Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08

fragments awoke them from their
SI apol' ana then the blue light of the
ealaoar struck out a bright pathway
ueloss the sea, and they knew that thew
on board the Malabar two mon naoed
o4e ueck, waiting for the dawn. II cama
.. iase The sky lightened tba mist
lnelted away, and then a lone low for.
on streak of pale yellow light Aoatad
wata ne eastern horizon. By and by the
COLI sparkied, and the sea changed
frona turning from black to yellow, and
80 - SeiioW to lucid green. The man
lie .ne malnmast hailed the deck. The
to were IN sight, and as they came
toMaro the ship, the bright water fash
s from the laboring oars, a crowd Of
SPECTATORS hanging over the bulwarks
ene e.e ana waved their hats.
NOT a soult" cried Blunt. "No one
Dus themselves. Well, I'm glad they're
safe anyway"
ine ooats drew alongside. and in
lew seconds Frere was upon deck.
NO use, cried Frere, shivering. eve
only just had time to get away. The
nearest thing in the world, sir. They
must have taken to the boats,
Then they can't be far off, cried
Blunt, sweeping the horizon with his
grass. They must have pulled all the
way, Tor there hasn't been enough wind
10 MI a hollow tooth with"
ferhaps they pulled in the wrong di-
rection' said Frere. They had good
Tour hours start of us, you know
linen Best came up and told the story
TO a crowd of eager listeners. The sail
ors having hoisted and secured the boats
were hurried off to the forecastle, and
the TOUR convlcts were taken in charge
and locked below again.
You had better go and turn in.
rere, said Pine, gruffiy. Its no use
"nlstllng for wind here all day."
Pine took a couple of turns nm and
down the deck, and then, catching
Blunts eye, stopped in front of Vickers.
You may think it a hard thing to
say, Captain Vickers, but it's lust as
well IT we don't find these poor fellows.
we nave quite enough on our hands as
1t IS. The fever has broken OUT
Vickers raised his brows. lie had no
experience of such things; and though
the Intelligence was startling, the crowd
ed condition of the prison rendered it
easy to be understood, and he appre-
hended no danger to himself.
1T is only in the prison, as yet" says
Pine, with grim emphasis on the word;
but there is no saying how long it
may stop there. l have got three men
down as it isl
''Well, sir, all authority in the matter
is in your hands. Any suggestions you
make | will, of course, do my best to
carry out"
THANK We. 1 must have more room
in the hospital, to begin with. The sol
diers must lie a little closer And you
had better keep your wife and the little
girl as much on deck as possible
Vickers turned pale at the mention
of his child. ''Do you think there is
any danger?'
''There is, of course danger to all Of
us; but with care we may escape it.
There's that maid, too. Tell her to keep
to herself little more. She has trick
Of roaming about the ship | don't like.
Infection is easily spread, and children
always sicken sooner than groWn-up
people,
Blunt, hitherto silently listening. put
in a word for the defense of the absent
woman. 'She is right enough, Pine"
said he. whats the matter with herr"
Eyes, she's all right, I've no doubt
She's less likely to take it than any of
us. You can see her vitality in her face
as many lives as cat. But she'd
bring infection quicker than anybody"
''I'll-Tll go at once" cried poor Wick
ers, turning round.
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