The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-01-11

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sThs lady was sent into the cabln,
Ar. and given stateroom where shs
could 1x hsrself up n biz" be answered
kobsSiy. ."rhs other Teller had heap
ef lot TO gay, nm seenei 20 have
some sotter. Ygfasiss against ssas !
hsdn's any rtme 10 listen tn his yarn,
~ I naturally turned him over 10 the
sdsntr.' -tlsF riksfsf rffef frse@ t'rtssetf, m
must have got peach o swipe, sir"
II Ind 10 hi, hltn yes: hut We csn
task 81 that later, where Is he uow T.
"in the. galley, sir. where they're
beating satla water After they ger
: him Axes! NJ. In be H. s2aA aft TO so-r
sardT'
"Aft, II you have room 10 spare; he
b 40 sailorman, but "a millionaire from
New York he has money Ia turn."
The fellow locked al me with his
mouth wide open, his glistrnins eyes
almost laushHhts,
'The devil you say. sir he don't look
tho part To my notion. You WAS all
part Of yacht paftyr'
Yes. the Esmrralda. a steam yacht.
pwned by Gerald Darlington OF New
York, We were run down about n
Aundred miles east OF Montauk by a
DIG liner, which must have been out OF
ber course, She cut US square In two,
but. excepting US three. all living on
board got away In the boats, isy acct.
dent W. were left. aud escaped la,er In
the dinghy."
what became Of the linerf'
"Shc picked up the boats, and, thlnk,
log they had nil the survivors. went
sn. She was mall boat, likely. The
yacht went down ilye minutes after
WE Aeff si+s-. we' ~ sy,ss's.. asf19st4 ever
since. Now. Mr. Masters, that's our
story In brief. What's the trouble
haeef'
"Ill tell yer enough 10 make Il clesr,
sir, he said slowly, although there Is
others Oh board who can expatn tuurr
ln detail You're seamnn-~or was
ence $50 you'll wee easily the sorteg
AZ we're In. I'm the only officer left
"a the hooker, an ! couldn't navigate
4 chip II you'd give II to me. I'm only
It's chief engineer. an my assistant Is
In the fo'castie with broken leg. You
see tibet rifle fer.rard. slrt Wei. It
wus lightning did that. Two bolts. SO
the crew says. TOR NUS da~a e~icw,
an never knew ~hut happened TIL the
electrics all went out. Then | shut OF
uea@ ana ;stuaib cut OH deSk foti'
but II WIS a black night. raining cats
and dogs, but no Wind 10 speak OF. II
started yonder~~yer can see where II
burned but II died cut OF Itself. When
morning r7ufe We yuw what wa wss.rp
against II hsnked lot sight worse
then than II ,ices new. Them bolts "
lightning hra haocSed thc fpremast
into slnitNrrcens ksled the whcciS-
man, sAd put the steering gear Vlamh
eut q cunalSsipn Then the tap-
mast an Spars Just naturally wrecked
tue bridge, ard shar3ae3Nr, aa' thv
whole mass caught try rhc >cynnd
ofircg was In the w,4ee}haGse, sir. AM
ncyer knew whH, h1t haH3 an bVtA the
captain an the first ot'tcec aa$ u
s,Sn,lin' terEtthgt ea tar bridge, Ihc
top mast crushed The We oGt " 'rsu
There NGS SIX aJ3ayaFa hprt tAc saur
way, an fear Of 'em d,sd Il Wus The
dsg0dest sueSS ever saw nj sea. ssr."
'BRa eaoasa, surely w8ea did Gals
hsapeaf'
s,ikat sfate taSG we've e}eaay-i CIV
biz since hut tas crew waas work
mreh upi,r ne an were ShNgt.
banded rugged sp this wh@el aft 81
as 10 keep nm engiae r'sas aEI hans
VA. waiting for something - turR ~,
feere WASH nothing siss could aA"
"Ne petSaae net. agd ray eyes
rested thoasasfulq 40 the scene for
wari How Is The aals~~ssand9 You
seem sunk deeply"
That's eavgo, sir: full 30 the
Matches, The SAtps dry as hone /;
have bad the ~eil scaa4ci every three
hours"
Aid Nhat about the crew."
Just ~, NO. crinaa bvpuSat them
aboard arenk. "A We we're roo AT sea
ssnS encash sor the mates 10 whip
then taio shape when this thing hap
pencd. Tvs no deck osisvs, Mr.. Hollis.
and they dear take usders tresn me
VERY well. cali 'eua a ID bard
lot"
rsa1e ~ comnseat. ea.cavrzfa,s 70
turn all these facts eveg in ray uslat..
asa reach sasae ascs<av2 l, vas eys-
stat ssessa what VAS waited, and