Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-12
g great miracle waa, that he had

not in some way discovered that
Ruth had been visiting the camp, and
taken his revenge before she left
This was the first thought that came
to Cameron hen he found himself
shut into the murky atmosphere.
be had discovered it and this was the
result. He felt himself the Jonah
for the company, and as the dreadful
hours went by would fam have cast
himself into the sea IL there had
been7a possible way Of escape.
1t was not an American transport
on which they were sailing, and the
captain was not responsible for the
food, but he might have refused to
'men if he had cared He did not
care.fhatswas theaYhole trouble. He
ate hdGdrank, principally drank, and
did whatever Wainwright suggested.
When a protest came up to him he
turned it down with a laugh, and
! said:-"Oh, that's good enough for a
buck private" and went on with his
dirty jokes.
The supper that first night was
meat cooked with cabbage. and
though they tried to eat it, many
Of them could not keep it down.
The ship rolled and the me grew
sick: The. atmosphere Became fetid.
Each moment> seemed more impossi-
BILE than the last. There was no
room to move, neither could one get
out n away. After supper the men
lay down in the only place there wa
to lie. two men on the tables. two,
men OF the benches each side. two
men IN the floor between, and 30 on
all over the cabin, packed like eggs
in a box. az
They sent a messenger to their cap
tain begging Tor air. but he only
would have air enough before. they
got through with this>war.
The night wore on and Cameron
lay on his scant piece of floOr-he
had given his bench to a sicker man
than himsclf-and tried to sleep. But
sleep did not visit his eyelids. He was
thinking, thinking, I'm going to finS
with all my heart. and somehow I'm
going to find Him before I'm done.
may never come home but I'll find
God, anyhow! It's the. only thing
that makes life bearable!"
Then would come a wave OF hate
for his enemy and wipe out all other
thoughts. and he would wrestle IN
Observation-Disclosures, and the captain,
too. AS some poor wretch near him
would writhe and groari IN agony his
rage--would boil UP anew, his fists
would clenci, and he would half rise
to go to the door mi overpOwer that
guard! II only he could get up to
where the officers were enjoying
here and bind them in this loathsome
atmosphere, feed them with this
food, stifle them ii the dark with
closed portfolios! His brain vas fer
tile w~ith-thoughts Of revenge. Then,
suddenly across his memory would
flash the words: III with all your
heart We seek Him." and he would
find God,-surely God would stops9A
thing like this! Did God have no
power in His own earth? y
Slowly. painfully, the days dragged,
by. each worse than the laSt. In the
mornings the men must 80 on deck.
whether they were sick OF not, and
must stay there al day no matter
they must dry out by the heat Of
their bodies. There was no POSSIBLE
tty of getting at their kit bags. It was
80 crowded. No man was allowed
TO open n ALI they had was =
little they carried in their packs.
How they lived through IL wAs q
wonder, but live they did. Perhaps
JeAS OhSFOA AlkHRWAS eL1l0 8ESAL
round cork life pfeserver In the form
lOffa cushioned ring which they Wers
obliged to wear night and day. "A
man could never lie down comfort
ABLY with 1t on and II from sheer
he fell asleep he awoke
with hts back aching fortunes. The
ttteAt and cabbage vas varied twice
by Steamsd fish sefvSd IN IT. sclles,
tafls. fins. hsada and entrails COM
EPlete!s All they Got which was really
Satable Wes' q small bun served In
| the morning. and boiled potatoes oc-
Nsysrtaslsss. thess h~ar1ships
M0pld haxe been 81 nothing u Cam.
eron n they Ind not Represented to
him hate. pure. and simple. HeSfeit,
and hperhapa Justly. that XII Waina
wright had not wished 10 makeShfn;
surfer these things would ,eafciys
have been rnitfeated.
8The day nm III last when ffeys
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