The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-24

! killing there. Look here, sir; these
men we had to carry up"
| The bloody, splintered deck was COW
/ cred With limp forms, some breathing
| family, others motionless. The lieu
tenant as he spoke shook like a man
with a fever. He Hsped horribly; his
| lips and tongue were parched and
swollen. His hair and mustache We're
| green, as if they had been dipped in
/ dye. The black silk neckerchief he
wore had changed color also, and his
coat was spattered with fine splashes
| of green pigment.
| No shots We're being fired at the Ari-
IONA now. The battle had swept past
| her to the westward. AS she turned,
| those on the deck could see what was
/ going on. Two miles away the fleets
| We're stabbing, cutting, and slashing IS
| they had fought in the olden days
| broadside to broadside, yard-arm to
yard-arm. The whiteheads We're at
| their deadly work, as more than one
| Iurching, mortally wounded vessel
| showed. 1t was no place for fragile
| destroyer or torpedo craft; they would
not have lived a minute on that steel
| dashed sea.
''See if you can't get these men below
to their stations, Mr.. Purdy,' said the
| Admiral. repeating the Captains order.
1--WE must get back; we can't let those
fellows fight it out alone"
All at once a man spoke from the
ruins of the bridge, where he had climb
ed with several others:
There are some men off there, sir,
hanging on to a bit of wreckage. There
are lot more astern, sir.
Another man next to him spoke
quickly:
There's an officer. Here-just be-
low!"
Without explaining his action, the
man lifted both hands above his head
and dived straight and clean the full
thirty feet down to the water. Emery
and some of the officers rushed to the
side. Captain, Howarth followed them
and Immediately took command of the
work Of rescue. There We're no boats
to lower away, for the only two that
the Arizona had taken with her had
been badly torn and splintered, al
though they were back of the armor-
ed wall. But the big 1ift-raft, just
abaft the tunnels, was still intact. In
a few minutes it had been hoisted out
board and lowered safely into the wa
ter. In the meantime men had Chamber
ed down the sides, and the sailor VINO
had dived out had been hauled close
up to the sea-ladder. He was support
ing the body of a gray-haired, smooth
shaver man who, to all appearances, !
was lifeless. Many hands helped him
with his burden up to the deck. Then
it was seen that the unconscious form
was dressed in blue coat with a wide |
band of gilt braid half reaching to the |
elbow.
al i
and Ieaped back, startled.
''Sir John Boltwood!' he exclaimed. |
Send for a doctor! Quick! below /
with him. Kelceyl where is DR.. KEEL |
cey?"
Captain Howarth spoke now to the
dripping sailor.
You've done well, my lad" he said,
quietly.
A man in the crowd muttered some
thing that was not heard distinctly
Hell, Bill, you've done enough;
you've saved the British admiral" The
rescuer grinned back half sheepishly t
See if you can't get these men below
to their stations, Captain Howarth,"
the Admiral whose mind
was all alert and whose weakness
seemed to have left him. 1--WE must
get back to join our line as soon as
possible. Tell them to hurry in with
that life-raft. Wasn't that strange.
picking up Boltwood? He and 1
used to know one another well-gave
me dinner when the squadron was at
Malta, poor fellow! I hope-hupo. here
comes one of them back to u.s.
Below to your stations, every one,"
roared Captain Howarth. "Can them
up in the turrets. Commence firing with
The twelve and ;pb
the fire Of the after turret until We get
that life-raft alongside. Get those res
cued men aboard and let her drift
The fumes had cleared away a little
in the 'tween-decks. The men who
were able to move had staggered back
to their posts; the rest were taken /
Gown to the lower deck. But some be-
yond the need of moving were left "
ing with their yellow-stained faces
gazing up blankly into the skies. amid !
the other bodies about the silent six
nch guns
Soon the unin1ured 'starboard side
was in action; shot for shot was ey-
changed with the British battle-shfp.
me hghting, turmoiling line still min
5led, forged over to the west.
II was duel now, but one where the
1dds were even, and the Arizona had
ner best side with which to fight. A
oreeze mad sprung up in the west that
carried her own sickening smoke away
rom her
To the northwest the battle seemed
20 De going as fierce as ever A big !
vessel (English or American. If was
lfheult to determine which, appeared
o be one fire. Dense volumes of grav-
green smoke rolled over her side like
he clouds from burning oil-tank, All 7
II the atmosphere to the north and east Q
vas tinged with the greenish vanors
rhey had banked UP till they looked