The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16

Indifferent to my own fate. Bat tie
sounds Of excitement had their effect
on me, and was soon cropping for my
clothes and struggling to get them on
before joining the frantic mob On
deck.
i succeeded IN getting myself clad.
as regards shirt and trousers. At this
point l became panic-stricken, and
feeling that was surely doomed II
the ship sank, breathed a prayer and
Edith's name at the same time and
sank on the floor.
Just then the door of my stateroom
was flung open and Maubikeck ap-
peared. He picked me up from the
floor, wrapped my oyercoat around me,
and taking me in his arms as IL was
q child, he hurried out and up the
companionway onto the deck. Here
was a scene of almost INDISPENSABLE
confusion. The lights on, the deck
glimmered but dimly through the fog,
and the whole scene was enveloped
In dense blackness. Yet could dis
tinguish the forms of men rushing
madly to and fro, cursing, shouting.
and crying, having no aim except to
save themselves, regardless of the fate
of others. 'l..-.
But how grandly different was the
lion.tamer! With me in his arms, he
sped over the slippery uphill deck to
place at the rail where boat was
being lowered. E-
saw the forms of women in It, and
realized that the Queens officers had
insisted upon the rule at sea of saving
the women first. Maubikeck was about
to step into the boat.
STAND back there!" some one
shouted. There's room for only one
more in here!"
"You go!" said. "Nita needs you"
Keep still" he said sternly, and
as calmly as If nothing stood in the
way of our safety. Calling to the OH.
Ger in charge of the boat, the lion
tanner said: Here! If there is room
for one more, take him. This is Mr..
Wilberton Of the Lotus Club, New
York. He is i'll. Do your best for
him."
felt myself taken by other hands,
and gasped out word of gratitude to
my preserver.
'Listen!" he said. IF you are saved
and am not, save Nita from Maligni."
Il will save her at any cost" an
swered, at the same time thinking that
my promise amounted to little, SO
weak was I, and SO poor a stick In this
emergency.
But there was no time for further
words. The boat that was in plunged
out into the darkness, and all could
see was the great black hull looming
up in the fog, her bows now almost
under water, and through the thick.
black night came the agonized cries
and shrieks of those who had been left
behind. And as heard them, thought
of Maubikeck. That noble, stalwart
hero, standing there-I could almost
see him. SO clear was it in my mind
peering out into the darkness to watch
If possible the progress Of our boat,
and not murmur nor sound Of fear
over his own probable fate.
Other boats had been put of, and
the hope OF those in our boat was
that their loved ones might be in one
of the other boats, and might, there
fore, be rescued by some passing YES
sci. It was unanimously agreed that
for those who remained on board the
Queen there was no hope.
All night we were buffeted by the
waves and chilled by lie damp, cold
air that swept around us, and from
which we had no protection. That
night seemed interminable. If time
could be measured by misery. then
it was nigh unto eternity before the
broke.
The sailors were weary and nearly
exhausted by their labors at the oars.
The murmuring and sobbing of the
women had given way to a condition
If mute despair. But even misery ends
without being relieved by
he great Destroyer.
Ito be continued.)
Increase In Cremation.
Cremation Is ore of the oldest forms
II disposal of the dead, yet 1t is a
orm that lapsed from use for cen.
uries. 1t appears to be in process :
Il restoration. True, It has made but .
title head against the custom of bur.
al, yet there is an increase every
ear in snch proportion that we may
BOX for wide adoption of It within :
he next quarter century. There are .
4 this country but twenty-six crema. :
Dries, yet this Ia against but two q
ighteen years ago, and the number h
cremations is $500 or more year. +,
Vhen statistics were first collected .
n the subject, eighteen years ago, a
le annual cremations numbered six. =
zen. 1t is because they are common
nd have SO ceased to be an occasion n
comment that an impression may d.
ave been created which Is contrary Il
this fact Of growth, but the truth q