, 1877-08-13
THE STEAMER ON FIRE.

amount Of s!I Or eight pounds. t
THE STEAMER ON FIRE. !
How Its r.tvcs wera Saved by "thd Man
Vho Didn't Know Much"
From Adtrondack AHrrnys St,o noots
The Captain stood anothcrtnstant In profound
thought, .lurinf which his quick and fearless
u,trt1 had considered nil the contingencies, anil,
without n wor1l to tho three men that were with
him, lie started for tho deck and the ptotrhonsc.
i{c summoned the Chief Engineer and h!a OIL
GERS around him, and statcd what ho had dis.
covcrct,-la the whole subject III q few tcrse
words before them, mud said:
"ncntlcmtn, In fire minutes tho saloons will
be like an oycn, nnl tho windows Of this pilot
house Will be cracking. Have you anytbug 10
suggest"
Tho first officer. sailor from boyhood, whose
head snd beard were already gray, satu prompt
ly:
"Captatn, wc must beach hcr.' Tho others
tits our only course" said the Captain.
"tilot," said tic. turning to tho man whose eye
IT, o te !GNs9t Y nGnsa sad:
"Captain. / mn ready to take any responsible.
| ity that a n1an IN iny position should tnkc. !
mn rcady to execute any ofaGs yoil Evci ont !
coast Tint know nothing nf beyond the ki,owl-
edrc laso Of tic lights tue roofs, md the !ar-
| bors. Il would be tneEe chanse II got her
within llalf tntlc Of the Shore"
Tho Captain actually groanol Ho saw and
admitted tllo force Of tho pilots assertion. For
a ,notncnt not wunl was spoken, whilc the
s!ltp wcnt tearing OH through tho watcr, and tic
prcmonItIons Of rising tunnlt came tothcar ears
from below. s!sowsng That tla passeuEess were
| already on tho move. lie looked an Instant INTO
each face leEort lin. lifted his llana utnl wiped
1 al, nfc frrF
"uentlcmcn, what shall We dot I feel tho
floor un'ler my feet beating Tho pas,,cnaers nro r.
Jone Inlckyt We arc ovcr1oaacd. Our boats
couldn't live III that sca. What ahail wc dot"
NJ. man spokSs, Tey fs,t a. = ta 1sfoF tc@
They wero brave, they were m calm. They show
d men should meet II: but they eo1tll not tell
lighted, with light which sas tho rclleetfon of
| a lIopc Of q conjecture, OF possibility. llr
taarted out OF tho pl1ot'housc, SWING hi'nnelf
dawn as'ong tlo crow. w3 wGro ousy , VIII ~ Inc
eentration Of voice that pclletrated tho roar Of
the storm like q kn!fe:
ia there man hero who Knows this coast1 I"
ilit,. Only tho ola trapper a.l I1er!,ert, eas, +;
Ut whom stood aboyQ tho forward hatch, hose u
hand drectnt. tue strca!ns thas tue pumps M cent
their position. Tho Captain waftcd q moment,
willie thu light faded frofn lis countcnafcc o.
TO rcsnu,lsa cac, and then, as II In very despair,
"Is tlpru man hero who knows this coast1"
Again no reply caae, an1 fte wls upon the
pojnt OF turning away when tho Iaa, WHO had
bren kneelInx under tho protection ut the ptil.
Nark irving to stop rent Which tho rrcsstiro
huui masle III the hoso that tho old trnppcr was
tending, rose out Of tho sllaow aud approach
NV W. w. e">1IE ~ Epnw t1e coas..n.
1v;, ss. H., vs,,t M.o !" .at1 H." Canton utba.
o,a, .n, ~ .nowlcirrf Ara Vol, .1ot tho yo,,tl,
WITH IT, nd ! hunter t., o. o saoo t99
it1W snou ts 'coost ~ @''o ~~" @"'
tT vu,,"s ,yes nnt % born In tho woods. rcspont1c
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n.s eni p Il .n.nsT fnsr,,fn1r lint In a!,o,]f
pes, anu IT,. aess s.arc n sn o %s sa' u hut" nn
e soai1 be 1 tss s na lat ~ nf' a on,
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car, sartii'y taks to1 r gosnei truth And il i,
saya e m.r oms ti,s s.f,nr, ~ ~" i,ns knnss Il
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