Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-04

most height and feast their eyes on the
extensive panorama visible from the
storms irt 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
full Est 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
ers clasp either by the overwhelming
seas or during the final wild fight for
| life at the head of the companion stair
| way. 4 wreck fire in a 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 were diverted to the |
| kitchen, because Brand, during a 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 a
serious miscalculation had been made
in transmitting cubic feet into gallons.
1t became an instant necessity to use
every heating appliance at command
and start the dlstillation of drnkable
fluid
The Gulf Rock light did not possess
proper apparatus. The only method
that could be adopted was to impro-
wise a coil from canvas sewed into a
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 cistern, was only
little better in condition unless it was
. filtered, and Brand decided that it
ought to be retained for the exclusive
: Ise of those seriously i'll. Patients
were multiplying so rapidly that the
Il hospital was crowded, and all fresh
! cases as they occurred perforce re-
manned where they were.
/ Neither Constance nor Enid felt the
time hang heavily on her hands. Both
were too busy, though the new ordi-
. nance regarding the food supply trans
Z ferred their attention from active cook
ing to the replenishing Of utensils,
: which must be kept full of salt water
. at boiling point.
Pyne was an invaluable assistant.
4 In the adjustment Of refractory can
. vas tubes over hot spouts, in the ma
:. nipulation of the condensing plant so
le that it might act efficiently, in the
L. trimming of lamps and the stocking OF
II the solitary coal fire he insisted on
S. taking to himself the lions share OF
4 the work.
lg He always had a pleasant quip OF
le funny story to brighten their talk.
te you can conquer trouble with
n grin" he said Worry doesn't cut ice.'
Enid, of course, chaffed him abou
en- his American accent, which, she pro
he tested. she would acquire after ;
of weeks practice.
lie at is so quaint to our ears" sh
he went on. 81 never before grasped tn
'se reason why Mark Twain makes m
th laugh All he does is to act as pho
OPP nograph Every American is Dor
Use humorst."
There's something in that" admit
ITS ted Pyne 1--WE do try to disinter
ad- joke Say, have you girls ever hear
he how an English professor explaine
led the Yankee drawl"
a "Nor' they cried.
ing ''He said it represented the effort {
ain an uneducated man to make speed
ter Every time his vocabulary gave out
ec- lifted his voice to show he wasn't ma
on through with his ideas"
"Oh," said Constance, that is nelth'
ed kind nor true. surely
rec "Wel," agreed Pyne slowly, that
1eh the view friend of mine took of IL
sea remark. SO he asked the professor
md he had a nice agreeable sort of defT
its ton, all ready for use, of the way En-
low lishmen clipped their syllables. II
other fellow allowed that he hadI
noh pondered on it. 4 guess said u
,ass friend, it represents the effort OF {
of educated ass to talk English
the Though the laugh was against the1
in they were forced to Singer approval
: q Il Think said Constance, that o
tho chief national failing is pomposity. al
bite your story hits it off exactly. In one
den our small oornish ,o"ne We 10,
oh stout little mayor who made money
nag caeeSe anu uaCon' lie - 49,. 49,
red. arls eAnioltioi' anu e'n az e.
car meeting nlni uneApoe,eu,s a. 80 -
II delight. Hello, Mr.. Mayor he begf
400 HUSH said the mayor, glancl
va around mysteriously I'm ERE incog
- None who heard these light heart
aTso young people yelling with merrime
wouId imagine that they had lust din