The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-01
THE
sAILeWs wooINe



shcs she wsy plain enough IN the cltsr, though
lcsming nearly end-oD, 10 that one couldn't well
know her rig.
sreoms bofnswsrd bound er.ft meaning 70
tsuch At the islsnd" said Cap ain Walls tell
ing the frst lieutenant TO keep AL f,st; by which
tirns she was lost in the dusk again, and wasn't
long Of going below.
Not being asleep, however, sudden stir on
deck, an hour or two after sh.i, brought me out
dmy cot, and slIp'd "a NY clothes, anu Wem
quietly up.
grcHt no ror could ses H. HI tar ahead a ~, |
reht In the gloom " the clouds, who, for
momeat you'd hxvs suppDs ii WIS the moon ris-
ing rcd Al a bloody. TIL the he We Of the be-
tsixt US and IL showed hor 10 Of US wev dip
ping; and now and then II gave a Il Iiug i;m-
mer Ear cat tIom the br, zst ~ ihs fog bank,
vhne the breeze was sending brown pih o.
smoke frum II row a d then 10 l-ewtd Asaiist
tl,s clouds; through ~fich you made spar or |
two licking up tho fame and fsg Of canvas |
hnttering acruss ON ihs tsrd.
'Tvas neither more nor less than n ship on fire |
no doubt the ve.se, s,,~n abesrn IT us that evs.
ninR-A sight at which Ctp ain Walls sssmin 4 |
" forgot his hurry 20 mASe g.. Helena, in the |
eagernoss shown by all ABOARD TO save the poor
fellows
suddenly there was another Wild gloam from
the bamng craft, ard We tho IEht H. was over
altogether, when up soot wresth VI fire and
smoke again, then . hercs flash with blue
bursl Of flame full d rparks md all sorts oil
black spots aud broken thiors. ~ At sho had
blovB up while she hsaySd the LAB: time On tho
swcil.
Everything was pitch dark next minute in
hos plnce II big blot cf ink bad ONE Instead;
the brig o. war herself rolling With "a Flap Of h3r
hssdsAls up against tie lvuV heavy bank Ct
do-d that blocked the hHz'n.
"KttP het away, si'tHh shouted Captain
WLle, and the PJdargu. satg ed Ahuad a boturo,
~ ~ All .ffalt o. Ia. al
counting the hoids o. The wiyg' a. tAey flicker.
cd past her weather beam.
'For heavens sake !" continued tho captain,
'1st's LEX shout --rhs NUT surely have hAi
boats Out, or sometlinl'. NJ. Aldridse1 The
bef thlRg We can do IL 10 iite few iines - W
bear down; zee hat bun gun cleared away, Mt.
Moor, ano do II. "
Wo might have been 30 IN a ini'., 80 va.
EaeNe7, fun where she was L.. sa,n, whoa
tho br's fret a gun 10 wini ward, still slAeddg
on uneor OvsTy bing. ~ he s'curG Hasa that
ngttcd UP the belly u ths con ~, with tno black
giitef Of the svol.7 hclO~ tlem, 1 fauciSd |
CAUGHT momeuts gli rpe a st uisthins two or
the mile. away.
II was too short to say, however; and sooa
after tbe twinkle Of Light, sOotbin<ly hoistei
on O spM, wAk seen little more than hzf mue
upon the hig's lee how, dipping and going ~
u sight st times, hut pain enc ~ h when II rose.
Down vent the Podargus fer the spot, sanding
The foam of her cut-wa'er; and Il was no loag
time before q wild nail from several voices could
be made out almost close aboard. Ten minu "a
sftsr she was brought TO tho wind, beaving a
rops 10 tho mon on q loose rat of casks and spIrs
~ II pitched alongside Of her with tho sad
haalod down en- spar they had stuck mp, and
AtateTa 1t tho head Of 10; alter which the rat
wns osst of, and the poor fellows usro safo on
board.
Tive Of them seemed 10 ~ hal drospeJ, tic
one wSpPad up IN = vet pilot coat his faco look
ing wbi'o ant frightened enough by the eli,a-
msr Cf tho lEBtorns; tho Other darker god
deal, o far az | ,0nld nsl- him out for the
crowd about him, and be- d5nt Seem able to
spcik; SCc0rdipglF, 30 h Uf them were taken a.
one below 10 the surgeon. TIE rsI wofo foar
balEnskcd III scks, puc g. lifc chap ritn slt-
rinI = AMI seamAns ores-, who ~as he spnSss-
nan on the quarter deck 20 tho cap in's quei-
tious plainly Ano an by his tnlilling sort o
drswl
care there no more o. you a1oat?" was the
FIRST thing asked, 20 which tho Yankee slilo.
shook bis head. $40 was an American bark he
said, from voysge ~ discovery Iolud III. to-.
:, Capes; he was mate himself, and the skippN
! being addicted 70 his cups, d got COX OF Iun
on fire; 30, finding they couldn't get IL undcr
besides bong wesrisd at tho pumps, on account
OF an old leak, the men broke into tho sp ri
room and got dead drank. lilo nd tls black,
bad patehed up raft IN hurry for hLo life
barely saving he PASSENGER aud his soTvln
who had junpod overheard; the passenger VA
- M.xic.n
Ms Of mi, i fonna mex day from tho gun
hnr1't La,L i1nn,rc Of inc csntain rhs-esL uis
tLav yTsra a. he ~ innr MA, tLc ami, man y, ,n
CON-, ,,as ab,oncrriI. cr rr a,s,ir,n, and ths
isst :. ls had drive them AM az thar reckon
inrs Ioer way.
TSomeho,y g:,ntb or t,c T;ua pucs,pr said
he INIT ON beisg told. The .Ilo. u,,s a bowi
ae1.d GLANCE rnnnd h,m sosp,'r.,lv and A Gun .
ming Kind az sonint after n. AL r,p,iod.
"WtIL" sad 10 II ,.Isss ce',, cnnsidera-
hla unIu,k ~ but co..,i.F 1, ti,n In AZ ntyte
.Lls
The ma, had a ,yo,- 1, &c. h lfH.asnd ,.sv
iFs-L,r.,J ,I.' 800 ne. c., eci,iIy III
~. ss,d y. No. ,ssr, h,Io. no ,nnncssI 50 as
,~.s xsr,hrjs, " arJ MN i ,he,o TwAsn', v,-
lat ssr the { n,es ard he old co,n,rv3n
HNc nv man " aid the c1n.ain Hvou NAV
sat yoir mind nv .ass on thst nnintbIt Ia
afraid navsTtbalas. ,,e'u bave Ia la, A Won n,
"a. H.IenaIn
irWbat- mister" said the American starting.
t'that's where we've roI 30 eyparty lock nj u,i
Wdl. now. II you give mo God Uorth for a
Few, mister, / q uess III RAJ th-r ship Ahoard you
iii 7 get bs1ter. whai's youf NJ. "a iu,t ao~
fIm1y ak. captaiu?"
! "Weil. well. y sad the captaip, lsuphiny
uwe'll ses tomorrow, NV mani and the Amen
asn xey below
'iSet an, 'nseiIs sgaip Mr AIdriJga - contin.
..d CANAAN Wills n1nd .or.,s y,Scs Wa
80, r. 80, - ~ IT, 70 Si,,ar
s-NH0t uofS rh-b ~ AN'AO" "a Wv ohP sNvih