The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-19

| three points to the southwark. BY
midnight we should be behind it,
He struggled bacl. into the outside
fury. BY comparison the sturdy cita-
del he quilted was paradise on the edge
Of an inferno.
Down in the saloon the harder pas
sengcrs were striving to subduc the
ennui of an interval before they sought
their cabins. Some talked. One hard
ened reprobate strummcd the piano.
Others played cards. chess, draughts-- !
anything that would distract attention.
The stately apartment offered strange
contrast to the warning clements with; t
r,osccs-these surroundings susSes.e"
Hootinp palace in which the ras'ns
so,s wore deficd. Yet forty miles away
so,r,oyybere in the furious depths, ioui
ornsos swirled about with horrible
uncertainty, lurching through oN.,'T , nc
currents and perchance CONVOY"
fighting sharks. .uo, ,wov
Tho surgeon had been caiieu a""s'
iris was the only lady lett III 'he ."
loon. She watched set OF "ilisI p'.S
orc FOR n time and then essa!eo @ III.
neri,ous passage to her staterooni' Sn.
| found her maid and q ste"aiu@
: there. Both women were weepihs:
: sxyhot Is the matterT" she INQUIRED.
:, The stewardess tried to speak. sue
o,,oEod with grief and hastily Went
= ort Tho maid blubbered an eApi'h''
% ton. ,;s.
l. GA friend of hers was married, miss
ot TO the man who Is drowned.
b. "Drowned! What manF ann
Id "uoven't YOU heard, miss: / SUI
nose they are keeping IL uuie''
e: Erm,ish sailor and some natives We.
in swept off the ship by sea. one n,''.. ~,
ds voc saved. but he is all smasheu VI
Thc others were never seen again
est Ir;s NV degrees learned the NJ
lys chronicles of the Jackson fanny. 81
re- ,ros moved to tears. She rememper'
ng +ho doctors hesitancy and her o"
els, idle nbrase. 80 huge coffin.
md outside the roaring waves pound'
upon the iron walls.
on rCwo staterooms had been coh'er,
oro to nroyide Miss Deane w
dis n,,n,o iIoU accommodation. There were
cci- Iup,.s hut q cozy bed was screWeo
tro dec,, She lay down and stroVe
?, uaod II was a difficult task.
sea oros wandered from the printed p'
bro TO mark the absurd antics VI
ments swinging on their hoohs
times the ship rolled so 1ar ti,''
anne colt sure It must topple over. She
Bur- not afraid. but subdued, ra'her as
t de- ;shod placidly prepared rof va
art eventualities. what ,
lbout Things were ridiculous. " ha'
500. there for all this eNterhal ~
four wiz should poor sailors be cast
I the N instant death III SUCH ~"
of ner? IL she could only sieep 'n
flung oet-if kind oblivion would oiol W"
arter etorm for q few blissful hours.
itched how could one sleep with the cons.
other noss Of that watery giant thunu
,oshed ,I,s summons upon the iron plat
cared. few inches awayf 90
he en- Then came the blurred picture Vi
ced to .oin Ross high up on the brlose
yclone. inc into the moving plackhe1o
,e tele- strange that there should oe i,iuo
head" th, convolutions of mans oiu
/. zone i,,tollioeuce that laid bare the
seeing tonses of that ravenous demon WI
n, and Toch of the ships officers. the
i'm last monder more than the others'
, there etood the why and the w"erei
or who tI,is h'usterjn@ combination OF
alt him ond sea. L., knew t.e hnau
pol,er Natr y p"'' w "'
to .no Llun.
t water ~, Ioor. s. N - t.Tc,..
,usly Mt ,,ondol n r. SD; e. ~: to con
shove AWAY IN uE cen forcc th
'T will sno sh von over How funny
en bear