Arizona republican., 1905-10-25

were met with the news of washouts
 on the railroad which made it impos-
 sible to come as we intended. We had
 been seven in the party until we
 reached FuSan, but there Miss Chase
 left us for a visit in Fusan and Mr.
 and Mrs. Mcfarland and Miss Gamer
 on went to Taillu, where they are sta
 tioned. That left Miss Donaldson, the
 Coe girl, who was with us, and our
 selves. We would have visited there
 until we could come by rail, but Miss Donaldson was to be married on We'd
 nesday, and we did not dare risk de-
 lay.
 'We left Fusan in a dismal rain
 with a prospect of two days in a little Japanese steamer. It was very pleas
 ant, but of course we could not under
 stand anything except a few words
 some of the Japanese could use in our language and the few Japanese words
 We had acquired. Our first night went all right and the next day we touched at MUkpo and lay there until four in the afternoon. When we left there it was sun-shiney, but there was a sus- piciOus breeze and an under roll in the ocean, so that before night we were finding it hard to sit up. We ate very little dinner but went back to the deck and lay down on stools and benches We even slept a while out there. Then FlOy and I took down our hair, took off our collars and loosened our shoes and made the grand dash for our berths. We were all right so long as we lay low.
 George had been given a great big Korean as aeroom- mate, so he pre- ferred to stay on deck. for the man was awfully sick. George settled him self and we settled down to endure the night. We women went to sleep, but it was a broken, restless sleep. George did not sleep at all, for he could see what a wild night it was. It was so black and he could tell from the rushing to and fro of the sailors that the time was a periIOus one. About half past ten the foghon be- gan to blow, and that sound will strike terror to any heart. had 1t all mixed with my dreams, but was so sleepy after three nights on that uncomfort- able little bed that I did not arouse fully. George came to us, but would not arouse us so long as we could sleep, but he knew that we were in great danger.
 At last, when the fog was so thick the water beside the boat could not be seen, and the wind was blowing a perfect gale, We struck a rock We l had been feeling our way because of | the fog, but even then we struck so | hard that the glasses in the dining | saloon and the window lights were | shattered. There were two jars, and | George dashed in to tell us We had | struck a rock and were going down. | We had not undressed. so we threw 1 1n our rain coats and went to the | ieck. The vessel was listing to the | right and gradually settling down and | -here was the widest confusion every where. We sat down and prayed as we | lad never prayed before.
 ''We tried to find out what the con- lition was, but the few who could talk l l little English had forgotten all they | lnew and we could not understand ] any of the commands. once in a while ! he fog would be blown away and | ahead of us we could see a rock rising | 200 or 300 feet from the water and 1 could hear the waves dish against it. We covered our faces and prayed for |