Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-29

from the deck, anu In the course OF
couple of hours we was nigh hand unto
her. She were evidently big ship, with
three to- gallan' yards across and the sails |
onto 'em snuSly furled, as was the flynn
jib, jib and spanker. The courses was
hauled up snug and the three topsails
"Runnin' clear under her lee quarter
the old mag hailed, Ship, ahoy!'
"'Hallo,' says the chap aboard of her,
and he, so far as we could see, seemed to
be the only person on board.
Sis anythin' the matter with you!'
says the old man.
''I'm ali alone here" says the man,
"and I'd like to have some help for to
work the ship"
s'We'd ranged along out of hail by this
time, but the old man hauled up the
mainsail, backed the maiDtopsail and
told the second mate for to 60 aboard
and see what the trouble was, and it so
happened as I were one of the boats crew.
We pulled right up under her lee, and
the chap aboard hove us line and all but
one of us scrambled aboard, and whoever
should the chap be that met us but Billy
Edwards, him as had been shipped in my
place when 1 were in the calaboose, and
his here ship were the Fairy Queen.
'Out If all that were on board of her
when she left New Orleans there was left
only Billy Edwards and young woman
named Mollle Hammond; all the rest had
died of yellow fever. The ship were in
good condition, and all that Billy wanted
we as many men our old man cOnlS
spare him for to lend a hand for to work
tue ship. Our mate wanted Billy for to
go on board of our ship with HIM and
spin his yarn to our old man, but Billy
were fly he were not goin' to abandon
his ship and have her took possession of
as derelict, and SO be has just told the
mate that if SO be as we wanted for to
let him have some hands for to lend him
hand WY we'll and good, we could
found claim nm that for salvage onto the
slip and cargo: but if we didn'tw could
90 along about our business, and he'd
trust to getting help from someone else.
So our mate went back and reported to
the old man, who jumped in the boat and
went aboard and had talk with Billy
who told h1m he could navigate the ship
and that all he wanted were some help
for to handle the sails. The old man be
wanted for to send one Of his officers,
and Billy he said he had no objections
to that except that under no circumstan-
ces would he give up the charge of the
vessel and whoever comes must come pre-
pared to obey his orders and treat him as
the captain Of the ship.
"Finally the old man concluded for to
send the second mate and four men on
board OF the Fairy Queen, and on the
call for volunteers was one as stepped
forward You see I had been ship-mates
with Billy Edwards, and know'd he were
a good man; I also considered that she
were my ship, havin' been shipped into
her afore Billy where, and so me and
three other chaps went along with the
second mate, takin' our bags and ham
mocks aboard the Fairy Queen.
| "The young woman what were aboard
here with Billy were the daughter of a
rich old buffer as had took passage in the
ship and had slipped his wind along with
the rest Of 'em, and our old man offered
her passage in the Westmorland if SO
be as how she wanted for to quit the
Fairy Queen, but Billy E dwards were a
fine l00kin' chap and she and him ha(
been alone together for about week
afore we fell in with 'ems and she had go
| to KNOWN and trustin' him, and so she
| said she d stay where she were, in which
she were right, for no one could have
treated her with more respect or tool
better care OF her than Billy Edward!
did. The ship had two cabins, and tho
after one were Civ up entirely to her use
Billy never goin' near it and, Of course
never allowin' anybody else for to do SO.
carter the boat got back on board tho
Westmoreland she elled away and pro.
ceeded, all hands 51vin' us three cheers
which we returned. Then we turned t.
and set The courses, jib and spanker, anc
8 turned two reefs out of each topsail, set
TIM the to'gallant sails over 'em, and W.
was soon jumpin' along arter our ole
ship and goin' as fast as she were.
ssBilly spun us the yarn of his trip arte
We got all to rights, maxim Kind o FREE
with US on account Of KNOWN some o
us before. He said: when we left New
Orleans there were twenty of us afore tn
mast, the skipper, two mates, a carpen
ter, cook and steward, and three passen
:, gers, this Mr.. Hammond and his daugh
ter, and cotton broker Of the name 0
Williams. The sickness broke out aft
this passenger Williams bein' took fus
and OWN the day we left the bar. TIL
!, disease must have been In the ship, as
understands she had nearly everybody di
: aboard of her the p evious year; for afor
the next night there were six new cases
the old man and steward oeing amon'
en-. The wind were extremely igh
. from southeast, and We were makir
scarce any way, and in three days
many of us was dead and sick that tn
mate had to put the ship under shO1
T sail for fear as there wouldn't be enoug
of US left for to handle her canvass. FL
thought some of tryin' to 60 back, bat b
know'd if we could git down into til
trades we'd git better, while to 60 bac
+ would be running into the disease.
| econ the fifth day out the wind shifte
to the north'a and all of us that wa
left-and there was but our-manage
r to lend the mate a hand to square til
e wards. That night the mate and th
a poor girls father was taken down, and l
: less than twenty four hours arter that
: were left alone in charge, with only tw
men left and they both sick. Next da
e I made the Tortus as, and the win
comm out fresh from east no 'theast,
.jist backed the head yard and let it drift
d expectin' that should be the next or
took down. My two last shipmat'
slipped their winds two DAYS afterward