Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-05

compete 70 the royal mas, aud all the yards
across. out every instant expected TO Find
myself hurting through TIE air. BY this time
The ship was completely gated. the upper par
OF Ter mcFe frame or ribs, and the gale stIlt
blew furiousn indeed. gave up hope when
me miLzenmast tell and saw my shipmateS
drowning On it.
TWAS half an hour after this that man. who
was damned close against me. pointed out into
the darkness and cried IN Wild. hoaF5e voice.
isn't that steamers light" ! looked, buV
what With grief, and suffering and cold was
nearly bind, and could See nothing But pres
eGtay announcer man called out that h. could see
iignt ana this was echoed 10y yet another:
SO told them to keep their eyes unnn II and
watch IL IL moved. They said by ana by that
i, was stationary, and though we could not
this light heaving Ia sight and our taIk-
ing or gave us some comfort. When
the GAVIN oro6e We saw the smoke OF
light we had seen, but / made nothing OF that
smoke, ana was looking heart brokeniy AZ the
miZzenmaSt, and the cluster OF drowned
men washing about it, when a LOUD cry made
under reefed foTesail heading direct for US
IL was sight, sff, 10 make one crazy With low
and put the strength or ten men into every one
Oh us. man named ,'iimore-l think IL was
Gllmore-stood up and waved a long strip or
canvas. But believe they had seen there were
uV NC men aboard US before that signal was
made. The boat had &c cross the broken water
10 fetch us, and In my agony Of mind cried OUT
shell never face It. She'll leave us when she
sees that water for the sea was frightfui all to
WlndWard OF the sand and over &c, a tremen-
uous play 81 broker waters, raging one with
aDot her ana making the whole surface resemble
a ooliing caIdTqn. Yet they never swerved
mar s breadth. ON, sir. she was noble boat
we could see her Crew. OF them-siCting on
Inc thwarts, ali looking our way, mo.ioaless
as carved nSures, aud there was not a stir
s a.nohg them, az IN an instant the boat leaped
from the crest or towering sea right into the
monstIouS broken tumble The peril OF those
men VINO We're rlsklng their lives Tor ours made
Us ,nr re, our own situation. over and over
she ameTge With her crew looking fixedIy onr
way, and their oilskins and the iight-TSIores
SIDE or their boat sparkling ia the sunshine,
W l,ii Cue SoSs~alh leaning forward from the
helm, watched our ship with face OF iron
By this time We knew that this boat was here
TO save Us, and that she would save IA and
with wildly beating hearts, We unlashed our,
serves, and dropped over the top into the rig
gipg. We were all sailors you see, sir. ana
knew what the life-boat men wanted. and what
was to be done. Swift as thought We had bent
number of ropes ends together, and securing
piece OF wood 10 this line threw fl overheard
and let IL drift 10 the boat. IL WIS seized,
haWser made fast and We dragged the great
rope on board. BY means OF this hawser the
life -poat men hauled their craft under our
such rush made for her as might be thought.
No. owe IL 70 my sh;pmateo 10 say this. Two
or them Skinned out upon the miZZenmaSt 10
the body of the second mate that was dashed
eight or nine feet away over the side. and got
him into the boat before they entered It them
selves. ] heard the coXswain or the boat
Charles Fish by name, the titteSt man In the
world for that berth and this work-cry out
Take that poor fellow In there.'- and he
pointed 10 the body or the captain, who was
dashed fn the top with bis arms over the mast
and his head erect and his eyes wide open.
But one or our crew called out, lies been dead
four hours, Sir, and then the rest OF Us scram-
bled into the boat, looking away from the
dreadful group OF drowned men that lay In
cluster round the PROSTATE mast. The second
mate was still alive, but maniac. II was heart
breaking TO hear his broken. feeble cries for his
brother, but he lay quiet after bit and died in
half an hour, though we chafed his feet and
poured rum INTO his mouth, and did wnat men
In our miserable plight could for fellow
sufferer. Nor were we out OF danger yet for
the broken water was enough to turn a mans
hair gray TO look at nc was a fearful sea
for US men to find ourselves in the midst OF
after having looked at II from great height
felt at the beginning almost as though
should have been safer on the wreck than 10
that boat Never could have believed that so
small vessel could meet such sea and live
Yet she rose like q duck to the great roaring
waves which followed her. draining every dro1
OF water from her bottom as she was hove no
and falling with terrible suddenneSs into
hollow, only 70 bound like living thing TO the
summit or the next gigantic crest.