Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-06
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CHAPTER V.-(contirueo.l

saw the gray u the early morning
the dawn chasing AwHy the hoFTid
blackness 0f the night
our greatest trouble now was ihirzt.
and I knew that the misery Of that had
but commenced. And also knew that
In a feE hours hunger would add liz
panss To the other horrors Of our situ'
alton aud our hope lay Ia the disc0y-
ery. In the coming daylight, of pass
ms vessel.
A. last morning broke. The fog was
banished By the NaFm glow Of the rs
inE sun. and the chill began 20 depart
from our bones and ;issh. Consequent
~ our spirits rose aud Nc scanned the
aea for ship.
There SAs none In sight
The faces of m. poor women were
a sight 60 make ones soul sick with
imDotont pity. Oae or two Of them
secmcd Ia have l0Et consciousness and
perhaps they NeFc better on than the
rest
suddenly. Whon the cup Of our bit
ieTncss seemed full. one II the sailors
iuyfully pointed To the westward and
shouted:
"a sail! A Hall'"
The others looked. and having verb
ned his joyful uttsrance. they sang
and laughed and shouted like men
beside themselves. Notwithstanding
the fact that the sail vas stll far
away and might bring NO Succor to ia
at all.
one u the sailors pulled on hls shir,
aud Tying tho sleeves to nm oar. made
a signal of II. which he held aioft.
The rail grew slowly but steadily
larger. until We could make the ap
pfoachinE weasel out to hr a bnE.
When II became evident beyond
chance of error that IN. brig was
coming tO cur assistance. the loy Of
all In our little boat. rave the Two
women who we're but half conscious.
huTpt forth IN shouts and cries Of
Thanksgiving Aud II was with n feel.
Ing that cannot describe that We
saw her hoayo to and heard the cap,
tain hail Us
We told him whom ~ Ucrc-or at
least the otiiccr In charge of our boat
did-and after few strokes at the
dam by our weary Hailors, We were
alongside the brig.
The women were trndnrly placed on
board first. Then I was assisted mp
the ladder. and the other male pIssen.
gsrs followed. Then the HailorA clam.
bercd aboard. aud the beat was sent
adrin.
The re.-uinE brig proved to be the
Jhnctto frum New York bound for Iiy.
orpool. The captain. James Sauth.y.
was part owner. aud she was engaged
IA u private carrying trade. being as
aligned To u w.llknown shipping Arm
within twenty minutes after getting
ON board tho JnBcttc We had EmOk.
Ing ana hayory meal set before IN. and
IL Is needless to say that We did II
full Justice.
was provided with Jacket by the
second mate. who was "a man about
my own bGili. He also gave mo a
cap, chattcd with the oficer from
the Inflated Queen. who had been In
command OF our small boat.
From him | learned all that was
known Of the accident.
The frSt officer had been In com.
mand. The fog was so dense that
nothing could he seen hundred feet
away. Even the lights were almost
useless. Suddenly. through the fog,
the dun outlines df a hull were DIS.
tlngulahcd directly ahead. and almost
under the bows Of tho Queen. Tho
goag To rev fBe the engines was
sounded. hut II was too late. The
Quean crashed into the obstructing
hull, and the result was too well
known to all
The accident Is a strong argument"
continued the officer. in favor of the
destruction OF d'TolIcts by warahlps.
The hull which sent the Queen to de.
struction was no doubt one of these
wandering monaccs To nnyigators,
which are TO be met with when thoy
are least expected II was certainly
deserted vessed, and probably a dis.
mnsted one"
Captain Southcy added his testimony
as to the danger of tho derelicts at
sea, and said he hoped II would not be
long before the great powers realIzef
the necessity for action and sent out
war vessels equipped for destroying
them.
II the sleeping accommodations on
hoard the Janette were moager, the
supply of food was not. We had plen.
ty to eat and drink. and now that
was restored to nearly my usual
strength, | could look with equanimity
upon our disaster. But had lost Mau
bikeCk, OF course, my condition was
Infinitely superior To that of my fel.
low'unfortunatcs, many of whom had
lost loved ones, members of their own
families. with these could only sym.
pathiZe and offer to them what little
comfort and consolation there might
be in kind words.
But In spite of all that Captain
Southey and the others could do, the
Janette carried load of misery to,
ward Liverpool. | found among the
rescued passengers two gentlemen
who were, like myself, comfortably
situated as to income and we made
up a handsome purse and presented
1t TO Captain Southey as an express
sion of our gratitude for his kindness
to us In our extremity,
With the warmest expressions OF
friendship we parted. most of the pas
sergers being taken In charge by the
company that had owned the Queen