Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-12-18

fellows" exclaimed Philip; "there is ne
danger yet. Recollect we have our boat
and raft, and although we cannot subdu,
the fire, and save the vessel, still we NAV
If you are cool and collected, not only say,
ourselves, but every one-even the poo
infants, who now appeal to you as men t,
exert yourselves in their behalf. Come
come, my lads, let us do our duty-w,
have the means Of escape in our power i
we lose no time Carpenter, get your axes
and cut away the boom lashings. Now
my men, let us get our boats out, ant
make raft for these poor women ant
children; we are not ten miles from tn,
land. Krantz, see to the boats with tn,
starboard watch; larboard watch will
me, to launch over the booms. Gunners
take any of the cordage you can, ready fol
lashing. Come, my lads, there is no wan
of light-we can work without lanterns. >
The boats We're soon in the water, ant
trusty men placed in them: the spars wer,
launched over, arranged by the men il
the boats, and dashed together. All tn,
gratings were then collected and flrml,
fixed upon the spars for the people to si
upon; and Philips heart was glad at tn,
prospect which he now had of saving tn,
numbers which were embarked.
Philip looked out for the land, but oould
not perceive it, for there was haze or
the horizon, SO that he could not see more
than five miles. He felt that to gain the
shore before the coming night was neces
sary for the preservation of so many indi
viduals, of whom more than 60 were WON.
on and children, who, without any nour.
ishnent, were sitting on frail raft, i'm.
mersed in the water No land in sight
gale coming on. and in all probability a
heavy sea and dark night. The chance
was indeed desperate and Philip was mis-.
ersble-most miserabls-when he reflected
that 20 many innocent beings might, be-
fore the next morning, be consigned to a
watery tomb-and why7-yes, there was
the feeling-that although Philip could
reason against-he never could conquer;
for his own life he cared nothing-even
the idea of his beloved Anime was nothing
in the balance at these moments. The
only point which sustained him was the
knowledge that he had his duty to per.
form, and, in the full exercise Of his duty,
he recovered himself.
Land ahead" was now cried out by
Krantz, who was in the headmost boat,
and the news was received with a shout Of
Joy from the raft and the boats. The an
ticipation and the hope the news gave were
like mamma in the wilderness; and the
poor women on the raft, drenched some
times above the waist by the swell of the
sea, clasped the children in their arms
still closer, and cried-"My darling, you
shall be saved"
Until noon they continued their exer-
lions not without success; they were not
three miles from the land; but as the sun
passed the meridian change took place;
the breeze blew strong; the swell of the
sea rose rapidly; and the raft was often
so deeply immersed in the waves as to
alarm them for the safety of those upon
her. Before the sun had set, they all had
arrived at the beach, and were safely land
ed In the little sand bay into which they
had steered; for the wind was off the
shore and there was no surf. The boats
were hauled up, and the exhausted men
lay down on the sands, till warm with the
heat of the sun, and forgetting that they
had neither eaten nor drunk for SO long a
time, they We're soon fast asleep. Captain
Barentz, Philip, and Krantz, as soon as
thor Ind seer, the boats secured, held 6
shorb consultation, and We're then glad &c
follow the example of the seamen; harass.
ed and worn out with the fatigue of the
last "a hours, their senses We're soon
drowned in oblivion.
They were not more than so miles from
Table bay; and although they had no
sails, the wind was in their favor. Philip
pointed out to them how useless it was to
remain, when before morning they would,
in all probability, arrive at where they
would obtain all they required. The ad.
vice was approved of and acted upon; the
boats We're showed off and the oars re-
sumed. So tired and exhausted were the
men that their oars dipped mechanically
into the water, for there was no strength
left to be applied; it was not until the
next morning at daylight that they had
arrived opposite False bay, and they had
still many miles to pull. The wind in
their favor had done almost all-the men
could do little or nothing.
Encouraged, however, by the sight Of
land which they knew, they rallied and
about noon they pulled, exhausted, to the
beach at the bottom of Table bay, near tc
which We're the houses and the fort pro
tecting the settlers, who had for some few
years resided there. They landed close to
where broad riyulet at that season (but
a torrent in the winter) poured its stream
into the bay. AT the sight of fresh water,
some of the men dropped their oars, threw
themselves into the sea when out Of their
depth-others when the water was above
their waists-yet they did not arrive SO
soon as those who waited till the boat
struck the beach and jumped out upon dry
land. And then they threw themselves
into the rivulet, which coursed over the
single, about five or six inches in depth,
allowing the refreshing stream to pour
into their mouths till they could receive
rolling in it with delight.
Despots and fanatics have exerted their
ingenuity to invent torments for their
yictims-how useless-the rack, the boot,
fre-all that they have imagined are not
to be compared to the torture of extreme
thirst. In the extremity of agony the
sufferers cry for water, and it is not re-
fused; they might have spared themselves
their refined ingenuity of torment, aud
the disgusting exhibition of it, had they
only confined the prisoner in his cell, an {
refused him water
AS soon as they satisfied the most preys
ing OF all wants, they rose driI ping from
the stream, and walked up to the houses
OF the factory, the inhabitants of which