American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-19
CHAPTER vni-contlnusd.

sThs lady was sent Into the cabin.
cir. and given a stateroOm where she
lcould nx herself up a bit, ne answered
soberly. The other Teller had IA heap
lof a lot 90 say. an seemed 10 have
some sorter grudge ngainet YOU. l
hadn't any time 20 listen 60 his yarn.
40 ! naturally turned him over 90 b
lbosum. ter have thet eye dressed lie
must have got "A peach o. a swipe. sir
II had 20 hit him-yes but We can
ltaik 81 hat later. Where r. he nowf'
In the galley. air, where they're
.heating some water. After they get
him hxed up. Is he 20 20 aft, or for
lrnrdf'
Art. &C you have room 20 spare he
% uo snilormnn. hun a millionaire from
New York he Inns money 90 burn"
The fellow looked M me with his
imouth wide open. his gilstenlng eyes
almost lnughnble.
'Trhe devil you say. sir he don't took
the part 20 my notion. You was all
part Of a yacht partyf'
Eyes. the E~sinsrnlda. "a steam yacht.
owned by Gerald Darlington OF New
York. We were run down about IA
hundred miles east OF Montauk by IA
big liner. which must have been out Of
her course. she cut us square Ia two.
but. excepting Us three. all living on
board got away In the boats. by acct
dent we were loft. and c-cnpcd later IA
the dinghy
"Whnt became az the nnerf'
"She picked up the boats. and. think
ling they had nli the survivors. went
on. she wns "a mail boat. likely. The
yacht went down 1--WE minutes after
we left her. we've been nnoat ever
sinc Now. Mr.. Masters. that's our
story 10 brief. what's the trouble
.hereT'
I'll tell yer enough to make Il clear,
sir, he said slowly, although there Is
others on board who can explain more
An detail. You're a was
once-so youu see easily the sorter
m we're ia. I'm the only oficer left
on the hooh1r. an I couldn't navigate
q ship n you'd give q TO me. I'm only
the chief engineer. an my assistant IL
ia the fo'casile with a broken lex. You
80. tibet rifie for nrd. sir1 Well. Il
WIS lightning did that. Tive bolts. SO
the crew says. fer I wus down below.
an never knew whut happened till the
elsctrics ali went out. Then / shut on
steam. aud clumb out on deck. Lord.
bot q wu~ a black night. raining cats
aud ogs hut no wind 10 speak OF. II
mus the rain what saved Us. for hrc
started yonder-yer can see where Il
hurued-huf it died out % itself. when
H..ma.Hua .. .
against. 81 looked a lot sight worse
then fhan y does now. Them bolts OF
lightning he'd kno,ked the foremost
into sinithereens KILLED the wheels
muu and puf the sfrerirE gear plumb
out % commission Then the top
mast an spurs just naturally wrecked
the bridge. and e-harthouss. nu the
whole mnrs caught nrc. The second
officer WAS Ca n. ~Nhtoihuusr. sir. nm
never knew what hit him. AM both the
captain an' the nrst officer ~us a
sfnndiu tergethsr on the bridge. The
top mast crushed the lie out 81 'em.
There wus six saiiormen hurt the same
way. M four ~ can died II wus the
carndest mess I ever sa0 az sea. sir.
Bad enough surely she dId this
happenT
Night afore last we've LEANED up
a BIZ since. but the crew won't work
much under me an we're short
handed. rugged up this whee aft. 80
~ 10 keep an engine going and hung
go. waiting Tor something 10 turn up.
There Wasn't nothing else / could DO.
80. I presume not. and my eyes
rested fh0uehtfuily on the scene for.
ward. "liaay Is the -huii-soundf You
seem sun's deeply
~Y. slr. iul 10 ths