Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-23

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enough right around this hooker just now
to do them good"
Il guess yes said the cook. ..'Our kits
dey get pretty well picked. hey?"
Attempts at Rescue.
But here was opened subject that could
not be treated humorously like the other
aspects of shipwreck. The thought of the
kits that lay under the sea amid the spew-
Ing salt of the cargo awoke the crew to
eloquence. If the Kate Hale had had ears
they would have burned enough to hiss in
the sea at the remarks that were made
about her mental, moral and nautical char
acter from cardboard strake to main truck.
What on airth they doing now?'' asked
the mate. Hang me If they amt trying te
throw line to u.s. and we half a mile out. .
Attempts at Rescue.
1t was a tri-millionaire Son of the Revolu-
ton who was trying to heave the line thai
had aroused the mates scorn The line was
a clothes line, and occasionally an extra
good heave would send it almost fifty feet
into the surf. But the amateur life-saver
was patient.
'"Theys certain having a load Of fun,
them fellers." said the captain They act
that ridiculous and excited that I'm abe
ginning to wonder whether maybe it amt
them that's wrecked and not we."
What I wonder said the cook, "is II
anyhow somebody goes all dis while to de
life-saver station maybe. Dose fellers on
shore don't looks to have sense enough to
think of dose, und dis ship, she is going to
break maybe before night when de TIDE
raises und de sea gets up, hey?
said one of the crew. "see him in his yell
low oilskins9 I guess he'll do some bust
ness"
The fisherman looked solemnly at the
crowd on the beach and said to the women
who encircled him:
mo, ma'am. They won't drown. She's
sitting hard and fast on the bottom and
for WHILE"
to notify the life-saving station, three miles
Near as can make out" said the fisher
man, them people in the hotel been trying
to save them fellers for the last TWO hours
by shouting and heaving a clothes line in
the water, and none OF EN- knowed enough
to tell you"
Iife-Savers Did the Work.
"Ain't 1t wonderful how some Of them city
people can earn a livingP' said a surfman
adriiringly. "And they tell me that lots
In two month"
pretty nigh time you come and got us,
said the captain Of the salt schooner when
the lifeboat ranged under the mast.
Think we were sitting here to wait for
the new year?"
Eyes. Thought you wrecked her a-pur'
pose" said surfman. ut takes right
smart lot Of seamanship to sink vessel IN
weather like this"
"Well, never mind" said the mate, climb
ing down behind the captain. You're here
anyway and that's more than them fellers
ashore would have been in century. Ever
see such crazy lot Of galootaf
you'll see more Of 'em. said the ooat
in there and carry her back to the station
.sWeil, / swear" said the captain. spit
ting disgustedly. don't know as ! wouldnt
ruther spend the night out here.
The crew looked as Disguised as the cap
tain. But the life savers said encourag-
ingly:
"Them people are richer'n even a salt
schooner sailor. should't wonder but what
they'd give you fellers real blow out
The lifeboat drove swiftly shoroward on
a green roller. sloshed foaming into the
trough and raced in to beat the next wave.
The shipwrecked men and their rescuers
were preparing to beach without getting
drop aboard, when seven brave men from
the shore ran out knee-deep IN their nice,
nice clothes, caught the sides of the life
boat and tried to drag her In: The next
moment a sea swept them off their feet,
they held on blindly to the boat, she
preached and struck the beach sideways.
taking a wave oversize that soaked four Of
the shfpwreeked sailors before they could
scramble out Of the way.
Soused at Last Moment.
'This is nice. this isr' walled they to high
heaven. Here we been dry as toast until
some come and turns us over,
- their - eyesr'
mo, ma am. don't need no hot blanket
around me, ma'am.' the mate was saying
1T don't need nothing exceptin maybe to
be let alone"
The captain was struggling wrathfully to
express feelings that choked him. conse-
quent on an attempt Of society lady from
Bryn Mawr to feed him whisky from
spoon.
But the cook had more low cunning. He
achieved as near an approach to wan
dying look as he could force to naturally
red and merry face, and permitted four
lights of the hunting set Of Meadowbrook
to carry him to the hotel, after the women
had wrapped him tenderly in a fur robe.
At first the rest of the crew looked at
the shameless cook in wordless Indignation
But suddenly great light broke on them
and they sat down on the sand and ac-
cepted ministrattons with gentle patience
obiivious OF the fierce looks Of mate and
captain.
Eyes. ma'am." said the ships boy, looking
unwinlsingly at a beauty from 9Th avenue
yes. mann. I been shipwreckt twict be-
fore, put we was never 50 near our graves
The sailor who heard this might have
told the lady truthfuily that the ships boy
had never been on the deck OF anything ex-