White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-11

oar filled his face n strangIed him,
but he managed. To lay bold Of the
blade and was drawn in until out
stretched hands seized him.
An oarsman vas saying: BE careful
there! We cant take him In without
swapping sfA
But Brennan's Voice shouted. MAKE
o or TN bash in your bloody skull"
Another protest arose. and 0'Nen
saw that the craft WAS indeed loaded
10 the gunwales.
Take the giri-quickr" he implored-
"rl hang on, You can-tow me-"
The limp form was removed from his
side and dragged over the thwarts
while a murmur of excited voices
went up.
'Lan you hold ont for q minute.
Murray asked Brennan.
Hies-f think so." tss. slvf4s
I'd give ron my place. bnt YOU'RE
too zig 10 be taken In without dan
ger"
60 ahead" chartered the man in
the water. Look after the girl before
its-too late"
The captains tout hand was In his
collar now. and he heard him crying:
Pull you muscle bound lleathens.
Everybody sit still.. Now away with
her. men Keep up your heart MUIR
rsy, my boy. Remember II takes more
than water 10 kill a good Irishman.
It's only a foot or two farther. and
they've started a FIRE. Serves you
right. you big idiot. for going over
board with all those boats. Man dear.
but you're pulling the arm out Of me.
It's stretched out like a garden hose.
Hey. Cover up that girl. and you. lady.
rub her feet and hands. Good Move
over please SO the men can bail"
The next O'Neil knew he was feeling
very miserable and very cold notwith-
standing the fact that he was wrapped
In dry clothing and lay SO close to a
roaring spruce fire that It's heat bills
tered him.
Brennan was bending over him with
eyes wet. He was swearing. too, in a
weak. ~faltering way. calling upon all
the saints TO witness that the PROSTATE
man was the embodiment of every vir
tue and that his death would be a
national calamity Others were gath.
cred about. men and women. and
among them o'Neii saw the doctor
from Sitka whom he had met on ship
board.
As 500 as he was able to speak he
inquired for the safety of the girl he
had helped TO rescue. Johnny prompt
ly treasured him.
Man. dear. she's doing fine. A Jig
ger Of brandy brought her to. gasping
like a blessed mermaid"
As dawn broke the cannery tender
from the station rear by nosed her
way up TO the gravelly shore where
the casta ways. were gathered and blew
q cheering toot-toot on her whistle.
She was a Cat bottomed. wet sterned
craft. and the passengers Of the Ne
braska trooped TO her deck over a
gangplank. As Captain Brennan had
predicted. moi one of them had wet a
foot. with the exception of the WE
who had been left aboard through their
own carelessness
The reaction following a sleepless
night Of anxiety had replaced the first
feeling of t~hankfulness at deliverance.
and IL was not a happy cargo of hn'
mainly which the rescuing boat bore
with her as the sun peeped over the
hills.
Many of the ships passengers were
but half dressed. all were exhausted
and hungry. each n had lost some
thing In the catastrophe The men
we're silent. the women hysterical, the
children fretful,
II was y Neils turn to comfort Cap
tain Johnny Brennan. who had yielded
10 the blacklist despair once his re-
sponsibility was over.
It's kind OF Won to cheer me up"
said Brennan. especially after the
way | abandoned you 10 drown. but
the missus won't allow me In the
house al all when she hears | left You
In pickle Thank God the girl didn't
die anyway I've got that TO be
thankful for. Curtis Gordon would
hi = broken me
Gordon"
Sure. Man dear. don't you know
who you e bathing with She's
the daughter OF that widow Gerard
and the most prominent passenger
aboard. outside of your blessed self
Amt that luck7 If was n Jap I'd
split myself open with a bread knife"
But fortunately you're a sensible
harp of old Ireland. III see that the
pa pers get the right story. so buck up"
A south bound steamer was due the
next afternoon. IL was learned. and
MANS wara maAa FOR bor IN ntoi. m