Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-30

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unusual noises, and rous es''d 50
from my lethargy to listen nSs
minutes ] heard sound like =. :
OF iron on iron; a man cuttip ,as :. ela
lanyards of the forerigginp Mug At I
had hit the iron strap of th "',a
There is somebody outs asatsV
said, shaking Sam. outside
But he showed no interas.
It's only something wash
the hold he answered. aSa
Lets shout. anyway -,
yelled as hard as | could. Saia a
Help! Help! Help!s,
Over my head there was ~
ing yell of startled fright 10 aaSs
steps pounding aft and a T vota '9
ing: OVe q
She's haunted. Get ipto -,
for - sake!" 'DS 001
And that chap SO frieb,o,., !.
others that they piled into ts' y
and started to pull away, Bnt W. ~ "
recovering from their fright 90 y I
constituent, they grew asbom NV |
themselves and came back
Meantime | had got hold q, s.
and was rapping against the ~ !.
Soon ] heard raps on the outsi, ~
gave three raps and there wer S's y
raps in answer. We kept that N -, ]
a few minutes. Then we heard =
walking forward on the OUTSIDE ~ =
soon a voice called: y
In the name of God, are Won ybo..
living men or the, devil?"
We shouted that we were H.,
men, and asked them to get rs ~
or we would not be living man "a,
long. The voice asked no uuestio,
for few minutes as If ineredul0n
and then some of them got to w,
with axes over our heads, while h
boat went back to the Ohio for NM
men and axes.
They worked like Trojans, and q
right through a frame bolt to mo,
a hole to get at US. When they hol
through, the eruption of imprisone
air acted like a whirlwind, and il
water leaped through the hole in
solid stream fifty feet into the Ii
Small sticks which had been foatir
in the forecastle whizzed BY Of
heads. One man was knocked over,
il by an explosion. They told Us
terward that the released air gave
a sickening stencil.
The schooner settled two or thr
feet, lurching as if she would turn III
tie completely, and the laen ehopyt
away with redoubled ennrgy. Thu
soon had a hole about nine inches
eleven inches.
Rescue at Last.
Atwood, being slim, was puIi
through without trouble, but when
got my head and one should
through, l stuck. Four msn got hO
of me and pulled, and at last VIII
l thought I would be pulled apart
came through, minus my vest and Sc
eral strips of skin.
The schooner which four days }
fore had been taut and trim was no
almost bottom-up, lying with her Ike
six feet above the water and b
weather rail nearly a wash. II
mainmast was broken off and, far
low the surface, l could zee fa
shadow of canvas. We thought tn
we were the only survivors
Was it any wonder / thanked e
for my deliverance?
Capt. O'Dor said, Come, my %
let me help you to the boat" and to-
me by the arm. l thought coa
walk. took a step and vent tumOlli
If it hadn't been for the captain
would have slid into the sea.
Aboard the Ohio they had ma
ready for us. The cabin table Y
loaded with everything to eat b
we weren't interested In food
wanted water by the bucketfuL ll
gave us a teaspoonful, and tnal Oh
put an agonizing edge on our 'lA'
We pleaded wildly for more.
But they had realized our con0luV
and kept us waiting for about nl'g
minutes, and then only gave US
other spoonful. After what seem
ages of raging agony they Oesal
give us spoonful every flVe minu.'
Needless to say, when ! was eati'
home my parents were beslde 'l'
selves with joy. AS they expreSS'u n
/ was as one risen from the deSu' :.
news Of our rescue spread up !
down the shore, and was generans
ceived with unbelief. Many pew
would not believe we had Malice
to live so long in the capslzeu '.s -
and hundreds came long dlS'an'''
see US. ,.od
After l reached home | deFeiOps :,
high fever and my feet began " y, r +
me. | had no desire for fooa' u :, :,
l scarcely touched food for l w.. -
But / was still raging WIN .nns :.
wanted water all the time-lllliA +"
was no good. 1 was allowed d /,
water every half hour, but II wa aser
days from the time we were W.. w.,
before / got over that aWfui .. !. :,
But my sufferings were nv 'r
then. My feet panied me tefll1 IVY