The sun., 1861-10-08
THE
SAILORS wooINe
THE
A SRA STORY.

alofti" shouted the chief officer himself, I'd "
bear, sirr.h! use yeur eyes before hailing The
'decki" Land sirl" came falling down again
out Of the sunlight; Gland il is, sir-5road away
on our larboard bow, SIR
by this time IL was about half-pas nine OF
ten O'Clock Of the morning. Heading nearly
due southeast, As we now were, the ln1iaman !
bowsprit ran up into tho full whi.e blaze OF
light, In which her flying jib-b,on scented to
quiver and wrthc far away from her like an oel
M water.
You d have thought by the glance under the
fore course over the ships head gratinEs, she
was trav Hing off quietly into some no.man' g
land or other, where IL would he 10 bright wo
should all have 10 wear green spec 'acies: tho
light brecze beng almost direct from nOr'we-t,
and 10 fairly in her favor, With tho help OF ber
suidng. sail, she was making won teriul pro-
greas for such mere brc h--about four knots
to tho hour, as reckoned. Tho air aloft ap-
poafed in the meantime 20 bc ste idying AMI
sucliaq though the water k'p, smooth and her
bows scarce made any noise in H. the wide sJr'
srells Of the sea just foated up Of pale blue.
and lifted her on, till she went scrthng q nuy
down into II again; only, If vsu put your head
over the s,ATboard side, and listened, YOU thought
you hoard sort o dull pJpplng ripple coming
along the bends from round her counter
At length the third mae was sce1 10 shove hi-
spy.g aas together in the top-gtllant cross trees
and cane slowly down the rigging. well,
bin, a. ho i.rJed an J.,L ,tW,Ii ~, III
R;claI, ,ii :, i,,J &C., al NJ T,,.h -
The m.ts r,nnaJ On, an oath and tool
another turn Macleod screwed his mouth
III. ,oa .,bisl c,N ins,oaa anJ i,oL,J 90.
u, p;cl.,,. ,shs RI, s,ooI o i,,d Lis
sr,' eIsss ,s ba ,,nnld h,vo In ;n,o his hs,
b.d bs All b.c, n fo,.m.,t man TIa ,nsio,
eye met his tn n turned to the pass1ngors loan
ing ovcr tto p op railing, AMI They all three
cvs,h.ul the chstts nd I,iJ ,bai, L,,sJ' ,a
Gather ou, Of car ,bit
Nv whstbrr this a aid l,td i,si mad, ont
M the n,riheas, extsn,lsI away n,.k Ia .outb.
cast a. tbe ricnrc, Ion of The b,rigo, ,n star.
board IN M, one think IL wH hari 10 ,ny-
though IN brwa u il, th re W r. ss,D,inqiy
two nan, rrr ~ ,cuin., her di.tan.e E,thst
p,ncs mi hit ,tinl /, he, or 10 Keen hold Of n
fair NJ nd. and iu.t cd 90 her m cIuu IN To drop
ths IA In, an "A ? vr,the- an.r er-.uhen ot
cour.s n ,biy,, stool ne they W. re. we should
soon .ot a good str,tch Of vt.er betwixt
ma and the rna.t or else thew ni,,ht
brace dircc, ,ound an ths other tsck.
and had ri rht s,u,hwet'ard ont 90
saa again, though If we were sill in Il.
the current would sot us every bi, as much i'm
its own dir ction as eyer Accor,Iin,ly .idied
noaroT IN tho oanstan and watched anxiou.ly
for vbat the third mate had 10 nrono.e aftsr
hummin, and hnWin, a Ii flo and tcratcbin,,
lie has g,r all fptt A 10
.rv ,.,a NJ, Einch III, - ia Lo ,ir,,ro an,
ci,l,v Tho can,ain Min, az ch,rio / ,nay say
why ia sIyiss ,e tIr ,n :, Iicro ~,
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to wh., n, s,iJ
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cnoJ a sn,n a. tho 6.ln, .,s mn,
1o.,, rhn ,,,,as toaloJ o,,a. a. IL
aud .l,n Inhbin, iboir L,nds ar5 ,r,iiir, o.
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hauling oil ,ho baJ moi, b6 rho,l Tho ,.ss in
N on,h do Sa, - 49, -, s -. 80, ~,
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water rufllo m ms, nation /, c,c, /, - 49,
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IT, teetb tba! ~, IL ,n III n,, ,,,
i'm, her IN ,1 ,,o ~
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could ana. o,s ro,i.c ,ho d,,rrr.,,, ~, ~, a.,
" tar gcng ms, her s'de anL L,, n,.s,,,, ,ho
water Tbi. t,rL oC hcr. ,yhicb Il cL,ti 49,
douli tho.,,ht surh n s,t, nl,n n,i,,ht IA, tL.
yery ore 10 mt her In 70 ll,, da. i,sr,,,l 49,,
y,t. for ubin tbc,. All d;,.no, ~ :!
how weta ,he,. to t,La Lor ,,,, ~ :, - eIIi
Prohahiv bv ,ryin,, Co s,onA c!r' - a.. a..
stream of il 70 southw,rl which \, ,t,bn,s ,hrae
lime, the wind wa haJ ,x,'uIJ n, h.It ~ a.
out many miles nearer inc lr,I i, "a, mn or
leave us perhaps b,cnlmcd in IN, mid, of,t
The truth was that althoi ,h n ,ln't sc,n
what like lie land vas ,nd co,,lIn't ba,., ssi',
by the chart. .rIsTs we ,,ors be.,sn ,o n IVA a
notion of whereabouts we no..il,y, so.n ,ni,,ht
be. from what | Iemem',er.1 bc.,in, an 6Id
uuartermasteT Ia the Iris say ronnI., or vcars
lafore r,ga-din,, a narti,,,Inr mt ~, ,b, so,,I,
west coas, where The currents ,t .,,rc s,,.n,.
as be ph-.. ct IL made re,ul,r r,rs.co,rss
meetin,r Tbs OH t.Ilos ,,at. ,n,. a. n, H.,
time. sSms bearings OF the n.a,'.r ,.,,lt with
the ian1matks A. he month r r,y1r I',,Ia
farther nottb-ybcb hn s,iI n, ,,o,,,d l,a,, II
YOU set MIN down tb.re of !, d,rL ni,'ht ,bo,'.,h
he hsd been In his lei A. ,;"sn,,t ,hc ,,,,n,,a
before. Il lh,rs vas iu.. +, M s,',,I of H.,
The eastwa,d-n'um,Iy hf, lJ,or - Su'o "
two st.ns AMI n hi,,, ~, ,h e., "c s,,,'a M
Win, H. ,h,,e oI =. ci JL,J,' " -. ''s', ,i aoi.
ia. sne ~ ~ " gu P-u h"ly-S'oAe; ruhning
eoSs s'ih ~ yie SUI Il' q. nSh heailAndi IKE
~ aii'in . 'Jtheu nat WIN BIN mop headed
,ba Iii III, 80 W tHo Io'A' LOT Ai,
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