Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-08-15

the Glenbrook Cove, but had to furl it two
or three times, SO unmanageable was the
little craft under the ftful pufs from the
wind-breeding land. When he got of the
Logan Shoals his sail was up again, and he
| had passed nigh to Cave Rock and was far
enough out to catch the east wind from
Zephyr Cove, (whose low lying lands make it
4 sort of unsalted Cape Hatteras) when q
Norwegian fisherman, named Wilson, saw the
sail suddenly disappear. It was then that
Capn Dick yielded up his sixty-three years OF
rough and tumble to the Frog Pond
and no sight of his poor old storm heatan
mortality has ever since been seen by human
eyes. Some days afterward his steven boat
with its deadly sail all set, and his oars, we're
picked UP on the shore of Rubicon Point.
The osrs even now may be seen in the little
parlor at the Holiday Households resi-
dence That's how Cap'n Dick met his death.
He had been capsized once before in his Es-
got safely ashore he hauled that treacherous
craft high and dry and scuttled her for a
way ward wench that it would Mt do to trust
There she lies now, with the green grass and
yarrow flowers growing through the auger-
holes in her floor planks. Dick lived in his
own house just above the water level, on the
Island. This house is 6 well built structure
Of battened boards and shingled roof It is
1ll-I IL
OF 10 by ~ lights. On the n. E. side is a
stone chimney suru1ounted by large iron
slnuke-stack. Inside, the house (Which has
but one room), is ceiled and wainscoted, in
panel work, throughout. l looked through
the window and saw the lonely old stranded
mates not unhandsome mantle-piece and
wide comfortable chimney, also his broom
his three chairs and his table He was pre-
pared to keep herrnit's hall in no little ease
and safety from the weather. Close by his
cabin is a stout, low -limbed cedar In the
spreading trunks of this he had fitted seat,
rustic fashion, such IS he had seen in sunny
days in his green home in Merry England.
So there were many tender spots under the
stranded sailors rough exterior and he was
not all cynic or world hater as he ofsen seemed
And therefore / furthermore suggest that
those marking pot names aforementioned, on
his monument, are not in the gentlest of
taste. It's like plundering the dead, by non
combatants after the deadly fray. 5000. We
came back here yesterday in Jacks boat, he
pulling one pair of souls and smart young wo-
man from Storey county the other. Jacks dog
Major" followed the boat along the shore OF
the north side of the bay, and when we came
to the entrance in he jumped into the water
and swan across to the south headland where,
Jack being SO persuaded by sympathetic
pleadings, took the sagacious and faithful |
beast aboard. l note this little occurrence,
.or like to let my readers know that keep |
good company, even to the dogs OF my associ- |
alton ~ Mr.. John Wagner and his wife !
lrove up to Yank's door in time for lunch,
o-day; Parson Kelly with neuralgi -swelled |
lead, preached an excellent sermon to us sin
lers this morning; Mr. Mills, Principal of
he celebrated Mills Seminary at Brooklyn,
Alameda county, California, is among the
,uests here; and hear that the other mills
nd lumber operations generally are to be
hut down by Sept. l. Major Gardner told
ne to-day that his logging work would be
losed up this week. So the short season is
rawing to al end. nj.