The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-28

Ws,g Al oae " ihs boa,s, They ~r'u ~
-Slap that" .sIsamsd the weman'
.DonI l.s eoaarls' The danger is over
Del bach Ia youT duty
She pushed among 'hs'n' 'hain'hs' 9"
Ihs, stared al her. .ullen and wonder
sIIslp tho.e abe are hurt = she cried.
''Says The .hlp' IL msn' fisk ~ S""'
captain thew -
faced, dfrW hack,
And then The lr., mate ran forward
and The Woman, cold and shiVrIihs, sank
down against the rail,
Il was late in the evening when lhe az
tain Trgainrd consciousness, iatiiNa'
murmur awakened him, lie seemed ~ .
confused VA To- recognize his voice, nc
.lowl, npened hts eyes lie Was ~ hh
cabin in hi berth
lIi. head throbbed, be Mas foil Of sorr'
mes. lie tired 90 raise his ngh, arm, "
ilopl.Il hack from weakness, lie gtoantd'
4 man stepped 10 his bedside, u Was
Carlton, che second mate.
well, eap'n, be- ehrctiaili SAID, is
hrnt little lower Anything You want
The captain stared ~ al him, lie motel
that lite arm Was N rilhE
What hii ~. Iafiions
we shipped bog soa. sift Reg lar tidal
wave. llii ns on ih Port how.
And the .hipl
-prrtty nearly ilopI.rl over, -ir, Shifted
the cal an brokc down a bulkhcad, an
.ma.hed up some railing Hurt = dozen or
80 hui noboiy went overheard,
The captain groaned again,
What. wrong with your army
Elbow disloraied, sir.'
The captain gtuanoi again,
Can't get up Where's the dociors
Hes worse. ~.
Worse Who. looking after the
wounded
One d tn Passengers, sir. Nobodys
neglected
Tho raptain drew .obbIng breath
What's all that nckcts'
Its the carpenter, sir. iies patching
mn thing. An we're keepin' one oi the
unmt. workin. She took ia an awful lot
81 water, .ir. HUT well have everything
pretty much .hipshaIe by morning.
The captain squrmcd and a THOUSAND
pains ran through his handagcd head.
"Naterlngged ~ midocclu, he groaned'
Poor old Alcc,trisl"
oh. faint - bad a. that. broke in the
second mate The seas gone down an
there, only a mite Of breeze. Wen be
in our way again by dawn
\ savage CLEAN came into the captains
eyes.
Didn't / hear o woman talking to you,
.arlton:'
YES. ,ir.
Well don, you dare to let that WON.
~ tome near me, DO YOU hear:
The second mate shook hi- head.
tfI .t, t.NHs 1 fYf
PROMISE.
The captain. look wa. fierce indeed.
What that
The second mates voice grew softer.
Don't get excited, capn. You see YOU
iont know what. happened, That won.
IN j. sort OF bo,sin' the ship just now.
on ask the first mate
The captain stared.
What in blazes does that ioolishness
neans' he hoarscly demanded. Haven't
on told me everything that's happened
'Not about her, capn, the second mate
replied. He moistened his lips.
In the first place. il looks a If she saved
on from goin overheard. Jenkinson saw
t all There was you, helpless as log,
N there was the woman holdin' to your
ollar for dear life, and there was the old
\lcestris on her beam ends. An then,
ir when the ship righted an lot of tn
eek hands ran for the boats, she was
light there among EN-. an begin EN-,
n scoldn' EN-. an shamin' em-an
illin' what might have been panic right
here an then. Mr.. Saunders will tell
on, sir He got there when twas all
yer" :
The captain drew long breath. q
Go on, Carlton.
well an shes tn passenger ! spoke )
You about
What passenger! r
'Why. the one that's dom tn doctorin'.
seems that she was hospital nurse E
hen she was younger, an she knows I
'ery rope in tn business. Nursed a
hole mimi camp through fever once.
hats where she got used to facin' men.
~, you ought to have seen her sitchin'
, a nasty cut in Tom Martins shoulder! =,
n the way she snapped the bones back {,
my arm was a merry caution. But it y
as You she patched an plastered up first
allan she says she'll have you on deck ="
ain by tomorrow afternoon, sure" The >,
cond mate paused. so you see, cap'n, i
ere amt nobody on TIL ship that would u
ant to interfere with the lady. You ask .,
unders." g
There was little silence J..
Guess I'll try to Sleep" said the cap d
in.
"She said it was the best thing for you," s'
the second mate. =,
The Alcestris limped along her course, W
d the sun shone fair, and the bruised
d battered ones grew stronger. q
And then it was the night before the -,
erdue steamer crept into port, and the III
icers were giving a complimentary din !"
r-and the recipient of this honor was
, woman who talked. There was to be
loving cup given her when the ship
lched shore and the details could be ar
,ged-a loving cup to which each per-
/ aboard had contributed a bit of metal wi
ring here, gold coin there, dime ca
shilling, even a copper And all these co
remembrance. fo,
here had been singing and speeches pl,
m the officers and passengers, and a In
eff. though much applauded speech from da
honored guest-who seemed to have lin
denly lost her volubilty. he
md presently the captain rose, his pale lay
e flushing beneath the white bandage snl
nut his head ne
| just want to add word to what has III
n so well said" he slowly announced. as
gaze rested on the woman who talked. 20,
this dear lady," he went on, "can find sut
question in Gods world to ask me ser
EN- ! am on official duty, and / can find eff
Gods world any answer to give her, the
shall have it promptly and cheerfully- say
n If l have to stop the ship to deliver no,
the
nd he sat down amid thunders of APP est
Use.
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