The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-10-18
schooner tossing and struggling in the

an ug.y run until we picked up tug
u few miles off Port Huron. There
was a head wind, with taeking and
beating. and spray jumping halfway
to the topSail yard The men Of the
fo'castlc looked upon her ;ls 81 rcg'lar
built angel, As one of them expressed
il, aud rs for me. why. she'd got to
wiudward Of me the very first night,
and was now driving me on the rocky
shore Of "oyer ears III love" every
hour, She pulled at the llalyarts Of
the big yard with the men, sung "oh-
no." as they pulled. aud a dozen times
a day she would sly back, take the
wheel FROM the man on duty, and
would bod the Happy Day so near
the compass point for half nhour that
tie men felt ashamed to see the 'choon-
er "}aWning" as the wheel was passed
Ovei'io their care.
We had better time after the tug
took n+, and our trip down through
the big rivers was easy enough. The
man At the wheel lad Only to steer
with tie tug. and the rest Of us had
nothing todo As we rot down to
Detroit it was about > O'Clock ii the
afternoon, and the old man called me
into the cabin. The sky had a leadcn
east. and even Il sailors child could
have told that an ugly storm was
breeding.
"Matpy." commenced the Old man,
as took \ seat and drew up to tile
table, ''yc must take good care Of Jen-
ME. I'VE don't make her COED hus-
band, I'll come back and haunt We if
there is such a thing in tie book"
"Wht do vou mean I" ! replied
looking sharply into his face to see if
he had not taken Il glass too much,
II aint drmk-it isn't that, he re-
piled, "but something's going to hap
pm. The Happy bay is going to be
wrecked, and YOU and the girl will be
the only ones saved Don't tdlspute it.
because I've dreamed it three times
over, aud I've made all preparations.
Yen find some valuable papers in my
locker, and hope that the girl, who
seems well pleased with ye, will con
sent to sail Oh the same tack with We
forever -
laughed at him until I saw he was
offended, and reasoned with lin
until | saw that arguments were
thrown away. Then | Went up the
compnion-way feeling that the old
man was getting childish, and that a
season more would use him up.
The sun had Just dipped as the tug
cast us off mile or two from the
mouth of the river. There was oniy
one other vessel. and we both stood
off to the northwest on the same tack.
FEere was Il chilly wind and Il yeXed
sen. and when the shadows finally
settled and we SGT om signal lights,
there was moaning and grooming
which told better than a barometer
that the old Happy Day would have Il
rough night of it. The strange schoon-
cr was soon ont of sight in the dark
nc>s, and then we were alone.
it WAS the raptain'S watch from
,iuht to twelve. hl,t none of rs turned
in The fo'ca.tle men talked in wills
pcr3. ard seemed to feel that some
calamity was ~ hand Jennie was in
the cabin and Captain Valentine
naced the ,Nrk and ladn'ra word TO
iay to any ofn. An hour after dark
the oYIe hwezyd IN SO that ordered
tbr ,nnsail jukpu in. me SEA was
rnnin@ nm fist and before another
bo,r We Went in stays took the other
tn,l and dion doubln-rprftd fore and
main nil. and lowered the iib4 The
r,,,t,in dhl not give n si,c,e or,rr,
Int lrtt everything to me. An hour
hrtore midni~l,t he came m TO me and
whispered IN nv ear, tIlo,Igh no one
v.ns npor.
She'll hold ont about two hours vet
ottrr that remember what | told
Won Inst NIGHT about Jennie ~
j had cen worse storms than this,
lar ~ rilluiul,t beoau TO get ller-
y"ns With one more tack We hadall
tbe .e,.room We wanted. and then tie
wind suddenly SHIFTED, as it always
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