The Republican journal., 1874-08-27

He is eyes for all, who is eyes for the mole;
All motion goes to the righttnl goal.
. God, | can trust for the human soul.
s.--.s..z..-..e.snzan.
A WLalemRns Ghost
We were making the run from the
Sandwich Islands TO the northwest coast
for the second season, when The incidents
happened which am now going TO relate
We had been ont from the Honolulu
bu, few days, when it was found that
Onr oil was leaking. Every morning when
well rs water enough to smooth the sur
face of the sea for 4 long distance TO lee
ward II looked bad TO see The oil run
ming away from rs. after we had worked
so hard to get il, the more so because We
wanted to save every drop. that we might
start ion home with fun ship a, the close
Of the season.
The captain seemed more troubled about
il than We who did the pumping. how
ever, his ruclul >isagc. as he hun" over
the rail watching the disappearing treas
nrc. sometimes almost exciting ON svm-
patty. bi course, "r had all worked
harder than he to ger lhe OIL still he had
4 larger interest in ii than All We IoremaS
hands together Means were loon taken
10 remc,ly the trouble though those lil7t
tried VA incttcGlual II wa oWin" IL
shrinkaoo ot The casks that tho oil Wa e7-
Gaping, and il was Thought that :, thorough II
Wcttine down. every day might help the
matter
Our ship Wa provide with 4 pump On
The l0p-galI1nt forecasts. called the head
pump which drew up water from ON side
and forced il. by means Of hose to any
part oi the ship SO VIC began 10 wet
down lhe hold keeping The hcAd-pump
going lor III hour or two every day, till
all the casks il the hold tiad been thorough
IL ,lrenrhed Then W. had all that water
10 pump out again. and, pumping iii and
pumping ut., We did al the pumping w5.
cared IL 40 II was i .lirty Job, crawling
round with the hose on top "i the PummN
oil casks but We all had Ia take 0uI turns
1T il For my own pAit, never Iihed it
much would much rather 80 behind
the Falls ui Niagara in The warm season
than aO ii again lini after AL our labor
was Intellectual. the casks were too bad
10 be cured by any such hydropalhic treat
mcni, and We had 10 resort 10 other means.
The water may have kept them irom get
ting worse but they seol no better, and
when Wt had pumped I'LL we were tired
Of il. the captain told Mr. Grant t. keep
all hand up and begin la break out
Now. ii lnust not be supposed than lho
captain thought the casks would lecl any
better. after they wcr, broken our, a. one
does when he has the meaelr7 10 break
them onl Wa simply 1o hoist them on
;l1f r. ,nhf -
driven down To make the casks tighter
which i called C0opering There i Il
great dell ol hard w0rl, in breaking o;l1
and oDOpcrinr IT SEA and ! eh0lld hc
orry to help do that again, either l;lit
il wa Tho only WAY We could save 0ul oil.
and We had L. endure II int Two week
all hands were kept o. drc}, drlln" the
day. hoislinn "Hl, driving hoop and
Sowing below again
But ali trouble have IN end. hope.
at least ours had 81 thai Time Though We
soon 1ound new ones The oil wa4 all
cooper Ied al least the casks Were bn, we
called il ooopcring oil. and We had lu7t
90! the la7( ca7k under hatchr9 again.
when il came on 10 blow. We seemed to
have been especially favored With good
weather while cDopcring, but now old
lEolus pipcd up, Whs>line through lho
rigging rs though IL We're bound 10 ha} {
good Jolly time after waiting so long
Blow away. old fellow !" said Mr. Con
were ready lor you now 80 And 50 We
al thought We could well afford day al
two Of rough weather now lllat We had
oar oil all riehl again
'Clew up The topgallan' sail, wa on'
OF the FIRST orders given in taking i'll sail
| And when the wards had been lowered
and The clews drawn up close benoatf
! Them, ''Cp boys, and STOW Them lively y
| was the word from Mr. Grant
| Three Of the ighlcSl hands To each top
| mallan, sail was the usual number thai
| went up 10 lurl them and with two others
one OF whom was rollicking Dave Burr
| from Providence, and the other 4 iini
Vounn fellow named Black, IRON Philadel
| phia. / @prang up the lore-riGoin@. anC
| was soon on the weather 1ore-topgallan
vard-arm Dave was 10 leeward, ant
Black had taken the blnt We were al
in hurry. rs we always We're when al
the topgallant sails came in together, cacl
doing his best 10 Get his sail rolled up ant
made snug first We were bothered Il lit
tie with ours, as it got away from MS once
after we had it nearly rolled up. and hev
out again with crack like that OF 4 grea
whip, Jerking the yard in such way tha
one who had never been up there before
would naturally think that himself and tn
ward and the sail would all 90 ahead o
the ship together But we went at il again
and. in moment, had il once more gath
cred into the bunt, ready to roll into III
yard Black then showed his impatienc
bv SEEING the outlines with both hands an
springinG upon top OF The yard. where h
stood erect, that he might haul up wit
better effect II was a piece OF reckless
ness, 10 he sure; though, if Dave or ha
been in his place, | suppose We mig
have done the same He stood square up
on the yard. hauling on the sail vii
nothing 10 steady him at all when The shl
pitched forward between the seas. [
came the heavy bunt, and we had it a
safe, a7 We thought. when the ship pltcl
ed suddenly and violently, and iii All II
stant. ElacL went h2aSllonp down inlo H.
Gea
lie was gone. and not one n Al! ID
ship bit Dave and / knew il che IoIWai
sai7 had hidden him from al who wei
ait | was So shocked that l almost lie
from the yard myself, and neither of i
could utter i word Tor an instant
''Man overheard - was the thrilling cr
that wa heard as soon ~ we could Civ
the alarm The ship was at once hove t
buoyq thtown overheard, and ho'
: lowered. although il wa 50 rough; al
every eve searched the waters inr I'll
) missing man But ID vain Poor Elao
had nonr from rur 9igEf with tho 7Wil
nec5 Of 4 meteor flll, and W. 7een ii
| more.
And now the gale increased the how
ing winds seeming Wild with delight +:
what they had done and still might dc
5hrieklnC eleeiully OF moaning a9 ii
mockery At our loss. as the ship rose IN
? fell in the 7urging sea-
| . ra1--nd allll H., ~. T.