The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-13
THE
SAILoR'swOoING
a SEA ny.

AUs0sa al
~. Am In nv haste 10 put the helm hati VI
=. -, how the blast was 20 come, larry ~ ~
r.. ,b, h,srn upOn us. "llard astarboari W. a /,
III" shouted /: ''haul down the nam, ~,
thsre-let her fall Oh a. she rises 49,,
,-,,,,is ,.ere never heart, for the new ','''ie'
-. = .ro,bo, t.sb Of lightning, TINS time
49, III ro,nI into the troughs 81 the sea l
-. NJ ,,ist coming down upon NJ from
L -; through vhith the gale struck net
=, ,bc st.rl otri beam, having suddenly shii'c
80 ,.irts or 50. The heavy rolling swell from
,c-Ih.rgst vas close aboard AMI AZ soon ~
i,rv what was about here she was leaning
o,c- 10 the full tremendous force Of Gle storm,
,rit.t,tt irwcr 20 surge ahai T, though
Sc. linz e. t~e Ike cart-horsc dn"n on me
krsss viii . lvll gall Of him. Twas ny l'-
- ..,t,vs,, | found mvsrli scrIublius
-, ., tEs $50 .fAcr ml.u-ohlnu Is where !
.,,..5,...i o., ... cu. 40 III. side. shpp ~ ~ T.
= ia s-sr.hei vl.E he h'liirE showers ~
sp-,v. Ihtl L.t my klt' a v'rk, our NJ iN'
ltnvar,ls OF the shruuds tu lci tho munIn-. ~.
whom saw Sucllin. ,fc,r after me. lN' ''"5-
los little fellow ne he vas. uIk On mana; d-
fbourh what was como ot Jones co.ln s.'.
unless he had lost heart AMI skulk IT, Az 81
onc. To m, great los. the myn-s'aFs1il blow
invay Ia lecNari ont of the lult-run"-, UNr =
Rrrafi Of papcr, th' nliu-iopu,,. crashed 1t lh'
car and wen. aln1 -sii', when ih' @'N''l.
ritntcd 1, her r. l. vi h = Will h'it forward
thrsurh the whole width # ON im1 1-' wtvt
one Of the " thiri waves j. was commonly IN"
L. .,d A.. hp..,st in a sin :, ra' of "a, icl uN
the Carr. bt'or, you sink INFO long chlns
valley, with q sort ot a lul IN II
The scene was sN Terrible NJ the mo
mcnt though We b1-c Wy for iUlt hliI a
minute 20 the 'ur steady Ike Of IN, awful
t-sle. nothing lu' yeast OF MET, scUi, aud
datkEess ahca' he spray torn oh tn rl'' 90
The wave aud iNilE with v,. while tn 'tp' ran
OF the heavy Ssts lstCru We. in danger o. sweep
ing her dec h, from over tn" lo1p--;hAtl l'i' W.
mus try iNIu--'u wIfh Ter - ouC1. Indie Z,
Sntllirs AL / hardly knew Whistler We W'rr
h. Ira on or u,t - No wore hall washed IN
bnarl and halt ,rIvlol round the rig ,lu,; hd'
Jones hal rlrrliv seized lhc exact yu,u.. when
shs Sluk in tn hollow 90 nave the h.l'i ,.seI
down to lgewasl. Meanwhile lac hal got tn
rrctel iorosGl danced ami sr', with the shoot
hauled ait ht',-,hlul-4 .llr hooked pl 60 he
clue, and hovsai amit,hp---1v,lyIhing. 'l'
wa OF her: anal with this al she cgm' slowly
M clos g. he wind on the slant ~ the next
wave, lyiu s-to auuly heal toward the force O.
the -el, a. her holu W., !. II fast, two OF three
points to lccw.ri. 1 never had seen a
cDf. Of che hind hoVc-'o IN gale
beiote, AMI very uic' matter II j.
too We drew breath, scarce l'le 20 crcdi.
our Owe while the schooner roll apparently
sal. on q sel rul.il moun.ain.hgh; riin 2 AMI
falling ~ from th' breasts to thu sides Of the
waves, 20 ier as lccway went, AMI forging
ahehA a litilH a. tie same time through the
,eI'' spray ',"' fhoNe''' CIV vi Vhe u'ih oNer
Caps weather ~. hail | had seen before, but
1uays ia ,oyi--is.l thips; AMI owned to
Smelling ! N,ui. DI'L,r have handled auy ono
of them, even viii a 'yC--hos1 near, { u i'm .-
49, "" ' '' :" 'I'' 81 10, P.''-"
.aS'' ivN''''' ""iie % - WIZ WI any MOO
iol .N"s ~ ~ .'".' i't 'l'Ho 'Ii' Nh''e OF
ORE" D., "''' i"' "''' 'nlhS we "'h To 90
M''i '"'E ''h'"u'' ''.'u u "' ny weather.
mL y 'Hh WY. We Il" ma we VOC rN"l ou'
,h'. n''h' song on a'.u' rAmiIh ones 5ell,
anu Or Ne 'h' ''i ~ 'nmlnrh'' a' l"''iho
~ III ~ '' VT 'n' l'' "a F"h lHni'
m t'Ih' a." .I- ga I'GWE up WIN um
Ehln".I Sam. 'H' ''Ih, N'!I your e(y
IN'u 10 u h''' you 'h"ur ', J. M'ul
uHs Ith' "h''I crash N"Hn upon
IN "',"7 N,h We ulIel W'h H.
sNenIng .,olu Ihn,I her WINE the long ,teaiy
sweep 81 the que urnNe llst over TIE hulwark'
WY. ue'P tln'H iof Ilul minute, perhaps
',l,nE iuli' "hen you heiri the hNlkhoals
,nu liLii"'is SiIlA a'l ~, s'ihn beloW iron stem
DsVcIh' anu the hISc-Water yclfnlng. rs II
were, 10 t6e WAFER outside lhen' again, It WIS
u nov" ana shIlek' a hide lIunsa OF sea bore
up heI Ntdlhei-Doh, ana thc moment ere she
came LARRY TO, one IL ~ II the schooner werc
gong 10 pll'h bdl KNOWS where. Her Nhuls
buiWalk. shook AMI shiyercd, the wind fouNi out
every 'mhh IN mem, Whlsilins round every dil
ierenl rope II slilt upon, while all the time IN
loose We. drearl spns behind the long-bOIt KEEP.
stating and catering against each other a the
lashingaJ Ike planks In "a woodward of a NpScm-
Der night. This was the way We stuck til the
morning watch showed IL an in a drz hin,
struggling sor, oil hall light, blowing as Il ard rs
ever, the Cape s'!s rollius and having
mountain-high, OF a pulc yvsly hue, far aud
wide 10 tho scud; the spray drifting
rem the Crrsis, and washing over her
bare iCrecistlc, with now and then the white
wing oil huge alhatross to be seen n,llnt To
windward, riding on the breast Of a long wave
down into the trough.
Well the whole blessed day did this sort OF
thing continue, only varied 10y nov aud then "a
hugcT sea than ordinary lifting close aboard of
US, and We being hove up to get glimpse Of the
long pliring streak OF horizon through the
treughs Of the waves sometimes an unluekiar
splash than usual over the bow ani through the
forechains that made u look sharp st tho can
vas Of the iorcsail should 20, or tn schooner
broach end-on to the sea. Otherwise, all We hlI
10 do was to wa.cl the hinniclo, hold on with
one hand to rCp' and WIN the other 10 gu
eaPS or turn out ana IN WIN ssch o.h,r 90
the bOoby'h atCh lor a snal'h OF sleehhhh Olt {
biscuit and cold beet; with glass ol gros' NJ
NeOu, the hArpot olh,,f' was 70 DC seen Do
Few III ms pet!h All tnis lhh'' iylhg a
peaceahe as chiiI-Whe'h'T ne was d'ad slcA
OF oIhy cohl0undeliy altdldi dlll Know bl
must say ielt i0r the poor fellow when
heard nm ask SneHlng, III weak voice, II u
~onlh get soineDoly 10 staiu OH uhS nnh 'l
IN the eeGh over MS "c''n, It, !. h"iy' hl!'
MN lhiiA 'nere was NV" hurricane comm
on; ,.o s.oo,d ,,,or,;r,, ,ho,,I,o,l,.,lo.
80 sIiS'in,, so,h "a. ,,Itnb
- dc 90 nm 1i,tic c,sinr I L,J a.. L,I
csn,ionsI, r,'t mint C,yar,Ii, r,,,,,.rt #
rceird mainsail E,retormost-sta,,ln' n,