The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-04-10

Says Let's see what our chances
3 Of starving are for I was hungry
Eright then
~ went through the cabin first The
I tables and benches were 10 place. but
every thing movable was III a fine ness
SHE amt been like this very long. !"
says the mate. This cabin been
flooded. though 1t came in through
the ST light and run cut again 3
| But snlelled rats all the time. SO
says here S live rats aboarG They
|. n list have something to eat and a dry
| place to stow themselves 4
Sure enough. we found the door go
ing into the lazaret sWelled that tight
NE couldn't bud it. But there was
a hatch on deck battened down and
calked We.got this off. and of all the
scampering. squealing and jumping
| you ever heard that was the worst.
| here's million rats down there.
says Monroe. Says Rats is good
eating s Have you tried 'em e says
he. II la &c. SIR sa Us.
Well. we'll ! says Monroe. impatient
Ike and getting red in the face. lets
/ see what the rats have to eat first. Z
We found lots of things in there be-
sides rats. But they'd run over every
thing except what was in strong casks
| There was. barrels Of -four piled up.
and the top ones was mostly all right.
what the rats hadn't gnawed holes in.
1 We found some pork. but all the ships
| bread was no use.
Wei Il not likely stary e. not for some
time anyhow. says he.
How'll We cook It. says ]. without
a match r.
! We turned everything upside down
but we never found no matches.
Happened ! walks along the forward
to the main chains where we landed
/ aboard the dereIict. was cursing Joe
for being 50 clumsy when sees a
match lodge in a dead eye. with the.
swell reac ching up to within an inch or.
two Of it, snatched it out of there
in a. hurry. and the next roller covered.
i the spot. give it to the mate. He
looks it oyer carefully, and says he,
This little stick is all that stands be-.
tween you and me and raw pork and
4 IA ts.' =
And a smoke. says /.
Is He wraps it careful in bis handker-
chief and puts it in his pocket.
I # The first puff Of wind that came
from them clouds was the worst and
died down as the fog piled up thick
/ So after watching the old Alexander
founder around like a turtle we goes
/ below and rigs up the cabin boyle.
! The pipe was rusty and falls all to
4 pieces except one joint. So we set the
] stove on the table. fastening it down
4 with chain. and stuck the pipe up
through the skylight. We put in a lot
of shavings we made from a barrel
stave. and Mr. Monroe takes out the
his hand trembled that bad he dasen't
4 strike it.
1 Dave saws he. ''you take tie
III reached for it. and got so scared
liked to have dropped it.
Give 1t here!'' shouts the mate. fierce
MS you please. and | see his muscles
set like iron. He strikes it on the
stove. got sick and queer all over.
when see it blaze up. But his hand
never give a ripple. He held it till the
stick caught and passed it slow and
steady. to the shayings. and she blazed
up. give yell and was on hand
With a armful of wood to pile ia on it.
4 But Mr. Monroe. he holds me off with
one arm and takes one stick at a time
4 and puts it in careful. and the first
thing we knew the stove was red hot.
Smoke Or says he. and we fills
y |sour pipes and have a comforting Whit
i It tasted good and made US feel better.
q Next we hunts up a fat piece of iron
u There WASH anything else,. and we
4 gets some -four. to make pancakes. and.
u SO help he. we never thought Of no wa
ter. We looked pretty foolish and
II streaks 1t for the deck We found the
q starboard cask half full. The 8bung
n hole dipper wa s gone, SO we makes one
q out of baking powder tin tied on q
i stick The water was some salty We
q mixed the -four with 1t. and the cakes
4 was just about salty enough Withou,
q no extra salt
We munlicked about in that fog fol
three days. and then il rolled itself up
+ and of to iaeward And the sun came
8 out bright as a new shilling Where
y was we That's more than know
q Monroe SAYS the current was taking
us north aud west He near fret hisseit
8 to death with trying to puzzle out some
& way TO get Der TO go where he wanted
her to. But Lord. we was helpless as
q two city clerks, for. as I said there
d was nothing to work with. And ]
. don't believe we could have moved her