The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03

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ken n Of his legs in three places
but had made out to get onto a goot
sized piece Of the deck. 1 could SCI
him although the storm hadn't Let ur
a bit since 1t started.
For four hours we were in the wa.
ter. all trying to get to Arthur. We
did finally pull ourselves onto a raf6,
you might call III that, only to find
poor Arthur dying.
That night as he lay in the lap OF
Thomas, Arthur breathed his last.
lie moaned for water until tho end.
We kept the body with us for an hour
or so. but IL made us feel a good deaI
worse and then ws felt that We ought
to lower Il overheard. We didn't
avc TO, though, for another heavy
sea lifted 1t into the ocean for us.
All noon Sunday It had ca,mea,
we began to feel a little brighter
then, for we could see some distance
away @ four masted schooner and q
steamship going south and a bark
going north.
Hail, for Gods sake said the
captain, and we all did our best.
'Tain't no use capn, said 1, after
L had shouted till | could scarcely
speak; they don't SEQ u.s.
mo, no. he yelled at me. Keep
a sharper lookout; they must see us
l took a look at his face. j could see
IN his eyes he was stark mad.
Then the captain said, as he seized
me with an awful grip on the arm,
you must get some water, Warner.
Aye aye, SIR says l, but l didn't
know where 1t was coming from.
Il don't kno" whether the Lord
sent 1t not, bnt that minute a rain
cloud came just over head and a show.
or descended. L held a sou'wester to
catch what water wc could and got
enough for everybody to take a big
drink. :
That Sunday nlght the sea got
nigh again. The mate, &c. &. Chase,
who hadn't said much all this time,
looked at all Of us in q queer way,
then before we could raise a hand to
stop him, he plunged into the water.
There was a trail OF sharks that l
could see all around us, and l knew
that poor Chase fell into their jaws.
We stood looking at the place
where Chase went down when the
captain turned to me in O. strange
way and said, Warner you've got my
whistle
No, SIR says I, as respectfully
as l could.
Nonsense says he. L want it. l
can see my father. He's calling me. l
must answer him. Quick, give me
that whistler
Poor mon, his mind had left him
altogether. "See. Warner says he
there's my father; ne wants me, he's
holding out his arms for me to come
to him. Look, look. Then the
captain jumped overheard. God help
him.
We we're all suffering the utmost
tortures that Sunday night when the
ste ward, he was q colored man and |
don't know his name, jumped up and
ted 'phero's land, Iacasn- sec
Poor fellow, his mind had gone,
too. He talked all night aud said we
we're drifting out to sea when we
ought to be making land. He said we
were crazy and didn't know what we
were doing. Ho shouted and called
all night. When the dawn broke The
ste ward swore again that the land
was close by.
I'm a good swimmer said the
steward. I'll make it before any Of
YOU and over he jumped. That was
about / O'Clock Monday morning. I
watched the Wator and l saw the life
preServer the steward had been wear.
ing floating along. l was sure then
that the sharks had got him.
Tine engineer he was a German
AID L never heard him called by name
lie was dclirious and called all the
time for food and water. He wanted
TO lie down, but Thomas and l kept
talking TO him and saying, Be OF
good cheer, somebody will pick US up
YeG.'
There he lay, his body becoming
more rigid every minute. At ii
o'clock, as well as ] can figure, he died
in my arms.
AT daybrcak Tuesday, October 10,
1t was calm, but there was nothing In
sight. Thomas pulled a buckle off
his suspenders and made 1t into a
Kind OF hook. He lished for a long
time and finally caught a couple OF
fishes, hide ones. lie ate one and
the other. They tasted pretty good,
but that was not much nourishment.
'TnomaS vas beginning to weaken.
when | said: Let me tell you OF q
dream | had last night. | dreamed
that a lady came TO me on a steam.
boat and told me that we should both
be brought into Now York safely. |
had not flushed when he saw the
Stillnan F. Kelly. l waved and
waved, and then / broke down and
cried when / saw her answering our
signal. Poor Thomas was pretty far
gone, They had TO lift him aboard
the schooner"
Tho Vannamc and King was q
three. master, 1905 feet long, 3G.5
feet beam, l6 & feet depth OF hold not
tonnage 62G and greSs tonnage 1876.
She was built at Fair Haven, Conn,
in 1865, and owned by Vanname and
King, OF New Haven, from which
port she hailed, She was valued at
SIS, 900.
"A Littio hoy Killed.
The Columbia R3ooTd says Hilkon
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