The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-26

STOPPING caused him excruciating tor
ture. The child was bleeding from
four deep. cruel scratches. extending
diagonally from the right shoulder
down the back; but he found upon
examination that the soft. yielding
bones were unhroken, and that her
unconsciousnes3 came from the rough
the ice: for large iump had raised.
OF pure necessity. his first efforts
must be made In his own behalf; 80
wrapping the baby In his coat he
placed 1t In his shelter. and cut and
made from the canvas, sling for
his dangling arm. Thsn,~ with knife.
fingers and teeth. he partly skinned
the bear-often compelled to pause
to save himself from faintins with
not very thick layer of fat broad
slab, which. after bathing the wounds
at q nearby pool, he bound nrmiy
to the little ones hack. using the
torn night-gown for bandage.
He cut the flannel lining from his
coat. and from that Of the sleeves
made neither garments for the little
limbs, doubling the surplus length
over the ankles and tying in place
The body lining he wrapped around
her waist. enclosing the arms, and
around tho whole he passed turn upon
turn of canvas In strips, marling the
,nummy-like bundle with yarns. much
az a sailor secures chafing-gear to
the doubled parts Of . hawser-a
process when complete. that would
have aroused the indignation OF any
mother which saw it. But he was only
a man and suffering mental and ply
steal anguish.
BY the time ne had finished. the
child had recovered consciousness,
and was protesting its misery In Fee
BILE. wailing cry. But he dared not
stop--to become stiffened with cold
and pain. There was plenty Of fresh
water from melting ice. scattered IN
pools. The bar would furnish food;
but they needed IRE, to cook this food,
keep them warm and the DANGEROUS
inflammation from their hurts. and to
raise a smoke to be seen by passing
craft.
He recklessly drank from the bot
tie, needing tho stinufant. and reas-
oninx, perhaps rightly. that no ordi-
nary drug could affect him in his
present condition: then he examined
the wreokage-most' Of It good kind
ling wood. Partly above. partly be-
low the pile. was q steel NE noa-
decked over air-ttght ends now,
doubled to more than 4 right-angle
and resting on its side. With canvas
hung over one half, and a small Are
in the other. 1t. promised, by its con-
! Quoting property, warmer and bet
ter shelter than the bridge. A sailor
without matches Is an anomaly. He
whitfield shavings. kindled the fire,
hung the canvas and brought the
| drink of water.
Can-nnSSihly
in a leaky boat before its final hoist
to the davits--and gave her n drink.
which he had added a few drops of
! the whiskey. Then he thought of
| breakfast. Cutting a steak from the
hind quarters OF the bear, he toasted
| 1t on the end Of a splinter and found
| It sweet and satisfying: but when he
attempted to feed the child. he I'M
| derstood the necessity of freeing it's
arms-which he hid, sacrificing his
| left shirt-sleeye to cover them. The
| change and the food stopped its cry
| Ing for while. and Rowland lay
down with 1t in the warm boat. Be-
! fore the day had passed the whiskey
was gone and he was delirious with
| fever. while the child was but little
! better.
Chapter TX.
With lucid intervals. during which
he replenished or rebuilt the fire,
! cooked the bear meet. and fed and
dressed the wousds Of the child, this
| deliffum lasted three days. His suf-
| fering was intense. His arm, the seat
| of throbbing pain. had swollen to
/ twice the natural size, while his side
prevented him taking full breath,
| Voluntarily. He had paid no atten-
| t..
either the vigor of a constitution that
years OF dissipation had not impaired.
, or gone anti-febriie property of bear
| meat or in the absence of the excit-
| ing wnfskey that won the battle. He
| rekindled the fire with his last match
| on the evening of the third day and
| looked around the darkening horizon,
sane, but feeble In body and mind.
II a sail had appeared in the in
| term, he had not seen 1T; nor was
there one in sight now. Too weak 10
climb the slope. he returned to the
| boat. where the child. exhausted
| from fruitless crying, was now sleep
| ing. His unskilful, and rather heroic
| manner of wrapping ii up To protect
/ it from cold had. no doubt, contrlput-
| ed largely to the closing OF its wounds
| nv forcibly keeping II stu. though II
| must have added to its present suHer-
| ,ngs He looked for a moment on
the wan. tear stained little face, with
ito fringe of tangled curls peeplng
| abore the wrarpings or canvas, ana
| STOPPING painfully down. Kissed !.
softly. but the kiss awakened II ana
II cried for its mother. He eouid nov
! soothe 1t. nor could he try: anu Win
!. sormIess. wordless curse against
| destiny yelling UP from his heart, ne
| LETT 1t and sat down on the wrec"ase
at some distance away.
+. ,swe'ilvvery, likely get, we'll. &c
unused. gloomily. "unless l let the .lrs
20 out. What then? We can't iast
! longer than the berg, and nor mush
| longer than the bear. We must ne
ont ri the tracks--we We're anon'
nine hundred miles out when we
! struck. and the current sticks TO the
foy-helt lfere--about west-sou -wes'
! but that's the surface water Tnese
! dozen fellows have currents OF then
own. There's no fog; We must De TO
| the southward of the belt-betweef'
! the Lanes. They'll run their boats IN
the other Lane after this, tnlnk-
| the money-grabbing wretches. curse
them-if they've drowned her. curse
them, with their water-tight COM
partments, and their lo.<ng of the
] iookouts Twentyfour boats Tor
three thousand people--lashed down
with tarred OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| men to clear them away, and not an
| ~ tha hoa t.1ack sheath