The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-30

master Dixon gave further orders
clearly and concisely.
Keep her at that" he said to- the
second officer, indicating the dial of
the engine room.
Stay where you are" he shouted to
the two steersmen who were preparing
to quit the wheelhouse.
If Captain Dixon had never made a
mistake in seamanship he must have
thought the possibilities of this mis-
take out in all their bearings. For
the situation was quite clear and COM
pact in his mind. The orders he gave
came in their proper sequence and
were given to the right men.
From the decks beneath arose a con-
fused murmur like the stirring of bees
in an overturned hive. Then a sharp
order in one voice, clear and strong,
followed by dead silence.
Good" said the captain, Stokes
has got 'em in hand
He broke off and looked sharply fore
and aft and up above him at the tow
ering funnel
she is heeling," he said. Martin
she's heeling."
The ship was slowly turning on her
side, like some huge and stricken dumb
animal laying itself down to die.
Yes" said the Captain with a bitter
laugh to the two steersmen who had
come a second time to the threshold
of the wheelhouse.- "Yes-you can CO."
He turned to the engine-room tele-
graph and rang the stand By" But
there was no answer. The engineers
had come on deck.
She's got to co." said Martin, the
second officer, deliberately.
You had better follow Them" re-
piled the Captain with a jerk of the
head toward the ladder down which
the two steersmen had disappeared.
go, be id" said Martin. My
place is here" There was no nervous
ness about the man now.
The murmur on the decks had sud-
denly risen to shrieks and angry
shouts. Some were getting ready to
die i'll most unseemly manner. They
were fighting for the boats. The clear,
strong voice had ceased giving orders.
1t afterwards transpired that the chief
officer. Stokes, was engaged at this
time on the sloping decks in tying life
belts round the women and throwing
them overheard. The coastguards
found these women strewn along the
beach like wreclkage below st. Kew
erne-some that night, some at dawn
| and only two were dead.
The Captain snapped his finger and
tnunlD, gesture OF annoyance WHICH
was habitual to him. Martin knew the
meaning of the sound, which he heard
through the shouting and the roar of
the wind and the kissing of a cloud Of
steam. He placed his hand en- the
, deck of the bridge as if to feel it. He
had only to stretch out his arm to
touch the timbers, for the vessel was
lying over farther now, There was no
vibration beneath his hand; the en-
gines had ceased to work.
Eyes," said Dixon, who was holding
! to the rail in front of him with both
hands. "Yes-she has got to CO."
And as he spoke the Grandhaven
slid slowly backwards and sideways
into the deep water. The shrieks were
suddenly increased, and theH died
away in a confused gurgle. Martin
| slid down on to the captain, and to-
| gether they shot into the sea. They
sank through a stratum of struggling
| limbs.
The village of st. Keverne lies nearly
| two miles from the sea, high above ii
| on the bare lakeland that juts out
| ten miles to the Lizard lights. 1t is
! rural village far from railway or