| Show 1 1 CAUGHT ATM TRAP MATE OF TRAWLER imprisoned IN CABIN ON A SINK ING SHIP STANDS ON TOES ON TABLE Is just barely able to keep nose and mouth above water about to give up when tide be gins to recede london imprisoned in the cabin of a sinking vessel with the water rising about hanl harra wil mate of the steam tr wier Q bail escaped death the other morning by le intervention of the fates hia experience would have wl intend the hair and unbalanced the mind of a leb man like a rat in U sub merged trap he swam abo until stand ng on tip toe onya table he was able to his nose and mouth above tl e water anto the few inches of breathing spice that still remained in the skylight finally after an hour of effort when he was abo it to aban don the fight and resign himself to the j inevitable the water began receding with the ebbing tide and in a short time he was able to fo ce the cabin door and reach tl e upper deck the boat hid sunk in shallow water the quail was run down by the liner dynamo while willey and the rest of the crew were asleep in the cabin with the excel tion of the mate the men were able to escape and were taken off later by the boats of the dynamo willey awoke how ever to find the water rushing into the cabin through the windows he jumped out of his bunk and made for the door as fast aa he could but the water which already filled the cabin up to willey s waist held it tight he struggled fiercely desperately to pull it open but in vain the vapidly ris ing water drove him from it it was now about his shoulders and groining in the dark he finally with his feet located the table ander the skylight mounting it he attempted to foice the skylight his last hope it stuck even more securely than the door fhe water rose rapidly about the am prisoner man to his knees to his hips to his shoulders and finally he was compelled to stand on tiptoe to utilize the small space that still remained n the skylight two lachs more of water and it would be all luddeni Sud deni ie heard blows struck on th top ot the sk light a nd tie righta s tint his ates were try ing to force the in the hope that he was still al ve it sto aly resisted their assa lit however an 1 they final the brinks almost afloat ly abandoned tl e effort that the water inside was so 1 agh as io preclude the possibility of any one till living worn t b his efforts and un nerved b the soun I 1 of the retreating footsteps of his companions willei sl i ped f the table and went un der with a great effort however hi succeeded in holding to a ledge and p illing h s head above water in the again it the hold was a carious and difficult one and be knew that he could long just as he was about to ave up hope he not ced that the water was slowly receding at farst he did not believe his senses but as he watched the shifting mark of the water on the side of the sky light his first impression was con firmed after a time which to the exhausted man seemed almost an eternity he was able to abandon hia uneasy perch and try the door again it yielded to bis efforts and as it swung open the rush of water carried him in safety on chef deck he lay there exhausted until the crew of the dynamo saw him and came to ats lescue |
