The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-06

low and muffied in II Paohans slender
form, and for a while they tottered up
and down, then abandoned the attempt TO
walk and settled I'm their chairs at the
end OF the bench. just where she had
sat and clung to the white stanchion and
sobbed her heart out that night In Quay
mas bay. Pancha could have sobbed al
most as hard. though no longer In lonli-
ness and desolation, this very night
AS early as s:3o Sonora Valdez had
gone below. following her lovely nieces
and warning Pancha to come at once. IL
was dark. too damp. to remain there
longer. but Loring begged. and the Idaho
lurched and rolled sympathetically at the
moment and the duenna found further
argument impossible. She had to rush
for her room, and later to eenfide her
mandates as 10 Pancha 10 the stewardess,
who came, peeped and considered them
iii timed At six bells Turnbull and
few determined yet uncomfortable souls
were consuming cosnac and playing vingt
ct un In the cabin. while the lookouts
were doubled on the deck and every ships
officer stood to his post. The sound OF
the muffied tinkle of the bell reused Pan
cha from the silence that had fallen on
| the pair
II must GO" she murmured for per-
| haps the twentieth time, and yet she
| could not
once more. mournful. moaning. the
deep toned whistle poured forth It's warn
| ing on the night. and before the long
| blast had died away up from the depths
| OF the dense fog bank ahead rose an
| echo, accen tuated with sharp, staccato
| shrieks. Then came sudden, startling
| cry at the bow then deep down In the
| bowels Of the ship the clang OF the en-
| gine gong: then shouts and rushings to
| and fro at the hidden forecastle. and Lor-
ing started to his feet only to be hurled
headlong to the deck. for. with fearful
| shock some mammoth monster struck
and pierced and heeled to port the stanch
little coaster. and then. withdrawing
from the fearful rent In her quarter. came
crashing and grinding down the side,
| sweeping away every boat that hung at
the starboard davits, ripping through the
shrouds like pack thread and rolling and
| wallowing off astern amid pandemo-
MUM Of shouts for aid and iranuo
| screams OF startled women. In one mo-
ment the great steamer had vanished as
suddenly as she came. and the Idaho was
| settling by the bows.
signal rocket tore aloft to tell the
tale of desperate peril.
stand by us Santiago Don't you see
you've cut US down. beloved the cap
tain through his trumpet
Again the steampipe roared. and the
| mo,irnful whistle cTooned the death song
| No answering signal came to cheer theii
hearts with hope OF rescue. The grea,
! Pacific mailer was lost IN tne ios iui
half n mile away. The crew came rush
ing UP on deck. reporting everything un'
der water below. There was mao dasf
or fear crurpt men for the boats -dfseff-
line and duty both forgotten.
over the first officers prostrate form
they sprang at the falls" OF the stern
most-the longhoat---a huge. bearded sea
man i'm the lead. The captain. with FUR,
in his eye. leaped in his way. shouting
blasphemy and orders TO go back, an'
was knocked fat with n single blow Tn
brawny hand had seized the swayini
| tackle Three seamen were alreed!
scrambling into the swinging craft whei
a revolver cracked the big leader threv
up his hands with a yell OF agony AM
toppled headlong upon the deck. Then
1.-THE fgure vaultcd over the lonsboat
g,inwale. one after another three sea
men came tumbling out abashed an
overawed The captain regained his Tee
and senses The boat was lowered o
cooler hands until II danced In safety o
the waves. and one after another the wo
men were carefully passed down TO IN
care OF him whose stern. usar heade
sense and instant action had proved the'
sole salvation--a landsman. Loring {
the engineers.
ITO BE Continued.)