Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-18

For bOQ . sake y V leave HN INV.
for we can't sand y much longer ;
Before we got through u Signals
The Three Bells wss far awsy and We
began to think abe was going awsy.
By and by she changed her course aud
soon she came down toward us. l
tell you, sir, she was q beauty, a
pretty thing to look at; but We were
still in doubt. You should have seen
us clinging on with one hand, aud
ready to wave our hats with the other
if tho comiug signal warranted 1t.
Then l asked Capt. Watkins In an un-
dertone ss l passed him: DO you
think the Bells will leave Us, siri'
And he replied: 'No, Burgess, 1 don't
thlsk she will leave us under
the circumstances, but we can'ts tell
Just then the Bells began to signal
her reply, ard soon we spelled ont:
Keep up your spirits; I'll stand by
you
GIT WAS A BLOWING GALE
A terrible gale. Capt. Creighton han.
died his ship magnifcently, but it
would have been sheer folly to attempt
to lower away q email boat. l tell you
it was all the best sailor on the seas
wanted to do to keep his own craft
afoat, let alone helping anybody else.
After giving his last and inspiring sig.
nal, while we were cheering Justify,
the Bells went scudding away before
the gale and we lost sight of her.
Then night came on and We were again
despairiug. In the morning, however,
we sighted two sails, n the Three
| Bells and the other an American ship
called the Antarctic. They were both
coming down on us, but the Bella
seemed to be keeping In the back
ground with a view to letting the
Antarctic reach us frat. The Ameri.
can ship was large, clumsy and didn't
handle well, p%asaing us with large
lee way in an effort to pet near us. She
round to and came sstern Of as, when
she lowered away her six small boats,
all of which except two proved unsea'
worthy.
"THE THREE BELLS,
meanwhile, sailing like a peacock
minding every move of her master
came up alongside quito near to us
and soon her three email boats, all IL
good shape and good hands, wer'
busy transporting the people from thu
Frisco, while the two good boats o,
the Antarctic we're doing the aam'
thing; but because she was 30 much
further away from III she could do bu'
little in the heavy SEA. l tell you l
was splendid to see The Bells hesve t.
abreast of Us, now way above us anc
then almost hidden hand. They tool
all of that day except twenty-three o
US. At night Capt. Watkins sienallet
20 Caot. Creighton to keep eff unit
morning, and the next Morning, will
the Frisco water-logged and rolling
Capt. Watkins and the twenty-five
companions-myself among the mum
ber-were taken eff and we set sail TO
New York. We had been ton o
eleven days hard at work, expec'ini
death at any minute, fighting tn
most terrible storm l ever experience,
aud for four or five days looking a
aud admiring the most heroic an
complete exhibition of good seaman
ship l have ever SEEM"
On the way to New York Mr.. Bul
CESS was called upon to cook for Cap
Creighton, his own cook having bee
put in confinement for intemperanct
and Of the captain Mr. Burgess say
HE was q fine looking Scotchmal
about 81 or SO years old, and ii
most gentle, dignifed and oourteor
|. man I ever met aboard ship. I new
|. have seen, before or since, q sale
who handled his mpn and his shi
with such perfect discipline and CO
rectness."
. In obtaining the above narrative
the reporter was repeatedly obliged
press Mr.. Burgess as to his person,
observations, the old man every no
and then saying, "Now, look her
Mr.. Reporter, I'm telling you tn
Just as 1t happened, but 1 would r
Their you would leave me out OF !
for fear that people may think l a
exsggerating and trying to bio
about myself"
/ "Not at all, Mr.. Burgess; tho
, who know you will never think
such q thing"
Chow did you happen to come
met How did you know l was on ii
. San Francigco2"
Gan old friend of mine who know
| you, and your experience, s1ggest'
the interview"
SIS what I have told you GOO
, enough to go in the paper2"
81 should say So"
r The late Capt. Crighton, for b
magnificent bravery, was awarded
r vote of thanks and q considerable 81
of money by the American congress
and besides receiving several go
: medals, was feted In several of t
G larger cities If this country.