The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-29

rife with q 1alr WlnQ, tnOuRn not so
much of it as we wanted. by reason she
bows. The Peak hove in sight in the
sky, and all the glasses was at her.
She lay point or TWO on our weather.
quarter like, full two hours, and then
she Just melted away like a lum o. su-
gar. We kept on our course day and
n hall, and, at last, we sighted The real
Peak, and anchored off the port; where
by, when we saw Teneriffe Peak in the
sky to winnard, she lay hundred
leagues to looard, g help me God !"
THAT is wonderful" said General
RollestOn.
"That will do, Isaac" said the cap
tain. "Mr. Butt, double his grog for a
week, for having seen more than
have"
The captain and General Rolleston
h ad a long discussion; but the result
was, they determined to go to Easter
Island first, for General Rolleston was
"A soldier, and had learned to obey as
we'll as command. He saw no suf-
fcient ground for deviatlng from
Wardlaw's positive instructions.
This decision soon became known
throughout the ship; and she was to
weigh anchor at IL A. NJ. next day, by
high water.
At eight next morning, Captain More
land and General RoIleston being on
pet, with rosy cheeks and black eyes,
comes up to the gentlemen, takes off his
cap, and, painting audibly at his own
audacity, shoves a paper into General
RoIleston's hand, and scuds away for
his life.
"This won't do" said the captain
sternly.
The high bred soldier handed the pa
per to him unopened:
The captain opened it, looked little
vexed, but more amuse, and handed 1t
back 10 the General.
1t was ROUND ROBIN.
Round Robins are not ingratiating as
rule. But this one came from some
rough but honest fellows, Who had al
ready shown that kindliness and tact
| may reside in coarse envelope. Inc
sailors of the Springbok, when they
first boarded her in the Thames, looked
on themselves as men bound on an
empty cruise; and nothing but the pay,
! which was five shillinRs per month
above the average, reconciled them to
II: for a sailor does not like going to sea
| tor nothing, any more than true
sportsman likes to ride to hounds that
are hunting a red herring trailed.
But the sight of the General had
touched them afar off. His gray hair
and pale face, seen as he rOwed out of
Plymouth Harbor, had sent them to
the yards by a gallant impulse; and all
through the voyage the game had been
| to put on an air of al0crity and hope,
whenever they passed the General or
came under his eye.
II hypocrisy is always a crime, this
| was a very criminal ship; for the men,
and even the boys, were hypocrites,
who, feeling quite sure that the daught-
| err was dead at sea months ago, did,
nevertheless, make up their faces to
encourage the father into thinking she
was alive, and he was going to find her.
| But people who pursue this game too
long, and keep up the hopes of another,
get infected at last themselves ; and the
crew of the Springbok arrived at Val
paraiso infected with a little hope.
Then came the Dutchman's tale, and
the discussion, which ended adversely
TO their views and this elected the
circular, called a Round Robin, con-
tanning the following written within
circle, with the names OF the sailors
signed all around, like the rays of a star.
ave who sign about this line, hope none
offence and mean none. We think Easter
Island is out of her course. Such of us as
can I've spared are ready and willing to take
the old cutter, that slles for sale, to Easter
island, II needs be; but to waste the steamer
| skipper saw land and water aloft sailing I'M
der Juan Fernandez and Norfolk Isle, and
what D4tchmSm can see 0 on :, me SKY SKY we
God willing. Whereby we pray our good
Captain TO follow the Dutchman's course
with coed heart and a willing crew. And
| SO say we whose names here be-.
General Rolleston and Captain More
land returned to the cabin and discuss.
ed this document. They came on deck
again, and the men piped aft. General
RollestOn touched his cap, and with the
| Round Robin in his hand, addressed
them thus:-
"My men, thank you for taking my
| trouble to heart as you do. But 1t
would be bad return 10 send any OF
you to Easter Island in that cutter; so
the captain tells me. will not consent
to throw away any of your lives in
trying to save life that is dear to me:
but, as TO the Dutchman's story, about
an unknown island, our captain seems
to think that is possible; and you tell
us you are of the same opinion. Well,
then, give up my own judgment, and
yield to yours. Yes, we will go west
ward with good heart (he sighed), and
q willing crew."
The men cheered. The boatswain
piped; the anchor was heaved, and the
Spriugbok went out on a course that
babe fair to carry her within hundred
miles of Godsend Island.
She ran fast. On the second day,
some ducks passed over her head, one
| of which was observed to have some
thing attached to its leg.
She passed within sixty miles OF
Mount Look out; but never saw God
send Island: and so pursued her way
to the Society Islands; sent out her
boats; made every inquiry around
about the islands, but with no success;
and, at last, after losing a couple OF
months there, brought the heart-sick
| father back on much the same course,
but rather more northerly.
| fro DE Continued