The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-08-21
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THE PILOT.
From the Sentinel.

al ta rom the oemts"es'
Careering proudly through the foam,
The gallant steamer, ocean Queen',
Between Detroit and Buffalo
One summers day you might have seen. n
The waves beneath reflected back K H5Ht.
The sky above, so bright and clear:
The steamer, with majestic mein, 49o"
Swept onward in her proud career.ad gafu
The starboard shore cleaned bright and lair
Some half dozen miles away: ofHI1
A radiant Skinner filled the air,
In sooth, II was gladstone day. ea
Three hundred people strobe the deck. 4
Or loitered llStlessly about n f..-f ..e.-
The decks or cabins or upon @'"~
The bright, blue waves sat looking out. dl
The happy throug. In wild dismay, wv nHof
Are startled by warning shout ;; s-a. ID.
And with sudden leap and bound
"A aend in flaming robes stalks out 81 sa2
With breath of mingled smoke and flame,
he emites the passengers aud crew
he smites the hesv w, oaken decks a-e
with merry scourge, and breaks them
The Captain rushes on the deck, f"~
And seeks his long accustomed place
While striding DER the deck he meets
4AO IaC0 W IACS'
In trumpet tones the Captain calls
Upon the heimsman a. the wheel w 49,
In thunder tones the fiery sprte 20 as,z rgt
Essays to drown his wild appeal
"John Maynard ~ rings the Captains voice
Above the peoples anguished cry;I TT ~
And through the roar Of burning ship.
The pilot'svoice rings back, "Aye,aye."
Dismayed, appalled, and terrified. 7 "'
The people hurry to ana fro .fllT"l aid ga
The livd faces, pallid lips,
Their anguish and their terror show.
Head her southeast, and hold her there ~
The sturdy Captain gives command, 81
I'll you can keep control CT her,
We yet may hope to reach the land T.
In answer to the signal bell,
The engineer puts on full steam; &
Ihe pond'rons wheels rush round and round
RESPONSIVE to the walking beam.
The Captain to his pilot calls,
More loud and anxious than before:
John Maynard, no Are you still there
Can you hold on five minutes more 81
Amid the leapiug tongues of fame,
Ihat now the decks and cabins fill,
John Maynard makes the grand reply;
ayes aye God helping me, I viii |"
The flames now driven by the wind,
Rush madly backward, toward the wheel
Ibe breath OF hell upon HIS face
John Maynard now begins to feel.
sharp tongues of flame environ him.
Still at the wheel he bravely stands:
His sight Is gone, his clothing flames:
The raging fend knaws at his hands
"Helm starboard. hard Z" the Captain cries
zone moment, and the shore Is made ~
The grating chains and creeklng wheel
b Tell that the order is obeyed.
John Maynard's hands, burned to crisp
Upon the wheel relax their hold
One knee upon the stanchion placed,
The flaming ship is still controlled. Ill
A moment, then the grating keel --
Flows madly up the sandy beach;
And then three hundred rescued souls
The shore, in wild Thanksgiving, reach.
The ship recoils upon the beach,
And, in the midst Of smoke and fame.
John Maynard yields his well-kept trust
And dies, to live again in fame. t..,...
Heroic deed was done that day; s..,sr
John Maynard kept his sacred trust.
HIS deeds be sung while time shall last, .s
And sacred be his honored dust =. F.. Ga
MILWAUKEE, May 16, 1878. H. W. RoBY