The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-15

MIN answer. 1t was hardly voice, and
yet it was like q voice. 1t appeared
to come out of millions of miles of dis
lance. And l heard it say: Captain,
do not forget the sparrows, and l have
not forgotten you. 1 have tried you
long enough. Presently thou shalt meet
with thy reward. "
Dayton-P Philips stared. Was the man
going mad?
And that's what it is, sir, that makes
I me sure L shall bring this vessel into
some port safely, and pocket the sal
vage's
r'Look here, skipper" said Dayton
Philips, you are just tagged to
death, and I'm the same We've been
working till our hands are raw as
butchers meat, and we're clean tired
cut, and we must go below and get
a bit OF sleep. If the snip swims 50
I much the better. If she sinks. we can't
hep It. Anyway, we're both of US too
beat to work any more. 1 shall be
seeing things myself next"
Mr.. Philips said the little sailor,
gravely, L know you don't mean any
thing wrong, so 1 take no offense. But
I'm a man convinced; I've heard the
message l told you with my own under
standing; and it isn't likely anything
you can say will persuade me out of it.
l can see you are tired out, as you say,
so go you below and get a spell Of sleep.
But as for me, I've got another twenty
hours wakefulness in me yet, if needs
be- This chance has mercifully been
sent my way, as I've said, but naturally
it's expected of me that l do my human
utmost, as well, to see it through
IF you stay on at this heart-break-
ing work. SO do t. said Dayton-Phil-
ipDs, and toiled gamely Oh at the pump.
There he was still when day broke,
saving up and down like an autOma-
ton. But before the sun rose, utter
wearine3s had done it's work. His
bleeding fingers loosei themselves from
the break, his knees failed beneath
him, and he fell in an unconscious stu
per Of sleep on to the wet planking of
the deck. For half an hour more Ket-
tie struggled on at the pump, doing
double work: but even his flesh and
blood had its breaking strain, and at
last he could work no more.
He leaned dizzily up against the pump
for minute or so, and then with an
effort he pulled his still unconscious
companion away and laid him on the
dry floor of deck house. There was a
pannikin Of cold stewed tea slung from
a hook in there, and half a sea biscuit
on one of the hunks. He ate and drank
greedily, and then went out again
along the streaming decks to work, SO
far as his single pair of hands could
accomplish such a thing, at getting
the huge derelict once more in sailing
trim.
The shovels meanwhile had been do
ing their work, and although the list
was not entirely gore, the vessel at
times (when a sea buttressed her up)
f1cated almost upright. The gale was
still blowing, but it had veered to the
southwark, and on the afternoon of
that day Kettle called all hands On
deck and got her under way again, and
found to his joy that the coal trimmer
had some elementary notion of taking
q wheel.
Il rate you as mate he said in his
gratitude, land you'll draw salvage pay
according to your rank. I was going to
make Mr.. Philips my officer, but
Don't apologize" said Dayton Phil
ipps. II don't know the name of enc
string from another. and I'm quite
conscious of my deficiency. But just
watch me put in another spell at those
internal pumps"
The list was of less account now, and
the vessel was once more under COM
nland CT her canvas. 1t was the leak
which gave them most cause for anx-
iety Likely enough it was caused by
the mere wrenching away of a couple
of rivets. But the steady inpour Of
have made the ship grow unmanage-
able and founder if it was not con-
stantly attended to. Where the lea,
was, they had not a notion. Probably
it was deep down under the cargo c.
grain and quite ungettable, but, any
way, it demanded a constant service at
= 1870 &C ~ Keep 1t in check; and this