The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-10-28

almost to the loss Of hope, hut I had
resolved to cast all other thought but
escape aside and go forward.
The waves in the wake of the ship
tossed me about and made my cam
teens play boistcrous quartcttc, my
arms ached, hope was low, when it
sccrlcd to me saw, by the aid Of the
moon, which emerged from behind a
cloud, dark object floating on the
water in front of me. The object was
SO indistinct | was by no means surc |
had seen it, aud the moon, becoming
again darkcncd, l would be in doubt
until ! got another and better view.
II it were only a log or any object
that could hold TO until could rest
and free myself from the laccrating
canteen straps | thought. | braced
up under this hope, and, calling up
my best effort swan forward. Every
effort cost me dearly but on and on |
struggled, straining my eyes towards
the object The moon again emerged,
and there, still indistinct, but there
was unmistakably something in the
water II front Of me. Then it &C.
cured 20 nc how odd it was, with all
the swimming, | was no nearer Ihad
covered the distance between myself
and the object many times, and here
| seemed to be as far away from it as
when first saw it. This was my
only hope, and | must gain it and see
what it was, mysterious as it seemed.
almost forgot my pain, fatigue and
suffering, and put forth an cxtraordi-
nary spirit.
do not know how long this was
kept up, but after an age the moon
emerged again and there in front of
me in full view was the head of a
man. God in heaven! What could
this mean? My wits were in whirl.
What should l do? Here was no
means of escape. Then it occurred to
me it could not be other than pris-
oner, like myself, seeking sweet liber.
ty.
Further effort was necessary to place
myself close enough to make him hear
me. He might aid me in some way,
at all events I would find companion
ship, and if perished he could inform
my mother how had died.
"Hallo!' I said, after swimming
some time. The man evidently did
not hear me.
Halo" repeated.
Then the man turned and assumed
an attitude of defense, and said:
"Who are you?"
"I'm Georgian, and belong to
Cobb's legion!"
"I'm Georgian, too, and belong to
Ranse Wright's Third Georgia" said
he
"Whnt part of Georgia are you
from?"
Augusta, and my name is Walker
McCathron.
"My name is George Tanner, and I
am also from Augusta. What won
derful occurrence all around"
"It is almost wonderful enough to
make us doubt everything. But here
we are in the middle Of Delaware Bay,
and it must be true"
care you tired?" NIcCathron ask
ed.
'"To death" And ther | told him
about the canteen straps and how I
was suffering. McCathron could not
be blamed for being cautious. He
had gone about his escape with the
utmost caution aad good sense of
man who realized the enormity of the
undertaking and had met the require
ments; he was in no way responsible
for my rash unprepAredness.
McCarthron had tied himself TO a
plank that buoyed him up, and al
lowed the free use Of his limbs, and
Of his resting whenever he pleased.
When he heard my woeful story, he
kept very discreet distance, 80 that
I could not 6x myself upon him if I
went under. 1 was happy at the new
turn things had taken. 1t don't take
much to make boy happy, and there
was companionship.
We swan along for some distance
until my plight was suoh that no hui
man anatomy could endure it, and
almost ceased to pay attention or care
for anything, but tho continual out
ting Of the oanteen straps under my
arms. I aroused from sort Of dream
at one time, and saw McCathron' 8
head in the water in front Of me, and
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