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Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-24
Death OF Charles l.. Cone

Banning Record On February 10
death came to the Cone home in Ban
ming and called the husband and fa-
ther, who had been a sufferer from
chronic illness for years. Mr.. Cone
first came to California with his fam
lily few years ago. settling at Braw-
ley, and then at Banning. Later the
family lived in the Coachella valley.
but returned to Banning last fall. Mr..
Cone was a kindly man and good
hearted. Ill health prevented the TAX
ing part in the activities of life in this
state, but he bore his burden patient
ly. A widow and daughter are the
survivors Mr.. Cone was resident
of Wisconsin before coming to Califor-
mia. He was born in Pierce county,
Wisconsin, in 1859. He was united
in marriage with Ella Brown June Z,
1883.
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TO RESUME EXPRESS HEARING

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Investiga-
ton into the conduct of the express
companies of the country, especially in
their relations with the railroads and
with each other, will be resumed Mon
day by the interstate commerce com
mission. Alarmed at the course of the
inquiry, officials of the express COM
panies have voluntarily come forward
and offered to correct any abuses eX-
isting in the rules and regulations of
the express companies.
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Younu Man Takes Strychnine

Charles Wilson, whose real name is
Charles Fulson, committed suicide at
the home of w. J. Jones i'll the Yuma
valley yesterday afternoon at $3.50. lie
went out by the strychnine route. He
swallowed 60 grains OF this deadly
drug and died instantly. The Jones
ranch is mile southwest of Nichols
hall Fuson has been working there
for the past nine months. He COM
mitted the rash act because he had
had some trouble with his sweetheart,
He left a letter to his employer and
another to his sweetheart, making the
cause apparent. He came to Arizona
from Fort Sam Houston, Tex. and
was an ex-soldier DR.. ApJohn held
a coroner's inquest over the remains,
having been deputized by Judge }. G.
Jones, who was not well. The remains
are in charge of o. c. Johnson, the
undertaken, and will be inferred 20
day.-Yuma Sun.
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First PRESBYTERIAN Church

Rev. A. W. Williams, pastor: Morn
ing service only will be held in the
manse. at Il o'clock. Next Sabbath.
March 8. the new chapel will will
opened and dedicated. The dedica-
tory sermon will be preached by Rev,
w. B. Noble, D. D., of Los Angeles,
superintendent of Presbyterian home
mission work for the state of Califor-
MIA. Prayer of dedication will be Of
fered by the pastor. Our Sabbath
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L, G. s. ProQram

"Roped in the story of novel
elopement effected by expert use OF
the lasso with boldness that even Loch-
invaf of old would be proud to boast
Of Come and see how "Auntie' was
fooled; The Doll Drama; Two
Daughters of Havana" remarkable
resemblance of two Havana bellies the
theme on which depends this interest
ing story, the complications to which
mistaken identity leads fortunately TO
turn out all right; Comic Pasttimes
in China" scenic. Special change OF
program Monday night.
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MethoHiSt Services

Sunday school at 10 a. M, r. H..
Clark superintendent Preaching at
II by the pastor, a sermon to the new
members. A special feature OF the
morning service will be the sacrament
Of The Lords supper, which will be
held in the new church for the first
time and administered by the pastor
for the first time since his ordination.
Epworth League at $50 p. m. Preach
ing at 7:30 by the pastor, subject, is
Jesus the Key to the Highest in Man,
Every one is welcome to all these ser
vices. Oliver Saylor, pastor.
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District Missionary Convention

a notable event IN the church lie
of Ell Centre will be the district con-
vention to be held next Friday at the
Christian Church. Among the distin-
guished workers present will be Rev.
NJ. d. Clubb of Los Angeles, state Sec
retary; Mrs. w. R. Harper of Los Ang-
eles. secretary of the woman's board;
Rev. w. S. Myers. we'll known evan
gelist now at at work in the Imperial
valley, and Miss Florence Miller OF
Louisville, Ky, a leader in the great
Womans Jubilee movement.
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Perfect Papers

Friday is review day for the spell
ing classes of grade two in the gram
mar school The pupils having per-
feet papers are Sidney Talbert, Louise
Gaskil, Hattie Kuyendall Edgar
House. Blanch Newman, Zeda Atkins.
Beatrice Jones, Wilbert Konold, Rus
sell holland and Iris Mckinney.
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State Street Christian Church

Bible school 10 a. m; preaching by
the pastor II. subject, Growing in
Grace" Reception of new members.
Junior Christian EnGeavor Society at
3 D. m: senior Endeavor $50; preach
ing service 7:30: subject, One Lord,
One Faith. One Baptism" The ordi-
nance of baptism will be administered.
There will be good music A cordial
welcome to all
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-24
Vaudeville at Opera House

Return of the favorites. Burke and
Barton, in new acts, and Miss Beverly
Ashton. in new songs, tonight only.
New photoplays: The Equitable Fire,
George Warrington's Escape, "Ihe
Mysterious Stranger" and THE First
Man
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SeeleN Public School

Last Monday morning the Seeley
gramma school opened its first session,
in charge of Miss Tillie Borden OF
Long Beach. The enrolment was 19.
with the prospect of additional pupils
in the near future.
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services in the chapel car next Sun
day, February %, including the Sun
day school service, and Rev. E. R. Her
miston will preach morning and even
ing.
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Christian Science Services

Fl Centro Christian Science Socl-
ETY. meets each Sunday in Central I'm
ion High School at / o'clock. Sunday
school is held at $50. Wednesday
evening services are held at 3 D. m.
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will give a free exhibition of rope
throwing in front of the theater at 7:15
each evening during his engagement,
beginning tomorrow
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IT'S GOOD TO SMOKE EE sGSs ssS
BRAD,S SMOKE SHOP. L.. S. THEATRE BUILDING

school will be reorganized at 10 o'clock
the same morning. DO not forget this
announcement.
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CONTRACTORS S

l.. S. BOWER-Brick tile and plaster.
GRADING AND DITCHING-We are pre-
pared to handle work promptly and at
reasona BILE rates MARTIN BROS. box
ISL RraWley 1892 tf
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SPECIAL NOTICES

FOR SALE OR TRADE !
FOR SALE horsepower gasoline en-
gine. little used $50 cash. PRESS
FOR RSALE-Restaurant doing good bust
ness cheap for cash. APT MAIN ST.
lei Centre. "150-tf
AUTOMOBILES 600 for sale
very cheap Good order. F. ALDER
SON. Court House Garage.
FOR sALE-Buick 4O-h.p. automobile
Gash GnR or H@s egeat wtR good FL sesnrty Gsniry
WANTED-Plowing, by. the acre with
traction engine. Inquire of VAN DER
POEL BROS. l mile south of Nc
Cabe Church. 166
FOR F.XCHANGF,-Due bill for 500 on
Weber piano to exchange for dairy stock
or land. MRS, D. w. CLARK, r: f.
FOR SALE-Practically new Singer sew
ing machine in good condition. VIII sell
< ( Co fs:XPREss oFFicE. i! T Els 'N>''
WANTED-Carpet cleaning and floor poi
ishine 30 cents AZ! hour, window cleaning
% cents. Residence, corner 7th st. and
Parle ave. TOM MULLEN. $50
steers and 5000 head of sheep. viii
lease or pasture by the month ED
WIN CAILiS gen. del. Eel Centre. *170
DEHORNING CATTLE-I am prepared
to dehorn cattle with best methods;
handle all stock with the utmost kind
ness. JACOB NEF, Arcade Lodging
House. FL Centre. *149
FOR SALE-Second hand Flour City trac-
tion engine; Is horsepower; used very
little Very cheap Write or or see ee,;a. A. W
Kinney. suite No $40 r. w. Hellman
bldg, Los Angeles. l57
FOR SALE-Gasolne gas machine. oper-
ated by water under pressure: just the
thing for cooking heating and lighting
where city gas is not 2-- to ooh be had Cost Cos
inquire at PRESS OFFICE.
FOR SAiF-2-horse cultivator. pair small
mules 2ia -year-Old mare. broken to
work and drive anywhere; 17-month-Old
horse colt, Jersey COW, 100 chickens.
l. big gOhhlers. See me at court house.
I. MAYFIELD. El Centre.
FOR SAT.n.-second hand surry. 2-horse
cultivator, pair small mules, 2la year
old mare broken to work and drive
anywhere. 17-month-old horse colt.
Jersey COW. 100 chickens, u big COB
IELD, El Centro
WANTED-At once, competent and relia-
ble party TO take agency for the famous
domestic Vacuum Sweepers. Our
machines are rapid sellers husters
make good money. AddreSs yeS :, for partic-
221 Higgins bldg, Los Angeles, Cal. ia
FARMERS EXCHANGE has moved to
the j. K. Lotus bldg, first door west
Of depot, under the management of
M. f. Barto, who is in a, position to
show you Imperial valley lands IN an
BILE prices. City property in all parts
of town. Choice lots $3.50 and up. List
with us, the home of buyers. F. M.
BARTO, p o. box 50.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-24

PARTIES WISHING STORAGE SPACE
We have leased the large shet iron
war house formerly occupied by the Ham
ilton Supply Co.. and are prepared to han
die any and all kinds of storage business.
See Pioneer Transfer Co, at Office on 5th,
just north of Main. Phone Main l.
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SECRET SOCIETIES

I'll CENTRIC LODGE 80. 297, LO.O.F.
r Meets every Wednesday, night in Ma
- sonic han. Opera House block. Vis-
itors most cordially welcomed J. H..
TRAVERS, N.G.; E. II. SHERMAN, SEC.
x/UMA LODGE NO. AIS. Benevolent
7 and Protective Order Of Elks, meets
every Wednesday evening at Ehs'
Hall Visiting brothers are heartily well
coined. Meeting hours O'Clock. =. r..
GULL, Exalted Ruler. w. G. PRYOR,
Secretary
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Baptist Services
The Baptist congregation will hold
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-24

THE VALLEY that made Los Angeles
famous. The owens River Valley is
attracting the attention of homeseekers
and investors all over the Pacific coast.
Stock men, dairy men. apple men, poul-
try men and farmers in general. attract
ed not alone by the wonderful produc-
tiyeneSS of the soil. but by the abun-
dance of water and the health giving
climate as well, are seeking homes there.
We will be very glad to furnish you with
detail information about this wonderful
country. n. A. VAN HORN, Ell Centre.
Cal. Local representative. Bishop Land
Co, Bishop Cal. 92-tf
FOR SAI.t-S0-a"re assignment, first
class medium soil, unimproved but COM
paratively level, located on good No.
II canal. l mile southwest of the new
town OF Seeley. The new town of See
ley is located . miles west of FL Cen
tro and on the line of the San Diego
and Arizona railroad. Seeley has u
good school. postoffice, telephone and
several stores. Other business build
ugs under way of construction. ] am
selling this land for just one-half what
it Is worth in order to raise some cash
to make payment on other property
$2l per acre. Apply to p. J. STORMS,
storms crossing. Seeley postoftice, or
Z. l.. GRAY. y mile southwest of
Sppley.
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Must close out before warm weather
carload fancy Burbank potatoes at $3.50
per cWt ScottS Grocery. 163
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Gttu ann nallry
Episcopal Services

There will be Episcopal services in
Masonic hall at II a. m. Sunday, Rev.
Wise preaching.
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Genuine Mebane cotton seed for plant
ing. Hotvlle Seed Store. If
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

FOR SALE-Buck rake and stacker j.
A. GLENN. mile south, ! mile east
Of city.
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WATER STOCK

WATER sTOCK--see A. NANCE, Ell
Centre for no. l water stock. 80 tfl
FOR SALE-80 shares of No. / water
stock, SIG cash per share, or SIT on
time with additional security. BOX sc,
0Q1exioe
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MONEY TO LOAN

MONEY at per cent on patents ans final
ceruhcatcs w. J. HANliLINE room
/ Ill Centre Nat Bank bldg. Phone 5S2.
MONEY TO LOAN on patented or final
. per cent interest. Money put up on
day Of escrow. Apply by letter, give
fun particulars. direction and dstAnce
10 ranch FRANK HiLETT, 133 S.
Hudson ave Pasadena Cal, $50
Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-24

Free Exhibition
The Texas Cowboy and Magician
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SEE NUFFER LAND

FOR SALE A BARGAIN
100 acres miles from Ell Centro all in
alfalfa and tine stand; fenced fields
ideal stock ranch.
SEE, NJ FF'ER LAND co.
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FOR RENT-REAL ESTATE

FOR RENT-F'Urnished house. C. c.
TONEY.
FOR RENT-SmaU modern house, close
in. IRVING JAQUAY.
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FOR F.XCHANGE,-Due bin for 500 OF
Weber piano to exchange for dairy stock
or land. MRS. ID. w. CLARK, r. f
-. | HI Centre. "155
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FOR SALE-Practically new Singer sew
ing machine in good condition. Will sell
at a bargain. Can at WELLS FARGO
x co. EMPRESS OFFICE.
WANTED-Carpet cleaning and floor poi
Shing 30 cents III! hour, window cleaning
% cents. Residence, corner 7th st. and
Parke ave. TOM MULLEN. $50
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POULTRY

FOR SALE-Baby chicks, barred Rocks,
r. 1. reds, white and brown Leghorns.
e. r. SMOOT, with Paul Rittner, m-
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Lest. FOUND. sTRAYED. STOLEN
STATIONS AND JACKS

MAY DAY-Fine 4-year-old black Per
cheron stallion. weight 1900. will be at
my ranch miles west of FL Centre.
So for single service: $40 for season; $1s
insured. w. II. POOL.
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FOR SALE-Send in youor orders FOR
baby chicks, white Leghorns and Waite
Plymouth Rocks. H. E. AMANN, Holt
vile, Cal
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FOR SALE OR TRADE-Automobil
have two. w ]. PURCELL.
FOR -2-horsepower gasoline en-
gine. little used, $50 cash. PRES
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WANTED-Plowing by the acre with
traction engine. Inquire of VAN DER
POEL BROS, mile south of Nc
Cabe Church. 166 .
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-05-02

mune. The only difference is that,
masquerading originally as social
lists and labor champions, they
captured the municipal and the
parliamentary machines and have
adopted up-to-date methods of dis
guising their ameable intentions.
The coal strike did not have it's
origin in the minimum wage for
our les S fortunate brethren"
1t is part of a revolutionary plot
engineered by the Syndicalist Par
ty. Its real object is to aim a
death blow at private enterprise.
It is the Syndicalist war against
Capital and it is nothing else. It
is rapidly becoming the sort of
world that makes you wonder
around the cemeteries and congrat-
ulate your departed friends on
being where they are. 1t is rapid
ly becoming the sort of world to
make you sit up on your death
bed and horray to think you are
getting out of it. / am beginning
to congratulate myself on being
where | am. However, this is the
twentieth century and the Age of
Enlightenment," l hope 1 shall
have cause before long to change
my mind.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-05-02
DISEASE.
E. l.. F.
paper Read Before the Chautauqua Circle:

Paper Read BEFORE tite ChGutGuQud Ctfcte:
Every man wants health, perfect
health and every man may have it
if he is willing to pay the price.
The price is not to be paid to the
Doctor but to yourself. A mans
body deserves far better treatment
than it usually gets from it's owner.
Perfecthealthi isa great big business
asset because it makes for endur-
ance, and man who is to win out
must stay in the game day after
day and work. A sick man is not
fit for any sort of efficient service.
He is loser "a failure.
Elbert Hubbard says: 1t is
greater disgrace to be i'll than to be
in the penitentiary, for if you
are in the penitentiary it indicates
you have broken some man-made
statute, but if you are i'll it signi-
fies that you have violated some
God-made law"
A few years ago disease was
looked upon as necessary part of
mans existence. People expected
to be ill few times each year; pre-
pared for it, in fact, it was consid-
cred to be quite the thing to have
nervous prostration, and certain
diseases, like styles in dress, have
been fashionable at different peri
ods. We are, however, beginning
to realize that disease is nota nee
essary evil'' and that health is pos
sible to all. We are learning more
about this complex machine called
body and the natural laws govern
ing it. The man of wisdom, today,
is he who learns those laws and
lives in conformity with them.
Disease of any nature unfits a man
for best endeavor. The body, we
might say, is the medium through
which the mind manifests itself
and it is fact appreciable to the
most ordinary intellect, that poor
body is less effective in expression
than good one. If the body is
lame, sore, painful or uncomforta
BILE in any measure best work is I'M
possible. TO do good work. one
must concentrate upon that which
one is doing, and concentration is
rendered impossible or at any rate,
impaired by physical discomfort.
There is not single word that
can be said in favor of disease. 1t
is handicap in the business world;
it destroys the usefulness and en-
joyment of the affected individual
and imposes suffering and hard
ships upon everyone with whom it
comes in contact.
Health is the opposing force of
disease. Health gives endurance,
vitality, fecuperative power and
the capacity to achieve. Disease
destroys ones vitality, recupera-
tive power and the capacity to gain
knowledge. Disease in its inispi-
ency impairs the senses; in advan-
ced stages it often destroys one or
more of them completely. Science
declares that in the last analysis all
matter is composed of but oRe ele-
mental substance. The same prin-
ciple applies to disease.
In reality, all disease is due to
one and the same cause, namely
filth. =" 1t takes many different
forms of expression, depending up
on the constitution of the individ-
ual, his habits and upon the degree
of his violation of natural law.
There are two opposing forces or
principles in the universe, one
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-05-02
The White Ghost OF
Disaster

The sinking of the TITANIC
seems to have been foreshadowed
in story by Chief Mate Garnett
in the first May number of the
fort-nightly POPULAR MAGAZINE.
The story is called "The White
GhosI of Disaster" Here is Gar
nett's description of how the giant
liner ADMIRAL ran into the berg:
There was a puff -of colder air
than usual. A chill as of death
itself came floating over the silent
ocean. A man on lookout stood
staring straight into the mist ahead,
and then sang out:
Something right ahead sir"
he yelled in a voice that carried
like the roar of a gun.
Brownson seized the lever shut
ting the compartments, swung it,
jammed it hard over, and screamed:
Stop her-stop her-hard over
your wheel hard over"
His voice ended in vibrating
screech that sounded wild, weird,
uncanny in that awful silence.
And then came the impact.
With a grinding, smashing roar
as of thousands of tons coming to-
gether, the huge liner plunged
headlong into the iceberg that rose
grim and silent right ahead, tower
ing over her in spite of her great
height. The shock was terrific,
and the grinding, laundering crash
of falling tons of ice, coupled with
the rending of steel plates and
solid planks, made chaos of all
sound.
The ADMIRAL bit in, dug, plowed,
kept on going, gong, and the
whole forward part of her almost
disappeared in the wall of white.
A thousand tons of huge flakes
slammed and slid down her decks,
burying her TO the fore hatch in
the smother. A thousand tons
more crashed, slid, and plunged
down the slopes of the icy noun
tain and hurled themselves into the
sea with giant splashes, sending
torrents of water as high as the
bridge rail. The men who had
been forward were swept away by
the avalanche. Many were never
seen again. And then, with re-
versed engines, she finally came to
a dead stop, with her bows jammed
a hundred feet deep in the ice wall
of the berg.
After that it was panic. All dis
cipline seemed to end in the shock
and struggle.
Brownson, the commander, tied
down the siren cord, and the roar
shook the atmosphere. The tre-
mendous tones rose above the din
of screaming men and cursing sea-
men; and then the master called
down to the heart of the ship, the
engine room.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-05-02

Teacher:-Now children, are your
fathers bipeds or quadrupeds?
(Child:-Timidly, after a painful
silence). They're mostly Repub-
inlicans in this county.-Pathfnder.
A preacher says that the saddest
hour of the day comes after sunset.
That's when most of the vaudeville
stunts are pulled off.-Dispatch.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-05-02
MAY DAY.
CLINTON Scollard. IN May AINSLEE'S

Again in golden 81 cen and garmented
The hills eternal: orange flames suspire
Among the willows; while along the brier
The ardor of crimson flush is spread.
Such as one day the radiant rose will shed.
The marsh is dotted with the cowslip fire;
And tenderly the breath of young desire
In close and coppice moves where SHOWS have fed.
Listen! Faint murmurs stir within the sod.
The stream resumes the silver of its speech
That brawled between its banks but yesterday
And like one conscious of the moving Cod
The power omnipotent our lips beseech-
The whole earth owns the miracle of May.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-05-02
$1.OOa Year
iEHMS' 6M onths Fifty Cts.
is she going?" he asked.

Is she going?" he asked.
Water coming in like through
Ia tunnel" came the response.
Nearly up to the CRATES now"
That was all. The man left the
tube to rush on deck, and the cap
tain knew the forward bulkheads
had gone; had either jammed or
burst under the terrific impact.
The ship was going down.
The crew on the whole, behaved
we'll. Officers and men tried to
keep some sort of discipline. Fin
ally six boats went down alongside
into the sea, and were promptly
swarmed by the crowds above, who
either slid down the falls or Jump
ed overheard and climbed in from
the sides. The sea was as still as
a lake; only the slight swell heaved
it. Great fields of floating parti-
cles Of ice from the berg foated
about, and those who had gotten
wet shivered with the cold.
The ADMIRAL, running at twen-
ty-two knots an hour, had struck
straight into the wall of an iceberg
that reached as far as the eve
could see in the haze. It lowered
at least three hundred feet in the
air, showing that its depth was
colossal, probably at least half
mile. 1t was a giant ice mountain
that had broken adrift from it's
northern home, and, drifting south
ward, had survived the heat of
summer and the breaking of the
sea upon its base.
Brownson stood calmly watch
ing the press gain and lose places
in the boats. Two boats actually
overloaded rolled over under the
immense load of human freight.
The others did not stop to pick
them up. They had enough to do
to save themselves. The ship was
sinking. That was certain. She
must have struck so hard that even
the 'midship bulkheads gave way,
or were so twisted out of place that
the doors failed, The chief engi-
neer came below him and glanced
up.
AS he did so, a tremendous, roar
ing blast of steam blew the super
structure upward. The boilers
had gone.
The decks grew more and more
steep. The liner was settling by
the head and to starboard. She
was even now twisting, rolling
over; and the motion brought down
thousands of blocks of ice from
the berg. The engines had stop
ped long since. She still held her
head against the ice wall; but it
would give her no support. She
was slipping away-away to her
grave below.
The liner suddenly shifted, leaned
to starboard, heeled far over, and
her bows slipped from the berg,
sinking down clear to her decks,
clear down until the seas washed
to the foot of her superstructure.
Masses of ice fell from her into the
sea. The grinding, splashing noise
awoke the panic again among the
remaining passengers and crew.
They strove with manic fury to
get the RATS and other stuff that
might float over the side. Two
boats drew away full to the gun
wales with people. The air below
began to make that peculiar whist
ling sound that tells of pressure
pressure upon the vitals of the
ship. She was going down.
A cracking and banging of ice
blocks and the ship raised her
stern higher. Then she plunged
straight downward, straigh as a
plummet for the bottom of the
Atlantic Ocean.