Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-16

ara serving them out"
Then Hooper had little innings. " But
hungry or thirsty? No. not until we had the
first nouthful ON board the Dutrhnau. We
bad no tobaccO-no nothing. on. yes chum.
/ IN wrong; We had your medal OF the Ship
VIZ cked Mariners society"
j asked what in the world relation that
had To eating or drinking - More than yOU
think for" replied Hooper On thu We'd
neSday morning. when We thought the Dutch
schooner had gone. we felt dry in our mouths
win the fever of the anxiety. So Lamont
Drought out his sOciety's medal. and w
cheWed away at that 10 make the Spittle
come. 1t wasn't much of a breakfast for
mate -
Ard at the word Lamont produced silver
medal with its edges ali bitten, Jagged and
iLdeHt 81 with tOoth-markS. IL had the effgy
o. Nelson on one side. with those famous
words of his. England expects every man to
do his duty" and ii seemed to me that the
two men before me had not been unworthy
Of The motto or of the country of the hero OF
Trafalgar.
LamOnt-"welI about this schooner which
we saw ON the Sunday afternoon. She was
too far from us, and there was too much sea
on for her To see us. We did try To signal n II.
We put this coat that I've on upon one OF the
SOULS, aud waved il over our heads, but She
did not heed us. When this chance was over
we shifted our posi- ton, and sat i'm the center
OF one o. the air tubeS-the cigars, you may
cdil them-CiOSe tOOUc another. This brought
II down. AVID we were mp to our waists in
water, and uncommon cold water il was. It
was very dark night. The moon got up at
II. and the sea was fcarfuliy hi I'll and washed
over Us always. But we didn't feel ii that
night"
No, not like on the other nights, mate"
Never wirkcd an cycIid this first night.
We We're looking ont hard for vessels, with
my head over Hooper'S shoulders. and nv
arms round his shoulders. and my coat over
us all. No: we didn't talk much. Chiefly
hoped about vessels being in sight next day"
No. but We thought Il dcal-at least did"
said Hooper.
The sea made regular breach over us
They would break on the raft. and tn II up
they'd GO. and come Siappiug clean over us.
W were dritlng about Two miles an hour
Yes. we knew which way we were going by
the way the wind was hlOWing-tO the east
sTly diTcot ion NJ first. No rain. but an over
east night. This was the sunday night. ON
Monday we saw some steamships and sail
ing vessels. bat all too far or. and it was not
worth while 10 try to signal them. Some
were hull down. and o. the steamers only the
smoke was visible. DID We feel hunger or
thirst? No but we felt our limbs slowly be-
coming nUWbed.
Yes. mate: felt rs i'll were dying by in
cheS. from the waist down." iEterrOlIted
Hooper.
the wound OH HOOpcT's head. I'm tact," said
he. i didn't know il was there till next day.
We sat silent ior hours, straing our eyes and
IamOnt-"No. mate; it was Tuesday we
took to the praying in earnest. Just at day
break On Tuesday morning took long,
my chUm was doing. There was nothing 30
be seen: and yoS-wclI l did begin 10 despair
then. just as my heart was going dOWu-ttc
wind was dying away fast like my heart
Hooper woke up. and looking out TO wind
ward. CaTca great shout: My COZ there's q
vessel coming down upon as J gave a great
gasp when J saw that what he said was true.
sure enough. thCr" was a thrce-maStrt
schooner, American built. standing directly
down on Us with q tarrr-kuOt brcezt. y she
came within halt mile OF Us the wind per
= 2 M
She stopped Tor over an hour More said
Hooper; well on TO two hours; 50 near as |
can guess without the aid ola chrouomc-er err
This with Try grin. Tor Hooper has a d-DU
hluuOr at hi~ s.vn.
I'VE could sc everything that was going
On ON hoard We conf 4 ,c, the cook e,iDT
into the galley. aud the movements Of the
man at the wheel. putting the wheel up and
down. ana the hands setting the square fore
sail. our hearts were in our mouths. We
couldn't stand up. but we hOiStcd the coat on
a piece OF broken board, shouted with all our
IajghtS TIL we were hOdr~e-aye, till they
were vel nigh ont Of sight. IhDy took no
notice OF Us. Wen, would not like 10 say
for certain that they saw rs. SuToly 10 col,
10 men. if they had Sc%u rs. W1gl3 have Lett
fellow -mOrttlS in such "a plight! But il is a
puzzle 10 me where Their eyes were that they
did lot see us. ~ the breeze Sprau- up, she
bore away and gradually went out Of sight
This left Us in despair. We cuddlci each
other for thu sake Of heat, rs on TIE Monday
nj ht. and spoke hardly a word the liveIOl4
night About in the morning Hooper, turn
l.t q
TlEht down for u nom the uDrthWlrJ within
one hundred yards. He said to ne, Cool
Got, HO2tSWaiu. here's n vessel alongside al
U.s.. Yes, il was past shouting, nigh hand.
by this time; we We're too weak to mn Ike
much OF noise. / turned rOJni, and saw lac
was right and w both Of Us set up a cry OF
distress"
Hooper. (s1tfo ricc rs ne -at on the soft, rub
bling his bare feet and les 1t WAS Il cry
tOO-a cry OF despair
Lamont continued. The schooner heard
mo,
them iaUbcriDS away 10 each other in a for
eilu lingo, and She rounded 10, waiting 70 see
Whether We should come 10 them. OF course
We couldn't, we had no power of direction.
she waited so about ten minutes. and all
this time we We're drifting TO leeward When
they found that we didn't reach them they
kept her up 10 the wind again, and of she
went, when OuT hearts turned TO Jumps Of
lead; we thought all hope was over. for it
seemed a. If She. too, were going 10 leave us.
But all Of sudden She hOiStcd an extra
| light. tackled. and came back. She was too
| far windward. and we were too FAR 10 lee
ward for her To hear our cries, but We kept
| the lights in sight Till daylight
Hooper Yes, boat>waiu, You kept the
| lookout for them; / didn't care 10; didn't
| want To build up my hopes too high. for to
| have them broke down again. The bOatSwain
kept on calling, Here Sh" is and then again.
I No. I've lost her till begged him, for the
I love Of God, 10 hold his tongue
! LamOnt-"When daylight came we lost
! sight of her altogether, and then we gave up
4 Tor good. We shook hands in our despair,
! and, getting thirsty with anxiety, began to
| chew the medal, as l have told you. All of
q sudden the QuaTteTmaSter turned round
| and cried: "Oh! bOatSwain, here comes the
| schooner again" / turned round and saw
/ her too; took my coat and waved IL on a
| piece of the damaged frame work of the air
! raft. There We're hands in the schooner
| rigging looking about for us. She bore right
/ down on uS-fOr evidently they had sighted
| uS-and came within 100 or 200 yards of us,
! and then rounded to the wind little. The
. sea running very high, AMI the breeze
! was very strong. When she got abreast OF
I Us they becllOued 10 us. and she passed us;
/ and / said TO Hooper. / expect they want
/ US To swim To her. Hooper replied, i
never can swim to her. | said, When
She comes back l will try il, and il
! I'm lost they will try some other means TO
! save YOU, and yOn know what To do when
You get home Meantime the schooner had
| lacked, and was coming back toward lis.
| When She was within a bout 2gD yards of US
| / shook hands with Hooper, and we each
| said. God bye, Col bless YOU and I took
| the life-buoy which we had kept all along,
| put il around me, and jumped from the raft.
! / swan TO the schooner. IL was hard buffet
| ing, for | was CramVed up, and had no feeling
/. in my legs; YET they sad that l seemed to
| swim very well. God alone knows how
! SWAN AT all. IL seemed an hours work till |
/ got alongside. They threw me one line,
4 which ! missed. then two more, one of which