The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15

breeze swept the island On their second
night out the fishermen thought MOTH
ing Of it until it stiffened into terrific
storm which lasted two day. and
nights.
we had pitched camp about milo
from our boats anchorage" said one Ut
the fishermen. but the wind swept the
island with such force that We had each
to dig a hole in the sand and crawl in
it, There was no time to think nf the
boat or anything els" except to find a
safe refuge from the storm.
Toward morning We could feel the
water trickling in upon us, and peer
ing out We could see but two or three
dots of sand to distinguish ST, Nicholas
from the great roaring sea Itself cur
boat had been carried away, "" We're
maruoned' No food no water /" drink.
and what clothing We had was drcnched.
And worse, We We're ninety miles from
he mainland, and no one knew where
We We're.
Well. the storm abated after another
day and night. and now We began To
think Of food drink and how We We're
10 get back to civilization, Cod |, was
terrible. We We're fevcrSh from
thirst; our threats We're parchcd. and a
swcltering California sun beat down
upon the snow-white sand and added To
our misery.
w" thought and thought and Thought
over a thousand plans, until II seemed
as il our brains would burst. We gath
cred up dead tish that had been washed
ashor" Ivy the storm ana at" them
r,venously Then wr sucked our
thumbs To quench the huruin. thirst
that all but drove us mad.
Il CHANGED to stumble over a piece Of
wood that prntrudcd from the sand and
fen Nat on my face. In my weakened
| condition | believed for moment | was
done for. Rut somehow | MANAGED -
get up and turned TO examine the OH
stacle over which had trippcd
II tried to pull it ont Of the sand hut
! failing in this dug around It With my
! hands In a few seconds | found. to
my great establishments thar il was a
! hoat--the very same one we had brought
To the island with the lugger. My Joy
knew no bounds | felt strong again
ana. rising to my fun lrnGth, called to
! my comrades"
Ton hours later a small open boat
with three lonely souls in 1t was hrin.
/ hulrt"d Liz" chip on the broad ocean
/ swell Two narrow strips. which had
! served as braces and oar racks had
been torn from the inside of the skin
ON" of these was used to steer the other
was mad" fast to the bow with a white
handkerchief knottrd about II.
The fishermen say II was n NulIu1 man
named Ransom who first sighted their
wave battered craft from the deck Of
On" of thu fast ships Of III" Pacific Navi-
cation Company. Anyway. they give
him the credit for having rescued them.
The little stone capt. Ransom now
wears is an emblem Of endurance" II
was picked M IN ST Nicholas Island
according to the story, and carried Ia
sea in the small. open boat after the
storm.
And strange though i, may seem
one of the fishermen thus saved la.
; since become an expert wireless opera
tor. Not many years after his bitter
: experience ON St Nicholas Island they
erected "A little shanty AT Whites Point
n few miles from the growing por, oi
san Pedro. The fishermen. who piled
the coast for sardines. tuna and other
articles Of sea food, mary ellrd NJ til, in.
Genous devices. which tirk-u mossau,
after message without the aid of wire,
, to the shores of Catalina. which nestle
t in the ocean thirty miles from the main
, land,