The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-25

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He found a tin can-possibly left
in a leaky boat before Its final hoist
to the davits--and gave her a. drink
which he had added few drops OF
the whiskey. Then he thought of
breakfast. Cutting n steak from the
HEADQUARTERS OF the bear. he toasted
1t on the end of a splinter and found
II sweet and satisfying. but when he
attempted to feed the child. he UNI
derstood the necessity OF freeing its
arnS--which he hid, sacrificing his
left shirt sleeve 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 delirions with
fever. while the child was but little
better.
Chapter IN.
with lucid intervals. during which
he replenished or rebuilt the fire..
cooked the bear meet. ana fed ana
dressed the wounds OF the child. this
delirium lasted three days His suf-
Sering was intense. His arm. The seat
OF throbbing pain. had swollen to
twice the natural size. while his side
Drevented him taking full breath,
Voluntarily. He had paid no atten-
ton 60 his own hurts. and il was
alther the yigur OF a constitution thh1
years OF dissi patton had not impaired,
or come anti febrile property or be@r
meat, or in the absence OF the exclt-
ing wTIskey that won the battle. He
rek,ndled the fire with his last match
on the evening OF the third day ana
looked around the Gardening horizon
sane. but feeble in body ana nina.
n d sail had appeared 10 the IN
terim. he had not seen II: nor was
there one Ia sight now. 100 weak 70
climb the slope, he returned to me
y r,a.aY'-. .rnere The child, exhausted
from fruitless crying, was now Sleep
ir1 HIS unskilful. and rather heroic
manner of wrapping IT up to protect
n from cold had. no doubt, contfipot-
"a largely to the closing OF its wouiur
h., forcibly keeping It still, th"hen IL
m,,st have added TO It's present snitef-
,rc. he looked for moment on
Tho wan. tear-staiued little race WIN
n. fringe OF tangled cnris peepHhs
shove me wrappings OF canvas "hu
stooping painfully down, klsseo
.nftly. but the kiss awakened u hia
a cried for its mother lie eou,a az,
soothe ii, nor eonlh ne w. ,a,nst
! rarypYess. wordless curse asaii.s'
A.st,rv yelling up from his heaf,' ne
,afr q and sat down on the "'scN"se
~ some distance away. ~. S
"We'll very likely ger wen,
unused. gloomily. unless ] lei the l.s
- AM what then? We can't lase
longer than the berg, ana nor t,uS,
,onrer than the bear. We ihnrt "
n,,t ~ the 1racks~-we were apoui
o .,,r. hundred miles out when we
s.~uct. and the current Sticks 70 'ne
sa--h.it here--about wes'-sou W es'
but that's the surface WAFER. NJ.
49, fellows have currents OF theil
s,vr There's no fog; we must DC 10
49, southward Of the bst.-oel"es ~
me lanes. They'll run their noaes ~
~. ether Lane after this. 'thihk-
~ money-grabbing wretches' curse
..nne,.nr they've drowned her. curse
shsm. With their water-ught COR
rsrfmeniy. and their logging o. .ns
kccto,sf1. Twenty-four boats Tor
erroe thousand peopie--lasheo down
1sth tarred gripe-lashings--ihirty
4 ,,,~n 70 clear them away. and not an
49, N the boat-deck or o sheath
Y T~Ske N 4 man. Could she have got
S1nv? II they goF that boat down.
tHnv unielft have taken her In from
Slne ef1po: and the mate knew han
- 1n1111s gpald ~ her. Her