The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-26
MISCELLANEOUS
THE
sAIL0R'Sw0OING
A SEA STORY

full of A. VIVA handed along 10 inc quarter Geo
and the taste struck YOU AZ once owing 10 IN
want of Inc voll-known briny twang Of rca
LIyo. uater. and instead Of that smack as it wcr
ocin,n. though il was a. 81 ar a. cry stal. ~
sr, one had a trial Of it but Jones hun .elfi IN
decd, be n ,vcr once lo,kcl round till IL had oo
Cured 10 me 10 pour the tin Of water into
glass and hold il with my hand over IT nsid,
The shalc Of the pinnacle, when ] thought
made out little spccks AMI spark shooting aud
twisting about iu Il a ifth' water had n motion
al itscIf. then IL seemed lu sink to the bottom,
aud all wa puei jus then ] looked mp and
caught Jones scared rcslc-. sort of u nc', a. II
he were uneasy There was a strange lilo in
that mans brain, fell thar none could @
into; but OWN, as e plainly WIS 10 something
fu away from III, prc-en. matter I knew it WIS
hest 10 let him alone. IT, fact, his dong a. h"
did. show ed well enough he meant fair 10y olr-
selves Nothing m earth ever gave mo NOR"
the notion Of a wreck in man. than 'ho KIM OF
gaze out Of Jones two eyes, when he'd turn 20
the light and look at You, hal keen, ,Ii shrink
ing, Ike man that 10th felt himself above YOU
and vel somehow or other, you'd got b 90 un Ter
Won. I'm blessed il ii ln't trust him more be-
cause b had been too p'rltc character IN hi'
deeds beforehand 10 turn his mind to liiilc ones
now than for ANYTHING good In him. being ono Of
those fellows that work ih,ir way from ono port
10 another in ships inrocistlcs, AMI gct dunk
A hore, though. all the time You'd say thor,
[
10 he chapain. knew ~ much or hal lIuNu a.
high some time. Some day 81 SEA the hands are
mined round the grating hats of, and the pray.
or bsnk II .l,cd-luwu .,1cs Jack Jones with
flash aud bubble to hi name. AXE, old ''Dayy,'
and YOU bear no moro @, him
Well, just aii,r slui -wu, 90 the ia h c inc on
Wcst ~o.l ami If. tho l,,k 90 20 down to sup
per with the Planter. the mi-hlpmln being In
charge. There was nothing IN sigh, sal or
,rd. indeed. the queer dark brown tint of the
bori4tn shove strongly ac int the Ky, as fit
hal be. n the MAHOGANY oi the cip'tan hraI
inside its bras rim: ths night was clpIdv, with
q light breeze, and tlol 10 th' -ttrs came out,
| expected it 10 get pr';iy dark. A. ! went
down the companion. | heari nothing hut the
lsht wAsh OF the water from her tow. AMI the
losk out stepping slowly about b'twiNt her
knish,. heads on the fofecasilc; while it i,ruck
mo the smooth face Of The sea seemed 10 show
wonderfully distirc; inlo the dusk the com
plet,r II gGt, as If sor. Of Light rose ~
IRON on IT, Down bl " We felt her steal.
inc pleasantly through al, and Tom AID !
al for | diin't know how long, trying
70 settle our differences ON the main point
about the Ssrngapatsm, %. course, AMI which
way she was likely to he gone. Tom plumel
himself nightly on his commpn-sensc view
Of a thing, and havin, by this time got back
good deal 81 his checriulncss, he ami Mr.. Rol
lock almost laughed Inc over TO his line Of
thinking.
We agreed tina, the ship must be at present
ring ~ on one sd or Other OF the Nal
syes, but both OF than thought the lsss We
had 10 -av 70 her the Letter. II say, though
cycAimcd the Planter. who's face WA turlcd
The opposite way 90 o.. &. Ia no lies IL was
moonlight q" " ST .oui .ht 49, there, no
neon til morainc." | said. Look in
g the s'cru cshiu tl.r' then said Ep'-
oh: and turned rorul. ing into ihc door
a.. al
rise there WIS a bright white ri re through
e., lit;le square .;,rn-l. -ht. lie ming Oh the
nm OF the III. AMI sc uiuEly II both I'll, air
AM the water b,youi. Qi'c C.u'o1u.ei. a.
well A. wonleriu. what SMELL ( .ouli Loo about,
hurried up the companion, the Pla-tcr and
Wetwooi hard al my heels.
For "a long a. hal kept at sea, AMI sool
many ditici Mt latitude. ! hal been in.o-yct |
must say never in my LIE before sIv -lgh
strange sight as l5oks on u, the instant We
put eur heads out Of the bop' y-ht,rh
fresh from the lamp-li-ht in the cabin.
Indeed, cantt but own 90 my trst feeling hc-
ing fright; for what il Wa, ] couldn't uaier.
stand, unless We were 20; into . quar'er o. tht
world VII Te things wereu { natural. There were
a few stray cloud, il she ky, scattering away
ahead, aud clearing eastward o. s'ttle along b,
fore the breeze; al gl1ft u o.. high over The
SHARP dark elge Of the sails AMI sIf. the air
seemed 10 open away out pls aud El,mmrrns
Ike a reflection iu the IT,; AL arouul yU4
caught glimp.s D. the stars weakening aul
weakening toward the horizon. But the water
iLself-,hat was the sight that b,wIllercd
one Ga every tide the whpl, sra lay spread
out smooth. all a. white az -aIw-yoI coIlint
fancy how wide /. Nigh. srr,i ca away as.c-n
o. on cur lec-heam, for not marx OF
horizon was 20 h. seen. save on the northwest,
where you made il out, owin.; TO the ky there
being actually darker than the ssl--hu' all the
time the wide face of l. Wa OF a dead ghlsly
Jaleness, washing with a ~ II Ike milk 10 orr
black counter a We forged ahead, II wasn't
that il shone in the least Ike blue whlcr at
night In the ordinary tropcs-that would have
teen a comior,-hut you'd have thought there
vas a wiudiug-shsgt lA.l ever all, or We were
standing across a leyl country covered with
snow-ouly when ! stood up, ami watched the
bows, there was a faint Kissing sparkle 10 b.
seen in the ripple edge, that first brought
me 20 myself The l.p-cirs had woke
W. where they lay aIoIt the clho1ye,
and were covering together for sheer
terror the men standing, each one in his III zee,
and looking; while Jones, who had relieved
the midshipman, leant 10y himself with hi,
head on the capstan, As If 10 keep out the 81 ,ht
o. II all; the schOouer's whole dusky length, in
fact, with every black figure on her de, X. and
her shape up 10 the lighiest stick or rope OF h =
alott, appearing strange enoug "a IN the midst Of
the broad white glare 10 daunt any one that
wasn't acquainted with the thing. "Alr. Jones,
san quickly, On going up to him, 'Wh1t IS
this! III be- hanged 10 didn't begin 10 believe
IN witchcrait or something. Where are we .,t
tlng Tor Nothing, nothing, sir, SAID "a, ! II.
in his head " til natural enOush only the
milk sea, a. they call it-.hc white water, Sill
that comes down twice a-year hereabOu,, from
GOd knows where-you only see it So al.
tagh ~ Oh, then, According TO thu ]
said, We shan't he long of sighting yolr
island, | suppose 2" -" No." sad he, "ifthr
breeze ireshens at all, keeping our present
course the masthead ought to hail it in two
or three hours but God knows, Lieutenant
Collins, natural though the sight is, th'rr's
something a man can't get rid Of, especially il.
He stood up, walked to the side, and kept
facing the whole breadth Of the awlul-look-
ing sea, as it were till it seemed to
blind him. 81 tell you what, sir" said he
slowly, " IL that water had any use, a priest
would say, twas sent to wash that same island
clean Of what's been done on it, but it couldn't
Mr.. Collins, il couldn't till the day OF judgment .
lie leant over till his dark face and his shpul
doTs, TO my notion, made the milk-whitc surg
that stole up TO the schOoners bend, take
whittier look " II that water could wash 10,
now " mutterod he, cay, if It could Ouly TAX
the soul out of me, curse me- but III 90 dow
down this moment to the bottom :. vii tn.
no gave a sudden move that made me catch hir
by the arm. "NO, no, NJ CJlins,' said h
forming round ''the truth is, | mcal 20 4
through with it III let it carry me where Il
bound for Wasn't born without asking N
leave, aud I'll kick the bucket the same way,
II was on a blasted dunghill!' "Come, com
MIR. Jones, - raid !, in soothing sort OF wal
$50 below for a little, AMI sleeps when we la
the land, ! II have you called. I'D rather no
sir" said Jones' quietly ''the truth is, II strik'
me there's something suangc In my happenln
20 be abroad here, a. this particular season, TO-