Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-01-31


"Blast my headlights, IL IL amt I
poor dog Come alongside mate
you're on a lee shore, and In a sorry
! plight"
Oh, what a relief those words were
to us!
With the candle In one hand and a
dark object under his arm, Bill re-
turned and deposited in our midst the
sorriest-iooking specimen of cur dog
you ever set eyes on. 1t was SO weak
ii couldn't stand. But that look In its
eyes-just gratitude, plain gratitude.
Its stump of a tail was pounding
against my mess tin, and sounded just
like a message In the Morse code. Hap
by swore that 1t was sending s. o. s.
We we're like lot Of school chill
dren. every one wanting to help and
making suggestions at the same time.
Hungry suggested giving 1t something
TO eat, while key wanted 10 play on
his Internal jew's-harp, claiming 1t was
musical dog Hungry's suggestion
met our approval, and there was a
general scramble for haversacks. All
we could muster was some hard bread
and big piece of cheese
| His nibs wouldn't eat bread, and also
refused the cheese, but not before sniff
fling at Il for a couple Of minutes. /
was going TO throw the cheese away
but Hungry said he would take 1t. /
gave II to him.
We were In a quandary. 1t was evil
dent that the dog was starving and in
very weak condition. It's coat was
lacerated all over. probably from the
bites Of rats. That stump of tail
kept sending S. o. S. against my mess
tin. Every tap went straight 10 our
hearts. We would get something TO
eat for that mutt If we were shot for
It,
Sailor Bill volunteered TO burglar
can OF unsweetened condensed milk.
and left on his perllous venture. He
was gone about twenty minutes. Dur
Ing his absence, with the help of a |
bandage and a capsule OF iodine, we |
cleaned the wounds made by the rats.
/ have baaslaged many n wounded I
Tommy. but never received the amount
Of thanks that that dog gave with its
eyes.
Then the billet door opened and Sail
or Bill appeared. He looked like the
wreck of the Hesperus, uniform torn,
covered with dirt and -four, and a
beautiful black eye, but he was smil-
ing. and In his hand he carried the
precious can of milk. We asked no
questions, but opened the can. Just as
we were going to pour 1t out Happy
butted In and said 1t should be mixed
with water; he ought TO know, because
his sister back In Bllghty had baby,
and she always mixed water with its
milk. We could not dispute this evil
dence, so water was demanded. We
would not use the water in our water
bottles, as 1t was not fresh enough
for our new mate. Happy volunteered
to get some from the wen, that Is, If
we would promise not to feed his royal
highness until he returned. We prom
Ised, because Happy had proved that
he was an authority on the feeding Of
|
section were awake and were crowd
ing around us. asking numerous ques-
lions and admiring our newly found
friend. Sailor Bin took this opportun
ty TO tell of his adventures while in
quest of the milk.
~ had fair wind. and the passage
vas good until l came alongside the
t,.f. f,.,.fe ola fhA
got rough. When l got aboard l could {
rear the wind blowing through the
'igging OF the supercargo (quartermas-
err sergeant snorlng), so l was safe. j
set my course due north to the ra-
ion hold, and got my graphing irons '
n a cask OF milk, and came about on /
ny homeward-bound passage, but
was amiss with my wheel. Z
ecause ran nose on into him. caught q
i'm on the rail. amidshlps. Then it $
1as repel boarders, and L started TO "
low big guns. His first shot put out U
~ starboard light, and keeled over. II
was ia the trough of the sea, but v
Don righted. and then it was a stern n
base. with me In the lead. Getting in t'
the open sea, inhut port lhSh a.
nd hove TO in this cove with the
iilk safely in tow" 81
Most of us didn't know what he was &c
liking about, but surmlsed that he !"
nj got into a mlxup with the quarter
aster sergeant. This surmise proved n'
,rrect. e'
Just as Bill finished bis narration y
nd splash was heard. and Happy's y,
lice came TO us. Ii sounded very far y
I: -
''HeIp. I'm In the well ; Hurry up. =,
can't swiml Then few unintelli- -
BILE words intermixed with blub :"
ub and no more. ~
We ran TO the well and away -
'wn we could hear ap awful splash
z. Sailor Bill yelled down Look
Il below; stand from under; bucket
mlng" With that he loosed the
Indlass. In a few. seconds a spiut-
ring voice from the depths yelled TO