The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-05-20
PERILS or THE HUDSON.
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"The best time made by a sailin' vessel on
tho Hudson. that ever I heard tell OF. was made
by the sloop Dart She sailed from Weehawken
to Rondout. 100 miles. in six hours. That's
what / call mighty Lively sippin' thro' the
water-over fifteen miles an hour" the
speaker was the Captain of tho schooner Nellie.
which as he spoke. was just entering the High
lands on Il bright MAJ afternoon.
We're going along slick enough now" he
added as he ordered the topsais cLwcd up
and n reef taken in tho mainsail: but I'm
thinkin' the wind will play II different tune
when we enter the warre-;hat. What's the
Warreghat? Its that part of the river tween
West Point and Storm King. an the drtiest bit o
water tween York an Albany. Tain't over
three mile long but it's the terror OF North
River sailors. Lots of vessels have been
wrecked there. Kinder funny name. too. amt
II l'r" heerl said that il'sa low Dutch name
puffy like there that it'll come down out Of
Gro Nest or over Storm King, and knock the
spar 2ut OF vess" or turn her Keel up In less
GUNNER when We was Off Brcaknccs. one o.
them III come tumblin down the mountain
onto the mnlnsaii, an knocked tho main boom
twenty fr'.t into tho air. When the boom came
down it made things ratt!r, now. tel yo,"
ward E M %hs " tho ye o raundei West Pint
nnl entered the ''hlowhple it suddenly shift
ed, md hi"wa ene, from the ngrth,warhi ,,, i,
shouted The Captain. bracnr his feet firmly
and tuggng ut the wheel Each rntiin and stay
iormin: a varied melody to the misGty under,
tone of roaring wind. A. the snis filled away
do ii" tie Inclined deck. Tie wairr wa. swiricd
up by force gusts and dashed into the faces
q tho Grey. The cook: who had been seated
! lurchng Of the vessel tipped from the
ayS The " Gssk Rp rq to swell the
fusion The Hnr'niqh shouted nnnin ,
| swung to and iro with grim menace. ~ though
angry At being ,hwalted in their efforts to clear
dications Of another flaw were seen in the vi
| cious looking clouds over Storm King. These,
ar Fy Of & wha d
shut OF the view OF the shore. =;
As the schooner. ran into Newburgh bay.
| above the western horizon hall circle OF mol
appeared. The fading iight soitc ned the rug
Ged outlines Of the mountains; n dark. graysh
Come in, my hearty, said cheerful yoce
tho reporter gladly accepted the invitation. A
seat was found upon the greasy lid q the re-.
from the little stove revealed the mate seated
upon mackerel kes his tanned face lit up by
"EiD5'you beeves sin in sperets ?" he asked. Il
heerd the Captain tellin, ye about places along
| the river. but he didn't say n0thln ABOUT Capt
| Kidd They's them as says the Captain buried
gold in the Highlands. an when he hid the
ducats he'd kill two or three o. his men. SOL
their sperets nd stay around nights and watch
the swag. Well. l want to tell y how We
got hold o the sperets ono night and brought
EN- aboard o this vessel" continued the mnte
blowing cloud Of tobacco smoke. We
dropped anchor ono night OF Poipels Island
watin' till the tide turned afore we went down
through the Highlands. Twas my watch, an
at about IL o olock l seed light over on the
island, an when the cook come on deck ar
hour later we took tho yaw and went over L
see who was spooein' round the island, We
could hear mon talkin' afore we landed, anC
when We elm u pile o rocks an looked dowT
into u little holler we seen five men dggin' ful
kidd's gold. One of EN- stood up fast asleep
mcsmerized, an no told the rest where
to dig. Wall now stranger. twas
kind o. ghoStly night, with the moon q
tearin' thro the clouds, an l was lookin
into the bushes eXpectn' every mint to set
them spiritooal gardens Of the old pirate,
gold. Every little while the di.gers stopped tc
take u swig from big Jug o Jamaica. Atte
workn' about mn hour one OF em struck
piece of old iron or tomato can, and they al
gathered round to examine 1t. just then
| blowed a blast oil tho old foghorn thai SOUNDED
like Gnbricl's trumpet. an sich gttin nove
seen afore nor s"nce. Heller skelter they rul
for their boat, lcavn' their tools behind. 20
my clippers onto that Jug q, Jamaica an tool
1t aboard the schooner. When the Captain
came on deck TO make sail heaound the speret
lad somehow got out o the Jug. an'-well. W
! didn't sail that t's.