The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-23
THE ICEBERG.
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$50 he went back; and it made u.
feel queer, I can tell you, to see hii
back get smaller, till he was nothing
but a little black mark, the size oi
your finger, on the ice; and then,
worst of oil he went over q hummocb
that quite hid him.
''Au this while, till nightfall, we
were drifting to the East ard; whe-
ther it was the current or the wind,
can't tell, but away we went, Jerking
and shaking now and then fit to shake
us off.
"tCheer up, says to the young
ster; there's many man been adrift
before; it'll make something to tell
the governor when you get home
How are we to get home?' saws
he, quite mournful-ike, almost cry
ing; that home OF his didn't sound
common-like when he said it.
"'Oh 7 says Sands; all right.
Make ourselves jolly till we're taken
off it; she'll lodge down against q bit
there-look, Stevens.
''He pointed out bit of bay, with
a long piece of foe fast TO the main,
right athwart our bows as she was
then going.
"'We'd best get down there SAYS
l, so as to be ready
$50 we got down on the nearest
point, as we thought, ready. She
squeezed up the small ice as she
neared it, so that we were obliged to
get up higher.
s'But we could have reached the
foe and got to the ship, when the
youngster slipped down, and called
out,
Stevens, says he, I'm gomez
"And, sure enough, he would have
gone slap down into the open water
If his gun hadn't stuck in crack.
che was so badly bruised, for he'd
slipped over a dozen blocks, that he
couldn't walk.
What's to be done now?'
'Done!. says Sands, quite savage.
Why the devil didn't you keep your
feet, you young fool?' and he picked
him up, and we might almost have
done it, when I sung out,
2" Hold hard, Sands! she's adrift
again!'
-. "She was, too; the Aoe-piece had
parted from the main, and was going
on before us, and it swung us round
right into the stream again.
There now, says he, that's YOUR
damned clumsiness has done that job;
we should have done it if it hadn't
been for you, and I could do it now
II was by myself
"And think he could, for the end
OF the piece was still touching the
pack about q quarter of q mile off.
Well, says I, it's no use growl-
ing; he didn't mean to fall, sup
pose
Cause, you see, I never could
see the good of blaming fellow when
he'd got to suffer for himself.
"'All right, says Sands, 4 was a
little out, but it's all over. Let's
make ourselves comfortable for the
night-it's no use grumbling, Ste
vens, as you say
$50 we got the grub and ate it. Of
course, we had no fire, and felt pre-
cious cold as the wind fell. We al!
went to sleep, and in the morning I
woke first.
Sands, says I, there's CO.
We've got into the North cur
rent says he.
$50 we had. There was not Il bit
OF Ice within a hundred yards of us;
we could just see the blink in the
No getting back to the ship now,
"'No,' says he; ship must come
TO us; we're IN for tits Internally
cold, though; let's get round to the
wind ard WIG
owe took the youngsters arm, for
he could walk little now, and got
round to wind'ard. Here it was bet
ter-not quite so cold. We had
breakfast; no fire again, tho, and
sucking bit of ice is poor makeup
for cup of hot coffee, let alone the
flavor, even.