Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-21
Only Two Were Left.

overheard and persisted.
Only Two Were Left
Maclean and Medium collected !
themselves after the shock, and stead. |
lily continued to bale out the water. till
the boat was so nearly dry that they
could lie down in her; and so spent
were they that deep sleep came 10
them both; nor did they wake till the
sun was glaring upon them far above
the horizon. What awakening! Alcpn
in frail boat, their companions gone.
water all around. and swarming with
the cruel sharks-the sun burning Nv.
erhead. and themselves now thirty.Six
hours without food, and parched with
the deadly thirst. which they had the
resolution not to attempt to slake with
salt water, well knowing that the mo.
mentary relief would be followed by
worse suffering, perhaps by frenzy
They dared not even speak to one
another, but sat, one in the bow, one
In the stern, In silent patience, waiting
for death.
Hours passed away In this manner.
but toward In the morning a white
speck was seen In the distance. and
both opened their parched lips to
shout: "A sail A salt" They shook
hands with tears Of joy and hope, and
strained their eyes as the vessel came
nearer, and the dark hull could be seen
above the horizon. Nearer, nearer
scarcely half a mile from them was
the vessel, when alas! she altered her
course; she was sailing away. They
shouted their loudest, and waved their
jackets, but in vain-they were unseen
and were being left to perish!
The gunner's mate now rose up. He
was the elder and the stronger man.
and he quietly announced his intcn.
ton Of swimming to the vessel II;
was a long, fearfuly long distance for
a man fasting for so many hours; and
more terrible still than drowning was
!, the other danger that was hidden un.
der the golden ripples OF those blue
waters. But to remain was certain
death to both, and this attempt gave
the one last hope. The brave man
gave his last wishes in charge to his
officer, made the one entreaty, that II
. MaClean saw shark in pursuit, nc
would not let him know, shook hands
. and, with brief prayer for the pro
: lection of the Almighty, sprang over
y board.
= Maclean was strongly tempted tc
= swim with this last companion, but
:, conquered the impulse as only leading
y to needless peril, cSeered, and wav
y ed his jacket. Once he thought he saw
. the fin of a shark. and made n splash
: ing. in hopes of soaring It from thu
. pursuit, then watched the swimmer
with earnest hope. Medium swan
1tp 4iGat sNV,ln ItV,T. IA.
= went to keep away the sharks, anO
shouting, but no one appeared on deck
: and when he had accomplished about
: two-thirds of the way, his strength fai!
: ed him, and he was about to resign
: himself to float motlonless, an easy
y prey to the sharks, when a head was
, seen in the vessel. He raised hi,
Il arms, jumped himself up in the water
H. and was seen! The brig was hove "a
y boat was put out, and he was takel
ID into 1t, still able to speak and poin
the way to his companion.
The brig was American, and a
first the history of the last day an
night was thought so incredible, AN
the destitute pair were taken for eI
capped pirates; but they were at las
set on shore at Havana, and theme
conveyed TO Port Royal by the frs
man-of-war that touched there.
At the court-martial held by 81
Lawrence Halstead these facts CAM
out. Medium could not be provaile,
on to tell his own story; but when hi
young officer had related it botn burs
into tears and embraced before Tia
court. Not an officer present but wa
deeply affected, and Medium was. O
course, at once promoted, according l.
the dying request of Lieutenant Smith
He died in the year lS4S, but the nam
Of the Maggie schooner will ever *
main connected with the memory 4
undaunted resolution and unwearie
patience.-Cncinnau Enquirer.
It Requires Nerve to stand the strai