Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-06-19

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"6ark ahoy! Bark ahoyI Take 10
off"
heart, who is watching me now7 If
so, this being gave me my reason.
which doubts him, and on him is the
responsibility. And would this being,
II he exists, overlook a defect for
which am not to blame and listen to
prayer from me based on the mere
chance that l might be mistaken?
Can an unbeliever, in the full strength
of his reasoning powers, come to such
trouble that he can no longer stand
alone, but must cry for help to an
Imagined power? Can such time come
to sane man-to me?" He looked at
the dark line of vacant horizon. 1t was
seven miles away; New York was 800,
the moon in the east over 100000 and
the stars above any number of billions.
He was alone with sleeping child,
dead bear and the unknown. He
walked softly to- the boat and looked
at the little one for a moment; then,
raising his head, he whispered, "For
you, Myra."
Sinking to his knees, the atheist lift
ed his eyes to the heavens and with
his feeble voice and the fervor born of
helplessness prayed to the God that he
denied. He begged for the life of the
wait in his care, for the safety of the
mother, so needful to the little one.
and for courage and strength to do his
part and bring them together But be-
yond the appeal for help in the service
Of others not one word or expressed
thought of his prayer included himself
as a beneficiary. So much for pride.
AS he rose to his feet the flying lib of
bark appeared around the corner of
ice to the right Of the beach, and a mo-
ment later the whole moonlit fabric
came into view. waited along by the
faint westerly air, not half mile
away. ..T>5>.
He sprang to the fire, forgetting his
pain. and. throwing on wood, made a
blaze. He hailed in a frenzy of excite
ment, Ozark ahoy! Bark ahoy! Take
US OFF, And a deep toned answer
came across the water.
"Wake up, Myra," he cried as he
lifted the child. "Wake up. We're 60
ing away"
1--WE goin' to mamma?'' she asked,
with no symptoms Of crying. .
| Eyes, we're going to- mamma now
that u.s." he added to himself, IF that
clause in the prayer is considered"
Fifteen minutes later, as he watched
the approach of white quarter boat,
he muttered: "That bark was there,
half a mile back in this wind, before I
thought of praying. Is that prayer an.
swered? Is she safe?''
On the first floor Of the London Royal
Exchange is large apartment studded
with desks. around and between which
surges hurrying, shouting crowd Of
brokers, clerks and messengers. FIRING
ing this apartment are doors and hail.
ways leading to adjacent rooms and Of
fees, and scattered through it are bull
letin boards. on which are daily writ
ten in duplicate the marine casualties
Of the world. At one end is raised
platform, sacred to the presence of an
important functionary. In the technical
language Of the city," the apartment
is known as the "room'' and the func-
tionary as the ''caller." whose business
it is to call out in mighty sing song
voice the names of members wanted at
the door and the bare particulars of
bulletin news prior to its being chalked
out for reading.
It is the headquarters Of Lloyd's-the
Immense association Of underwriters.
brokers and shipping men which, be-
ginning with the customers at Edward
Lloyd's coffee house in the latter part
Of the seventeenth century, has, re-
tanning his name for title, developed
into corporation so well equipped. so
splendidly organized and powerful.
that kings and ministers of state ap-
peal to it at times for foreign news.
Not a master or mate sails under tn,
English dag but whose record, even t,
forecastle fights, Is tabulated at Lloyd
for the inspection of prospective EN-
ployers. Not ship is cast away Of
any inhabitable coast of the worl,
during underwriters business hour
but what that mighty singsong cry an
nounces the event at Lloyd's within
thirty minutes. s
One Of the adjoining rooms Is know
as the chart room. Here can be foun
In perfect order and sequence, each O.
its roller, the newest charts Of all ma
lions, with q library Of nautical ntel
allure describing to the last detail th
harbors, lights, rocks, shoals and sal
ing directions Of every coast lin
shown on the charts: the tracks Q
latest storms, the changes Of ocea
. currents and the whereabo bouts Of dert
licts and icebergs. A member q
Lloyd's acquires in time a theoretics
knowledge Of the sea seldom exceede
by the men who navigate it
Another apartment, the captain
room, Is given over to Joy and refresl
ment, and still another, the antithesl
Of the last, Is the intelligence ofic,
where anxious ones inquire for and ar
told the latest news OF this OF thu
: overdue ship.