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

aDae STOCK, an! pa .''.'s : a..i rugs
would have uaaia- ,p..e !..,.., no: i,llosis
n the same way lad not Constance
come to the vcScec by impoundng
them, declaring that they must be re-
served for the use of those sufferers
who needed warmth and rest.
The lilen passed their time in smok-
ing, singing, EARNING and specializing
on the chance of the weather clearing.
Ultimately, when the banging of the
waves again made the column feel I'M
safe, a small section began to plan
petty attempts to pilfer the provisions.
1t is the queer mixture of philosopher
and beast in the average human being
TINT makes 1t possible for the same
man in one mood to risk his life quite
voluntarily to save others and in an
other to organize selfish theft
After an ingenious seaman had been
detected in an attempt to pick the
storeroom lock, and when tray of
cold ham was deliberately upset while
a football scrimmage took place for the
pieces, Mr.. Emmett stopped these
ebullitiOns by arming the watch with
assorted weapons from the workshop
and issuing stern orders us to their use
in case of need.
Here again the warning elements
which form the human clay were ad-
mirably displayed. On duty, under the
bonds of discipline, the coarse grained
foremost hand who had gobbled up n
surreptitious lump of fat pig during
the first successful scu1lle would brain
the daring rascal who tried to better
his condition by n similar trick sec
ond time. Discipline sometimes con
verts a skullier into hero
When the state of the tide permitted
storm shutters We're opened and a free
draft of air allowed to enter through
the door. Then all hands eyed the sea
anXiously. The wind WAS strong and
piercing. and the reef maintained its
ceaseless roaring. Whenever II window
opened toward the land there was a
small crowd waiting to peep through
it. AT last the sense of orderliness
gradually permeating the inmates of
the lighthouse actually resulted i'll the
VI lutNSs,, VIII Sltlcti III
tervals for moving on. There was n
momentary relief in looking ut the
land. The cliffs, the solitary white
houses, the little hamlets half hidden
in coy hooks, seemed to be so alb
surdly near 1t was ridiculous to imag-
inc that help could be long deferred.
The seward passing of n steamer, car
Lo Coil tell ~,
Penzance for Covent Garden, caused a
futter, but the sight of PenZance
fishing smack scudding under jib and
close rcefcd forcsail between the rock
and Guthenbras point created intense
excitement. Noah, gazing across the
flood for the return of the dove with
the olive branch, could not be more
pleased than these castaways in their
granite ark when the brown sailed
boat came within their view.
The window in the coal cellar opened
fair toward the Lands End, and the
grimy occupants of this compartment
could look their fill at the messenger Of
life. A rich New Yorker in vain offered
500 to any man who gave up his place
. III iliiC ullGi lS iIl1uSCil, w tHc oI'-
Grafton Of the time limit, was remorse-
lessly sent away from the narrow loop
hole. Dollars and pounds sterling have
a curiously deprecated value under
such circumstances.
The men of the watch were always
questioned for news by the uncmploy-
ed majority. They related the comings
and gOings of the Falcon, carried sym
pathetic inquiries from story to story,
promiscuous passing to and fro being
forbidden owing to the nnrrowncss of
the stairs. and seized every trltling pre-
text on their own part. to reach the top
most height and feast their eyes on the
extensive panorama visible from the
storm-girt gallery. Had they watched
the coast line less and the reef more
their observations would have had
value.
Quite early in the day the purser
handed to the occupants of each room
a full list Of passengers and crew, with
the survivors grouped separately. In
only three instances were husband and
wife both saved. The awful scene In
the saloon accounted for this seeming
discrepancy. Dazed men and senseless
women were wrenched from each 9th
er's clasp. either by the overwhelming