The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-03
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CHAPTER X.

de ordered all hands to the pumps.
They turned to with a good heart
and pumped, watch and watch, til
daybreak.
Their exertions counteracted the leak
but did no more; the water in the well
bly,.
This was relief to their minds, &c
lar; but the situation was a very seri-
GUS one. Suppose foul weather should
come, and the vessel ship water from
above as Welt
Now, all those who were not on the
pumps, set to work to find the leak and
stop IL III possible, With candles In
their hands, they crept about the ribs
OF the ship, narrowly inspecting every
corner, and applying their ears to every
suspected place, If haply they might
where Hazel had found Wylie at work
was examined, along with the rest;
but neither there nor anywhere else
could the leak be discovered. Yet the
water was still coming in, and requfr-
ed unremittinR labor 10 keep It under.
II was then suggested by Wylie, and
the opinion gradually gained ground,
the late gale, and were letting in the
water by small but numerous aper-
lures. rgE l.e-tt
Faces began to look cloudy; and Ha-
eel, throwing off his 1ethargy, took his
spell at the main pump with the rest.
| When his gang was relieved he went
away, bathed in Precipitation, and,
leaning over the well, sounded 1t.
While thus employed, the mate came
behind him, with his cat-like step, and
said, "See what has come ON us with
your forebodingsi 1t is the unluckiest
thing in the world TO talk about losing
| q ship when she is at seR.n
| n Tnnra dan0aPnnu man nm
board ship than am" was HazePs
prompt reply.
inches.
qualities. He worked like a horse;
and, finding the mate skulking, he re-
preached him before the men, and,
stripping himself naked to the waist.
invited him to do q mans duty The
mate, thus challenged, compiled with a
scow1.
They labored for their lives, and the
quantity of water they discharged from
inc ship was astonishing; not less than
hundred and ten tons every hour.
They gained upon the leak-only
two inches; but in the struggle for life,
this was an immense victory. 1t was
the turn of the tide.
A slight breeze sprung up from the
southwest, and the captain ordered the
uleu L06 DuGh6l6 u ludAe 6hlA
on the ship, the pumps still going.
When this was done, he altered the
ships course, and put her right before
the wind, steering for the island of
Juan Fernandez, distant eleven hun
dred miles, or thereabouts.
Probably it was the best thing he
could do, in that awful waste of water,
But ills effect on the seamen was bad.
1t was like giving in. They got lit.
tie disheartened and Hurried; and the
cold, passionless water seized the Rd-
vantage. It is possible, too, that the
motion of the ship through the sea aid
ed the leak. =
"The Proserpine glided through the
water all night, like some terror.strick-
en-. creature, and the incessant pumps
| seemed to be her poor heart beating
loud with breathless fear.
at daybreak she had gone ono hun
bred and twenty miles. But this was
tuTe. The water from the pumps no
longer came up pure, but mixed with
what appeared to be blood.
This got redder and redder, and
| struck terror into the more supersti-
tious of the crew.
Even Cooper, whose heart was stout,
leaned over the bulwarks, and eyed the
red stream, gushing into The sea from
the lee scuppers, and said aloud, Gay,
bleed to death, We bitchl We sha'nt be
long behind ye."
Hazel inquired, and found the ship
had a quantity of dye-wood amongst
| her cargo he told the men this, and
tried to keep up their hearts by his
words and his example. ,.l4lttIl
He succeeded with some; but others
shook their heads. And by and by,
| even while he was working double
tides for them as we'll as for himself,
ominouS murmurs mot his ear, "Par-
I o rk
| pother world in his face :" And there
we're sinister glances to match.
he told this with some alarm, TO
WEIGH and Cooper They promised to
stand by him and WEIGH told him it
| was all the mates doingi he had gone
amongst the men, and poisoned them.
/ The wounded vessel with her ever
| beating heart, had run three hundred
miles on,the new tack. She had almost
ceased to bleed but what was'as bad,
or worse, small fragments OF her cargo
and stores came mp with the water, and
their miscellaneous character showed
how deeply the sea had now penetrated.
This. and their great fatigue, began
to demoralize the sailors. The pumps
and buckets were still piled, but it was
no longer with the uniform manner oil
brave and hopeful men. Some stuck
doggedly to their work, but others got
Hurried, and ran from one thing to an.
4
stop, and burst out crying; then to work
i again in a desperate way. One or two
lost heart altogether, and had to be
driven. Finally, one or twosuccumbed
i under the unrenitting labor. Despair
crept over othersi their features began
to change SO much so. that several
countenances were hardly recognizable
and each, looking in the others troubled
face, saw his own fate pictured there.
I'LL Six feet water In the hold ss5s 4 49,
1.-THE captain, who had been sober be
4 yond his time, now got dead. drunk.
The mhte took the command. Or
hearing this, WEIGH and Cooper left thu
l.pnmps. WyIie ordered them back,
They refused, aud coolly lighted thei
pipes. A violent altercation took place
(which was hroughttoa close bySVelch
ut Is no use Pumping the ship, SAID
he. "She Is doomed. Dye thlnkiiWI
.lare blind, my mate and mef Youigo
the long boat ready for yourself befort
ever the leak was sprung. Now get thu
cutter ready for my mate and me-"
II at these simple words Wylie LOS
|, color, and walked an without word
Nsxt day there were seven feet waite
+, in the hold, and quantities of breaC
9 coming up through the pumps,
Wylfe ordered the men from the
( pumps TO the boats. The jolly. boa
! was provisioned and lowered. Whilu
she was towing astern. the cutter wa
prepared, and the ship left to NIL.
All this time Miss RolieHton ha(
Ibeen kept in the dark not as tothe dan
ger, but as to its extent. Great was he
> surprise when Mr., Hazel entered he
cabin. and cast an inetfabls look of;pit,
on her. a 1asz5 q aeA ~ d9-s-i
She looked up surprised and then an
CRY. How dare your she began.
: he waved his hand In asorrowfnl bu
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