
hung OF she ssaviss was provided w.tss
kegs 81 fresh water for Just such ernsr-
gereses. But The sailors on the night
watch, Becoming thirsty. had stolen the
water freu1 the k.gs and rssiied them
WITH sea water. THIS xas not discovered
until che strip had gone 10 the bottom.
The suffersngs OF those in McKay's boa.
were Terrible. One by ore they died and
were thrown overheard. Until al. that re-
manned we're the nrsf ofsicer am MCKAY.
They were finally rescued and carried 70 >
small island used as penal station sff
the coast Of lower india With Mckay
went the dunnage bag I'm which was
mothers pillow. This vas only one OF
the adventures through which the pillow
had come safely VITA Mckay. And now
10 Jose II by fire almost broke his heart
THE morning after the fire wen;
around 10 the Melrose fats. The whole
inside of the building had fumbled into
the oaEemeu; and was mass OF HACK
ruins. That setties Mckays pillow !
said 10 myself Then / looked up at the
wall and saw something white at the win
dow ~ Mckay's room. | made ouf that
II VAS q pillow. called the assistant
FIRE chief in charge of the ruins and told
him tas story eof aekays pillow. IL
touched him. He called eome siremen and
told tncm 10 ladder UP To the win
dow and bring the PILLOW down. A fire.
man went aiofs. got the pillow and disab-
pcared through the window. After
awhile he came ous and climbed down
the ladder. What do you Think He not
only had the pillow. but The watch, which
had stood In the corner OF the room.
Everything else was destroyed. The
watch hadn't even stopped running. and
the only thing the matter with the pillow
WIS few yellow stains from smoke and
water. Mckay was at my house. ami
when I took the pillow to him he wepf
like Il child.
The pink man stopped. Everyone had
been held spelibound. Cigars had gone
out and even the college man" had stop
ped blowing rings.
The conversation took another turn and
each one told of the fastest run he had
ever made on train. The pink man won.
and then told Ut journey he had once
made on the Oriental Express from
Paris to constantinopie. This brought the
Conversation to Paris. Out of the party
only he and the college man" had ever
been there. This the college man" ac-
knowiedged with some polite hauteur re-
summing the practice of blowing rings.
The pink man then rega.ed the party with
stories Of Paris, whittier IL was his prac-
ffce to journey once a year. His stories
were 80 interesting that when the rail-
road man looked at his watch he diss-
covered that !; was nearly | o'clock in
the morning. Everyone felt extremely
kindly to everyone else. Two or three
cards had been exchanged. The man who
had run out OF cigars had been promptly
supplied By one who had cigars ia. spare.
The two travelling men and the railroad
man took drink together. Friendly good