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

gave as much as six and halI Knots wa "P
and ON. throughout the night sometimes III INC
bosun's watch, sometimes in william ooiii'i' D "n,
always found both men alive and Keeping VI 's"'
lookout, stumpng one side of the deck WIN .""p
grinding Mt the wheel to meet the wild play OF the
frsky old wagon, the braces taut as inc oacN'''y .
the wind shrillng out the swollen concavlties an"
tho thunder Of parted seas under the bows coming
ft AGAINST tn, wind with noise like the falling Oh
cataract. where water smites water and roars INTO
foam.
But. when came on deck next morning iouho
fine wind cast-southeast bleak as November III the
Channel thick horizon, smole-colorcd clouds roll
ing ND. with splitting of rain that was swept pasV
the nasts horizontally and the brig Gaming dOWh 10
her covcring-bOard Oh the starboard tack, cloSc-
bouled with single reefs in her topsaiIs, ana her
foresail looking as if but little more weight oi
wind was needed to make eyes IN IT, Oh IL was
dismal sight for man to come on deck 10 'ooN ~ ;
and il made lies of the charts, that set down uno
prevailing winds rs westerly. lon ncch ohly nav
glanced over the weather quarter, ana seen ulio
short. oily wake of the brig floating out to wind
ward TO understand my feelings. Sailing why IL
was all lceway: and the road we had traverSed leSC
night we were hearkening back upon, driving tle
backward beam first, without an atom OF help lor IT,
didn't mind this so much at first, ana, indeed pun
a good face upon it before Aunt D9marls ana ioi-
enco telling them that though to he sure, we were
not living well up for Australia, our BOWS were HioIo
thar way than stern, and that there was no use
III hoping for far winds every tS om;ng came and
found the wind still blowing strong out 9l INC c.sl
the sky dirty, the horizon thick as mud anu llo
seas of stormy green, they slanted thcr curlh9
ridges at the diving bows of the brig and tulnDled
over her weather rail before the drifting null couiu
wallOw ont of the trough. -. A.,
After breakfast that morning ! went mug NY =
tO have "A
him too Ill for conversation. So instead Oh doihS
what Misunderstanding his Judgment as 10 Whetli1l
IL wOud be wise to make inr Wlhh Oh IL ny h1 MI
inc north and seeking far breeze III paiaileISS
nearer the equator for run TO the cape ol uooI
Hope instead of trying for AustrallaEl attolnP,,
nothing more than little sympathy, leellhR al INC
while even the useessncss of that, Tor IL ever man
Law diving he did you saw the shadow OF what was
coming on his hollow fnce and ms eyes ma di,,i
warming look as though for some time they hal
haeu STRIVING To stare past the present peeihE II
olimpse of the new kind of light, whose dawn had
not yet lie had tasted no 1000, ana 10 n ao,,
him if there was anything aboard the Dig nc G4uI
fancy; if there was anything indeed, thCt couIn DC
done for hi II. He answered no, he had no appeule
if there were doctor or heacle nc i oas 9 ~
snrc. and he only needed to he free OF pam, ne
thought to get better but, as it was, he tod me ne
had no hope; and the tears came INTO the eyes oi
| the lonely diving sailor as he said 1t.
The ladies' knew that the mate was n SICK man;
but how bad he was had not told them nor c3ulu
they imagine for they had never set eyes upon MN
nor did they once tell me that they had heard MN
grooming or complaining in his cabin; Nheh leil
him this time found Florence aud Aunt Dailiari5
at the table, looking over book OF TWO 'hcS H"u
| come across in the captains berth. ;,.,,,
/ wish this weather would clear mp, sald inc od
lady The airs TOO ray ana h n nnn Tr tn 70 tbt
house and tumbled about in 1t as II one were III
barrel rolling down hill 49,,
,Itii make home the swecter when We get there,
4 shall he glad to sight ship she continued
It will not matter which way she steers N9l nm
.,toY - al N
| her speed and violent in her movements thah thl'
brig, o, Ill 1y,.o,oo Nth d
Glance 70 let me know that she was sorry that hSl
amt was in a bothersOme mood. The darling coulo
see was worried myself, and asked the question u
take the old lady OIL me. , ,:.,. .,
| If he lives through the night, answered. IIs "a
| much as dare hope for nun:
| They both started. Is he dylngf is nc so nea
death as thatP exclaimed Florence, III Il 10" No'c
| full of awe and pity.
Poor, poor fellow cried Amt Damars. al,
| And he's lying alone there" said Florence with
| ont anybody 10 attend TO him. Oh, Jack, yon mus
| LET me 20 to him. 1t must be dreadful 10 ule VIII
| people talking near you, and yet nobody coming L
| sav n prayer to utter word, to show that you ar
| / fold her TO 90 by all means. saying that he
nresence would be sure to comfort the poor fellow
who might talk to her, and SPEAK TO her OIL IL, n.
| home with moro freedom than ne would venture
upop with one OF his own sex; and stepped OUT o.
| deck being indeed, too much troubled about TN
| weather aud the thoughts II put INTO my heau, u
| dwell upon the mate, though III easier times th
DIVING man would not think have lacked plenty
| OF sympathy and constant attention at my hanIs:
Shilling had charge OF the watch ana lOllnd mn
near the wheel staring alOtt at the topSalls oar
| with the damp, with look now and then at TN
weather horizon that was near 10 us WIN te ih g.,
| hoIlovs which came yawnIug out Of the smother
green as bottle glass, and laced with tr0th that III
| wind no. and again would blow over the rail-.
| This il tho second day of this beaStly easterll
| wind said | to him. | wouldn't call IT serlou
now If | could reckon upon talr Wihd tomorrow
hall my
| drive Ms into the arms OF snip But IL mas al
| abOmiuably settled look. >.
| Yes il do look settled, certainty, ne replIeu
slowing his moist face round the sea; whoever say
! westerly breezcs prevail in these waters hasn't go
, much of the truth in him. .,,
br;o cuuld sail; but what's to be done with an OLE
| cask like this that even with the weather-brace
clicked. drifts to leeward like the smoke from he
| GALLEY chimney, and almost as last 7, ..-.., l..
| There's no use talking OF ratchlng WIN hel
that's plain replied the bo sun. III.
| i've have barely provisions for six weeks. III
| ladies have clio hes but What they stand MP ~
| and we Strathmore's men pretty nearly rs Oadl
off NV fancy is to shift the helm, and stretcn ava
north and risk it; but think of the wind, after W
had made few hundred miles Oh W9s'eItns, f f
on to blow again from the westward IL a Ie'rII
| iob 10 be in a vessel that won't go to WlndWard; l
we don't mind our eye, bo'sun, we may be knockin
about IN the sarah Jane four months hence, an
making a worse shipwreck of 1t than had we stuc
to st. Pauls.' , -
| He tried TO encourage me by saying there was II
fear of that but was IN low splISi anu uaolU
take a hopeful view why, even my former assure
belief that we should sight ship long before on
provisions ran out. and be SuccoTed by her, 6ecam
but a dim, faint thing, when | looked INTO tl
tbickucss and reelected upon TIE huge surface {
water we were upon, how httlo Of 1t, even in clea
weather we were able to see, and how ships paSsin
MS mt a distance of six or seven leagues Woul be
| no more account to us than were the great India
Ocean unnavlgated by any Other fabric than orr
| remained on deck all the morning. trusting tina
the weather might clear, and enable nue. to get
| of : ,a
a visible horizon, with a mind worried by thinkin
whether We ought to hold on as we were or to u
helm and bear away northwest At halt-past II
vent into the cabin for a bit of dinner, and thel
found Florence and her aunt fresh from the dylu
man. both of them looking terribly detected.
| We have been praying with him, ann readii
from Bible he has said Florence. He is vel
grateful. Oh. Jack, he is dying fast. lie falnt'
twice after telling u.s. eagerly, about his mothe