Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-01-16
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/ go 50 Escanaba with her and Fay on
2 freight boat. was- delighted. Fay
had been on the trip before AID she
reported that she had the time OF
her life.
The trip 70 Escanaha was q dream.
The captain and sailors could not do
enough for us. u was moonlight and
iha lake looked beautiful ! feli as
was on a private yacht IL was
perfect till we started back
At Escanaba they loaded the boat
with tons Of iron ore. The vessel sank
deeper and deeper into the water, I'M
Oh Il 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.
We had been on our way day,
when saw that the sky looked like
lead with ugly yellow streaks across
Fl Z said 10 Mrs. Clark, ] think we
shan have a storm.
ON know bow optimistic she u.s.
with hat sky above us, she gayly
re arked, Oh. do you think So?
90 f1 AA0A 4LAAS UNAgAE NAaE EA0I III
broke The wind came suddenly and
tho rain came down Ike an overturned
sea We hurried into the protection
of the cabin and watched the storm
1T was awful the way the boat
creaked. viii say nothing about
the way it rocked. The rope which
pulled the barge broke like a thread
IN a few minutes it seemed miles
away
Presently l saw sailor make his
way to the lifeboat | watched him
anxiously. He was working at the
ropes.
4 said to Mrs. Clark, He is going
70 lower the lifeboat and YOU must
Lnow what that. means
She did not answer me, but pushed
Tao screen door open and rushed up
10 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. I shall never see
husband again
Tables and chairs were sliding
about In despair / dropped upon the
floor. Oh, why did I ever GOMEZ
Tons Of iron below me! / could see
the boat SO down into the lake like
a cannon bail
know when I strike the water,
I cried IN so straight to the bottom
Fay answered despairingly We
all viii Thereu be no other place
to go'
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. 7 am
going to put on 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
wallis aud even tore the cushions from
the chairs. There was no sign OF lie
preservers. Where could those men
have put them2 At last Mrs. Clark
foeEd them in a closet, covered with
insect powder, We pulled them out
and each grabbed one
'Fay was wrigglins into hers-it
looked like a dougnnut. ] had on
cork Jacket with the back to the front
Tie it, l kept on screaming to them
Mrs Clark had one on and was
trying 90 get into another. We were
al 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 its place!
Fay and made a dive for the
door Yes, there was the lifeboat!
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 so?'
cried Mrs Clark
Il never could tell you how those
men laughed We began to pull at
those life preservers. When mine
me off | looked as if / had been
rolled in insect powder. 1t was q
comfort to see the other two look as
il they had just escaped from an in
sane asylum.
Ny puffs are gonen cried Fay,
feeling her nattened head. They
were brand newt
1t won't matter. said Mrs CLARK
Rrown puffs do not match yellow
basr.,
Insect powder in my hair?'
screamed Fay. It's ali that mans
Did you really think you were
gcing DOWN. asked the captain
Did we think we we're going
down,' we cried in chorus
He looked at the general disorder
apturned tables. stripped chairs, life
ureservers and contents Of closets on
me aoor and our disheyeled appear
aGce. Then he turned to the steward
and said, with wink, It's the worst
storm we've had in thirty years!
Justice fer the Rooster.
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