The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-12-24
THE CAPTAINS STORY.

Well. it's rurty hot. answered a
lake captain in on. If the ferry dock
snloons yesterday. hut il isn't nothing
to the GUNNER OF 1886 W. had it 1t
least twenty degree, hotter than this
right along Tor six weeks. was run.
ming the Mary Jane between Chics9o
aud Buffalo then, and I've seen the
thermometer stand l3O degre s in the
middle Of Lake Huron
'Thst Was awful, sighed one Of the
sisters.
We'll. It wss fsirish. but we didn't
call Il very hot till We Kot icto the st.
Clair river and the mercury went up
70 $50 degrees When hanging against
the water butt. The boys used up 729
palm-leaf fans on one trip that year.
On one Of our trips down we we're be.
calmed for three days on Lake Huron.
We gotit thc.e. and no mistake
Purity hot, ehY'
We'll. I'm an old man. and I don't
care to go lying 1t this day. but I'll
tell you few solemn facts. Every
sail on that schooner smoked and
smouldered till they fell IN pieces on
deck and left " under bare poles! Yes,
sir. We hadn't rag sloft - big 40 your
hand. That Was just ut sunrise in the
morning. and il an hour we haA to vet
down decks 10 prevent them burning
I wont down stairs to consult the ther.
mome.er, sad it lay ON the floor oil
melted into . chunk Of glass and tin
Then beean to realize how hot il was.
aud got frightened
What could you do?'
We'll, not much. We hsd begun tu
rig lines over the lee side. 90 that oil
could take to the water, when the top
sail yard came down and killed The
cook. The links in the chairs had
nsltsd right outl I uever knew . case
like 10 since, but then the weather has
cooled o6 greatly since 1896
And about the cook9'
Nothing about him. When We
picked the body up to heave Il over.
board. Il had spread out 10 . macs
about four feet square, and We had to
ne shovels before We got through. he
vas . good young msn and . perfect
gentleman, aud his mother never
blamed me 10 the least for scoop .shov-
cling his remsius over the rail. We
anaily rugged our lines and got ever
board
Aud it wAs much cooler
'Ah! young man. how little you
gresa reporters know ot the greet
lakes spread out before your gaze on
the mapsi Cooler! Why. the minute
~ struck the water ~ begun squirm-
lug like % many GELS. The lake was
red hot. The wstsr would have cooked
en err In four minutes. was blis.
tered from hsad 70 heel In no time.
6ous day will take o6 my cnat and
vest and show yoa ny back. The
Aesh Was Actcaily cooked to depth Of
two inches. and for over two years the
dogs used b scent cooked neat when
walked oak and followed me By dos
ere. Five surgeons faioted awsy 10 .
heap at the sight Of my ltft shcul der,
asd the only nan I could get 70 dsess
ny baek was butcher under seotencs
Of DEATH
.It must have been terrible. How
dA you come ost OF the calm =
well, whils ! vas squirming in the
water white sqnall struck the schoon.
q snd down che vent. Il was oil
over in n:nute. and sie and water
we're hotter than ever. struck eot lOs
the Cauadian shnss. over . hundrcd
miies eway, kaovisg is Vas sisk o.
swim. bat 10 half On hsuH vas sAts.
Picked up!
We'll, no. replied the captain. - be
scratched he leg, I strurk 40 iestere
and climbed mp isto > cave near sh:
top! tell you it wss . gratetsl
change b, ms. and that's ossc sessos
vhy I can never ses . hunk o. sce
and leman withoat feeling grsietul g
~. ~.r who invents6 kofh,s