The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-23

ZS5zzl built the fire. cooked the bear
I&4l0SJ meat and fed and dressed
the wounds of the child. this delirium
lasted three days His Suffering was
intense. His arm. the seat of thrOb
bling pain. had swollen to twice the
natural size. while his side prevented
his taking Il full breath voluntarily.
He had paid no attention to his own
hurts, and it was either the vigOr OF a
/ constitution that Years OF dissipation
had not im,alrpd or some antifebriie
property Of the bear meat or the ab
scnce of the exciting whisky that won
the battle. lie rrkindled the fire with
his last match on the evening Of the
third day and looked around the dark
ening horizon. sane. but feeble in body
and mind
If a sail had appeared in the interim
he had no! seen it. nor was there one
ia sight now Ton weak to climb the
slope. hp returned to the boat. where
the child. exhausted from fruit!csS cry
ing, was now SIrepn. His un>killfu
and rather heroic manner Of wrapping
It up to protect 1t from cold had no
doubt contributed largely to the clos
Ing of It's wounds 10y fOrcihly keeping
Il still. though it must have added
largely to It's present SuferingS. Tie
looked for n moment ON the wan.
tear stained little face. with its fringe
Of tangled earl, rccpinS above the
wrappings Of canvas. and. STOPPING
painfully down. kissed ii softly, but
the kiss awakened ii, aud 1t cried for
It's mother. lie could not sOothe 1t.
nor could he try. and with a fOrmless.
wOrdleSs curse against destiny yelling
l up from his heart he left it and sat
down on the wreckage at some dis
lance away.
"We'll very likely get WE'LL" he
unused glOOmly. unless let the fire
go out. What then: We cant last
longer than the berg and not much
longer than the bear. We must be- out
Of the tracks We were about 900
miles out when we struck. and the
current sticks to the fog belt here
about west sOu'west-but that's the
surface water. These deep fellows
have currents Of their own. There's
no fog. We must be to the southwark
Of the belt between the lanes. Theyl
run their boats In the other lane after
this. think-the money grabbing
\ wretches. Curse them II they've
drowned her. Curse them. with thei
water tight compartments and their
logging Of the lOokoutS. Twenty-fOul
boats for 5000 people. dashed dow
n with tarred gripe lashings. thirty met
to clear them away and not an ax OF
~ the boat deck or a sheath knife on
man. Could she have got away? l
they got that boat down they nigh
have taken her In from the steps. an,
the mate knew l had her child Ill
would tell her. Her name must b.
"a Myra too. 1t was her voice hear,
In that dream. That was hashces
=. What did they drug ME for? hut tn
whisky was all right. Its all don
with now unless l set ashore. bu
will r.
%. The moon rose above the castellate
= structure to the left. flooding the ic
beach with ashen gray light sparklin
In q thousand points from the ca.
4 cades. streams and Ripping pool,
throwing into blacklist shadow the Gu
lies and hollows and bringing to hi
mind In spite Of the weird beauty ,
the scene crushing sense Of lionel
ness-of littleness-as though the va.
pile Of inorganic desolation which bel
him was Of far greater importanc
than himself and all the hopes. plar
and fears Of his lifetime The chill
had cried itself to sleep again. and /
paced up and down the ice.
up there" be said moodily. lcokir
into the sky. where a few stars shor
family in the food from tile moon
"up there - somewhere they dor
know just where-but Somewhere ,
above. 10 the Christians heaven. [
there Is their good God. WHO has plac,
Myra's Child here-their good God
and down below Us. somewhere arai
are their hell and their bad Il who
they invented themselves And IN,
give US our choice-heayea or hell
Il not so-not so. The great mvste
Is not solved. The hulnaa a,.art ia N
helped In this way. Nc -o5d mercif
God created this WORT - i,s con,
lions Whatever may - tie rature
the causes at work hcxer1 orr mont
vision. one fact is indu r nroras
that the qualities Of uv r,oine.
justice. play 10 part j; a. overtime
scheme And yet they - ne core
all religions on earth i .e belief
this. Is 1t. or is it tie oowar,llv h
man fear Of the unkuazn thst INN.
the savage mothek { Inv hes. ta