New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-06

aThank You, sir for Your information, It Is very
irterestinr" said l. "NauticRl terms are exceed
ngly difficult to understand: DIT Fhot' VIII ~"
V ching they drowns rats in, amt it, SIR an
swcred the pilot, hoarsely, looking with grin al
'ap "ad What part of ship is the main jibboom
waWejI saws the pilot "in my young days it
used to be boltcd 70 the first strake unaud d III III
water but customs varied since then' anu !. II
allow if We seek it, yell find 1t mostly ATOP OF inc
~" - ITbcro ia no main iibboOm sir" exclaimed
- lint III tell YOU what there IL. There are shlps
which are allowed TO leave port sight TOO qeeP IA
tLe wafer sir and we're on board one OF them at
this moment Dive feel her straining quot lts
enough to tear ont her bottom" 5000,
"Wenr said the pilot, Il didn't stow the vessel,
and whether she's deep lights nothing to do with
me NV business is to give her clear rlz"n anu ut
I'm doing. though this young gentleinah hrIc
doesn't seem to believe as that were HhB o'u
Oh. YES. I do" replied. snow that ycu tel me
that we are. How dreaifuy high the WIND Is;
DO Won think if go on deck there Is any uangcI VI
my being blown into The water" s1sr,os
Az. Very great danger" he replied. II was
'C = Pm not very sleepy vet but when do 60 to
bed Mr. PHO" said l. hope. il You should steer
MS into the rocks or anything like that you WIZ
instantly call me so that may have Il ch"n'e u
lie smnmbIcda blessing on my eyes as left the
table and entered my cabin 10 I'LL pipe oi tooaccI'
A small bracket lamp swinging against Stahch-
ION shed n faint, uncomfortable light upon inc
little interior, in which spied Mt 0rIihth hpiuns
Morccombe's wrist IN his hand me mnItPPS ~
he'd There was q smell of physc about! SOFT OF
chloroform flavor mixed with brandy, Whlch mae II
the atmosphere anything Out pic tka h,llbaad
clothes suspended on pegs against inc pukn.d d
swung wildly; the recnng OF the snip pIuuIh' tiJ
sea alongside close. and rendered the ,Was1 anu
thunder of IL a very distinct, near sound anu Tue
cabin deck was a surface that seemed 10 STANG IN
half dozen directions all Ut once l asked Mr;
Griffith how his patient did ana ne IePi'TT co PM his
enough. His prOstTaton Is very great fcs tI ne
haudN took il, and found it rs cold rs piece OF
iron and Shiny with moisture, IKE thc ntW on y
dying body. could not see MS nee. l3r sTns
drcp shadow and partly turned toward the snip
side. if he was awake he did not speak no souhd
came from him. and | was glad that inc conSlitnII
ceased / was so concerned for him that IL was 2
positvc comfort to feel that we were ildhIus R.gu
headway and would. II the Whd nelo Do IN con MD
Isle of Wight i'll the morning. However, coulu
bo of no use took my pipe ana SiepPu ",'t o
To the Uuarter-dcck for a smoke, sheItcrihg nHSch
bv standing under the break oil the poop 10 viii i
,yord against the chief mates cabin. There was
plenty of wind in that black nlgit; anu 'ho HIs'
ling of it in the rigging was rs shr AZ thote' ou-
rrcpations of wild-fOwl wore being swept along
and screaming rs they drove; but IT seemed W me
there was less weight i'll the pouring bIast tnlh
there had been an hour or Two pel2re. 'I'a a
auOt her creep of II to the eastward htu pun my
wintrv touch into the Tawness OF IT'S co!d. Hihhil
wonder that the decks were deserted. ne eleHh
of water came out of the darkness IN the ice HciP-
,,ar aud rver,. roll 10 wiudward brought the iuky
iluid up 10 the wcathcr-dcck like the run OF lue
on a shore, creeping mp and down win IeguIa gum
pcndulum Swing. Ii Wild feeling you GOT
when you looked nj the mainmast' standlhK pam
for height of fifteen feet or so IN thc cudy ltiI
with lines of gear coming down and Delayed 90 we
circle of pins that gITdlcd 1t, and then DouhI tnc
vast spar vanishing at that elevation IN rue hOWI-
ing backncss as though II had been saved on ne
dim space of topsa gllmmerlng on hlgh scii iiSI
seemed to belong to the ship: The water waS.i,u
past with a whitcncss in the foam OF II Ike tnc
msparkling surface of frosted silver and when the
ship rolled over to lceward on the penn 10Y ~
with kind Of hill up alOft where the .Wlnd loui'it
less to split uuon in the santng taOrlc lhe lIolh
looked to roll up to the horizon, and tho sea stan
ING above the tOpgallant bulwark was IKE INC
sIonc of hill buried in snow. Once, when the snip
came over to starbOard on q surge thaI lcIt lc
spars erect | caught sight of a KIND OF phantom
thing q vague, pallid shadow at that distance Oh,
and coming and going IN the darkness J,lSi htJote
the main rigging | got on the lee po0lriaddtr 10
look and made the object out 20 be thtec-iiiSl1u
schooner that we had Oycrhaulcd, aud were SLOWLY
p,,n INV word she was the ono thing, somehow
felt that wa, wanted to complete the mystery oil
~ III .cene for she rave You something for your
gaze TO rest on. though all tho whilo she Wa5aS
vague and Elusive az spectre, WIN er puIt Isnt
like a red eve ftfuy showing over the surface 0l
white around her bows, then vanishing, as a GlaGh
coil of water rose mp between her and US WhHe ITO
rccfcd canvas faded. If you watched II steadl{, as
though it had disSo!Slesai mo anC ,yG
little way from her to eaten SishV Vi 'io i'''''
Y" We'll, having smoked my pipe, vent into the
cldv where | found the Chiei maze Il ulHh
Thornton, a squarefqccd bnTTt-np icio NJ WIN Ior
+iittrrng bluc eve that tumbled about llFc MON
e.! I snnposC he had found ont by the LOOK OF
NJ ai dinner That the skipper and were old chums'
and 1 he asked me to accept his apology for his man
befo ,'' Mr. Eglrton and couldnt quite make out
y yotE Object standing at the skght aud 9o taS
down into the cuddy for ten minutes at IA o,IT
Eis face grin which gave me to know that he for
nn II had smclt out something Of my business III
that ship However for my part he was wtIS Smnf
60 Gnd ont All he could. minded no one Dut Aunt
Ra nu and to tell You the truth was boginn,
ing to think even if she were 70 d asr"ns co 5
VI" -, the flce of the lovely. malicious gcaih
that had Shot INTO my sweet ones eyes ThGR sho
"a at the dinucr-table: " What can shc 90 II Oh"