The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-12-19
says if I'm not fit to handle a ship,
I'm not fit to handle d woman, anu it's

says if I'm not fit to handle ship,
I'm not fit to handle woman, and it's
I'll IF ho+unp-l We
- Iii. ct... .oll..oli The Mans
field" said Marion, but he can't COM
mald me. It's not all Off between us.
! don't care WHAT you have done
Thank you, dear" said the yn1,ng
nan, and althouG.: cannot captain
t, some day you shall know"
Until that tins comes you will find
ne waiting fer you right here replied
Marion.
In due course he presented himself
o the mana&Gr of the Fernald Trans
NortatiOn line in the city Of Cleveland.
Michael told him of his dismissal as
first mate of the freighter Mansfield.
When he learned Of the young mans
sacrifice and saw the statement
Thompson had given him he was inn
mediately given charge of the Scioto.
The Scioto was a little "coal,up and
pre-down" boat of about 5000 tons
cargo capacity.
No man among the thouGlndS who
piled the inland seas lab1.ed !!2"'2r
to do his duty to the full than Michael
Sullivan.
After some weeks delay, the AGis
field, thoroughly oveThauled G~d naHly
sterned, took her place on - Lies
again.
On the morning Of Ncvem1er q, in
spite OF the fact that the a,cral 8 :
!.aIs were flying with every prom 2
# threatening weather, The Mansfield
Cleared { !, GreysJlOn ". 1899
IONS Ct sOiJ re in her capaciGIs EU,[&
The wind "ose as the tea. .a"atu-a
fell. BY ri,,.;talI he was cI Ee~2e-
nav point @l@.i The full force CT the
tempest was aurici upon him. TIE
wind w2; owing 60 miles an hour
He retral,-: MS course, therefore, a2d
headed as straight for the gateway OF
CreysolOn as the compass permitted
Hard after the great ship came the lit
tie Scioto, loaded with coal and also
bound for GreysClCn. Well along to-
ward noon Capt. Houston made out
land. Two o'clock found him heading
for the narrow opening between the
piers. Taking advantage of a sudden
let-up in the snowstorn, he headed the
ing.
Houston pointed her nose fairly and
squarely in the center of the opening,
when the current which struck the
pier and was detected, struck the
bows of the ship. Although he put his
helm hard-a-port she fell off gradually
toward the lee pier.
Capt. Houston had one-thOusandth
part of a second to decide upon his
course. He must go in or he must go
astern.
The Mansfield responded nobly to
The pull of the mighty engine. Now
she was in the entrance. In moment
she would be clear. Then a mighty
wave picked her up like a toy and
dung her broadside on against the
massive end Of the pier. She ground
Oil the pier-head helpless mass Of
iron and steel. 1t seemed to the spec
tators that she hung grounded there
for hours. She was in plain sight of
all the terrified thousands, yet no one
could do thing. The lifeboat was
far away with another ship. Telegraph
and messenger were dispatched to
bring life-savers, and then there was
nothing to do but wait and pray and
watch.
Among the lookers-On from the
shore was Marion Houston. She could
see / 7 brave old father from the pilot
house trying in vain to communicate
with the shore through a megaphone.
But this picture of disaster was not
permitted to occupy the attention
alone. Another steamer was striving
to make the harbor evidently. She
rose upon the ton of high waUA or-'