New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

when Ic went away IN 'lt lie. IVA b -I'.'i
su~fb0at % board the Drumlcbank but he
declared against II. and there was no moving
him He and Johnny Coogan found the
bare frame Of Willie Faulkner, ati1mc with
fever and dcli-lum, in the master cao!n.
One Of his legs in splnts told u q break.
What they saw in the quarters oi the Drum
icbank's skipper made them shudder' s,'on!
men though they were. Men had suffered
there, suffered terribly, and the almighty
sea had tried 10 pet them even in this refuge.
The story that came from the lips u lHe
eight men and two apprentice boys-all that
survived 81 q COMPANY Of tWcnty-siX which
had sailed from LivcrpOol-tOOk but mo-
mcnt in the telling
THE second officer and two men had been
L los, in gale of the Horn. -Four weeks
Of dead calm had followed the day % their
being spoken on the line. Then had come
a wonderful day with q fair breeze winch
had given the ship one hundred miles %.
nOrthing. The apprentice boys spoke "I
this dav as if they had Iehc.I miracle. Bd'
on the heels Of this breeze gale hal fi5cn
frornthc eastward. This had flung the ship
into the arms Of q hurricane and lar % the
westward out Of the track Of all kindred
The wreck Of things alo.t tod the story
Of the part the hurricane had played III I'D,
D~umlicianks affairs. The man royal
ward. falling. had killed the first oihcer ana
two men in their tracks and broken aux
ncr'e leg. The rest Of those who were MIS-
ING had gone in IN attempt 20 cut away the
wrcriagc over the side SD as 10 keep u from
piercing the hull. With fresh provision eH-
iaus'c1 and rati0ns low disease AMI lever
had come aboard. II there had been one
dav Of fair wind. there had been TWO oi iDuI.
Hc,d winds Or Gains had been the rule.
All tbc oil aboard was gone. II bad
been poured away upon the waters. I'i
"a month these men had not seen q hfhlcI
lamp until the Electra had flashed by III
the gale.
DERICLES carried Willie Faulkner IN ms u,
L arms back % the Electra, and as me I4It
him down i'm his own room hc wondered Il
Toho Lavsan. r., had not seemed heavier
when hc had last held him.
a\Iv bow my own boy. CRED HeIen
Muir. kissing the brow o., the wreck OF u man
~ whose side she threw herself
ONLY a woman's love could have borne inc
touching Of lips to him as he lay lnai gay;
Proctor tried 10 draw her away. she al'''
a O." we save him? VIII he live She
asked and the man who looked down at 'c'
bchcH a woman gazing al INN, woman
,rboee gjrlhood had suddenly slipped away
and one for whom a man might wen lose "
world. ,, We.
aTberes life there, little woman. were
Going 10 fight 10 keep the fame goih3
Al three o'clock that afternoon Johhhy,
Conoan came 10 the door OF the room ana
interrupted Pcriclcs in the task OF making "
cast for Faulkner leg. t.,ri;.s
aI'm Going now, Sir. My own SIX D4llic5
are ready. I've everything aboardTPlcnly
Of snuds and fresh stuff. WISH hau "
couDlc Of lawn mowers too. ! want 10 say
savL,hanks and goo-goodby for tour OF I i:-
weeks" Tears were sncaking down 'n'
wcathcr-bcatcn checks. :,
Its your chance, Johnny, Coogan; Sa''
pcriclcs. @Take it-and make good. - .,
a will; but / want 70 say Ii Nou'
You're lust square, that's all!'
With wringing handciaSp Cocgali Co S,,o
gone 20 take the Drumlebank iIiIo '"''
Francisco.
TT was eleven days afterward' with h nero Oh
L burners roaring, that the wrechng ste cam
er Electra snored through the Golden Gatc
and laid her length along Meiggs wharl ~
put Willie Faulkner into waiting hoSI'lldi
arob,lanco Two daVs before he had been