Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
"Well, | want to go in"

w eli, Walt " ~ liz
"Don't ask mo, miss. It's against or
ders, and
She turned away. "Oh, very well. If
this is all the thanks | get for wasting
my time down here, shall go on deck
again. Mr.. Frere will let me go in, l
dare say, if I ask him.
go in if yer ike; won't stop yer,
but remember what I'm dom of.
She turned again at the foot of the
ladder, and came quickly back. That's
a good lad. I knew you would not re-
fuse me-" and smiling at the poor lout
she was befooling, sac passed into the
cabin.
There was no lantern, and from the
partially blocked stern windows came
only dim vaporous light. The dull rip
pie of the water as the ship rocked on
! the slow swell of the sea, made mel
ancholy sound, and the sick mans heavy
breathing seemed to fill the air. The
slight noise made by the opening door
rounsed him; he rose on his elbow and
began to mutter. Sarah Purfoy paused
in the doorway to listen, but she could
make nothing of the low, uneasy muir
, muring. Raising her arm, conspicuous
by it's white sleeve in the gloom, she
beckoned Miles.
''The lantern" she whispered-"bring
me the lantern.
He unlocked it from the rope where
it swung, and brought it toward her.
At that moment the man in the bunk SAT
up erect, and twisted himself TOWARD
the light. SARAH he cried, in shrlll,
sharp tones. SARAH and sWoopeo
with a lean arm through the dusk, as
though to seize her.
The girl leaped out of the cabin IKE
a panther, and was back at the BUNK
| head in a moment The convict was
young man of about four and twenty.
| His hands were small and we'll shaped,
and the unshaven chin bristled with
| promise of a strong beard. HIS WHO
| black eyes glared with all the hre OF
| delirium, and as he gasped for breath
| the sweat stood in beads on his salloW
| forehead.
The aspect of the man was sufficiently
| CHASTITY, and Miles, drawing back, did
not wonder at the terror which had selz-
ed Mrs. Vickers' maid. With open
mouth and agonized face, she stood IN
the center of the cabin, like one turned
| to stone. gazing at the man on the PED.
''Ecod. he be a sightr says Miles, at
length. "Come away, miss, and shut
the door. He's raving, l tell yer"
''He's choking. Can't you see! Water!
| give me water!
And, wreathing her arms around the
mans head, she pulled it down on her
bosom, rocking it there, half savagely, to
and fro.
Awed into obedience by her voice,
Miles dipped a pannikin into a small
unheaded puncheon cleated in the cor
ner of the cabin, and gave it her; and
without thanking him, she placed 1t TO
| the sick prisoners lips. He drank greed
lily, and closed his eyes with grateful
! sigh just then the quick ears OF Miles
| heard the jingle of arms.
Here's the doctor coming, miss! he
cried. II hear the sentry saluting. Come
away! Quickw
She seized the lantern, and, opening
the horn slide, extinguished it.
"Say it went out" she said in
fierce whisper, "and hold your tongue.
| Leave me to manage"
She bent over the convict as if to ar
range his pillow, and then glided out of
the cabin just as Pine descended the
hatchway. AS he CROPPED his way with
outstretched arms in the darkness, Sarah
| Purfoy slipped past him.
| Go be continued)