The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-26
THE RESCUE.
Besides that, she's my mother.
PUCK.

In nv peregrlnatlOnS L recently fell in
with an old salt who could spin yarn
when fairly started, but the trouble
was, it seemed 10 me, TO start him. we
had c0nYersed on various SUBJECTS, L IN
vain trying to draw him out, and as L
was about TO give up getting story out
OF him worthy Of your columns, hap
pened TO mention the name of Admiral
Farragut. He took eff his nat and broke
out IN d voice that would have served 10
hail r sh}p at a quarter OF miles dis
tauce-it certainly startled the ladies':
"What do you know about the captain?
knew him when he was COMMANDER,
ana us lucky | did, or you wouldn't see
me here to tell the story"
"HulIo! you have story to tell,
thenW
''Not much of a story" said he, "but l
wan you TO understand that Captain
FlIagut was one of Gods greatest
| noblemen. He was deml-god. The
last OF the Vikings"
"WhaJ did he do for you" said /,
supposiMg l should get an incident from
the great AdmiraPs history not hereto
lore related, and L think the story
which follows justit d the belief:
..Wnat uld he do? WHAT didn't he
do? Among other things he saved mg
| lie in the most gentlemanly way"
Aud then my old friend growled away
| something about Wlipper-snappers WHO
didu't know stem from stern, or Jue
maln-O.uce from the captains breeches,
aud rather lHtimated that my room wa,
better than my company, seeming to
| take it rs a peFe onal insult tina any ques-
| lion should be raised about Captain
| FarraguC, as he persisted in calling MIN.
| | did my best to calm him, auu, having
given MIN a genuine Havana, WhlGl he
Smoked luriOusly at ii St, but noticed
more CALMLY alter, he iesd:
| "Well, Pl! tell you"
81 sci sail from Pensacola one fine
| September day, year %, in The Wabash,
ana got along very wei ill tbe LnirI
day: was bound 10 Havana with The
woodwork OF the orphan asylum Of
| Havana aboard"
"haveWt you two HaVanas in there p"
said l.
"l.'s possible; and you may know
enough to hurt you, but l dOn't believe
lit"
| And then came another season OF low
growing. which Az last terminated by
Tue old captains getting up and walking
uD and down the piazza, flaming himseif t
! lirously. Finally he sat down again,
and said:
| "however, as you've got me started
pll tell The story, such as it it, only you
keep that potato trap OF yours shut till
get through. Well, AS l was saying, we
i were three days out of Pensacola when
| noticed in the morning Big rise in
the barometer. knew what that meant,
and 30 watched 1t closely. Toward noon
it began to tail fast. L went on deck
and looked around; nothing to be seen
in particular, perfect calm but l knew
the devil was alter us. l want you to
understand that Il captain who don'l
watch his barometer is OF no account.
and will be caught in y scrape first or
last, though have heard seIt-sufticient
captains say that they would as soon
have handspike slung up in the cabin
III took in all sail except close reefe0
tops al, and spencer win bonnet vest
as l wasWt a young fool (this with eX.
, celient emphasIs) the men meantime
having their jokes, as | could plainly
t hear, about the old man' having hur
ricane OF his own. really tank some
of them thought | was crazy, but the
little glass Tube in the cabin wasn't, al
. we all found out soon alter.
"Arn'C asleep, are youT said my ole
! friend, and l. can say safely l was no
aiter his hail. Now SAID he, 'the cat,
o paws began TO show,' then a STEADY
y breeze, next a 1ttui gale, Win a low
n moaning sound III the wind like hu
man groan. Thon a heavy gale, whlcI
kept on increasing till we mad enougl
to blow the devl's horns off. Dana',
'lwo Years b fore the Mast gives tnt
best description Of the blowing away o
. sails that | have seen; hrsJ The canvaI
= Will bulge OUT i'll spots, then eye holes
: and me next you know tho air to lee
u ward Is iuil OF threads aud bits ot can
t vas. Ours Went that way, topsail first
ltI,
sailor breads, roll ng TO Wine
l war0, DIDN'T happen TO US. The
< Darkey was walloWlng aad sLrainina
{ III the sea which had by this time be
l come huge. L have crossed the ditch 8,
y many times that l can't remember, Du
= never saw It's equal. Well, about i
= F., as near as we could juuge, you see /
was so dark we cUulun'G see anything
:. couldn't keep light in the bihnacl
+ even, L was in the cabin trying 10 yet
/. ngut to read OF the barom.t ter, when
n heard the Q-dst roar vi WInu Luat eve
. any man heard and lived. l called t
(, the second mate to jump lor his lille, Du
n unfortunately Tor him Ae had som
money IN his chest when he stopped u
get, AS the Calm was washed away il
zen minutes, ! never saw him or hi
y money alter. The barkey was modes
j; and laid down! As i got out oethe Ca BIZ
The water came in III line style. l man
aged to get to the Weatnor-raIl, thOug
q harness cask. which had tetcned away
y went whizzlug by me Like shot, scrap
ing one Of my legs little, clamberin
along TO the main rigging, swung nysel
outside, and IN no Tune had r0pt
: around myself and chain plate. l sup
/ pose you can think OF u more enYiabl
i situation; L can now, but didn't Them"
! "Yes," said L; lying on clover banl
under shAdy trees, eA?'
: "Nhen she would 80 down in tn
trough of the sea 1 could hear the mel
VINO had aIl been split out calling TO-
t help in the water. threw ropes as nea
= as could, and, when we came 10 counj
e noses .Ound we were all safely lashet
e to the chain plates, excepting the sec
b ond mate and steward. The hurrlCanr
II continued 10 blow till toward morning
Q | when 1T wOu,d at times lull, and tnt
d oarkey would almost get on her legs
f., then would come another blast, ant
d down she would 20 again. Great hori
spoon! dIdpLlt bow IN those s4udliS!
a "W hen it got TO be broad day nghE w
/: saw something on Lhe alter bltL that wa
. above water-part OF the tlms-nnd
/. young lrlshman, who hau not De1n mart
d in The turn oYer,' as most We're, volun
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