The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06

"A pint Of IN sia'hoard bow See some
thin white behhn' ury"
"Yessir Looks like some one dropped
bolster r 3 piiIeT overheard, Gods
wbiskers.' he broke OF,
Then ! amt seein' things" cried the
master. HI. y mbhers." lie geilei to the
crew. lower ta' dory. Ta"y n7man in
III water out t.-rc seen Dr.. s..p tn ran.
Iook alive, >arp's t4' word. Mate you
~ long"
The erev dropped heir tasks and sprans
f,r The Gsyi3- snd the s,arhoard dory was
lowered az ~at.sHaqe Stale.
It tax. good has If seamanship to haul
body oat of f8c sea INTO dancing bob
tailed ae-y. ~asa ere mu.nenl il is climbing
fran'ically hcavenvard and the next heading
far 'ae bst,oHs'ess pit They were very tender
rl.l Ter They laid her out In the bottom Of
the boat; g.ta tae fo 5Aoy as a pillow. and
pulled euerzc;csily for tie schooner. She
was alive. be@a 5se SIZE araatae1. bat she did
not stir 8. much as m cyeliI II was stiff
hit Of work too, to land Der aboard Without
adding to her injuries TIE master ordered
He peu TO pat her ia bis OWN bunk where
.triy strans!cd Der BY forcing raw BRAN
~ aeau her taroat.
We'll she's alive ANYHOW"
When Florence aoauy opened her eyes the
gray # dawn lag en- the sea, dotted here and
there hr. tAe scAooners Of the feet, which
seemed to he hanging in midair. as at the
moment there vas visible to the eye hori-
zon.
" Don't seem t recognize nothin'.'
"Metbe shes got q fever" suggested the
mate rubbing his bristly chin.
Fever notbjn Not after ben IN til
water half su hour Mebhc she hit o
ttc,n wooden floats we left. Tnem dingej
liners keep on crowlin' us" growled Barnes,
VITA fSHerman's hate for the floating ho-
tcls Went by with never n foot See 'er,
ics like tn bankers wife roin t church on
Sunday 4 mile minnie, fog or no fog, it's
~ the same T them. They ran us down an
never step. What tn tarnation goin to
do? She'll haG + stay aboard till tn Is
over, I can't afford t yank up my mudhook
It's time o day
Guess she can stand three r four days in
orr company. smellin' oicIoths, fish, kerosene.
an pink tbaceo."
"If y don't ike tn kind o t'baceo / buy,
buy your own. amt objectn none.
The mate stepped over to the bunk and
singerIy ran his nand over the girls head.
Gods whskers. Cap'n, thcys bump
iig's cork on III back o her head. She's
struck one - them foats all right. Where's
tn arnicu? p
Barnes turned 70 his locker aud rummaged
about, finally pFoacing ancient bottle and
some passably clean cloth used frequently
fer bandageS. Sometimes man grew care
less with nis knife or got in the way of
pulley blocb With laundering kindness the
two men haaeA nn The girls head, and then
went nbont tAcir duties.
For three days Florence evinced not the
slightest me nation 10 leave the bunk. She
lay on her back either asleep or with her
eyes staring 1T the beams above her head.
She ate just enough TO keep her alive and
tho strong black coffee did nothing more
cham 10 make her vakeful. No one knew
what the matter was There was the bump
uo,r diminished; but that it should leave her
in this eometase state vastly puzzled the
men The truth is she had suffered slight
coacusei,n If the brain. and this, atop of all
the worry she had Lad for the last few
weeks was sufficient TO cause this Darkness
of the mind
The duai crl was cleaned and packed
away in sail, the mudhook raised, and tho
schooner Retry sct her sails for the soutn-
west Earpes realized that ~ save the girl
she must have a doetor who knew his hus-
ness Mrs. Barnes would know how to care
for the girl. once she know what the trouble
was Tncfc would be some news in the pa
-r,rrs, 4 yt,rrg nnt6 teentifoi woman did not
jump from big Atlantic liner without the
newspapers getting hold Of the facts.
A fair wind carried the Betty into her
haven; and shortly after Florence was sleep"
iaE peacefully in feather he'd ancient, 1t
is true Init none the less soft and inviting.
In oil ellis time she had not spoken a single
word
The poar young thnE!" murrnured the
tt4tthtfly- Mrs Barnes WHAT beautiful
haiy ., John, | wish you would give up the
sea. ! hate it. 1t is terrible. | am always
watching you in my minds eye, in calm
weather in storms. Pieces IT wrecks come
asbere. and. always wonder the death
ard terror hack of them"
De Don't r worry none about me, BETTY I
never take na chances, Now I'm soiu' int
tn village an'-hrine back tn sawbones, He'll
tell us what I do"
The village doctor shook his erizzled head
gravely.
She's been hurt and shocked at the same
time IT, will be many days before she comes
t.ld lpt hpr q Sh0