The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-01-30

gate. Seeing that II was vessel Of
tom-up he sent boat TO try TO nd
out her name. and see II they culd
salvage anything
So presently thought heard sole
unusual noises. and rotsed myslf
from smy lethargy to listen. In fw
minutes heard a sound like the clag
| OF iron on iron; man cutting At tls
lanyards of the forerigging with an x
had hit the iron strap OF the deadey.
There is somebody outside.
said. shaking Sam.
| But he showed no interest.
Its only something washing abot
the hold" he answered. f-
Let's shout. anyway" ! said. aid
| yelled as hard as | could:
Help Help. Help"
! Over my head there was an ailsw,r-
ing yell of startled fright, then. fo,t-
steps pounding aft and a voice cy-
! ing: W
She's haunted. Get into the bot,
! for sake"
And that chap so frightened the
others that they piled into the be Al
and started to pull away But, aft et
recovering from their fright and AS
constituent. they grew ashamed "
themselves and came back
Meantime | had got hold OF a stick
and was rapping against the sids'
Soon | heard raps on the outside |
| gave three raps and there were three
reps in answer. We kept that up fol
few minutes. Then we heard a mad
walking forward on the outside. and
soon voice called:
I'm the name OF God. are you ghosts
living men or the devil?"
We shouted that we we're livlnl
men, and asked them to get us out
| or we would not be living men very
long. The voice asked no questions
for a few minutes as II incredulous.
| and then some Of them got TO worll
with axes over our heads, wVle thu
boat went back to the Ohio fIf more
men and axes.
They worked like Trojans, and cut
right through a frame bolt to make
hole to get at us. When they broke
through, the eruption of Imprisoned
air acted like whirlwind and the
water leaped through the hole in a
solid stream fifty feet into the air
Small sticks which had been floating
in the forecastle whizzed by our
heads. One man was knocked over az
II by an explosion. They told us az
a To- on
a sickening stencil.
The schooner settled two or three
feet, lurching as If she would turn tur-
tie completely, and the men chopped
away with redoubled energy. They
soon had a hole about nine inches by
| eleven inches.
Rescue at Last.
! Atwood being slim, was pulled
through without trouble, but when
got my head and one shoulder
through, | stuck Four men got hold
of me and pulled, and at last when
thought | would be pu.fee apart
came through, minus my vest and sew
eral strips OF skin.
The schooner which four days be-
fore had been taut and trim was now
almost bottom-up lying will her keel
six feet above the water and her
weather rail nearly a wa4l. Her
mainmast was broken off arti, far be-
low the surface, | could SEP faint
shadow of canvas. We thotght then
we were the only survivors.
Was it any wonder | thanked God
for my deliverance?
Capt. O'Dor said, Come, my boy
let me help you to the boat and took
me by the arm. ! thought | could
walk, took a step and went tumbling
IL ii hadn't been for the captain
would have slid into the sea.
Aboard the Ohio they had made
ready for US. The cabin table was
loaded with everything TO eat Blu
we weren't interested In food. vs.
wanted water by the bucketful. They
gave us teaspoonful. and that only
put an agonizing edge on our thirst
We pleaded wildly for more.
But they had realized our condition
and kept US waiting for about fifteer
! minutes, and then only gave US an
other spoonful. After what seemed
ages of raging agony they began q
give us a spoonful every five minutes
Needless TO say. when | was carried
| home my parents were beside them
| selves with Joy. AS they expressed IL
was as one risen from the dead. The
news of our rescue spread up ant
down the shore. and was generally re
ceived with unbelief Many people
would not believe we had managed
to live so long in the cabsiZed vessel
and hundreds came long distances t.
see us.
After | reached home | developed {
high fever and my feet began 10 pair
me- had no desire for food; in fac
| ] scarcely touched food for two days
But | was still raging with thirst
wanted water all the time-milk or tel
was no good. was allowed glass o
water every half hour but It was foui