The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-03-07
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..Nothing, sir, nothing, sir" one after
1.-THE other. - ~
ssBless my soul, isn't that stangca
Do you see any thing?" ITO me-.
| "Notbing," said |,
'Here, Mr.. A 60 aloft into the
fmaintop. and send to or three Of the
people aJoft also to look out. say.
Bradley. sing out, will yel-haiI again."
/ Again the seamen hollowed-t-we
waited, but there was no answering
Icry., The master was now much ex-
.|.cited. ~ ~ f't.'s'.f' 'ss''
"Maintop,, there" 'e7g@ f
eyes, sir" ~ 2t = a-Qi
ado you see any thingg" # t3
"Nothing, sir. but those two albatros-
tses in our wake" tNi 7'it1
"Foretop,n again cried he.
cay. ay, sir"
'.Can you make out any thing?"
/ "Nothing on the water, sir, but there
is something on our lee bow that looks
very like the land"
:Come down, Mr.. A., come
down out OF the tops. men, and stand
bv to put her about again" The mas
ter's voice trembled. as he asked me,
"What do you think Of that. Mr.. De
Strange things occur in these seas"
/, "Why, am puzzled enough," said l.,
s.the poor fellow would seem to have
sunk just after the last hail" ~
/ "No poor fellow in the case, tear,'
said he, with a look of much mystery.
"This is not the first ofthc sort of airy
tongues I've had to do With. Just let
us get her well round on the otter tac&e
and I'll come below and give you the
yarn" = go
/ This was said rs | was about to de-
scend the companion, for the aspect of
the evening was not such rs TO keep a
man long on deck who had no business
there; but ere had got down two steps
Of the ladder all was dark again; the
bright moon had Withdrawn herself be-
hind a dark cloud. z = Y" p l''
Shortly after, the master, alone with
the mate. Mr.. A - ,Gor it was the Sec
ond mates watch came into the cabin,
land helping themselves to a glass, Of
grog and cheroot apiece, (for as there
were no lady passengers, and none Of
us obiec ted to the order, the master al
lowed smoking below,) sat down with
/ faces OF much seriousness.
GAS | was telling you, Mr.. ID" con-
tinued the master. s.this is not my first
experience of these sort Of noises. /
remember manv years ago, when ] was
a boy on board Of the frigale ,thalie.'
in the river Plate, we had a quarter
master on board, of the nane Of O'Han-
i Ian, an rrshman.
ale was Il very good man so long
as he WIS sober, only rather apt when
he had his beer to become obssreperous,
insisting that by right of birth he was
legitimate king of Galway or some 9TH
er districtin Ireland. He was an odd
sort of a fellow, you may believe, and
used in these fits to ask US TO kiss his
hand---a request to which You may
guess our reply---and swear that his
1 family had been princes ages before the
saxon and Norman barbarians overrun
his country, and stuck upon the surface
4 of the soil the roots Of their mushroom
nobility; moreover, that spirit attend
ed his family, a malignant banshire, that
rejoiced in the occurrence to them Of
any calamity. But when sober he was
a 6rst.rate sailor, and the officers knew
i it, and rather overlooked his foibles.
| Well, there we were, with aIight wind
one night, groping our way UP the
Jmighty river. the feads being kept going
regularly in the chains, and lookouts
Upon the bowsprit and at thesforeyard
arms. 1t wasa beautiful evening, th,
water quite smooth, and the moon SHIN,
ing without a clood as brightly as she
did for those. two or three minutes a
little ago. -. III
"WelI, ,this Irish quarter-mas.er was
one OF themin the chains. and just as
he was swinging the. lead forward, The
lashing round the waist gave way, and
overboard he Vent. with the lead-linc
in his hand, with dead plunge, not un-
like that of the lead itself. and without
a cry or any indication Of the accident.
But the master, who. with his foot on a
gun-carriage. had beenlooking over at
him, saw him disappear, and rushing
franticaliy afr, cried to the captain and
first ienteuant, sAman overboard--
O'Hunlan's soverboard' a "
l"sLet gothe ife-buoy = cried the cap
tain, ,inmuch excitement. .andthel elsentry
forthwith pulling tiietrigger, it plunged
into the water and',iell away astern;
with itssreddish-blue lightfickering and
flaring upon the smooth surface Of the
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