Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-22

way. y wreck u fire in theater, pay
little heed to the marriage tie.
The third and last meal of the day
was eaten in silence and gloom. All
the spare lamps We're diverted to the
kitchen, because BRAND, during fur
Their detailed survey of the stores, made
in company with Mr.. Emmett and the
purser, discovered that there was an
alarming deficit of fresh water in the
cistern.
In the hurry of the earlier hours /,
serious miscalculation had been made
in transmitting cubic feet into gallons.
1t became nn instant necessity to use
every heating appliance at command
and start the distillation of drinkablc
fluid.
The Gulf Rock light did not possess
IL proper apparatus. The only method
that could he adopted was to impro-
wise IL coil from canvas sewcd into Il
tube. The exterior was vanished and
wrapped in wet cloths to assist the
condensation of the steam; hence, ev-
cry kettle and pot being requisitioned
for this paramount need, cocoa could
be supplied to the women alone, while
the taste OF the water even thus dis
guised was nauseating. No more po-
tatoes could be boiled. Raw, they were
almost UNBEATABLE. And potatoes hap
pened to be the food most plentiful.
The genuine fresh water reduced to
a minimum in the cistcrn, was only Il
little better in condition unless 1t was
filtered, and Brand decided that it
ought to be retained for the exclusive
use of those seriously i'll. Patients
were multiplying so rapidly that the
hospital was crowded, and all fresh
cases as they occurred pcrforce re-
manned where they were.
Neither Constance nor Enid felt the
.iiiic n;sii: i,uaNI:.. uti her handD Both
were too busy. though the new ordi-
nance regarding the food supply trans
ferred their attention from active cook
ing TO the rcplcniShing of utensils,
which must be kept full of salt water
at boiling point.
Pyne was TN invaluable assistant.
vas tubes over hot spouts, in the ma
nipulation of the condcnsing plant so
that it might act efficiently, in the
trimming of lamps and the stoliing of
the solitary coal fire lie insisted on
taking to himself the lions share Of
the work.
He always had Il pleasant quip or
funny story to brighten their talk.
you can conquer trouble with a
grin" he said. Worry doesn't cut icc.'
Enid, of course, chaffed him about
his American accent, which, she pro
tested, she would acquire after a
weeks practice.
ut is so quaint to our ears" she
went on. Il never before grasped the
reason why Mark Twain makes me
laugh. All he does is to act as pho.
nograph. Every American is born
humorist'
''Ihere's something in that" admit
ted Pyne. I'VE do try to disinter 9
joke. Say. have you girls ever heart
how an English professor explained
the Yankee drawl?'
''Now they cried.
He said 1t represented the effort of
an uneducatcd man to make a speech
Every time his vocabulary gave out he
lifted his voice to show he wasn't halt
through with his IDEAS"
oh" said Constance, that is neither
kind nor true, surely"
Well agreed Pyne slowly, "that is
the view friend of mine took of tho
remark. So lie asked the professor II
he had Il nice agreeable sort of defini
ton, all ready for Use, of the way Eng
lishmen clipped their syllables. Tho
other fellow allowed that he hadn't
pondered on it. i guess said my
friend. it represents the effort of ~
educated ass to talk English
Though the laugh was against them
they were forced TO Singer approval.
Il think" said Constance, that on
chief national failing is pomposity, ant
your story hits it Off exactly. In one o
OUR small Cornish towns we have
stout little mayor who made money IL
cheese and bacon. He went to see tn
Paris exhibition, ami an Exeter man
meeting him unexpectedly ut the foo
OF the EitIel tower, hailed him wit
delight. Hello. Mr.. Mayor he began
Hush said the mayor, glancin
arcunl lnyste.iously. Tin ere incog'
None who heard these light hearte
young people yelling with mcrrimen
would imagine that they had just dine
off Il piece of hard baked bread mad
without yeast and washed down wit
water tasting of tar and turpcntinc.
Now, Miss Enid. your turn!" erie,
pyne.
Her eyes danced mischicvously.
unfortunately, by the accident o
BIRTH | an. deprived of the sense o
humor," she said
st seems TO be in the family NJ
right" he ll:iZardcd looking ut Con
stance.
".Alas,' said Enid, II am IN Amer
can"
IN smile now. If that is ALL" sal,
Pyne.
But, please, | am not joking littl
bit. When you go ashore you will prob
ably hear all about ne, so | may Il
well take the WIND out of the sails O
gossip. | am mere waif who cam
sailing in out Of the. west one day in
little boat which must have como iron
the new world, as no one appeared t
have lost either me CT it in the old
Dad picked us both up and adopted
me-
Pyne did not know whether to talk
her seriously or not until he sougli
continuation in pair of tranquil eyes
Which he gaZed into at every opportu
nifty.
ut is quite true" said Constanc
gravely. Il suppose that the mystcrl
Gus affinity between parents and lon.
lost children which exists in stor,
books is all nonsense in reality. n,
family could be more united and devot
cd to each other than we are, yet Enlt
Is not my sister. and my father is her
only by adoption. He found her, hal
dying. drifting t'ast this very rock, ant
before he could reach l.er he fought an,
killed Il dreadful shark. We ARE vcr,
proud of dad, Mr.. Tyne You see, he il
our only relation. Enid knows ncithe
her father mr. p,ntl,nr and INV rpnthn