The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-28
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W. CLARK RUSSELL Copyright. lsg9bv 5. n.or,. g.


i with famine and the gaunt cheeks work
with the movement of the jaw upon the
piece of lead or the die of boot leather
which helps the saliva Hardy knew il
all, had tasted some of il. and he could
not think of Julia and that little oper
boat and the flawless horizon. more pitt.
less to the wrecked mariner than Ehe cor.
don OF soldiers to the famished city with
out feeling his heart turn cold
And now happened something which
fear the reader will think more incredk
Bile than any other incident in this vol.
ume.
After talking a little while together
these two people rose from their chairs
and knelt down in prayer. Hardy be
lieved in God and the mercy of God. and
so did Julia, and he asked God in the sim
pie language of the plain EnGIishman's
heart to protect them and be with them
and he thanked Him for the mercy He
had already vouchsafed; and. depend
| upon it, no British sailor will consider
| TINS an unnatural act on the part OF
! Hardy, because always the proudest heart
! of oak in the hour of triumph. the most
! depressed heart of oak in the hour OF
| trial has been accustomed to look up to
| God and thank or beseech Him, for it IS
| He who shares the loneliness of the sea
! man on the wide, wide sea
! But let me assure the reader also that
| lovers do not make love in shipwreck
! as they do under the awning of the pas
! senger liner, or in the bower Of roses
| ashore. Death is too near to allow pas
sion to extend itself in the form made
| familiar by the novel. Their talk otter
/ went to Capt. Layard and the amazing
cunning he had exhibited i'm inventing the
trap they had fallen into
! Il believe said Hardy 'Only two are
| dead on board, He had a book to give
| them the doses. and his brain was clear
lily equal to understanding what it said
( But would the rum absorb all the poisonf
| Would not enc man get more than his
| whack? few grains more would have
/ done for lis all. The beggar took care not
/ to drink himself. and none of US thought
| of asking him to-"
How Gid you feel when you awoke?"
! she asked
Much as you did, I expect" he an
! swered
But talking was not very easy In this
interior. The water, sheeting against the
/ deCk-hOuse, seethed through speech and
! COMPOUNDED It. There was the thunder Of
| the fallen sea forward, and the incom-
| municable maledictions of a sodden brig
| in the trough filed the gale with bewild-
/ erment as it flew. Every fabric afloat has
a voice of her own, aud like her sailors
| knows how to swear when injured
| In the course of the afternoon Hardy
| stepped into the after berths, but found
! nothing to reward his search The papers
! of an old timberman are uninterestiug:
! the letters of an aud wife of Sunderland
Ito her Geordie are sacred, and saving
! three or four clay pipes and some tobac-
co, for which Hardy was grateful, there
| was little to be seen worth mentioning
| Ii this gale slaclIened into moderate
| weather the girl should sleep in one Of
| these berths; If not, near the door in the
| interior on the best sort of bed he could
! contriVe, because, as he meant to keep
, watch and watch himself throughout
! the night, she would be close by to rescue
| If some thunderous surge should dis
charge the deck-house from its obligation
OF sticking He had searched for candles
and had found none; a few boxes of
| matches were in a sort of desk fixed to
the bulkhead near the bunk So he came
out of the captains berth with an Old
mattress, and then he brought some
wearing apparel a heavy coat. with biz
| horn buttons and a pair Of north-couu-
try breeches, which, if seized to a stay
for fresh air, might fill up and stand out
| like the half of a Dutchman in a jump
Whats all that tor?" said Julia.
He explained. and she loved him. and
thought how good he was
Yes, there are even worse conditions
of life to a girl than being shipwrecked
with a sailor who is a gentleman. and if
the gentleman informs the spirit Of q
sailor its impulse is never greater than
when it responds to the appeal of ID girl s.
heIplessness.
He cut up little tobacco and smoked
a pipe. 1t seemed TO bring him Within
hail of civilization, and Julia enjoyed the
smell of the tobacco smoke immensely
and said it made her think of her father.
How would he relish this picure?"
said he, referring to their situation
He would not ike to be here; that is
all he would think. VIII this brig keep
together, do you fancy?"
"Oh, yes, and III tell you what-the
gale doesn't harden. which Is a good sign
There was plenty of weather in the moon
last night but in these parts it is not
often long lived"
els not tremendous sea running" She
asked.
Yes, from the Ramsgate or Margate
Sands point of view. You must 20 to
about fifty-eight south, right off the Horn,
and get amongst the Ice to know what a
tremendous sea is like. They come like
the cliffs of Dover at you, and the deck
is up and down, whilst the keel sweeps
up the ACTIVITY. 1t is splendid and fright
full. 1 was hove to for a fortnight down
there; We couldn't drive clear Of the ice,
and we had about four hours Of daylight
to see by. All the devils in hell raVed in
our rigging as we sat upright a breath
less instant on the amazing peak We had
climbed. No, Julia. this is not a tre-
mendous sea, and the brig win hang to-
gether and Outweather twenty such"
The vessel, however, was acting as
though she considered it a tremendous
| sea. Had she been dismasted or a steam
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