The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01

ken one CT bis legs in three places
but bad made cut to get onto goo
s;zed piece OF the deck. I could Sc
him although the storm hadn't let u.
bit since it started.
For four hours re wers in tie VIZ
ter. all trying to get to Arthur. W
did finally pull ourselves onto r. :
you might call it that, OILY to int
poor Arthur dying.
''Tnat night as ne Jay in the lap O
Thomas, Arthur breathed bis last
He noaned for water until the end
We kept the body With u for an hou
or so, but it made US feel good dea
worse ard 5hen we felt that We ouga
to lower it overheard. We 6idn'
have to, Though, tor another hea7,
sea lifted it Into the ocsan for Us.
"At noon Sunday it had calned
We began to feel little hrighte
then, for we c3u:d see some diStanc'
away tour mssted schooner and
steamship going south and 8 bari
going north.
=" Hail, for Gods sake, said th:
captain, and we all did our best.
'' 'Tain't no use capn, said I. afte'
I had thcused till 1 could scarcely
-neak; they don's see u.s.
s. No, no, he yelled at me. 'KeeE
a sharper lookout; they must see US
I .ock look at his face. could see
III bis eyes he was stark mad.
Then the captain said, as ne seiz e
ne with an awful grip on the arm
you must get some water, Warner
Aye aye, sir says 7, tus didn't
know where 1t was coming from.
II don't know whether the Lore
sent it not. bnt that minute a rlir
cloud came j jlst over head and a show
or descended. held sou'wester tc
catch what water we could ard got
enough for everybody to take a big
drink.
That Sunday night the sea got
high again. The mate, E. a. Chase,
wno hadn't said much all this tims,
looked at all OF US in queer way,
then before we could raise hand to
stop him: he plugged into the water.
There was q trail Of sharks that /
cou.d see all around US, and I knew
that poor Chase fell into their jaws.
I'VE stood Looking at the place
where Chase went down when the
captain turned to me in q strarge
way and said, Warner you've got my
whistle
+" NJ, SIR says I, as respectfully
as could.
Nonsense says be. I want it. l
can see my father. Hs's calling me. l
must answer him. Quick, give me
that whistle.
Poor men, his mtad had lett him
altogether. "See. Warner says be
there's mY father; he wants me, he's
holding out tbs arms for me to ccm
TO him. Lick, look Then the
captain j1mpsd overheard, God help
him.
I'VE we're all suffering the utmost
tor:u1es that Sunday night when the
steward, he vas a colored man and l
don't know his name, jumped up and
shouted, There's lard, l can see
land
''Poor fellow, bis mind had gone,
too. He talked all night aud said we
we're drifting out to sea when we
ought TO be making land. he said we
were crazy and didn't know what we
were doing he shouted and called
all night. When the dawn broke the
steward swore again that the lane
was close by.
"'I'm good swim mner,' said the
steward. I'll make it before any Of
you, and over he Jumped. That was
about 4 O'Clock Monday morning. /
watched the water and l saw the life
preservsr the steward had been wear
ing floating along. was sure then
that the sharks had got him.
The 5ngileer-le was German
and l neve: heard him called BY name
he was c lIrious and called all the
time for fed and water. BE wanted
to lie doRn, but Thomas and kept
talking to MIN and saying, Be Of
good caeer, somebody will pick US up
yet
There he lay, his body bee ming
more rigid every minute. Al II
o'clock, IS We! as I can figure, be died
in my arms.
at 6ayoreak Tuesday, October 10,
it was calm, but there was nothing in
sight. Thomas pulled a buckle of
bis suspenders and made it into q
kind OF hook. BE ished for a long
time and finally caught couple OF
fishes, little ones. Ee ate one and l
the othsr. They tasted pretty good,
out that Was not much nourlshment.
''Tacmss was beginning to weaken,
when said: Let ae tell you OF q
dream I had last night. | dreamed
that a lady cane to me on q steam
boat and told ne that we should both
be brought into Nsw York safely. ]
haa not finished when be So " the
S5illman +. x lily. I waved q
waved, and thea l broke down ano
cried when saw hec answering gu:
signal. Poor Thomas vas pretty "a,
gone. They had TO lift him aboare
the schooner F"
Tbs Vannsms and King was q
three master, 100 feet long, 80. {
feet beam. l6 6 feet depth Of hold nst
tonnage 626 and gress tonnage 735
She was built at Fair HsVen, Conn:
in 1855, and Owned by Vaaname ano
King, OF New Haven, from which
port she hailed. She was valued al
SIS, 900.
a Little Soy Killed.
The Columbia Record says Hllkor
Sims, a white boy about ten years ole
was shot aud Instantly killed thtSmor
ning. A little negro boy, Hal Cor