The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-10

SALTWATER
an adequate idea of the keenness of fer
intelligence; her implicit love and con-
fidence in her father and the grip which
her character obtained over the most
blasphemOus of sailors. 1t was then
that l understood the words 'and
little child shall lead them
"The Offit ers' quarters, as on most
cattle beats, were situated astern. It
was here 1 also bunked, except during
seasons of heavy water when I made
use of the chart room situated imme-
dia'ely under the bridge. Now it is
we'll known to all you old cronies and
to all Transatlantic travellers that
Summer storm, when it does occur, is
invariably more severe than those of
Winter. Sach was the case on this voy-
age. On Jaly 8-when off the Banks
of Newfoundland-we encountered
foretaste of what was in store for us.
| On the tenth we felt the full force of
the gale and like storm it has pever
teen mine, or any one else's experience
to encounter. will not dwell upon
the suffering of the cattle, of the ter
rible strain on the men to keep the
pumps going day and night, in mid
Atlantic, for every wave engulfed us
and every wave seemed to threaten our
doom. The rest you can imagine.
ut was during the height of this
storm that our rndder was carried away
and one terrific wave had also swept
away chart room, bridge and everything
save two beats. Mr.. CORVALLIS, like
the rest of us, had a life line attached
to him and picking himself up from
the scuppers into which he had been
hurled had succeeded in making his
way-waist deepin water-to the cabin
in which he had left his daughter.
"Just picture to yourself how he found
her. Her berth was an upper one and
in spite of all the havoc and the raging
of the storm she was sitting up in her
bed and contentedly singing:
Now the day is over
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky
!, Bless the sinner bending
!: Lowly on his knee,
Guard the sailors tossing,
On the deep blue sea-
/ "The father clasped his arms around
/ her and asked if she was not afraid?
, "'Oh, no-she replied-'are you no
) with me?'
1 "Such was the little maid and sncl
was her confidence and love for he
3 father" continued the Captain rs h
: wiped away a tear which the memory O
l this scene recalled.
Y "How we lived through that and tn
! succeeding night know not. Wher
Q we were l also do not know. Wha
b with the fog and the darkened skies
( was impossible to take observations
o We simply drifted and having used n
b all our distress signals we then, lik
= cowardly men that we were, turned t
: the God for help whom we had forgot
ten in the days of OUR safety.
: "wednesday the eighteenth dawne
{ clear and bright but only then did W
It discover that, sometime during the pre-
e vious night, we had struck hard an
n fast upop-the Goodwins which, OWN
y to its quicksands, is a graveyard @
s. more vessels than all other places i
II the world combined A ship once upo
d those sands is doomed and there is onl
o one method adopted by the lighthous
n keepers when rescuing those in distres
k and that is by means of the rocket al
e, paratus to establish connection wit
le the ship and then by using the cab
it to get passengers ashore.
d "The position in which our ship Ia
Or prevented those in the lighthouse Sc,
" ing us and having no means of con
D. munication with shore we realized tf
n- stern fact that unless help came an
70 that speedily, we should never see tt
ID morrow.
something had to be ne-bu
g. what?
D. "Now, have already told you th'
ID two of our boats remained. Some or
st suggested pulling ashore. We kne
Or that to do so would be useless for Wou
not both men and boat be speedily o.
to quilted in those treacherous sands ar
"a man not already nnr shin mora fhe