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man except inject morphia, and so I sat there and saw the 
pain and agony the man went through, watched death slowly 
and surely creeping over him, until at last he died. That 
experience I shall never forget as long as I live. 
“So when I received the letter asking for help, that pic- 
ture came vividly before me, only now the doctor was in the 
place of the poor Solomon Islander. It made me shudder 
to think of it, and I was determined, by the grace of God, 
to put forth every energy to save the doctor from such a 
death. We hastily put on board some fuel and oil, gath- 
ered up some tools, and set off for Norsup at 2:30 Pp. M. 
“Up to this time I had never driven the ‘Le Phare’ at full 
speed, but on this occasion I did all I could to get every ounce 
of power out of her. Coming down the Malo Pass, we bat- 
tened down and made everything fast, ready to drive through 
heavy seas running outside. 
“What a wonderful picture the little ‘Le Phare’ makes as 
she rises on a wave, and then as the crest passes amidships, 
gently dips her nose; but before she has time to rise, the 
next breaker comes aboard in a seething foam, and fills the 
deck to the rail. The little ship lifts her head up just in 
time for the next wave to smash against the port bow, send- 
ing a spray ten to fifteen feet in the air. So all the after- 
moon we drive her at nine knots against the sea. We have 
no mercy for the ship, for a human life is at stake. Moments 
count! 
“At 6: 30 we come on the lee side of the island of Atchin. 
We see the natives sitting about on the beach, watching the 
vessel coming in. Of course they expect us to anchor, but 
as without slackening speed we pass the anchorage, they get 
up and race along the beach, wondering what is wrong. We 
pass a canoe and send a message ashore to Mr. Parker, tell- 
ing him we are unable to stop. 
“At 7:30 Pp. M. we arrive at Norsup. On account of the 
heavy sea I thought it best not to bring our lifeboat; so when 
we arrived at Norsup, we had to find a boat to get ashore. 
