The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-02-23

own imrerious question rounded abrupt
almost TO the point of h~Brshness.
You have a lady uypn this ship,
where Is she?"
She has one sir"
"Gone-good God! how can she be
gomez"
w knew what you would ask and
sent down to her cabin a quarter of
an our ago, sir. She was not there.
MI. Colin Ross. him that commands for
Mr.. Imroth, he says he knows nothing
of 1t. It's true as heaven, sir, the
!ady's come to no harm by us. nor
would have done if h had been
aboard here 20 years. There wasn't a
man that wouldn't lave given his life
for her. We on know where she is.
ESlr, and that's gospel truth"
Imagine the scene. I stood upon the
open deck of the strangest steamer l
nave yet set foot upon-a steamer so
splendidlys fitted and furnished, as n
glance told me, that no At1anti liner,
whatever company foated her, could
nave claimed a greater elegance. The
bridge above me had the neatnesS, the
shining brass. the white ladders of a
man-of-warsman. The guns were pol
ished to the last possibility. Every cab
IN into which I looked appeared to
BOAST the luxury and equipment Of a
state saloon on a passage, boat. I per-
celved an immense dining hall aft and
a companionway not unsuited to a TO-
ooo-ton steamer. There were boats
safely rafts-the usual
equipment of an ocean-going vessel,
ana yet, in the strongest contrast,
something which differentiated this
ship from any other I had ever visited
ana placed her at nee in a category
apart Ihts was nothing more nor less
IhAn a SCREAM ~ roJiI ,{ra1 lo~, IN
feet high. perhaps, and defended by
f~orp1aalng spikes. sharp as swords and
Impossible to fend, a screen cutting the
Vessei into two clear divisions, and OBJ
Vlously lmroth's protection against all
others who sailed with him. I Judged
at c that the men lived forward of
ehls Green; Imroth and his chosen COM
pany aft. A wicket gate, Just large
enough to admit the body of a man,
permitted communication between the
DIVISIONS; but the steelwork itself APP
peared to be carrier cunningly over
the bulwarks In a manner that must
nave rendered the aft cabins absolutely
secure, not only against the seamen COL
lectively, but against any spy among
them.
n wicket gatae, be it said. stood
open When | climed to the main deck.
and the men now passed to and fro at
their will. The more horrible ASPECT
OF the picture did not Immediately pre-
sent itself to my notice. l was some min
utes abroad before my eyes .scerned the
luddled 1lgureS OF men, some propped
in bent attitudes against the bulwarks.
some already dead, a few crying hor-1
rlbly in the agony OF mutilation AS theI
scene unfolded itself, the woe of it be-
came more terrible to witness There
We're sailors of many ~nationalities here.
chiefly. l perceived, from South Euro-t
pean and Mediterranean ports, Turks
IN their native dress. sturdy C~aeks.
It1nasaass, seaiien from Aigiei ~ tflei
Adrlatlc OF those who crowdeu aboutI
me two We're Americana
one a negro, a third a little Frenchman.
who gabbled to the point of delirium.
The appeal, however. vas common tot
all. .
Help our friends, doctor-save them.
Tor Gods sake! We have no doctor on,
board. Herr Klein sailed with Mr..
lmroth. We can do nothing for our
selves"
The woe of it appalled, me: 1 knew
neither what to answer them or how
best to help them. Many a day had
passed since practiced my own pro-
surgeon upon a battlefield!
Have you stores?s 1 asked. rs there
a surgery on board?" I
They shouted an affirmative alto
gether. Half a dozen among them were
ready to lead me below. Hesitatine an
instant to give my comand to Okyada-
i went with them as they desired.
Miss Joan is on the Ship" said
to the faithful fellow; "and her and
take her to the yacht"
Olsyada looked at me with one swift.
almost wistful, glance, and disappeared
imediately from my sight. The burly
American who posed as my guide.
pushing his comrads aside, led me-
through the wicket gate, and we de-
scended the great companionWay. Wa
passed by a boudoir furnished with
such elegance that Paris alone could
have commanded its ensemble. There
was a card room not unlike that Of a
great London club. Crossing this room
and leaving it by a door toward tina
center of the ship, I found myself i'm
mediataly in a broad corridor lighted
from above, and the walls of this am
peared to be Of steel Had been in
doubt as to the meaning of 1t, the AM
erlcan's candor would have settled the
matter without question.
"Old Five AS strong-box," said ne
that's where he keeps what isn't good
to eat. I guess the best of the stuff,s
landed by this time. It went off I'M
Colin Ross ship. You might buy
yourself a gold brick out Of what's left
and not be much poorer. We share and
snare in that now. There used to he q
guard down here night and day when
old Isaac was abroad. I guess yor
scared him pretty badly. He ran for
the Brazils the day after we sighted
you"
/ asked him but one question in
turn.
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