The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-01

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle, went the liquor,
the fumes comingEout with the noise, reach
ing even to the men aloft but we made
them stay there on the pretence of watch
ing the shore, until the whole of my stock
of liquors was helping to make grog of the
Goro Sea, the sailors growing away.at.the
waste.
When they came down it was gone,In
even clipper left in any of the casks, vand
they could only grunt their displeasure at
this little dodge played upon them.
/ did not expect that very great results
would occur when one set of barrels was
imposition, and so was not disappointed
when.we saw how little effect they had on
the wreck, but ordered another line to be
drawn under as quickly as possible, and the
same operation to be repeated.
While the second batch Twas :being
pumped out, line for the third was being
swayed under, and by the time fifteen pairs
of casks were floating alongside we began
to see great results from our labors for the
vessel was now up over foot from the
bottom, every new pair adding to her buoy
ancy.
We got surplus pair of casks under for
ward now, drew them as close to the vessel
as we could, pumped them out, relieved
the first pair, feeted them aft to the next
pair, filled them with water, drew them
tight and so shifted the whole along, rails
ing the vessel nearly two inches higher by
this operation.
1t was now night, and as the men had
worked all day like dogs, when the welcome
call to knock off was given they were quite
ready to do SO without any urging.
You must not think that this work went
along smoothly and harmoniously; far
from it, 1t was botheIing and Judging all
the time, to get the ropes placed, and then
it required unceasing care to attend to the
barrels to keep them from slipping, while
the utmost attention had to be paid to the
natives on shore to keep them in due awe
of our guns, and prevent their making a
dash and ending in moment the work we
had accomplished.
From their quietness, l dreaded all the
time we were at work, that they allowed
us to do SO without any demonstration on
their part, only because we should have our
labor for our pains, and several times I
should have ordered the work to be aban-
doned had not the thought of the sandal
wood we had already saved returned to me,
and renewed my belief that there was more
in the same place.
Fortunately, had plenty of powder on
board, so that night directed that liber
al use of the swivel should be made. to
show that we did not relax vigilance for a
moment.
We were favored by fortune, and not dis
turbed that night any more than we had
been on the previous ones, and the next
morning went to work with renewed en-
ergy.
When we had exhausted all our casks
we found that we had only raised the wreck
so that the deck was just above the level of
the water, and that it would require GER
tainly hundred more to get her above tho
hole in her side where the ball we had fred
through her had gone out, SO we decided
to fish out Of the matches all we could, and
see how much we could tighten her.
The crew worked bravely, and although
they had to be in the water nearly all the
time, as it was warm weather they did not
mind that, but just went at it like the
brave fellows they were.
We found, to our delight, that there was
a great deal of sandal wood floating in the
main hatchway, so the boys began to send
it along as fast as possible, and knew at
night, that even if had to cut and run for
it in seconds time there now was enough
to make me whole for my rum.
We rugged staging down the main
hatch, leaving 1t some three feet in the
water in the hold, sent out some planks to
the side of the vessel from the staging, and
prepared to:plug the hole
In the first place we sawed it as nearly
round as we could, from the outside of the
vessel having done which we took piece
Of spar that was larger than the hole and
pointing the end drove it in with top mauls
at hard as we could. This being accom-
plished the..sea no longer ebbed and flowed
In the wreck, and now all we had to do was
to pump her out if she didn't leak else
where. Concluded next week,
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EsB- If there is one time more than anoth-
or when a..woman should be entirely alone
1t is when line fun Of clothes come down