The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-12-14
.IlLT 2YRONG BEARINGS
6r ) G P-U~TER

tczryrsht 1896 ty
seven Gays In an g--a boat on that
-r1rical sea Seve1 Gays 0f ulti-ess
sun. 1urEi-- and cha-rla- our threats
Until TIE n se-acle pl-urcs OF water
ws had allowed ourselves has i-rlta-e1
rather tt1n satisfied ard row that was
Eous. Seven DAYS C biscuit soaked
with SEA water vkich Ea6= our Ter
ribla thirst Eore u1bea-able. and al
avUl-t Us t1a- peaceful sea Wien
thought Cf The awful storm In which
ths Iris bad fcurZe-e5 and looked a.
the caLZ cc-ln thought % ny sister
cf ytars 1e1. She Iise the sea would
have her s-cru-s q anger ard cry
ant break her toys aEs then 90 70
sieep Eith i1st such \ szi.e OF her
face as the sea sore then L was an
odd thouEz- fo- an Old sea dog face %
face wtth death. bat then / expect ny
uild Eas waz1erizs ca account OF TIE
thirst and heat Four q Us had Ieapet
Ia the boat the night the bark we1t
down and thcre were only ruo now.
G5z- Aa1 51EFet overheard in Ee.irium
and the ether vas cIrled up dead in
the tzEarrs ooe morning 8I- Pablo.
the mate. aid I Were left 20 Gle BY
thirst u no c-her Eay.
III looks cool down there" cruaEed
the mate, staring iu-0 the sea NO
Euntar Hans Jumped into it,
For Gods sake. AIr. Pablo. don't
get % thiakinE q that" I cried. for {
had a horror % dying alone in that
boat Queer. iszc it that a nan a.
ways wants somebody around when be
Is dying
I've thought Of & many a time.
Bob" said be. and when wasn't in a
hX Ike this. I've been tired Of living
these fifteen years"
he spoke IN a calm way. but |
thought he vas losiag his mind and
shuGdered again a. the idea OF being
alone In the boat
I've never spoken Of Il 70 a mortal
before he continued. looking down
into the water. and I don't know Why
I'm going to DO il now unless a man
don't want too much ballast when he's
going 20 die I'm a Tyne man and
EAlaEk IA NA-r 4NNAhA CN1 AaALG- =
was fifteen years ago. and I used 70
look at a small cottage near Newcastle
and dream about living there some
day with a certain girl. You see you
wave where Il curls. what a deep blue
II isf Well. her eyes were Just ike
that and blame me IL anyone could
look into them and lie to her We
= :
I told her how I loved her and she
slipped her hand into mine and
looked into her eyes and didn't want
any other answer. God, what a happy
night that was,
4 stood vel with the company and
had my mates certificate. so il was
only wait for a vacancy and then I'd
be first officer and We could marry.
~Just then a fellow named Jack
Bates. a distant relative os the family
came 20 live with them. and he and
Bess became as thick as bees. They
seemed tC have some secret together
and would whisper and talk in a way
which made ne grit NY teeth. OF
course I got huffy and stayed away fol
awhile. but I couldn't stand Il and
cane s3in king back like a whipped
dog to IT'S owner. only 60 have another
dose OF misery. Bess was pleasant rs
ne and civil bar when [ began "a
TAX aboUs Bares she'd laugh and be a.
close as an oyster. She was very deal
10 me, but many night when paced
the bridge with a German OCEAN gale
hr+farf-u my fare 4 -srrsaF har 4ua
Rates 60 my bitterness
Things were IN this bad shaps
when just as I came back from a yoy
age they sent for me from the com
pany's Office and in a haE hour was
mate OF one % the tidisst steamboats,
that noare5 on the Tyne. Two mo1ths
ago I'd made course Tor the open
country and shouted az the top OF ms
voice 20 kcaye over the Joy that vas