New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-10

over .Ile in the form of an arch with tho legs
snread out from southwest 10 northeast ana fne
lifting of the white water under the snearing Oh II
made Daniel reckon there was more IN II than ne
Let 60 the tcpgaIlant halarts," he sung ont;
Hands by tho fore and miz2en topsail halllards
And rs the yards aloft came running down, WIN q
second brilliant CLEAN of lightning, the sgnall bniSt
upon the ship and down she leaned 10 H. moll9 ION
less for space with the smooth water under her lee
bubbling and churnng halfway mp the DulWalkH'
/ had my darling by this time snug under inc rtai.
board quarter-boat for there was no ram ~ S's .
as vet and wanted her 90 see the squat; anu the
boat under which we stood split the wind ald sem
il screaming clear of US over our heads Aunt Ia
mars had vanished but the other passengers;
iaJ;es and pentIcmen held their ground and looked
on with interest at "a full of excitement anu
commOtiOn. and welcome, God knows; as the III
honest break in the ten days of ranking sieWihhS
calm The helm had been put hard over anu t tnp
ship was slowly paying off as she began 10 sur aIt1
the first heavy ean-down; but, LoIu. VIC sII,1u!
aoft sails laundering, masts jumping, tlo eloun'
as if il were cloud. flying thr0ugh inc rigging
mingled with glancng OF Spune, ihe crew SUM-
ing aDoUt Mr.. Thornton ha"ne Ian,rl oMV'. a
posticu lating Mt the wheel Why, ! dlrt say s1ihe
of the Door tween deck folks thought ii was all up
with us when. in reality il was mere tqGatofiai
souall with the worst OF II IN It's teeth Whlch was
s6on To- erward Of us and II sprinkling of rain and
fresh breeze to follow. $780,, o., III ii
There is no finer sight, think. than luli,rlSgta
shin offers when she in the act oi paving on neei-
inc over with fierce supply OF wind screening
past her Her lee-rlggng hangs sack over lhe
white water her sails swell 0nl' III ci9uu- my
wards: YOU note the gradual recovery OF me heiv|
slant of her maSts with slow sweep OF lltI Jl-
booms she settles tho Wild farther ana tarthei alt
vet until yielding 10 the full impulse OF the nlaSi
with n long, kissing plunge she taxes INC III u VI
the seas. and. like fleeing maaw9inaD. Mnost t
trrsses stream from her head, and whose rhnient
has tho wlldness OF witChs as she runs, the snip
PUSHES forward as though she were Tao very spirit
of the storm whose darkness Is upon hcr anu whose
rawlings pierce the ear from her rigging. Several
bright flashes of lightning illuminated the heaN ing,
snow-hkc path of the vessel as she headed with the
soualI and sped for space on the wings OF II all
was flying darkness for while, WIN ron Oh thuh-
der playing through us, as though II could give
tOrnadOnOte TO the Outburst bui III ADou' zen hih-
utes' time the weight OF the wlnd SchS!blE uhiIh-
ishpd and while the helm was put down 10 brihS
the StrathmOrc 10 her course, i had JuSt tme 10
hand Florence to the companion when wash came
the rain in a bright sheet crushing ont the Wlnd as
if by magic ana leaving the ship slapplng her Wet
canvas upon the heavy SWELL while through the
gray dclugc 10 lecwaTd you could eaten slght OF Tue
white water under the clouds passing aH'l III
whir of gloom. The ram ceased as Suu'icuN ~ iho
wind had expired: the WndWaTG qdihitSs MN
ened and a marblc-ikc streak 0l blue opened DC
twixt the main and mizzcn t0psall yaldaimN wet
CLEAN of sunshine danced along the wcittrlhg ocean
boundary. and broadening fast, flashed up the
whole cxpansc of the deep in the southwest cX-
posng the glorious blue of II crlSping hhdtT the
breeze that sure to follow the squaii ana max
ing the passing thickness look like soma Sllad0W
unOn the sea shot with malignant ustrc, IKE the
blush tints battlc-5mokc. ana spanhtd ny a
brilliantly rich rainbow; through " nos eAIulSJletS
cOlOrcd arch YOU seemed to gaze on the very aux
ness of night itself. For few minutes the welcome
breeze was blowing merrily through our rigging
the songs of the sailors rose as they haNlicahcu to
wards ordinary scamen sI'rawicd ahout htANlN
Shaping the decks with swabs. and with heI wet
planks sparkling i'll the sunshine. and her canvas
driving from gray into white, the StIathmor roll
ING heavily and gracefully over the long sWeil,
line of veasty foam slipping past be- 05Sy SIDES
looked to have settled herself iairy Iown a. las.
Tor the passage of the equator upon hose northern
skirts She had been hanging Ike dead thinS Tor
ten days.
AZ.
a trifc abaft our staTboard beam and the ship was
lust pile of canvas. with five StunsalS out the |
lower stunsail yawning wide over tue Swinging |
BOOM Cuyed forward. and every cl0th pulling |
steadily while the white trucks swung IKE silver |
buttons under the floating clouds; winch CLEANED |
like the inside OF oystcr-Shcls As they sprung sweet
and fresh from the deep-hlue sea, ana sailed up the |
azure OH the road the sun was taking. In my tlme
when the EQUATOR crossed on the outward pas |
SAGE TO Australia there would be stir among the |
passengers as they began to consider AT last that
there was a chance some OF these mo days OF thc
the northeast Trades Is hopeful but sometimes you |
will get n dreary sickness botwlXt the Channel and |
the parallel where the steady breeze Is picked up
and Them perhaps. follows the deadly pause upon |
the CLASSY equatorial sea, where the water dies ont
in haze and the sun finds blazing mirror, whcreto
he combs his flaming beard he drives on his tour
round the world But, the North Atlantic passed,
hope grows brisk as the southeast Trades aro APP
preached. The Cape Is not very lar OH now you |
think and then huTrah for an eastery course across
tie mighty Southern Ocean. ,
| can answer for the influence of latitude south |
We grew more cordial. If there was any ill-teeng'
il was betwiXt Aunt Damaris and Captain Jackson |
and his wife Not that the others liked the Old lady
very much hnt they would come up and tax 10 |
her and she would converse with them more or loss
politely according to the temper she happened to bo
in But she and the Jacksons had nothing to say 10
one another This, no doubt indirectly, helped my |
case for the aversion among them made the Old |
lady guess that the navy man and his helpnatc
would moi show her much mercy were they TO hear |
all about the of Morecombe joining the ship;
and many a time would think. as pecred at Aunt |
Danaris: If you Only knew who was-h you |
could only conceive the additions the story wonld |
gam by the simple disclosure of the trIth from me
to the JacksOns-thered he no bulkhead III this ship
thick enough for yOu to hide behind
FriendlicT feelings arising with our progress,
various anu semcnts were planned The steerage pas
scnger singers were invited on to poop ana Obliged
us with Il very pretty little concert. Then tho !
'twceu-deck passengers gave ball upon the mani
deck that lasted through the dog-Watchcs; hdde |
was brought out of the tOrecastle, the fellow who
played it seated himself on the drum OF the quarter
deck capstan, some rum was brought up at the OK
pense OF us aft, and distributed, diluted, III wine
glasSfuls among the poor people and we sat at the
break of the poop looking down on a. lively scene
as ever kept folks happy and laughing at sea see
the picture now Jack Fiddler SAVING away, WIN
an occasional squirt of tobacco over his right
shoulder mon and women dancing TO ms strains,
the children frOcking among them, the crew look
ing from the district OF the galley WIN OTohHc1,
grinning faces. till the night fell upon us all with
hurried sweeping embrace of the sea with her
shadow arms, snd the stars looked down nj Us
through the TOpC ladders
version by turning up to dance little hit of
Dane, rat of man, with eyes Ike n ferret. ana
face with an expression upon il such you'll see
sometimes in the gunpOVder prltkngS of sailors
upon Scamcus arms ana breasts. ms niue fellow
was the best hornpipe dancer l ever IA" ~ my lie.
never before and have never since, met his equal.
He would dress himself up 10 resemble a man-0f-
wars man. grass hat on nine hairs. ms t1wny breast
bare TO his belt the flowing white pants and low
shoes with heels which ratified the planks like cas-
tancts The fiddler would crawl upon the booms
and tho Dane take his stand on the weather ., of
the forecastlc at the head of the ladder 80 that
could SEQ him plain under the weather ccw of main
and the fiddle began to speak. off wOnd 90 the
Dane footing il as no landsman in this world ever
did no though he had passed his whole life in doing
nnt hin else. his nnce WIS nnhle the tMilkling OF