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low In your room i,lgtPa( of 0(lt )mro
In this ire." simpped Smith.
I Tin. girl quieted down, ami then
spoke to tho young woman, who lay
n tho bottom of tho boat where she
had fallen when Smith struck her
I down, sho was the nlcco of Captain
j Brownson.
"I never hoard of such utter brutal-
! liy in my life," oho said.
j Miss Hillings, who hud first found
fault, agreed with her.
"Was your brother nbonrd, Miss
Roberts?" asked Smith.
"Yes, ho was I think ho went in
the mate's boat why do you ask?"
"Oh, I was just thinking that's nil.
Ho would have been second officer
next voyage. That seemed to bo fix
ed, didn't it?"
"Yes; nnd If it hud, tills thing would
not have happened," said tho girl.
"No; probably it would not," said
tho second ofllcor sadly. Ho spoke,
for the first time, with less passion.
He thought of tho manner they had
taken to get his berth, tho Insults,
the infamy of tho whole thing.
No; I don't suppose you knew how
It was done," said be, half aloud.
Tlie girl sat up. She had stopped
whimpering from tho blow.
Smith watched her for a few min
utes wliilo he swung the boat's head
for the gray mist ahead whore he
knew lay tho Iceberg. He thought the
face pretty, tho figure well rounded
.ind perfectly shaped. Ho felt sorry
he had used such harshness in making
her behavo in tho boat. But there
was no tlmo for silly sentiment. That
boat must bo manned properly and
kept afloat, and tho slapping of a girl
was nothing at all. Sho might start
a sudden movement and endanger the
lives of all. Absolute trimming of the
craft was tho only way sho could be
safe to carry tho Immense load. The
men rowed slowly and apparently
without object. Smith headed the
boat for the ice.
A long wall of peculiar palo blue
ness suddenly burst from the haze
close to them. It was tho Iceberg. He
swung the boat so that she would not
strike it, and followed along tho rag
ged side.
Tho two young women gazed up at
tho pale bluoness caused by the fresh
water in the ice. It was a beautiful
sight. Tho pinnacles were sharp as
foeedles, and they pierced the mist in
white points .tapering down to tho
whitc-and-bluo sheen at tho base,
where tho ocean roared and surged in
a deep-toned murmur. Great pieces
broke from tho mass while they gazed.
Smith steered out and sheered the
boat's head away from tho dangerous
wall. It was grand and deadly. A
largo block lay right ahead.
"Ease starboard," ho said.
The craft swung clear. The mist
from the cold ocean thinned a little
Right ahead was a flat plateau, a
raised field of ico Joining the berg. It
sloped down suddenly to tho sea, and
tlie swell broke upon it, as upon aj
rocky shore. A long, flat floo stretch
ed away from tho higher part. It was
a field of at least a full half mile
farther. Tho whole was evidently
broken from some giant glacier in the
Arctic.
Smith" debated his chances within
himself. Ho Bcorned to ask his men,
for he had seen much Ico before In his
seagoing. To remain near tho berg
was to miss a ship possibly; but to
row far off" was to miss fresh water.
Ho had come away without either
food or water, owing to the furious
panic. Ho knew very well that, with
in a few hours at most, tho famished
folk In his boat would rave for a
drink. They must have water at least
even If they must do without food.
The Iceberg lay right in the path of
ships, as his own had proved, the liner
running upon tho great circle from
New York to Liverpool. There waB
the certainty or meeting or or ai leasi
coming closo to a vessel shortly, for
others of his line would run the same
circle, the same course, as ho had run
It before.
With giant liners going at twenty-
five knots speed, they usually kept
pretty cIoeo to tho same line, for
there were fow currents that wore not
accurately known over that route. Tho
Gulf Stream was a fixed unit almost;
and In calm weather other ships
would certainly reckon with ac-uracy
to meet Us set. If ho rowed far off
tho line, then ho plight or might not
meet a ship. If ho did not, then there
would soon be death and terror Jn
that boat.
Ho decided to keep close to tho
berg, and ordered his men to give way
slowly whllo ho navigated the field
and skirted it, keeping Just far enough
out to avoid tho dangerous breaks
and floating pieces.
Tho morning wore away, and tho
occupants of his boat began to grow
restless. They had been cramped up
for soveral hours now, and they wore
not used to sitting In a cold, open
boat In a thick, misty hazo without
food or water. Tho old man began to
complain. Several women began to
ask for water. Ono woman with three
children begged him to go ashoro and
get them a piece of ico to allay their
thirst. Smith saw that tho effects of
ItllM Willi (ITttif llrmltlt WftTo lluu- lullni'l Tin. tilaM mum. n u'llh all lla tu. I "
th wild oxfrttuimuit wor new lmlng
felt, and the Inovltnblo thirst that
must follow was tit hand.
lie bonded tho boat for a low part
of tho field.
"Knsy on your oars," ho command
ed. Tho boat slid gontly upon tho
sloping ice.
"Jump out, Sam," ho said to tho
bow oarsman, "Jump out and take
tho painted with you." The man did
bo, hauling tho lino far up tho floo.
One by ono tho rest were allowed to
climb out of the boat. They gathered
upon a part of the field that rose a full
ten feet above tho sen; and there they
began trying to get small pieces of
Ico to cat. It was ns salt as the sea
Itseir, and they were disappointed,
spitting It out. Smith took a man
nlong with blm and started for tho
berg. Tli boat was left in rimrgo
of four men. who held 'in- oil tho
floe.
Within half an hour, tho whole
crowd hnd managed to get fresh-wnter
ice. Tho second ofllcor kopt them
closo to tho boat and watched for any
signs of change In tho weather. They
were allowed to go a abort distance
and got the stiffuoss from their limb?
by exercise.
"I am very tired and cold. Can 1
get back Into the boat?" asked Miss
Roberts, after she had been stamping
her foot upon the floo for half an
hour.
Smith looked at her. The print of
his hand was plainly marked upon her
face. He felt rahamcd.
"Yes, you can go aboard', he said;
and then, as if in apology for what ho
had done, ho explained: "You must
keep Mulct in that boat, you know.
You must not try to walk about, for it
endangers the whole crowd. You un
derstand, don't you?"
"Yes, I'll try and keep still, but my
feet got cold and I grow so stiff."
"Well, you must forgive me from
having used you roughly, f had to do
it. There wra no time for politeness
in that panic." He came close to her.
His eyes held a light she feared great
ly, and she shrank back.
"I hope it is not timo now for polite
ness," she said, with meaning.
"Oh, I wouldn't hurt you," said
Smith.
"I hope not," said the girl.
Miss Billings asked If sho could go
aboard also. Smith allowed her, and
caled tho boat In.
The two girls climbed into the boat,
and the older women commented spir
itedly upon the favors of youth. Smith
shut them up with an oath. The wom
an with the three childen huddled
them back aboard as the Ico caused
them to shiver with tho cold on thoir
little feet. They had neglected to put
on their shoes. The women, for tho
most part, were only half dressed, and
few, if any, had on shoes. They had
rushed on deck at the first alarm, and
tho time allowed for dressing was
short. The ship had gone down with
in fifteen minutes from the first Im
pact with the berg.
Smith walked to and fro upon the
ico for some time. The sun Bhone for
a few moments, but wn.s quickly hid
den again in the haze.
A gentle hreezo began to blow from
the southward, and tho haze broke up
a little. Smith began to got nervous
about the Ice, and finally ordered all
peoplo back Into the boat, where they
huddled and shivered, hungry but no
longer thirsty.
During all these hours there had
been no further sign of tho other
boats. Smith knew that at least ten
of them had gone clear of tho sinking
ship. The chief mate's boat wc.s tho
one he was most interested in at pres
ent. He wanted to seo the man who
had Indirectly caused tho disaster;
the man whom Brownson was playing
up for tho berth of second officer. The
thing wivs a reality now slnco the
tragedy. Before it, ho had looked
upon tho matter as slight Indeed.
The second mato headed his boat
out and kept clear of tho drifting
Ice; but always under the lee of tho
'berg, which offered considerable shelt
er from both wind and sea, which
were rising. The danger of floating
Ice was not great during daylight, and
he swung the small boat closo and
rodo easily. Keeping her dry and clear
of water. Ho dreaded the plunging
he must Inevitably undergo in the
open ocean with that load of women.
With tho increasing breeze, the
haze lifted entirely until the horizon
showed clear all around. There was
no sign of tho other bouts. Smith
know then that they had steered off
to tho southward to avoid tho ico. As
the sea began to grow, tho masses of
Ico broke adrift with df.stlnct and loud
reports, tho plunging pieces from the
higher iarts making considerable
nolso above tho deepening roar of the
surgo upon the base.
At three In tho afternoon, Smith be
gan to feel nervous. Tho Ice was
breaking up fast, and immense pieces
were floating In tho sea which bore
them toward him. They, grew more
and moro dangerora to tho small
craft, and tho officer headed away
from tho vicinity and sought tho open
at last.
By live that afternoon, when tlie
Hcht was fading, ho was riding a
heavy sea, that grow rapidly and roll
ed quickly, tho combers breaking bad
ly and keeping two men busy balling
tho boat. Sho made water fast.
The rilftht tmino on with ail Ha ter
ror!, and the amnll bettt wn in nrmt
danger. Smith trlud his boot to keep
hor headed to tho sea, which was now
running htgh ami strong. His men
bognn to wcakou under the continu
ous strain; and by ten tlmt night
they could no longer hold the boat's
head to tho bob. Sho fell off oii"o
or twice, nnd nearly filled when In tho
trough, There was little to do but
mako a laBt effort to hold her. Tho
ntoady tccond officer came to his last
rosource.
There were flvo oars In the boat.
Four of these ho lashed Into a drag
by fastening two of them In the shapo
of a cross, and then lashing the other
two across tho end of tho cross. He
had a ."spare lino of some longth In tho
boat; and with this bent to tho iwlnt
er, he had a cable of at least twenty
fathoms, which he led over tho hows
and to the 3rag. Tho drag was weight
ed with some chain that lay forward.
The fifth oar ho kept aboard, and
used it himsolf for a sweep to hold
her head as nearly as posslblo behind
tho drag and to the flea.
Hp was tired, sore, and hungry, but
ho kept the boat's head true for hours,
and his people huddled down In tlie
bottom, and prayed or sworo as tho
humor took them. Tho children wept,
and some of tho older women fainted
and lay prone. These gave no troub'.o.
Some of tho younger ones still insist
ed on moving about, and brought the
wrath of the mate upon them In no
uncertain manner. .Smith wm making
a fight for their lives, and would not
tolerate any hysteria. He smote all
who disobeyed with his utual Imper
sonal and rough manner; but tho two
girls were now too much cowed to
glvo him trouble. They sobbed the
night long, holding to each other,
whllo the boat tossed high In tho air
or fell far down tho slopes of ugly
sea.5. And all the tlmo tho water
broke over her low gunwales as she
sat well down under her load of living
freight. .
It was about midnight when the old
man, who had been unruly from tho
first, sprang upon a thwart and
plunged over the Mo with a shril.
scream.
Smith saw him, and mado a para to
catch him with tho oar; but the old
fellow drifted out of reach. The sec
ond officer swung the boat as far as
possiblo toward him; but still ho
could not reach tho figuro that showed
floating for a few moments In the
darkness. Then M'.ss Roberts, who
was close to tho stern sheets, spoke
up.
"Oh, the pity of it. tho pity of that
old man dying llko this! Will no one
savo him?" sho cried.
Her comiuinion sat up.
"There's no ono aboard hero who
can do anything but bully r.s women.
If we had a man here, wo might savo
him. I would Jump after him myself,
but I can't swim. It's horrible to seo
him drown right alongside of us in
this darkness."
Smith heard and smiled grimly. He
was tired out sore, and almost ex
hausted, but ho was full of pluck and
fight still. To drop tho steering oar
might prove fatal if a comber struck
the boat. Ho called to tho stroke oars
man who took tho oar. Smith took
tho .stem line, gavo a turn about a
cork Jacket that lay upon tho seat,
and then over the side be went, call
ing tho men to haul him In when ho
gavo tho word.
Tho affair had only taken a fev
moments, and the form of tho old fel
low was hardly under tho surface.
Smith floundered to him; but, being a
poor swimmer, as most sailors are, he
was qulto exhausted when he finally
grabbed him. Instead of easing on
tho line, ho hung dead upon It, hardly
able to keep his face out of tho sea.
Tho girla watched him over tho gun
wales, but keeping their places. Two
men started to haul him in without
waiting for a signal; and they hove
upon tho lino with a right good will.
It was old and dry-rotted, as most
lines in lifeboats are, and it parted.
Smith felt the slack, and knew what
It mount. Tho cork jacket nciu mm
above the surface, and ho looked at
the boat which seemed so far away in
the darknevss, but in reality was only
a fow fathoms. Yet it was too far for
him to make it again. H meant his
death, his ending.
Ho tried to swim, but the exertion
of tho day had been too much. Ills
efforts were weak and ill-directed, and
ho floundered weakly about, drifting
farther away all tho time.
Tho stroke oarsman called for an
other line. There was none except
that of tho drag. It would not do to
haul It In. Tho boat was doing all she
could now to keep herself afloat, and
to rtek her broadside In the sea might
bo fatal for all hands.
Miss Roberts begged some one to
go to tho ofllcer's assistant. Smith
seemed to hear and understand. Ho
floundered with moro vigor. There
wns not a man among tho boat's crew
who dared to go over the .side In tho
night. There was nothing more to do
but watch and hope that tho second
mato would finally mako It. But ho
did not. Ho struggled on for many
minutes. They could seo him now and
then fighting silently In tho night. Ho
still seemed to hold tho old man with
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"I caut swim a atroko, lady." sail. torn, and sho mado better woathor
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back on h r drag. Then ho disap .and bound In for New York. They
peared intlr.i v in tho darkness.
"The brute I didn't think it was in
him," said Miss Hillings, with feeling,
"Don't talk that way
said Miss
Koberts.
Don't talk that way of a
man who did what ho has done. I
forglvo him with nil my heart
Tho morning dawned, and tho sea .savo tho old man.
rolled with less vigor. Tho boat wii Daylight showed Wyllo a dark
still ablo to keep herself clear. Tho speck on tho horizon; and at the
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Thoy lay listless upon tho boat's hot-
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The chief mate's boat had kopt her
courso to tho southward after leaving
the berg bIio had gotten ahead of
Smith's.
By midnight that night sho
. was almost dead ahoad of tho second
olllcor's boat whon Smith Jumpod In toi
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had kopt to tho oars, and, when It was
very bad, had run slowly before it for
sovoral hours. This had brought him
from many miles in advance to but a
few ahead of Smith's boat; and ho
was rowing slowly ahead again by
daylight. Ho sighted her, and noticed
there were no oars; but ho saw tho
man steering, ami rightly guotsod,
that thoy wore hanging onto a drag.
Mr. Koberts, tho nephew of Captain
Brownson, sat close to the mute. He
liad relieved him several Union dur
ing the night. Iirgo and powerful, ho
was ablo to aid tho chief mate very
much,
"I think my sister Is in that boat,"
ho said as thoy slghtod hor.
"It looks llko tho socond ofllcer's
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