Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

Harold. crying. in fear:
mo. no. let The Man take me! I want
to go with The Man." He said quietly so
as not to frighten her.
do this better than cam" So she chung
quietly to the seaman, holding her face
pressed close against his shoulder. As
the men above pulled at the rope. keeping
1t as far as possible from the side of the
vessel. the boatswain Tended himself of
with his feet In a few seconds he was
seized by eager hands and pulled over
the rail. tenderly holding and guarding
the child all the while. In an instant she
was in the arms of her mother who had
pressed her close to her loving heart. The
child put her little arms around her neck
and chung to her. Then looking UP and
seeing the gray pallor of her face. which
even her great Joy could not In a mo-
ment efface. she stroked IL and said:
Poor mother! Poor mother! And now
l have made you all wet!' Then. feeling
her fathers hand on her head she turned
and leaped into his arms, where he held
her close.
came amid regular tempest Of cheers.
the seamen joining with the passengers.
The officers. led by the captain waving
his cap from the bridge. Joined in the
paeon. The seamen came up on deck in
turn. though unhappily in the furious rush
breaking his leg and another having his
hand cut open as the boat was driven
against the side Of the ship and her side
stove In. No life. however. was lost.
The broken boat was cast loose. An in
slant after the engine bells tinkled:
Full speed ahead" The great ship
forged on her interrupted course.
Mrs. Stonehouse had no eyes but for
her child. except for one other. When
Harold jumped down from the rail she
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lively making way for her. She hung
her arms around him and kissed him, and
then before he could stop her she sank
to her knees at his feet and taking his
hand kissed It. The women around burst
into fresh weeping and the men turned
away. A mothers gratitude is almost as
touching as a mothers woe! AS for
Harold. he was embarrassed beyond all
thinking. He tried to take away his
hand. but she chung tight to II.
mo. no." she cried. You saved my
child!''
Harold was a gentleman and a kindly
one. He said no word till she had risen,
still holding hts hand, when he said,
quietly:
There! there! Don't cry. was only
man on board would have done the same
!! was the nearest. and therefore had to
be first. That was all!'
Mr.. Stonehouse came to him and said
as he grasped Harold's hand so hard that
his fingers ached:
II cannot thank you as I would But
you are man and will understand. God
be good to you as you have been good to
my child. and to her mother and myself"
AS he turned away Pearl, who had now
been holding close by her mothers hand.
sprang to him. holding up her arms. He
raised her up and kissed her. Then he
placed her back in her mothers arms
All at once she broke down as the recol-
lection of danger swept back upon her.
"Oh. mother! Mother!" she cried, with
long, low wall. which touched every
one of her hearers to the very hearts
core as she hid her face in her mother
breast and shook with emotion.
The approach of the doctor put an end
to the painful scene. He spoke sharply:
The hot blankets are all ready. Come.
there is not a moment to be lost. I'll be
with you when I have seen the injured
men attended TOT
So the mother. holding her in her arms
and steadied by two seamen lest she
should slip on the wet and slippery deck.
took the child below.
For the remainder of that day a sort Of
solemn gladness ruled on the Scoriac.
Things would have probably been Of more
expressed jubilancy had any of the chief
actors or those most interested in the lit
the Stonehouse family remained in their
own suite. content in glad thankfulness
to be with Pearl. who lay we'll covered
up on the sofa sleeping OF the effects Of
the excitement and the immersion, and
the result of the potation which the doc
tor had forced upon her. Harold was
simply shy. and. Directing to the publicity
which he felt to be his fate. remained in
his own cabin till the trumpet had blown
the dinner call. Roast beef"
engineer came to report to the captain of
the vessels performance, which he did
in characteristic fashion:
''She made seventy. when she turned to
come down on the buoy. I didna think
the auld gal had it in herr" Said the
captain:
We'll. M'Keltie. we know now what she
can do on emergency
LAY, sir!"
That gang of yours worked we'll.
ordered them double ration Of grog!"
lay! They're no bad laddies.''
That's so! Tell them for me, M.Keltie.
that am pleased with them" The en-
gineer raised his hands in protest.
"Sakes. mon! Dinna say that to them.
They'd never be in hand again. The
captain laughed and said. as he laid his
hand kindly on the others shoulder:
in your own way
"Ay. SIR"
The conveyance was thus: At eight
bells. when the shift was changing and
the men were all present, the engineer
spoke:
Here. you swabs. The captain slippit
DOT that he was no angry wi We for the
way we stocked yon time. I'm tellin' We
frae him that ye're no half bad. Weel.
We MIGHT be waur! Say. div ony o. We
sons O. gums snuff? I'm thinkin' I'd
no dislike to TAX a pinch WI the wheen
o We" So saying he held out his great
snuffbox. and the men grinning came in
line and had a pinch. And on the At
lantic that night there was no more con-
tented engineer and no prouder lot of
firemen. Such Is the understand of
manhood that the men knew they had
been as highly praised as is given to a
chief engineer to praise.
When Harold came to dinner. which he
did quietly to avoid being talked to, he
did not escape Miss Molie, who was
waiting. She came to the table where he
sat and said to him in a voice SO suspi-
ciously meek that her father. who followed
her sheepishly. and manifestly under d.
rection. raised his eyebrows:
Mr.. Robinson, I want to apologize TO
you for my conduct today!''
Harold rose at once. half in alarm. half
in concern. and faced her. He looked
genuinely puzzled as he said:
ITO me! Conduct to me. What do you
mean? Upon my honor, 1 don't under
stand!"
II called you brute when you pulled
break in her voice, which made him an
swer quietly:
why. you dear lady. IL Is I who ought
to beg pardon for such rudeness. I didn't
know 1t was yours There was not much
time. L saw red cap and pulled at It,
didn't know whose II was. and, indeed.
you must forgive me. for at the moment
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