Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-07
CHATTER VII.
CHATTER VII.
VIYALKER was about to take
wv her to the salon, whence an
inner staircase communicate

| WV her to the salon, whence m
| inner staircase communicat
| ed with the principal state
rooms, but she knew that the door
leading to the promenade deck had
been left unlocked. so she signaled him
| to lead her the specdlest way. Speak
size could not. Although there was a
pcrccptible Improvement In the wealth.
err, Elsie found the wind even harder Il
corpbat than when she traversed the
deck with Courtenay. This apparent
contradiction arose from the fact that
during their early dealing with the
boats the sailors had cut away the
greater part Of the canvas shield rig.
ged to protect, passengers from adven.
turous seas.
Nevertheless, all flustered and breath.
when he would have left her In the
shelter Of her cabin.
do spare me one moment" she
pleaded. "When have put on dry
clothing, what am to do? Where
am I to to go? will do anything
rather than remain alone"
Walker damned 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
f-wing up the donkey boiler, and Doc
taw Chwistobal Is with Mlstaw Boyle.
You know whe-aw the captain is, so
u,an vr, Inns pInr., Ia la, lon ~
"Dr. Christobal said you were max
ing raftT"
That's wight. But when the ship
got OF We tackled othaw jobs. She is
ow-ah best watt"
MAY not look after some Of the
injured menT'
"That you can't was Walkers
prompt assurance. you'd bettaw
stick to the salon. I'll tell the captain
| yo' the-aw."
"Tell him3 Are you returning to the
bridge?"
Telephone" shouted Walker as IN
unusually heavy sea caused him TO
slam the door unceremonlcusly. He
bolted 1t too. Not II be could help It
would his charge cone o1t OF that
storm swept deck u12--so5s1
The electric light Egcus5 t:.rAI,T :.
Elsie's cabin, exactly As Its Ata lE!; ].
an hour ago. This WAS goF q '.s
anomalous conditions q IRE tislE-s-.
1t lent queer sense 0. --j3sg.D-1E'
madness TO the nights 59lrEs. il
a few days II would lie CHRISTMAS
the Christmas OF sunshine tBt tyE.
| ers known only to that .s;ss%. POI.
ton Of the habitable earth Ey1;h o:
the line. In Valparaiso the weather
was sitting, yet here, not 50 ysry far
away, 1t was bitterly cold. And the
ship was driving headlong TO destrUc-
ton. though electric bells and switches
were ut command In a luxurlously fur
nished apartment, while the engineer
had just spoken OF the telephone as n
means Of conversing with the captain.
Away down in her feminine heart the
girl wondered why Courtenay himself
had not coue to her. Why had he sent
Chrlstobal first aud Walker subse-
quently? Oh, OF course he had more
urgent matters to attend to, though In
the helpless condition OF the ship It was
difficult TO appreciate their precise de-
grees Of importance.
Anyhow, he had sent word that she
was to change her clothes, and lie must
be obeyed. as DIR. Christobal said. Then
she discovered as 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
procuring 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
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 on 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.
1t was better so. II the ship were
dashed to pieces against the rocks
which unquestlonably lay ahead. Elsie
would be whirled to the life eternal
before she quite knew what was hap
pening. II. on the other hand. somo
miracle of the sen enabled the men to
construct seaworthy raft In time or
the rising tide permitted the Kansas
to escape In so far to run ashore again
In u 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
Gray and Tollemache' had sternly but
valnly striven to repress the second re.
volt Tollemachc aad Walker. had