The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-01-31

from my lethargy to listen
minutes ! heard a sound IN. =
OF iron on iron; q. man cu,s'
ianyards of the soreriggine NY
had hit the iron strap OF ths
There is somebody or,''
said. shaking Sam.
But he showed no ints,a,.
It's only something wa.s,..
the hold" he answered
Let's shout, anyway"
yelled as hard as could.
Help! Help. Help"
Over my head there wa.
Ing yell of startled fright. ny
steps pounding aft and a -
ing: '%
She's haunted. Get into a.
for - sake"
And that chap so FRIGHT.
o'ners 'hat they piled into a.
and started to pull away. D..
recovering from their fright
constituent, they grew ash,s
themselves and came bach
Meantime / had got hold ~
and was rapping against n.
Soon | heard raps on the NM.
gave three raps and there wa,
raps In answer. We kept Ina,
a few minutes. Then We hs.,,
walking forward on the out,ia
soon a voice called:
In the name of God, are Won !
living men or the devil?
We shouted that we vers
men, and asked them to 20, :
or we would not be living ma,
long. The voice asked no am,
for a few minutes as II ipcr.sl
and then some of them got I,
win axes over our heads, viii |
boat went back to the Ohio ir !
men and axes.
They worked like Trojans M
right through a frame bolt IA !
a hole to get at us. When the,
through. the eruption of imwJ
air acted like a whirlwind an
water leaped through the hOk
solid stream fifty feet into 81
Small sticks which had been A
in the forecastle whizzed N|
heads. One man was knocked q
II by an explosion. They told Y
terward that the released air r,l
a sickening stencil.
The schooner settled two or
feet. lurching as If she would tuu|
tie completely, and the men chd
away with redoubled energy. /
soon had a hole about nine inch
eleven inches.
Rescue at Last
Atwood. being slim, was l
through without trouble, burn
got my head and one shuI
through, l stuck. Four men gaI
Of ME and pulled. and at last
| thought l would be pulled n
came through. minus my vest ui
eral strips of skin.
The schooner which four Dan
fore had been taut and trim w
almost bottom-up. lying with hs
six feet above the water and
weather rail nearly a wash, !.
mafnmast was broken on and, d
low the surface, / could see, .
shadow OF. canvass We thought
We were the only survivors.
Was 1t any wonder thanks
for my deliverance?
Capt. OiDor said, Come, ny
let me help you to the boat" and
me by the arm. l thought |
walk, took a step and went turl
II 1t hadn't. been for the capt
would have slid into the sea.
Aboard the Ohio they had
ready for US. The cabin tabk
loaded with everything to 60.
we weren't interested In food
wanted water by the bucketful
gave US a teaspoonful, and thai
put an agonizing edge on our /!
We pleaded wildly for more.
But they had realized our cona
and kept us waiting for about !
minutes, and then only gave J
other spoonful. After what y
ages of raging agony they BEG
give us a spoonful every five nj
Needless to say, when was 9
home my parents were beside
selves with 10y. AS they exprel
i was as one risen from the desa
news Of our rescue spread v
down the shore, and was geness
ceivedY with unbelief. Many
would not believe we had rna
to live so long in the capsised
and hundreds came long distaa'
see us. -. .. ~
After ] reached home l devse
high fever and my feet began y
me. / had no desire for FOOD
| scarcely touched food for two
But / was still raging with tnl
wanted water all the time-mllI
was no good. | was allowed az
water every half hour, but II Va
days from the time we were =
before | got over that awful u
But my sufferings were no'
then. My feet panied me terriu
I couldn't sleep without a narcou
then only for a short time. w.
who attended me said ten drops
narcotic would kill the dew,
was. so crazy with pain ana =
sleep that | used to cry for O'
every few hours. --s.
And one afternoon. when
was out and the spasms OF pan
wracking me, | crawled on my