, 1877-09-23

them, anu poeticalY appropriate to the wander
ing, foottsoliclt1ng Ocean-tramp which thse npor
old outeast has been nil these mouths tbaf hayc
since dragged By. One OF our passengers said
that the new owner OF this solemn properly was
offered a sufticiency Of ballast for his purDoses
for $25, but hc Was not able to afford II, and 81
went to sea in all his perilous emptiness. III:
idea was to take the creature to New York aud
sell her at d profit, either as 4 coaster or to ht
broken up.
We did not hear of my white man being on
board. but Of conrse there may have been one.
4 don't count the Portuguese-} But there were
fifteen colored men at first, II | remember right
". asked Capt AngroSe how he could ac-
count for that extraordinary crew when five mer
would have been more than enough. He sail it
was easily explained; it was great.thine fo1
those coiosed Islanders to 60 abroad and see the
Wo1ld,-that is to say, New York: that without
doubt their only pay was their pleasure-excur
So this four months horror Is Pleasure Ex
cursion, Imagine that!
said should think that, unless the winds
were very favorable, those rags would not eua.
ole the hulk to overcome the ocean-tuTrents; +;
that- when she struck the Cult Stream, she
might be carried south; that the provisions
would soon run out again: and SO, taking .ll
Things into consideration, that crew might he
looked uoon as doomed, perhaps But Cart
Ang7ove said that their main trouble would b
thelr danger OF getting out of the track OF yes-
,~+1f - kAEA lOuti tlAus4G 10 Keep IN LnHt. kneY
could borrow food and water, and extend their
excursion indefinitely.
Your telegram SAYS: 'tNear the water-line
weeds and grass n foot long were growing from
tne ti. mli, evi,lcncing that she had been long
time out Of port" One easily pcrceiyes from
this that, wien Can't. Burris thought the hrlk's
skipper said he was from Boston {where he
hadn't been At ALL, the real word used WA
bcrnuda; - and that, when the skipper seemed
to say hc WAS 'three weeks " out he really said
Vet11 1&s%e.,
Tort message ut sea, When the speaker can
AFFORD no better speaking trumpet than his wi
lnoered hands, / remember that the suIoresI
skipper used no trumpet when he spoke to us.
! wonder he didn't tell Capt. Durris he was
three wears out instead Of three weeks: Il must
hare seemed about that long.
WHAT that poor fellow probably said Was that
no was trom BERMUDA and WIS trying to make
Savannah; for he had fonnd out that he wasn't
goi. to make New York, and was very anxious
to get to the nearest mort he could find.
What At, excursion it is! Four months ago
the halk was ten days cut and was 20 miles
northwest Of Bermuda: week ago she was 80
miles south Of that position; and, when Capt.
Burns spoke her. she was 800 miles from Rer-
1nutfa. and directly west OF it! She was then
lonr months and one week out from port,
hare hcarl If good many dismal pleasure
trips tut this oae heads the list. It is mouu-
mental. The hulk WAS spoken OF Just month
ago, off Faulkuer.s Island. II we could over.
lauf t4c !OsI-WDHS OF tue fneFc3nta!" fn3finE, We
should doubtless fintl that she has been spoken
and relieved With provisions i loze!. times dur
ing her strause voyagc. 1t ia ii great pitv tho
cutie! Co}fax did ndt continue to rl,ase her rp
till she found her That bulk can't run: she
tan only drift her luhhcrly anil nn1nanaecablc
way down the (;s1'i Stream Thrrc Tan ie
small difficulty about finding her. And. il ever
the tired old tramp is foan,l, should like to Ii.
there tn see him In his Sorrawfi f.acs ard his
bear,. OF grass and sea-weed, and herr
those ancient mariners tell tho story uf tt,eIr
mysterious wan>ier;ncs through the sole,:lu
soliitulcs OF the ocean. MARX TWAIN
HARTF ORD, Sept. l3-