Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-12-07

ing voice with a force and eloqueuce nc
cullar to hms elf, the end Of the matte
was, that he was soon seated confortabl,
at the helm, singing the Grores Of Biai
ney.
For short time the voyage went o,
very snioothly but just as O'Grady wa
in the middle Of an amazingly funny com
parisen between Arion, whose singing at
traeted the dolphins, and himself, who's
voice appeared to possess a certain charm
Tor sharks. n sudden gust of wind took u
and laid us on our bcanl-cnds.
Port 'our helm = shouted Jones, Jump
ing and making for the tillcr. Port
O'Grady!t Port
;. 'Ihe same t you, and plenty of it. re
piled the doctor, still facetious, though
thought flurried. Port it is.'
But, unfortunately. port it wasn't. B.
little error of the doctors, it was star
board instead; and the result was that il
another moment We were all struggling j,
the water. and the pinnacc was keel upper
most. AS several of the party conltl no
SWIM, the first thing to do was to lock af
ter them, and help them to scranl lc up OF
to the keel. Pcyton Jones. who was
magnificent swimmer, aud all of us VIII,
could swim at all, worked zealousy at this
splashing as much as possible the while, il
order to keep the sharks away and in ;
very short time, a long row of moist, un
comfortable bodies Oruamented the bottom
of the capsized boat
Are We all here now p cried Jone,
who wa. at the end Of The line. One, two
three Good Heavens where's the doc
tor ,
'HelP.' shirt ked q man at the other end
OF the Doat,-help, help. Here's a shark
at my Lex. Hes got III y foot in his mouth
Faith. and if its a shark, said the voice
of the doctor from the water. veil never
be troubled with corns on that foot again
But this Is no fish, but an Irelander. fort
unateiy for You, Thompson. Lend hand
boys. lt'smyseli, and no mistake. That's
right. All ye unSrateful bastc, ,'-apostro-
rhlzing the boat,-'what did ye 70 turning
over III that way for afther I'd been steer.
ing ,e so carefully, and all!
by Joye. | thought we'd picked all up.
said Jones. Id forgotten YOU. Oi;ra.ly
'Gpon my conscience said the doctor,
frankly, and You We're justified in that same
for, faith forgot myself when under
took to steer. But who could have eypect-
or that boat which Was g0in" on 80 mi~!,
ty pleasant, would have turned suddenly oy-
d on Its stomach, in that un.racelul fash
ioni'
did not know you could swim doctor.
some one sau.
In not, perhaps. what ye'd call altogcih
rr tine swimmer. O'Grady returned bu,
II 1t diving You want, m the bhoy. Be
dad, 1t was that detained me Just now M
sooner dId come up. than down went
asaln and 1t nv attention had not been
actil say To the minute Hltn;l' snbulu nave
stopped.
Well, we're all here now, at any rate
said Jones; but what's to be done next
Has ,lly one amy suggestion to make!
And is 1t suggestion y"u mane! said
IO'Grady then It's myself that has, ant
here 1t is: if any gentlemen is in the pos
s;sson OF II brandy flask let him pass il
down here.
No gentlemen was. All the brandy left
uudrunk was III the hamper, aud where
! the hamper was, the sharks knew better
th1n We.
Bad luck to the hamper. said the doctor
and ba,. luck to the fellow who put the
brandy into it; and worse luck Of all to tn,
shark that come into 81 fine II properly
aud may the glass bnt:ic cut the coat u
hs stomach into ribbons Amen.
stop fooling. O'Grad y, said Jones. The
business is very serious.
And, by Jove, it was. Here were nine
or ten of us, wet to the skin, sitting on til,
] l.,i E,1 fro,
shore, with no possibility OF making wa!
either towards or backwards. In addition
to all this. the bay swarned with sharks
and the night--which comes on with II ru>l
out there, You know--was uSt falling, &c
that there was no chance of being seen and
picked up. If we We're forced to remain
in this desperately uncomfortable situation
all night, there was every probability thai
some one, overcome by sleep. would he
slipping off his unpleasant perch into tho
sea and il was quite certain that the shark
attracted by such n promising feast, woul'
he cruising about Us an all sides, waiting
like dogs, for the crumbs that fall from
their masters tables. But what was to h,
done! The only remedy was one that i
made me ehuddcr to think of,-.tllat som,
one should undertake to swim two miles
in defiance of the sharks and the darkness
and carry ;hc intelligence Of our misfor
tune to the ship. 4 more risky cxpcditioi
yon can scarcely imagine. and it most tool
my breath away when | heard Jone'
voice from the end of the row say Some
body must 20 and get assistance. and IA
lm the hest swimmer of you all I'll 20.
BY CAD. think "f the sharks, old fellow
said the man next to him.
Just what | sha'nt do, said Jones
shall think of them as little AS possible
Theirs no help for it, You know; som'
one must 90.
1t was SO thoroughly one man taking th'
danger of y h,S own shoulders, tha
each ri Us, from very shame. endeavore'
10 dissuale him; but as all VIC could sa,
made no impression upon him, mldshIp
man named knapton; who was yer!
good swimmer, declared he'd accompan,
him.
It's better for two Of us to CO. sal,
Knapton; for if only one went and h'
were to come to grief on the way, yoI
know. these fellows would be no bet
ter off than ihey are now.
People talk Il good deal about our ma
tional dccencracy now-a-days; it does II
look much like national dcgcncracy, i'm
acme. when, out Of ten mcn--sonc o
whom. M not being able to swim at all
must he left out Of the aecount-two conlt
be found to 60 in for such very torlorl
honc as this. Well, Jones and knaptol
stnuppd themselves To the skin--the les
luggage You take on a journey of this kn'
the bctter--and dash1d into the water
and You may fancy with anxious heart
~, IN the boat watched, as long rs TIN