The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-28


In a quiet heart.
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THE ICEBERG.
IcoST1NUED.l
Il don't know any more till
came to, as the women call it.
II was in bunk of small bark,
I could tell that by the short pitch
she made. Long ships always pitch
slower. I heard somebody say,
Hes all right, DOCTOR
$50 I was in little while-sat ur
and asked for food. Lord bless you,
sir, how good it was; I never tasted
anything half as sweet as that beef
tea the doctor gave me. Nice!-I
can't tell how nice it was. You see
I'd been getting up an appetite for it.
Whether I should like to go to the
same school again to learn how nice
beef-tea could be, I don't know
rather think not.
'tIn few days I was well-rather
thin and pale, I think, to what I am
now-and then I asked them how
they found me-
Mattel tell you, says the cap
tain, give you his log, you can copy
it if you like
81 did, and here it is, fair COPY
it looks nice, you see, by the side of
these others, cause they were written
when the paper was soaked with
water and my fingers were numbed
with cold, and written with pencil,
too. This I wrote in the captain 8
cabin with pen. I kept it in the
same book, though the paper was
bad, SO as to have it altogether.
81 took the book, and with Mr..
Stevens permission, copied the log
again:
''BARoUE EsMERAnDA, June 21st.-
Wind 8. W. S.-rather heavy; got
sun long. 40 deg. 10 min. lat. A deg.
15 min. Wind steady-twelve o'clock
-sighteda sail three points starboard
bow-couldn't see name-carpenter
finished new spanker-boom-opened
hatches, took up three casks beef and
one bottle porter. About two o'clock
sighted an iceberg right ahead-pas-
senger wanted to see it nearer-cap-
tain ordered to steer accordingly.
About four could make out shape.
Mr.. Burton said he could see two
black and white bir.ls on it with the
glass-was quite sure; half-past four
saw that they were man and boy
lowered quarter boat starboard and
went to fetch them off; they lay on a
shelf about six feet out of the water
some difficulty to get at them
sent up three men and lowered them
into the boat. They seemed dead
went round and found another man
lowered him into the boat-took off
three seal-skulls with black wicks in
them; been used as lamps; clothing,
and also three guns. Brought ali
aboard. Doctor said one man
the one found alone-was quite
dead; the others not dead. Had
baths in the captains cabin. Bow
came to and said, "A sail! A sail!
and kept on saying it; the man
seemed nearly dead. After four
hours-about half-past eight-he
came to, and said, Where's the boy?'
Told him he was all right-took in
stun-sails-wind shifted two points
iceberg hull down at ten-lost SIGHT
OF it at twelve.
"June 22d.-Wind s. s. W
Heavy rain-man better-boy still
keeps saying, "A sail! A sail!' Doctor
says he's quite mad-man not allow
ed to talk--buried the dead man
marks on clothing, j. Sands cloth
ing good, but much worn and sodden
Esther marked on the arm in
blue points with red capitals. Two
flags and half moon under. with .
part OF head on it-may be the pic
ture of half coin of some kindEn,
other marks on the body. Docto,
read prayers.
"Wind shifted and blew rathe
heavy from 8. ". Took in the main
royal.
"June 23d.-Man better-boy still
Iauttering when not being fed-can'
eat yet-rnan got up at four o'clocl
and came on deck-said his nam
was Steyens-that they got on tn
berg in May from the Belle Of Abel
deem. Out twenty.nine days whe