Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-07

| psiutc Htnt ioE tHc lnTce TculululHg
craft. Siost OF the officers were killed.
Courtcnay got few Of US together
when lsobel ami Mrs. Sonervillc join.
| ell you here. ana We held of such Of
| The nadinen as triel 10 relar the jolly
! Loaf. They managed TO lower two life.
, boats, but between murder and panic
| not half OF the crew escaped In that
! way. -Four men who were left behind
| promised Obedience. and Malcolm. the
, steward. was placed Ia charge. with
| Mr.. Gray rs second In command One
i of the engineers. acting on the cap
| tain's orders. brought can Of oil
from the engine room and threw II
over the side In handouts. The result
was magical. We lowered the boat
because he was worse than the wo
men. and then Courtenay. us You know.
brought Isobel. the minister's wife
who refused to go without her hus
band. and the maid. There was room
| for you and another. so. ut the cap
tain's request. Tollemache md toss
ed for the vacancy. Meanwhile Courte-
| htu w Eo sVu "hSh
we heard shout from Gray. Two Of
| the Chileans had cast OF the ropeA
which kept the boat alongside Gray
who was Tending her from the ship
with the boat hook. jabbed one fell
low in the face with 1t, but he was
too late. The boat raced or into the
darkness. And here we arc"
| That rhrietnboI Lore cayarai chit, pc
unsali Elsie knew quite well. II
dawned on the girl that both her elder
| ly friend aud she herself were accept.
ing an extraordinary situation with re-
| markablc nonchalance.
How many Of us remain on the
ship?" she asked.
Every few--on the effective list. The
captain, an engineer whose name do
not know, Mr.. Tollemache and our
selves make up the total"
"where is Mr.. Boyle?"
! "Ah. poor Boyle! fear he is done
for. lie Is very badly wounded. ]
bandaged him as well rs could. but
the call on deck was imperative"
as he IN the salon? Should we not
go to hlm?"
81 have only just left him. The
hemorrhage has stopped, and gave
him some brandy. Believe me, we can
do nothing more for him. told
| Courtenay It was quite useless to place
him on board the boat You may be
sure he was not forgotten"
| 81 did not imagine that any one
would be forgotten" said Elsie. and
for some reason the light In her eyes
caused Chrlstobal to go on rapidly:
I'VE have a whole crowd Of injured
men on, board, Miss Maxwell. At pres
| ent we can render them no aid. !
thought It wisest to obey orders. The
captain told me to bring you some
wine and remain with you here. It
will not be for long"
"Why do you say that"
=, 1.-THE ship appears to be lodged hard
and fast Oh a reef or sand spit. ! am
told the tide Is rising. II that Is SO.
our only hope Is In the raft which our
three allies are now constructing. With
a falling tide we might have a breath
Ing space at low water. As 1T Is,
WE'LL
He was interrupted by the opening
Of the door and the consequent roar Of
the gale. II was Walker, the engi-
neer, n lank. swarthy man, with long
black mustachc which dropped for.
lornly down the sides of his mouth.
lie shouted with the inimitable accent
Of Tyneside:
"Yo' wanted. Docto' Chwistobal. The
captain thinks Mr.. Boyle is bettaw."
MAY come. tooT asked Elsie.
"No, missile. You bide he-aw."
"Please tell me before you 60 II the
ship is full OF water"
She's dwy as a bone" said Walker.
A sea splashed over him and sent q
shower into the cabin, "a vewy wet
bone" he added, with broad grin.
for the Northumbrian had ready wit
though he had such n solemn jowl.
and he could not pronounce IN "r" to
save his life.
| So Elsie was left with Joey for com.
pany once more. A chronOmeter show
cd that the hour was past midnight.
She knew sufficient OF the sea to un.
derstnnd that the clock was probably
accurate, as the course had practically
followed the same meridian since the
Kansas quilted Valparaiso. So the
ship and those left on board had en-.
tered on another day. How little she
had thought that to be possible when
the awful knowledge first came to her
that the Kansas was ashore! How