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The supper that first night was aboe, and though they tried to eat it, many of therew sick The atmosphere became fetid Each moment seemed more impossible than the last There was no rooet out and away After supper the men lay down in the only place there was to lie, two men on the tables, two men on the benches each side, two men on the floor between, and so on all over the cabin, packed like eggs in a box

They sent a hed, and sent word back they would have air enough before they got through with this war

The night wore on and Caiven his bench to a sicker man than himself--and tried to sleep But sleep did not visit his eyelids He was thinking, thinking "I' to search for Hi to find Him before I'm done I may never co that makes life bearable!"

Then would cohts, and he would wrestle in his heart with the desire to kill Wainwright--yes, and the captain, too As soony his rage would boil up anew, his fists would clench, and he would half rise to go to the door and overpower that guard! If only he could get up to where the officers were enjoying the them down here and bind them in this loathsome atmosphere, feed them with this food, stifle them in the dark with closed port holes! His brain was fertile with thoughts of revenge Then suddenly across his memory would flash the words: "If with all your heart ye seek Hi: Oh, if he could find God, surely God would stop a thing like this! Did God have no power in His own earth?

Slowly, painfully, the days dragged by, each worse than the last In the o on deck whether they were sick or not, and must stay there all day, no matter what the weather If they et they must dry out by the heat of their bodies There was no possibility of getting at their kit bags, it was so crowded No man was allowed to open one All they had was the little they carried in their packs How they lived through it was a wonder, but live they did Perhaps the worst torture of all was the great round cork life preserver in the forht and day A man could never lie down comfortably with it on, and if from sheer exhaustion he fell asleep he aith his back aching tortures The e was varied twice by steamed fish served in its scales, tails, fins, heads, and entrails coot which was really eatable was a s, and boiled potatoes occasionally