The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-01-10

sy GERTRUDE MILLETT.

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a freight boat. was delighted. Ia!
had been on the trip before and sht
reported that she had the time o
her life.
THE trip to Escanaba was a dream
The captain and sailors could not dc
enough for us. II was moonlight anC
the lake looked beautiful felt al
II ! was on a private yacht II was
perfect till we started back.
AT Escanaba they loaded the boa
with tons of iron ore The vessel sanl
deeper and deeper into the water, un
til it began to look like a submarine
| Then when we started for Chicago We
were towing a 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
it. said to Mrs. Clark, L think we
shall have a storm
You know how optimistic she is!
With that sky above us. she gayly
remarked. oh. do you think 500
1T was not long before the storm
broke. The wind came suddenly and
the rain came down like an overturned
sea. We hurried into the protection
of the cabin and watched the storm.
1T was awful the way the boat
creaked. ! will say nothing about
the way it rocked. The rope which
pulled the barge broke like thread.
In a few minutes 1t seemed miles
away
way to the lifeboat. | watched him
anxiously. He was working at the
ropes.
Il said to Mrs. Clark. lie is going
to lower the lifeboat and you must
know what that. means
She did not answer me, but pushed
the screen door open and rushed up
to the man. pulled his sleeve and
asked, Are you going to lower the
lifeboat?' He paid no attention to
her.
she came back, threw herself into
a seat and sobbed. 1 shall never see
my husband again
Tables and chairs were sliding
about. In despair dropped upon the
floor Oh, why did ever come!
Tons OF iron below me. could see
the boat go down into the lake like
a cannon ball
81 know when ! strike the water
! cried I'll go straight to the bottom
Fay answered. despairingly, We
all will. Therell be no other place
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
going to put on a life preserver.' she
exclaimed.
There was none In sight We be-
gan to hunt frantically. The boat
pitched us In every direction.
We looked on the ceiling, on the
walls and even tore the cushions from
the chairs. There was no sign of life
preservers. Where could those men
have put them? At last Mrs. Clark
found them In closet. covered with
insect powder. We pulled them out
and each grabbed one.
Fay was wriggling into hers-it
looked like a doughnut. I had on a
cork jacket with the back to the front.
Tie it, kept on screaming to them.
Mrs. Clark had one on and was
trying to get into anoler. We were
all sneezing because OF the insect
powder.
MRS. Clark ran to the door for
fresh air. oh. girls she called.
There is the steward bringing US tea.
And the lifeboat is still in It's place!'
Fay and ! made a dive for the
door, Yes. there was the lifeboat, 1
could hardly believe it.
by this time the steward came up. |
is the boat going to sink? cried Mrs. |
Clark.
"'Sink? No. everything is all right
he said. (
why. that sailor was lowering the
lifeboat, shrieked Fay.
THE captain came In at that min.
ute. He was sent to fasten it more
securely said the captain.
Then why couldn't he say SOP
cried Mrs. Clark.
Il never could tell you how those
men laughed. We began to pull at
those life preservers. When mine
came off l looked as II had been
rolled In insect powder. 1t was a
to see the other two look as
If they had just escaped from an On.
sane asylum.
my puffs are gone!' cried Fay,
feeling her fiattened head. They
were brand newt
1T won't matter said Mrs. Clark.
Brown puffs do not match yellow
hair
Insect powder in my hair?
screamed Fay. It's all that mans
FAULT
Ibid you really think you were
going DOWN. asked the captain.
Did we think we were goine
DOWN. we cried In chorus
He looked at the general disorder
-upturned tables, stripped chairs. life