The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-28
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glasses and cutlery on the saloon ta-
Dies crashed to starboard. Were it not
for the restraint of the fiddles every
thing must have been swept to the
door. Their We're one or two minor ac-
cidents. A steward, taken unawares,
was thrown headlorx on top Of his
laden tray. Others We're compelled to
clutch the backs Of chairs and cling to
pillars. One man involuntarily seized
the hair of a lady who devoted an hour
before each meal to her couture. The
Sirdar with a frenzied bound tried to
turn a somersault.
"A change, Of course" observed the
doctor. They generally try to avoid
1t when people are in the saloon, but a
typhoon admits of no labored polite
ness. AS it's center is now right ahead,
we are going on the starboard tack to
get behind it,"
II must hurry up and go on deck"
said Miss Deane.
"iou will not be able to go on deck
until the morning."
She turned on him impetuously. en-
deed l will. Captain Ross promised
me-that is, l asked HIM
The doctor smiled. She was so charm
ingly insistent! ct is simply impossi-
ble," he said. 1.-THE companion doors
are bolted. The promenade deck is
swept by heavy seas every minute. A
boat has been carried away, and sew
eral stanchions snapped off like car
rots. For the first time in your life,
Miss Deane, you are battened down."
The girls face must have paled some
what. He added hastily: ''There is no
danger, you know, but these precau-
tons are necessary. You would not
like to see several tons of water rush
ing down the saloon stairs; now, would
you"
Decidedly not" Then, after a pause:
1T is not pleasant to be fastened up in
a great iron box, doctor. 1t reminds
one Of a huge coffin"
mot a bit. The Sirdar is the safest
ship a1oat. Your father has always
pursued a splendid policy in that re-
spect. The London and Hongkong
company may not possess fast vessels,
but they are seaworthy and well found
in every respect"
"Are there many people ill on
board?"
mo; just the usual number OF, dis
turbed liyers. We had a nasty acct
dent shortly before dinner"
"Good gracious! What happenedY"
"Some Lascars were caught by d sea
forward. One man had his leg bro
ken"
Anything else|
The doctor hesitated. He became
interested in the color of some Bur
gundy. II hardly know the exact de
tails yet he replied. Tomorrow aft
er breakfast l will tell you all about
It."
An English quartermaster and four
Lascars had been licked from off the
forecastle by the greedy tongue Of a
huge wave. The succeeding surge flung
the five men back against the quarter.
One of the black sailors was pitched
aboard with a fractured leg and other
injuries. The others We're smashed
against the iron hull and disappeared.
For one tremulOus moment the en-
gines slowed. The ship commenced ia
veer off into the path of the cyclone.
CAPTAIN Ross set his teeth. and the tele'
graph bell tangled "Full speed ahead
"Poor jackson" he murmured. zone
of m best men. I remember seeing
his wife, a pretty little woman, and
two children coming to meet him last
homeward trip. They will be there
again. Good God! That Lascar who
was saved has some one to await him
in a Bombay village, I suppose"
The captain fought his way to the
, chart house. He wiped the salt water
from his eyes and looked a%nxiously al
; the barometer.
: "Still falling!.' he muttered. 81 will
T keep on until Z O'clock and b beal
three points to the southwark. BY
, midnight we should be behind it"
He struggled back into the outside
> fury. BY comparison the sturdy eta
del he Quilted was paradise on the edge
of an inferno.
Down In the saloon the harder pas
sengers We're striving to subdue thu
ennui of an interval before they sough'
their cabins. Some talked. One hard
n e reprobate strummed the piano
t Others played cards, chess, draughts-
o anything that would distract attention
The stately apartment offered strang,
contrast to the warning elements with