The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-02-06

49, 1AAFo AAdAhJ a 6O& 0bNA - D4Ahk
on his head"
"Yes; the mans wound is really seri
GUS. I'm keeping him In bed. But yor
can 60 up TO see him. He's talked q
lot about you, Carolyn May"
The sailor lay in the warm bedroom
over the kitchen.
Carolyn May prattled on gayly and
soon had her sailor man" telling al
about the sea and ships, and "they
that go down therein"
For. you See" explained Carolyn
May, "Tm dreadful curious about the
sea. MY papa and mamm were lost
AT sea-"
you don't say 20, little miss !" ex-
claimed the old fellow. AYE. aye,
that's too bad"
Miss Amanda had disappeared, busy
about some household matter, and the
little girl and the sailor we're alone to.
gether.
"Yes." Carolyn May proceeded, 'Tt is
dreadful hard to feel that IL In go"
Feel that what's so, little missf
asked the man In bed.
THAT my papa and are real
ly drownd-ed." said the little girl with
quivering lips. "Some of the folks on
their boat were saved. The papers
said so."
AYE, ayel" exclaimed the sailor. his
brows puckered into a frown. AYE,
aye. matey! that's allus the way. Why,
l was saved myself from a wreck. 1
was In the first officers boat, and we In
that boat was saved. There was an
other boat-the purser's, 1t was-was
driftin' about all night with us. We
come one time near smashin' into each
other and wreckin' both boats. There
"a a heavy swell on.
"Yet." pursued the sailor, "come day
light. and the fog splittin'. we never
could find the purser's boat. She had
Jest as good a chance as us after the
steamship sunk. But there II was! We
got separated from her. and we was
saved. whilst the purser's boat wasn't
never heard on again"
That vas dreadful |" sighed the lit
tie girl.
"Yes. little miss. And the poor pas
sengersi Purser had twenty or more
In his boat. Women mostly. But there
was q sick man. too. Why. I helped
lower his wife and him into the boat
fore I was called to 60 with the first
oficer In his boat. We was the last to
cast OF. The purser had jest as good
q chance 10 we did
II guess I won't never forgft that
time. little miss." went on the seaman,
seeing the blue eyes fxed on his face.
round with interest. "Noi And I've
some tough times. too.
The ship was rtddled. She had to
sink-and II was night.
There was q sick man I told you
about, little miss. He was q wonder,
that felleri Cheerful--brave- Don't
often see a Teller like him. Jokin' to
the last, he was. He didn't want to go
in the purser's boat. II there was more
women or children to go.
"We told him all the women folk had
left the ship. SO, then. he let me lower
him down into the purser's boat after
his wife. And that boat had MS good a
chance as we had. i tell you." repeated
the seaman In quite an excited manner.
"Oh, dear mel" exclaimed Carolyn
May. MY papa and mamma might
have been just like that" she added.
"Of course. we don't know whether
they got OF the steamship Mt all"
AYE. ayel" the sailor said. pretty
tough on you little miss"
Miss Amanda had come back into
the room. and she stood listening to
the old mans talk. She said:
Carolyn May, I think you had better
&C downstairs ncw. We mustn't let
our patient talk 90 much. 1t won't be
good for him."
So Carolyn May shook hands with
the old sailor and started downstairs
ahead OF Miss Amanda. The latter
fingered : moment tn ask n question
.what was the name Of the steam
ship you were wrecked orr she asked.
'The one you yer Just telling about"
"She was the Dunraven-the Dun
raven, Of the Cross and Crescent line"
replied the mariner. didn't i tell you
that before. ma'amr"