The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-18
TIE QUICkSTEP.
4 Puget Sound Craft in a Tidal
Wave!
"a p,1EW MAN TO eR0Wl."
~. \. Very Good Man in a Tight
Place

Place
a.. If the writer's oldest and most
..,..ted friends is Capt. George j.
~. master and principal owner Of
~. elegant barkentiue Quickstep,
coached at Port Ludlow in December
-, In 1853, nearly quarter of CEN
- .eo. be ran sloop to Saucelito
s.om ssn Francisco called the Jim
Grant" and the writer was Waterman
- the little steamer ""eb'r,' running
= N.u.. Capt. James Bruce. whose
s.,d,ons .hres.masted schooner Re-
80, /. now losding at Port Madison
=, Australia, WAS then mate Of small
..hooosr called the "Arno." plying to
a. Ius Obispo and Santa Barbara.
HeiehOl 1t seems but yesterday.
livery MINING EXCITEMENT
rh.t sorung up, caught the writer. Gold
Reach. Sailor Diggings. Kern River,
Oroville, Fraser River. Washoe and
White Pine, we're all familiar to the
w..ry feet that never faltered andSthe
hsods that amassed no wealth. On the
oahsr hand, the two early friends al
Iuded TO stuck to the coasting trade and
besme ''well fixed" il not rich. Capt
r.se owns interests in seven vessels
.nd psys taxes on about $50. 200. while
Can't. Brucs's pile will 60 about three
AIMS of that sum. They are trusty
friends. however. amid 90 far from
srudQinQ them what they have amasssd
6v their patient toll and danger. We
Only regret they have not more Of it
il We thought it would do them any
good.
sold. TIMES, ROCKS"
A few evenings ago the Reporter lay
A Yesler's wharf and Capt. Bruce was
entertaining our man about town in his
quiet and brotherly way. With pipes
emitting blue wreaths of smoke we sat
chatting together over "auld lang
yne" and calling each other Jim"
and Tom" as in the days OF yore when
men werc only known as york.
sPike" and "Ksntuck We seemed to
forget that quarter Of q centary had
slipped away since we used to go for
cofee and doughnuts to the old Portu-
guesc stand ct the fost Of Market
street and blister our hands in applaud
ing poor Matilda Heron's Camille" at
the Metropolitan Thcater. The fosty
threads ct our temples. the memories
of his voyages 20 Australia and Chins.
our rovings In Nevada. Idaho and Mon
tana, all were forgotten. We spoke OF
men whose lives had been brilliant while
our own had been obscure. Forms
long departed were pictured OH the
cabin walls, and the room seemed filled
with whispers from the lips that had
now grown mute and cold.
CAPTAIN BRUCE
Wss the first to break the silence which
hung over both for o few moments,
Ike the echo of an old song sung by
some departed. one whom we both
prissd:-
TON, when did you hear from
George last I"
We replied that we had not heard
from Capt. Fake since he had left Port
Ludlow In April with load of lumber,
bound for Iquiqut, Peru.
well, George had high old time
there, to bs sure" continued the cap
hin. "Of course you read about that
earthquake and tidal wave at Iquique-
lea newspaper men read everything or
:iss you couldn't keep . situation. In
me- u extended oil along the Peruvian
soass."
We replied that we had read some Of
- details but had seen no mention of
y uuickstep.
~Ah! that little barkentine 10 bird
= the wing" replied Capt. Bruce.
sm gracious wave Of his hand ''in
hcs she 10
SWEET MILK AND PEACHES
a,ayeOuntry. None but . buoyant ship
- have come through what she did.
.eaga GEORGE was cool as cucumber
- snsw what he was about. George
e god sailor, but pizen fellow to
We nodded assent to this. having
- memory Of the way that George
~ . soold Us for our own good. The
PAN continued
veoFge had . nice passage down
~ Ludlow, running along with q
want ct wind and everything 60
aSsly. It's . bad plan to drive a
- under these circumstances, be-
- Jon are apt to drive her out Of
Weather into . calm or . storm.
~ eood idea TO keep in good weather
~ =. you can add let It follow you
se 10 George kept moping along
ntc Of about . hundred and
lat! miles . day and
ssvsR HURRIED HIS CRAFT
anded in Iquiqus on tho day
" trsmtor. He had not been
ealf-hour before he saw enough
him that one of them things
Wy far Cd. He went tlck to
Ls:ntine aud Get an anchor watch
luck would have il, his small
~ down. About two hundred
100e starboard Of him lay q
ssae in ship. slso after a load
scAs hasboe full of vessels ~
mr. saiy half dozen or 50, but iu
es,ns ssoOs like Iqaique. those sir
- : Nssels would crowd matters
sa thirty vessels In Seattle