New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12

HcllO-hcrc she gucr, The ban Is pHI.ldll "PII!C"'
The cngncrOOm gong was ringing violently. NoCes
shouted from the sokcroom rs It became evident that
the man in charge was O the Job. An oicr Gathered up
,Ir ladder to summon the chief dcckhand, with
Ramon's flea in his ear, Gathered down on tic SAM
GRAND The sokcroom demanded Of him what had
happened that the bridge should mig SO iuilousy' Inc
.ci-the sea is coming in His frightened cry was IKE
she'll dropped into the iron bowels OF the ConeeRSon
The Latin temperament i easily si'hP'4vu I"'''
was a rush for the upper ar. " -,
On deck CAPTAIN Ramon was cursing yoluby, Where
wt, that pig Of an engineer, Man the pumps. 9'1tu
bv the boats! He had known would be- 'o-thc Amer
icano had ripped her open with his furious driving OIL
those Internal engines Come would not have done 50.
How, much water had she shipped already; santa
Naria!-so much: Was It gaining,
\ sailor rushed up with revolving news. Inc engineer
WAS living in his cabin disgustingly drunk dead TO al
,halngs and shOutings. Pig. Were uIcE al u" ''''N
because Of his dcrclction,
Then began fDucn ndcscribablc,- the panic ol the
sea- the stampede that Is terrible even "h'n cool so-
Saxon blood is present dominate the scene mere
va, 4 rush for the boats. Los ROqucS were but three
hours stcrn praise the Virgin! Some, more courageous
than the rest had dared TO look by lanternght al the
iinnrrvinp spectacle bcow-and as Gnng had SAID,
water rising in the hold looks twice awful at night
The pumps we're working halihcartcdly; the engines
were still; the fires under the boilers were dying Above
the riot Of voices rose Captain Ramons grandoquent
-crccch Il will 90 down with my ship!
Gring hardening below, could hold still no longer;
ne came out Of the coal compartment and danced
hornppc in the deserted cugincroom. "Oh, its rich.
he told himself glccfuly. Hear them cwsing H. J!
Hes doing fine.
In his cabin the engineer was likewise rejoicing He
had not ceased ponder the curious incident OF the
opened blgcs but from all he could hear everything
was working Just George had SAID It would. He
admired George; he wished he had his brains
A STEP sounded without and II. ]. flung himself
a down on his bunk in the Sprawling attitude the
sailor had reported. To him III this posture OF dcbasc
mcnt there entered tumultuousy Captain Ramon paus
ing only 10 note the significance Of two empty bottles
on the floor ere ne hurled himself the PROSTATE
chief.
up Dog!" screamed the fiery little Captain. pig
Of an Americana You have sunk La COnccpcion-shc
is one big leak Up, drown like rat!' He raincd
blows on the unrcsponsvc body. "Pah! The SOddcn
fDoll Let him stay drown! There will be witness
the less" He rushed out as he had come bsSfuy un
aware that the soddcn fool was even then jumping up
from the bunk
His last words puzzled Barnes. What did they mean,
"Thcrc will be one witness the less to what George
ought TO know about this. He would go to George;
but first he would shut off the bgc before they flooded
the cngineroom. There must be three feet OF water
aboard by
But when he reached the blgcS ne found that they
had been closed.
In panic of suspicion, he caught up a lantern and
hurried TO the coal compartment. George was not
there; nor was he anywhere IN the vicinity. For an
instant Barnes entertained the wild idea that the ship
was really sinking and that George had deserted him
He ran up the deck. There no fear that his
sudden recovery would be noted; for the decks were
cmpty-thc crew had fled. The lights were out, even
the red and grccn but overhead the ropic bazed
white against the purple ground-glass sky. Beneath
them the Conception lay inert, dead lcviathan Only
the bridge, when he reached IT, was there sign Of
life; a gasping cry appriscd him that someone there
was breathing with difficulty
1t was Ramon, with gag in his teeth, and Gring
sitting aSridc him.
Hello H. IT, said George coolly "They're gone
every mothers son of them We're all that's left OF
the gallant crew, YOU and me-and little Ramon here"
He seemed suddenly to recolcct the man beneath
him.
q" owe him few. What's his game, George? \ Cap
tain can't salvc his ship. At the most, the com
pany give him gold watch pair of binoculars"