The evening world., 1914-02-23

niagara Falls.
A cry rang out from forward an,
the two mates rushed in the direction
OF the sound. Curicd up In two heap,
were two men, wet and exha us' eC
and barely able 10 talk. Like a gal,
the news swept through the steamer
that two men had been washed UP or
deck out Of the stormy sea.
Capt Maurras was on the bridge
when the two human oerelicts were
carried into the cabin and the pas
sengcrs gathered around them. The,
motioned that they were thirsty
Whiskey was poured down their
threats. Changes Of clothing were
provided and when they were warm
and comfortable they told Of their
awful experience in the sea for the
past three days.
TOLD WEIRD TALE OF MAD
CAPTAIN AMUck.
They were lean Fairnanc, a French
man. and Ramon Nuves. a Spar ri.
Both were young men. Ramon Deing
not more than eighteen. They had
sailed from Csdix for Havre, the boy
said. on the ship ri Toro. He was
supercargo and his companion a petty
of'icer. Three days before, when the
vessel was In the midst Of a hurricane
and everything movable on deck was
being washed overheard. the captain
went mad and ran amuck on deck
with revolver In each hand. With
others. these two survivors had b~en
compelled to jump into the boiling
sea.
They found a cask which had been
washed overheard and they landed
upon 1t. For "a day and half In the
Icy waters they held on to the cask
and then their support. waterIogsed.
slipped from under them and sank.
They swan. they treadsd water, they
noated on their backs.
What followed they had little rec.
objection Of, only they remembered
tho long struggle TO keep alive in
seas washing over them. smotherins
them In their embrace. smashing
them with whip-like blows In the
face. They remembered riding on the
crests OF high waves and being car
ried like the slide Of a toboggan down
Into tho deep swales Of water.
WOMEN PASSENGERS ApoReo
THE eAitoRMeN.
1t was q wonderful tale they told.
Il excited the sympathies Of the
French passengers. The women sdored
hem. The best on tho ship Was none
10 good for them. A splendid feast
was laid before them. Capt. Maurras
listened to the tale with wonder and
ncredulity. II pushed the old veteran.
but who than . sailor can better tell
'f the strange happenings Of the sea
How WAS the wind?" he asked OF
Fairnr Ne. his countryman.
South. by northwest" was the
ready response.
The captain gave q violent start.
"Um!" he said. "and the name Of
the ship was FL Torof In English
they cali that the bull"
And just then . petty oaicer stepped
up to the captain. saluted him and
aid that he had the honor to report
that the forward lifeboat No. ! had
been stove In. the covering and lash.
ngs carried away. that all the drink.
ne water and the canned provisions
we're gone. The cans were In the
bottom Of the lifeboat.
HEROES WE'RE THROWN INTO
the ORlo.
The heroes were hauled away from
The Lucullan feast and slapped into
he brig. Then they told how Il hap.
'cned. They had slowed away In the |
ifeboat at Havre. They had lived on |
he canned goods and the water with
which tho lifeboat was equipped. Hut
hey had suffered much from the cold
Ind they had thought that every mo.
nent the ship was going to sink. |
When the big wave hit the lifsboat |
hey were dumped out ON deck and
thought that they might get away !,
With their lurid story. They arrived
n port still In the brig and they will
'eturn TO Havrs In the ship that
AL h. h.