Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-17

pleaded. when l have put on dry
clothing, what am I to do? Where
am 1 to to go? l will do anything
rather than remain alone"
Walker jammed himself in the door
way to break the violence OF the I'M
ceasing deluge of spray.
well, missile" he said, "I'm examin-
ing the engines, Mistaw Tollemache Is
6-wlng up the donkey boiler, and Doc
taw Chwistobal is with Mistaw Boyle.
You know whe-aw the captain Is, SO ]
weckon yo' best place is the salon"
"Dr. Christobal said you were max
ing raft?"
That's wight. But when the ship
got or we tackled othaw Jobs. She Is
ow-ah best watt"
"May not look after some Of the
injured men"
"That you can't was Walkers
prompt assurance. "You'd bettaw
stick to the salon I'll tell the captain
yo' the-aw."
"Tell him7 Are you returning to the
bridge?'
Telephone shouted Walker as an
unusually heavy sea caused him to
slam the door unceremoniously. He
bolted 1t too. Not IL he could help 1t
would his charge come out on that
storm swept deck unattended.
The electric hight glowed brightly In
Elsie's cabin. exactly as she had left 1t
an hour ago. This was one Of the
anomalous conditions OF the disaster
1t lent queer sense of midsummer
madness to the nights doings. In
few days 1t would be Christmas,
the Christmas Of sunshine and dow
ers known only to that lesser por-
ton Of the habitable earth south of
the line. In Valparaiso the weather
was sitting yet here, not SO very far
away, it was bitterly cold. And the
ship was driving headlong to destruc-
ton, though electric bells and switches
were at command In luxuriously fur
nished apartment, while the engineer
had Just spoken Of the telephone as q
means of conversing with the captain.
Away down In her feminine heart the
girl wondered why Courtenay himself
had not come to her. Why had he sent
Christobal first and Walker subse-
quently? oh, Of course he had more
urgent matters to attend to. though In
the helpless condition Of the ship 1t was
difficult to appreciate their precise de-
grees Of Importance.
Anyhow. he had sent word that she
was to change her clothes, and he must
be obeyed. as DR.. Christobal said. Then
she discovered as a quite new and
physically disagreeable fact that her
skirts were soaked up to her knees,
while her blouse was almost In the
same condition owing to the quantity
of spray which had run down inside
her thick ulster. She busted herself In |
fresh clothing and boots.
The outcome Of the pleasant feeling Of |
warmth and comfort was such as the |
girl herself would not have guessed in
q week. The mere grateful touch of |
the dry garments induced an extraor-
binary drowsiness. She felt that she |
must lie down-just for minute. She !
stretched herself OIL the bed, closed her
eyes and was straightway sound
asleep. At the captains suggestion
Christobal had given her strong dose
Of bromide in the wine.
It was better So If the ship were
dashed to pieces against the rocks
which unquestionably lay ahead, Elsie
would be whirled to the life eternal
before she quite knew what was hap
pening. II, on the other hand, some
miracle Of the sea enabled the men to
construct seaworthy raft in time or
the rising tide permitted the Kansas
to escape In 80 far to run ashore again
In comparatively sheltered position,
she would be none the worse for an
hours sleep. And now that the ship
was afloat there were things to be done
which only men could do. The salon,
the decks, the fore cabin. were places
of the dead. Fearing lest Elsie might
pass, Christobal before attending to
Boyle had thrown tablecloths over the
bodies Of men slain In the salon, for
Tray and Tollemache had sternly but
7ainly striven to repress the second re-
1olt. Tollemache and Walker had
ragged cut Of the smothering spray
tear the port davits three men who
eemed to be merely stunned. These,
With ths chief olRcer and perhaps four
survivors, q the explosion, made up the
LIST Of living but nsne6ective members
4 the sAlbs company. There was one
'ther, GugliAmo Frascuelo, who was
,awfing Tor dear lie IN his bunk In
he forscastls. but In that dark hour no
me Glanced 10 remember him, and 1t
needed more than human voice to
ut itself against the hurricane which
cared over the vessel. The unhappy
vretch knew that something out Of the
,rdthsry had taken place. and he was
cared half out Of his wits by the con-
inued absence of the crew. Luckily
or himself, he did not appreciate the
cal predicament OF the ship or he
would have raved himself into mad
less.
Walker In his brief catalogue Of oc-
'upations had suppressed ono To
make sure Christobal closed water
light bulkheM door which cut OF the
statefooms from the salon.
Then he aq}k hlsstwo helpers carried
tut painful but necessary task. 1t
vas his duty to certify whether or not
jfe WA ey3inct There were very few