The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-18


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another cigar. and Eriegied yearly 70
the bow of the boat and scanned ~
waters
There was vessel. Par. Tar away.
10 b sure. but sfezmlns - thar ~
must cross her path IN another = mn
utes.
tore OF ny oFercoat and seram-
bIed 70 The HrLle deck. xound one aFn
about a post. and waved he ooai
franucaiiy
Nearer and nearer Ve came 70 ne
steamer. More and more feared tEst
the signal might b. unnOtiesd. cT no
tieed too late. But II wasn't
/ have known some happy sights II
ny time, but I never saE anything
that nlIed ne with one-half the 5oy
felt on realizing that The steamer
people we're lowering one q their
boats.
They we're doing II. there vas no
doubt about the matter. In five min
utes We should be near enough % t1sir
cutter 70 swim Tor u
diyed 10 the stern 70 awaken
Hawkins He was already awake. He
stood there. fOusIed and happy. sniff
ing the crisp air. and be had seen the
approaching boat.
Got it ready" he inquired, placid
ly
Got what readygg
Why. the message." exclaimed Haw-
kIns. opening his eyes in asronisn-
ment Wen have 70 hustle with Il.
I reckon"
Hawkins. what new idioey is this7~
I gasped.
Surely we're going 70 give that
steamer a few lines = tell the world
about our trip"
Seconds passed before the full. ter
sible significance Of his words filtered
into my brain.
do you mean 10 say roared.
that you are not going to swim for
that boat7"
Certainly I do mean 10 say II" ne
replied. stifiy. Let me have your
fountain pen. Griggs-'
took one glance al the boat
took another al Hawkins. Then
gripped him about the Saist and threw
my whole soul into the task Of pitcn-
ing him overheard.
Hawkins, as / have said. is heavier
I than L He pufIed and strained and
pulled and hauled al me, swearing like
a trooper the while. And neither Of US
budged an inch.
The cutter came nearer. nearer. al
ways nearer. Thirty seconds more and
We should shoot by il forever The
thought OF losing this chance Of rescue
almost maddened me.
had just gathered al my strength
for one last heaye. when the middle Of
my back experienced the most excru-
ciating pain il has ever known. Some
thing seemed 70 lift me clear OF the
launch. with Hawkins in my arms: I
heard a duh report from somewhere.
and tken We dropped together rigL
through the surface of the sparkling
Atlantic ocean,
Hawkins was picked mp first. When
I came to the surface two dark-skinned
sailormen were dragging him IN. strug-
Cling and cursing and pointing Wild
/ ~ toward the horizon. where his
launch was careening away with the
speed OF the wind.
II was the French liner La France
which had the honor Of our rescue.
She deposited US In New York on
Wednesday morning
Over the rest Of this tale hover
some painful memories. am not a
I fighting man. but ! am free 10 say
that when my wife and Mrs Hawkins
delivered to me their joint opinion on
broken promises. their sex alone
saved them from personal damage
II was upon me that the blame ap-
peared 70 rest entirely. At least. Haw-
kins didn't come in for any Of it at
the time.
Just at the moment OF that emotionas
interview Hawkins was busy in ais
workshop-perfecting something
It seems that the motor. after all.
was our salvation. Hawkins says that
some OF the power must have dribbled
out OF the machine proper and blown
the steel dome from its foundations.
Assuredly there was plenty Of en-
ergy behind the thing when IL struck
me; have darting pains in that por-
tion OF my anatomy every damp day.
The launch has never been reported.
which is probably quite as we'll
Perhaps it has reached the open
polar sea. and Is butting itself into
flinders against the ice-eAkes. Per
haps il is terrorizing some cannibai
tribe in the southern oceans BY IN
nicting dents on the shoreline Of their
island.
Wherever the poor little boat may
be, II contains II Of my best cigars.
the better part OF a substantial meal.
and. what is in my eyes Of less impor-
tance. the sole existing example OF
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