The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

CITY AND couNTF
o.. The Adventures of
An Eton Boy.

SpenG TUESDAY III 49,
soas
ames w, Fowler was 4
d Deadwood Monday.
has. Cation and wifdabHY JANE
mt part OF the weeks4A
H. Tompkins wass. ,can.,n,.aaS9
I'M the eastern parD o,--raid Tom Lam
the tiller with
Stii lily wrapping q
MISS Laura an Up, who droop-
niger for Hot Sprintys.n-sheets.
my pun asA Nc.
William Gardner ant MI
rivals home Sunday If cried Tom,
-..h o,r aast - left hand at
ono"s - n 70, send wat
Editor John III. 81 M ne oar of the
...l;.an WINS a nns--s must be many
r.. No. & s~ilrazil, the nearest
orlnss that g,saa99o nothing now but
Maize Dg s,md y alive by baling and
- q st,as daybreak. Now, Master
1ess iui payne added, lowering his voice,
foprso you feel, sir?"
feel that / am quite In your way,
my lads-a useless hand aboard, to
consume your food and water" re-
piled Hislo2, family.
Why, sir" said Probart, the stroke
oarsman, you don't think we could
have left you to burn in that poor old
brig?'
mo. not exactly; still 1 en- Of no
use to you, and I feel"
What. sir, what?" asked Tom, anx-
icusly.
Heart sick and Departing" moan
ed Hislop, letting his chin drop on
his breast.
Don't talk so, sir" said Lambourne,
stoutly;; despair never found a place
In the heart Of a British sailor"
sY0u are right, Tom; and perhaps
I'll gather Roadway and get to wind
ward yet"
sOf course you WILL" replied Tom.
ch~eerfully; 'but here's a sea coming
toEether, lads, pull together!"
Despair might well have found a
place In ali our breasts at that awful
crisis; but Toms bluff and cheerful
Wy prevented u hearts from sink
ing, though the hours Of that awful
night seemed dark and long.
Well, without compass, chart, or
quadrant, there we were.s ten in num-
her. In an open boat, tossing upon "a
dark and stormy sea, enveloped in
clouds. With the red lightning gleam-
lnx through their ragged openings, or
at the far and nat Acknowledgement
o1 where we were, where to steer for,
q what to do, and full Of terrible
N~nticipations for the future!
We were silent and sleepless.
My heart was full of horror, grief
md vague alarm, when / thought Of
my home-the quiet, the happy and
peaceful old rectory. with all who loved
me there, and whom I might never see
again. s@s
The hot tears that started to my
5eyes mingled with the cold spray that
drenched my cheeks. and there SEEM
"a but one co1solation for me, that my
father. my a6ectionate mother and sis
teri. dear Dot and little Sybil, could
never know how I persisted by hunger
a drowning, Il such were to be my
fate.
All the stories I had heard or read
a ship-wrecked men-their sufferings,
their endurance OF gnawing hunger
ind burning thirst, their cannibalism,
their mortal struggles with their dear
Ut friends Tor the last morsel OF food,
Tor the last drop Of water, and how
the weak perished that the strong
might liye-crowded upon my MEM
or % augment the real terrors OF our
situation.
90 suddenly had this final catas-
trophe come upon Us that We had con-
siderable difnculty In assuring our
ELVES Of IL reality, and that It was
not a. dream-a dream. alas! from
shiloh thsra might be no awakening.
6oS hour atter hour passed darkly,
tloMly, md silently on.
The turbulence Of the wind and
sNavea abated, the lightning passed
10y, the scud ceased to whirl. the
yApora we're divided In heaven, ard q
fnintS light that stole tremulously up-
NArd from the horizon served to iidi-
sIaS tns eastand the dawn Of the com
its day.
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