The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-02-23


whistle eurgle into silence and knew that tle nres
had been -wanlpe.. Two or three pallid ightsshont
out--lantsrns wayerins IN fhs sntter OF strong
hands lit dirny saw second shadovy boat drop
into the setthing lee saw d.fs haires iumbsd down
into it caught ths sint OF White taces iis rem rem.
ph-nt roar rang down the isht-shp deck hty
sct teir boat aWayl stand by 60 cast EN- ne'
Men rushed to the rail. bathing iot hand holh
asainsi the diving cye,ts tlIt swept up sni over
No. los. The mate with upthrown arms. qhpefs,ea
his boats crew 70 and lines and be ready Ase
steamers hight. .uddeuy taded ami there was
dali. inutied hoom ot boilers exploding aud heavy
fabric riycn. boat daited On into ths pale rad,
ace ~ The high lamps, hoai hall awasl, douinafed
R4,Ioasssn. fne whipped 81, itom tie asA.
ship aud sc,tled across The small boar. HANDS
sraeped al this. sailor yelled raucousy from the
forward murk and second line issed oai into The
wind ia replace the one that parted. h'ie nsu ~
The 'tcetin2 "ar seemed to drive hiA wl9le weight
Ia one side huge crest dung tle ltte era.t almost
level with Ra,nlussens eye and let Y SINK Ike
swallow fhen Rasmussen leaped for the after graf
ing The h"at rode below him. swamped crushed
filed Nith figures thaf,seemed pafalyzed and nnnh
lie Hung another line aud saw it made last.
In Tie next bali hour the ight ships crew worked
lariousy. # wa. impossible to lit The crushed boat
aud lis living freight 10 The deck Under the terrific
iAp1ct o Tie racing seas Il va, more matter OF
tme till Tie frai line would snap aud the sinking
b1at be driven back into the darkness. But Ras
ilu.. saved instaniS hs orders obeyed with
ilacr.y aud miraculous .wifmess. \ whip wa,
tiaeed \ rude bosn chair was dropped down into
tc cafetia9 small hoat, aud passenger hauled ont
ard 10 tic deck. The men al The tail Of the whip
vaited paaling, for the order to haul away, and
Down The slippery deck 10 their waist, in thunder
iag wuter, dragging their prey from the sea The
l2st person was on deck The wrecked sinking boar
wing vrrely At lie end ot It's tether Rasmussen
a,e-ed down into it, so
Nobody lett he reared in the mates ra,
The shipwrecked hu,Idcd in the warm cabin, Grip
ping, painting with cold blue faced shudde tngifg glaf-
ing ~retehedy at each other aid their .avors Tbe
captain OF the wrecked steamer wrapping up
wounded hand woman crouched on ths quiyering
deck trying to unwrap her wet shawl from about her
ND Rasmussen surveyed them AL ptyinsIy
:. Wei %arm you al up. he 'aid thr"nsa cracked
' h,d i AZ ne SPOKE %h'te oy lace vas thrpst
I've cot hot tea and bread and soup for them,
sir he ;sd announced h;, ,l in an abashfd Soce
clothes. Sailors forad thought as they'd need some
togs, sir" he explained, stammeriuely
Id the cook. gratifying that functionary with az.
lroWng tones. Tell the these people do need
comfortable"
As he went forward the captain looked into ii.
engine ROOM Mickey O'Rourke was at his station
above the slowly revolving. engines The fremen
were down before the glowing furnace doors. The
assistant engineer glanced up from tho air conc
rres>or. Rasmus> sen nodded
You shut down he said gravely
The assistant raised bis voice; Done w.th the
engines, sirl
oRonrke looked up. Did the steamer get BY.
Ilsther."
rteen passengers off her, Mickey"
The old man face split into a smile "Bedad
who .ays this amt lucky ship, Sind dim down
80 cit warm be ME foires sort" Master, glance
I4et engineers in mutual affection. A. Rasmussen
trgncd gay he found the mate his elbow The
crew behaved spenddly' he muttered
Best ever" said his superior That was the
Eagle out Of Iillamook"
Did we get 'em all
hree men lost in the first boat" WAS the bsisf
answer.
HE mates face fer Maybe ia ought 10 tried
for en-, be murmured
u.en', heavy hand rell on III. shoulder IKE
Ought to see Mickey he said gently. "Hc don't
know yet what's happened He was down there at
ms engines. expecting every minute 70 see the bow
OF steamer ramming into his machinery That's
Mickey for you-~righ on The job and not trying to
DO everybody's work Ye couldn't have got those
three men"
At midnight the SOLITARY woman passepger of The
uniucky Eagle laid her child down ON Captain Ras-
mgsseni er bed He asleep" she said softly.
ne Chief engineer perr5d at the little one mus
"Fve me own BORN sister has child too" lie
whispered But doubtsorra take me 10, going
whittier its as good-lookin yer own there" His
aodgm ,,g lnger touched me c4rs Were al black
the wimmen OF Us have the good looks"
But you're 50 Er8,c~ tie woman said softly
'See, you've saved o. ~ when we were DYING
Brave nothing ead Mickey stouty o"Ne're
Uncle Sans lstl-shp bhoys all prodigaIs ma am.
with neither woA nor chdher to our names bur
'J%ayi =, At the s4[yite o. thin that has
ii'ttnuy IN M Gerths usually occupied by the
;,"rs The shpwFecked men lay breathing content
- us W2fmta, uhdisturbed by the steady inter
lnitent boom OF The whistle the rapid wearless
4ng-tang u The submarine bell far down the ships
steel side The odor of coffee fingered in the Dir
-at rayenous sayaged one rninchrd an . bat. r,
oaf llie cook took his blackened pipe from his
P,r here's more bread bakin'," he announced
,e sailor nodded Say" he mumbed this shin
$ Ill right Say, its comfortable lHit heard that
9s w4s that old hoodoo No 63 and you've got =.
No l95 painted all it, y
he cook grinued at the two iremcn coming IN
or their midnight coffee Forget it, SON" he said
nagis terially This IS No. l95. There amt no
ioodoo on this old hooker"
You bet there amt" roarcd tall sailor com;no
2rWard with his cup This here craft is all right
The cook laid down his pipe and was lavish of his
Office his genial eyes took in the whole eht.siin
rev, now Jub'lantly jamming their haf-clad bodies
You bet be answered aourishing the oofeeno,
I'VE d Ina saFed even dog off that old tub OF theirs
: they given H. half show Say did that Kid in
ne cabin get enough hot milk? Here YOU bow
ne mess6oy leaped forward busy) Go ait and
e tnat lady IN there just to sing out il there's any
f., ret.