New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30

- sonc,;on You men of the poor old Strathmor
know who am what my qualifications az 800 SS h.
ionginc 10 the Sarah Jane may as wei hear 'i ia.
i've heen second mate in the service 10 Mnton 49, 81
Strathmoro belonged and that nela ci, npnd tee
certificate Now, is II your WISH thaI snouiN '"NN
c"'l Most certainly it s,' promptly replied William
Somers, and in breath there was VoiieS Oh us
VERY wel' said l. my intention Is to head ioT
the Australian coast on account oI INC PiuI ii -
winds in these seas. Is that agreeable ~ you an
'Av.' they answered: / was boss; Whatever "'u
was bound to he all right.
If we speak ship willing to receive us cori
t;pued Shall of course transfer the ladies' aDoaIu
hpr and myself too; but as the orginal crew Oh Ihs
brig might not choose to leave her. then, II Vni.
get anybody from the ship we speak 10 nl N,i
her m stick TO her and TO rs many as may ,enlah
You'ye stuck to the ladies and me, boys, YOU We DC
haced asEngsh seamen should III trouble, anu i"SC
night you acted toward these laGieS ID suV" h"%k
that | know they'll not be satisfied unless i nam
YOU in their name for your Kindness ana cohS'"'i"
ton 80. It'll. no 7 Ioobcd
az Eiorcnre and aunt Damaris, who stood near me
NJ darling was flushing and smiling, and glanGlng
gratefully at the rough faces when coniohle'' hoi
Amt Damaris clearing her throat. exclaimed
Nv niece and are deeply obliged 10 you an loI
the iise of the hut and for yOur excellent cohduGt
throughout. hope 1t VIII be III my pomoi ~
Won by something better than words when we leach
'1 Here there were murmurs of; We don't want no
thanks of that kind lady we've t I"ne w" ladies'
ebond ba been brought into such job as ship
| wreck; but had ye been sailors ye conIoh n"No
| gone through it with more pluck . >.
And now sand l. who will yOu choose for mate
They answered that they would leave that to me
Then, exclaimed choose noe So Mi Of tRc brig
| since her mate has been down with sickness, we
! can't do better than let him he second mate -,
! This was agreed to the crew were tneh diViucCl
into Watches and all hands went down TO get their
! supper ~ c.,.,,,,,r. soi1 Amt Da-
| maris YOU manage sailors capitally. . -,
These are men very easy to manage replied.
| L think YOU would make very popular captain
said She Don't yon, Florence ,oi = ,o, talk
'YOu will be sending Jack Ia sea again IL you y. n
! IN him like that answered my darling with little
pont' and she put her hand through my arm
Inoticed the look that came into the old lazy )
face when she saw and heard this. If ever she had
wondered whether Florence were really III !3Stt
with me | fancy, from the expression on her, tliit
her mind then and there was lald completely 4" icS'
| OH that head. 1870.
The cook brought some tea aft for us and we went
into the cabin for meal ne 1eloW OH tIc loVh
ont had come down out of the foretop, ana me tele
scOne was handed to the bOsun, VINO, win the gas
under his arm stumpcd the weatherslde OF the deck
knowingly # he had never hce geG OF s brig
ycrv Great for the breeze was now strong wind
| and ali that the vessel carried she mad ana sh'
seemed TO be sailing on her bcaln-ends. why, even
in fine deck house we could hear her lee-chahnels
tearing through the water. and the screaming aloi
among the rigging was as fhe 'e here's strain
| taken off her ancient bones. But meant 10 gly'
! her no respite; especially this evening, when IN,
| island was to be made in day light II possible anu \
rIeased me nightly to hear her thrashing through
It, with an occasional hall -smothered roar OF W'te
forward when she jumped her round BOWS lnfp a I on
| of bolIow-a trite of sea now runnIng-and hurIeC
the surge away from her, while her hull appeared t(
trembe fore and aft as if she were already Dreath
less and Ill with the exctement OF suen na IN tba
deck-house The little table sloped up TO oul
mouths and all that was put upon " slld away III
huddle down to where it was hinged 10 the sue o
the structure. There were no hddles, no coIIoru
nor convenences aboard the Sarah Jane. III wa
like collicring; only instead OF having cTIl I
coasts within hail we were fair betwixt the lndlaI
and southern oceans, midway between Africa ant
Australia. There were couple OF big craps cooked
brou chit to US and tried to eat them Dut IL wa
a hard job. The meat in them was DELICIOUS 10 gu
appetite faded by preserved foods and dry Discui
and desperately tantazing was the 4enFO r O. or r
| and ali onr struggles to detaln them upon the TN
dishes on the table, and skinned upon the uGcK
house floor with vast deal more OF alactitE tnal
they could ever have exhibited in life. At last 1
came TO INV having to feed Aunt Damarls and lor
cnce; which managed by popping BITS, al inc en-.
of n fork. first into my darlings mouth ana tnei
into her aunt's; and uced tell you, boys, wmcl
mouth had the choicest morselsf 1t was luhnl
meal and they both 9ngh9G Hehrty Is g 1e
grace and ease but the crabs were rare eating an'
when the tea or supper or whatever you lke TO cal
if was flushed Aunt DamaTis declared that SIN
| hadn't enioved such meal since she had left Eng
| land l looked into the mates cabin TO see now th
poor fellow was getting on PAU gtVeH oI nicrs -
oot desb. and this along with a crab, he told III
! he had eaten and greatly rellshed but when
l looked at him ! could not but feel that 1000 ma
c nothing to do with his illness; not LORD Mayor
banquet, brought every day to ms bedside, wa
likely TO do him any good; MS maIdHA was ohlN ~
surely some wasting disease. some failure or deca
of n vital organ not to he mcnded by the 10Y
4 fare that an empeTor's cook could turn OUT, re!
found him in pretty good spirits. lie sad u ana mn
{ Good tO hear The brig hummng through the water
: and added She's tender down to a certain point
but after that the canvas would have to Plow OUT
bor,r chf herself by auOtlC
well | mean to give her no rest said /. Ha
had time, maybe IA nave shipped NOR o@l =
- afraid on a bowline But Pm too thankful TO Go
to feel her under me to grumbe at any point III ne
t Dye know asked him, II there's razor ABOARD
feel look like IL ring Iaced monkey Tor the wan
: VI. Il think You'll find one in the captains cabin
d said he; don't know what the poor man had, II
Y sure: but there'll be more consequences 1oT yo
there than | am able to otter You, sir, and he jus
lifted his head to look, with wan apoioge'ic Sol
: rowfnl smile at his chest.
g left him and asked Aunt Damariss leave
G enter her cabin, explaining that wanted TO see
for razor there and al so remove the late skipper
nautical instruments charts, etc, to my own hertz
The idea of asking my PERMISSION sue eNeialhf'
: MIR. Jack, Won can be very sarcastic soine ie5.
shall not soon forget your explanation loi nav ID
) chosen the name of EgeTton.' =, -.
D However. she was smiling as she said this, so
f laughed cut, seeing she meant nothing by II.
+ '1ack' said Florence, can you CONCEIVE no
o | Amt DamaTis and are to manage Tor dCfhtSf
: the voyage is to last for two months-and you sal
G that was quite probable-what are We TO do IL
e dresses
y WHY. nv darling; | answered, what said W;
that il might take this brig all Of two months, an
perhaps three av and even four to reach Australia
But that's suppOsing we have TO perform tnc NOSat
= in hcr-an idea much too improbable to disturb u
. We're sure to meet with ships good enough to tran
fer ourselves TO- and it'll be strange if there are NJ
q women aboard who will help you to wearing al
, nare enough TO last you till you reach Australia.
4 But how long is that likely to be- Mr.. Seymour
g cried Amt Damarls. Remember please, that Flo
e ence and are absolutely without "A change of-er
> a change Of
Il wish could tell for certain said /; we ma
! be out of this brig in a week-we may be out OF h
Tomorrow. Who can guess But, my pet said
: turning 10 her, don't worry yourself over such
; tride as a change of dress. Think of the fcarf