Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-05-02
ALL THE MANS FAULT
BY GERTRUDE MIlLErT.

zoo vivid a recollection OF my las
lake trip Mrs. Clark Invited me tf
go to Escanaba with her and Fay on
a freight boat was delighted Fay
had been on the trip before and she
reported that she had the time OF
her life
The trip 10 Escanaba was dream
The captain and sailors could not do
enough for US Il was moonlight and
the lake looked beautiful J felt az
n ! was on a private yacht II was
perfect tlll we started back
AT Escanaba they loaded the boat
with tons OF iron ore The vessel sank
deeper and deeper into the water. IN
III 4 began 10 lock like submarine
Then when We started for Chicago We
we're toWing barge loaded With
more tons and tons Of ore
I'VE had been on our way a day.
when ! saw that the sky looked like
lead. with ugly yellow streaks across
A. ] said 10 Mrs Clark think We
shall have a storm
You knoW how optimistic she Ia
with that sky above u.s. she gayly
remarked Oh. DO you think soT
IN was not long before the storm
broke The wind came suddenly and
the rain came down Hike an overturned
sea We hurried into the protection
OF the cabin aud watched the storm.
IN was awful the way the boat
creaked viii say nothing about
the way Il rocked The rope which
pulled the barge broke like a thread
In few minutes Il seemed miies
away
Presently ! saw a sailor make mis-
way 10 the lifeboat I watched him
anxiously lie vas working at the
ropes
4 said TO Mrs CLARK lie is going
20 lower the lifeboat and you must
know what that means
she did not answer me- but pushed
the screen door open and rushed up
20 the man pulled his sleeve and
asked. Are you going TO lower the
lifcboatg He paid no attention to
her
She came back, threw herself into
a seat and sobted ! shall never see
my husband again.
Tables and chairs were sliding
about In despair dropped upon the
floor on. Why did I ever comet
Tons Of iron below me- could see
the boat go down into the lake like
a cannon ball
- know when | strike the water
] cried I'll so straight 10 the bottom
Pay answered despairingly. We
IA
to co.
Like fash all the mean things
had ever done rushed through my
mind ! never knew before that CRISIS
on the lake that there were SO many
OF them.
Suddenly Fay jumped up I am
goinx 70 put on life preserver, she
exclaimed
There was none Ia sight We DO
gan 70 hunt frantlcaliy The boat
pitched as lie every direction
1--WE looked on the ceiling. on the
walls aud even tore the cushions from
the chnirs There was 40 sign of life !
preservers Whore could those men
have put themg Al last Mrs Clark !
found them in closet. covered with /
insect powder We pulled them out
and each grabbed one,
Fay was wriggiins lnto hers--it
looked ike doughnut had on a
cork Jacket with the back to the front
Tie itl' kept on screaming 60 Thorn.
Mrs. Clark had one on and was
trying to get into another We we're
all sneezing because OF the insect
row der
"Mrs Clark ran to the door for
fresh air oh. girls. che called
There Is the steward bringing "a tea
And the llfeboet 10 stiil 10 It's place'
Fay and made a dive for che /
door. Yes. thera was the hfeboat 1
could hardly believe Il
"ny this time the steward came up
Is the boat going 10 slakt cried Mrs.
Clark
sink No. everything is ali right I
Dc said
why. that sailor was lowering the
iifebcat shrieked Fay
''The captain came ia at that min I
ute lie was sent 10 fasten 4 more 4
securely. said the captain
Then why couldn't he say So
cried Mrs Clark
i never could tell you how those
men laughed We began 20 pull at
those life prcseryers When mine
came on looked az II ! had boen
rolled Ia insect powder Il was
comfort to see the other two look as
II they had just escaped from an in
saue asylum.
Ny purs are gonei' cried Fay
feeling her hsttened head They
we're brand newt
"It wont matter. said Mrs Clark
'pTean puts DO not match yellow
hair
insect powder ia my hairY
screamed Fay KS all that mans
fault
Did you really think you we're
going downY asked tho captain,