The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-20

Rope Firmly In Her Hands.
taut. Send up the lady first, captain {;
there'll be a hand to help her in the
chains"
She did not hesitate, grasping the
rope firmly in her hands as the negro
and l lifted her high enough to get
foothold. ...
"You are all right, Miss yeraY
eyes," she called down. .
"Then go up, but hold tight; the
vessel may roll" r.'. -.
Mccain followed, too glad to thus
escape me to refuse, yet plainly enough
half dead with fear. AS soon as saw
his legs dangling, while the seamen
above dragged him inboard, l. drew
myself up to the lower ratline, leaving
the negro alone to hold the, line.
"Hey, above there" l shouted. "What
shall we do with the bOat?"
'Let her 60; there Is no room to stow
it on deck. Come aboard, Simms."
We went UP together, the ladder
swinging dizzily to our movements.
The voice Of the man who seemed to be
in command growled down from the
poop:
''Haul in the ladder, and stow 1t:
then 60 forward and get some O. that
rifle overheard afOre dark. This way,
captain; I'd like private word with
yer afore yer go below
There were perhaps a dozen men in
view, a typical freighter's crew, I
Judged, mostly foreign faces, two Of
them negroes They worked silently,
and then shuffled forward, without ex-
hibiting the slightest interest in my
presence, or giving glance aft. Evil
IDENTIFY something unusual had oc-
Cured, but just what was the nature
of the accident to the Indian Chief I
was unable to decide: climbed the
few steps, and Joined the red-faced
man waiting me on the poop.
II am very glad to welcome you on
board the Indian Chief, captain-Cap-
tain" $685.. .....
Hollis" I answered shortly. ,"And
your Manner =
"Masters-Gideon Masters"
"1n commander ........',
"Well, yes, in a way. I reckoned
you'd want the whole story, an tibet
things he'd better be explained afore
yer went below" a., ..;.a,,s
"Of course; but first a question OF
two, Mr.. Masters. What has become
of my companions?"
"The lady was sent into the cabin,
sil, and given a stateroom where she
could fix herself up Bit" unanswered
soberly. ''The other Teller had heap
of a lot to say, an seemed to have
some sorter grudge against you. ]
hadn't any time to listen to his yarn,
so I naturally turned him over to the
bosum, ter have tibet eye dressed. He
must have got peach O. swipe, sir. !"
II had to hit him-yes; but we can
talk of that later. Where is he nowy"
I'm the galley, sir, where they're
heating some water. After they get
him fixed up, is he to 60 aft, or for:
rard?' III o.,
aft, If you have room to spare; he
Is no sailormqp, but millionaire from
New York; he has money to burn"
The fellow looked at me with his
mouth wide open, his glistening eyes
almost laughable.o s..'
'The devil you say, sir; he don't look
the part to my notion. You was all
part of yacht party?"
eyes, the Esmeralda, a steam yacht,
owned by Gerald Darlington of New
York. We were run down about a
hundred miles east Of Montauk by a
big liner, which must have been out of
her course. She cut US square In two,
but, excepting US three, all living on
board got away in the boats. BY acct.
dent we were left, and escaped later In
| the dinghy"
"What became of the liner1'' :
"She picked up the boats, and, think.
ing they had all the survivors, went
on. She was mail boat, likely. The
yacht went down five minutes after
we left her; we've been afioat ever
since. Now. Mr.. Masters, that's our
story in brief. What's the trouble
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