New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-16

beaye in sight ret. We must give chance ana luck
Hofhcn fnrrs up why, then Mr. Seymour here /
dessay'U agree with lie that the best thing We can
do Is for some OF Us to 50 away IN td g9 anu
/ somewhere about there vOyagng 10 AuS'ralit' on
sailing or steaming westward; and Tor one sha,
be quite willing 20 20 on m the boat ana hhocA
about till vessel passes by . 1890
Florence. Trust our prospects are not utterly
PITY there's nothen 70 make fare Of, ey-
claimed the O'sun. leaning on his elbow ami iels
urely gazing round him. Never see bIl on ana
with gas CROWN u so bare OF bush AS tins hert
blooming rock Would it be worth while, MT. Sey-
mOur stripping the roof Of that hut 10 make Hie
Of if sail should heave in sightT
No. Shilling, the shelter is too valuable; De
sides, you've cot 10 cons der that tins . Volcahle
island, with vapor regularly ooZng out on Part1 "a
it-as Won can see and any smoke we Noulu HitA'
in my opinion would be set down a. a natural
thing having nothing to 10 with people IN ql7lress'
That ID quite probable SAID Aunt DaiharlS'
cooking her eye al her shawl up IN the sky. ,
It's a small signal" continued. noticing that
the bosun and Florence followed the old lady
ecar weather Ike this. and with the aid Of good
glass such as most ships carry. il will be distinctly
visible at the distance of the horizon.
Well dosSay 1t may, sad the 30 sun: speaking
as if 10 hide his doubts. Ii was PLAIN ne nan no
opinion of that shawl signal, and was a good
deal worried and DISAPPOINTED BY BY the very small
Meanwhile said |. We must go 10 work TO ma
out how we are to provide ourselves with food
while we remain here. BE our stay shorl OF Ohg'
we shall want 10 eat
That's sartain." remarked Shilling.
We ought to be able To knock over some OF
those goats with nav pistol SAID l. II mas hye
chambers loaded and Pve got thirty or forty cart,
ridges in my pocket. BY creeping carefully, ana
watching them Just before the dusk settles down,
one shOuld be able TO draw near enough 10 XIII
Yes said the bo'sun g but my notion is, that
our best chance of getting enough TO eat LAYS IN
that water there" pointing to the lake. If il amt
full of FISH and HOLSTERS and crabs and the likes OF
such harices of food As them. III swailer my boots
The jOb'll be 10 get ON ont OF the water; there's
nOthen eau think Of as we could fashion INTO
hooks
putting her hand to her bonnet.
" I'm afraid they'd prove too soft to hold Is ilsh
said Vim YOU let me see ,em. mum - observed tho
Whereupon. to her aunt the trouble of renqyy-
ing her bonnet, Florence drew one from the noble
coil of hair she carried nader her hat The bosun
worked il about with his great hairy fingers, and
then said lac ateard the wired prove too
plant still. there no tcllln; something might
hook himself upon 1t. and not be- able to wrlg9e OH;
only the end nd want sharpening for this here
point" said be- irving II with his thumb, wonld
never pierce "a lsh's jaw, and 1t nd need months
rlbbin' against stone 10 bring at keen. lie worst
Of sbipwreck is II leaves folks without conyen-
fences If we'd brought the carpenter tool-cheSt
along with rs. we'd be having blied hsh Tor supper
tonight. / warrant Faiin' hooks. Mr.. seymour
the next dodge must be 10 convart The Ooats san
into a kind OF trawl, and sweep be water there -
deep as We can let it 90. There's no conceiYm what
it might bring up"
We'll for whole hour we thus sat talking. 1t
did my darling aud her poor old aunt good 10 listen
and make suggestions By forcing them 10 exercise
their mind, ia other ways than that oil broodlng
over our situation and was very careful 10 con
stanty slip III hopeful 1ancies max ng muCh OF The
strange absence or disappearance OF the boats ny
begging nv companions TO consider that' Whatever
the fate OF the rest Of the crew and passengers
might prove 10 be- We at all events were safe; we
had come through darS. dangerous night, were on
solid ground, with NO fear oi perlshlhS from the
a
hand " hich we were bunnd to come at after little
thinking and planning, and enough IN the nut L"
last w. tor five or ak days and hnalIy, we we're
upon an island that Was sighted by eighty out oil
every hundred vessels sailing eastward BuI LOT
ali that my secret views OF our prospects were lear
fully gloomy. When recall what really lh"ushl
aIn amazed that should have been able 10 speak
hopefully and cheertuliy-l mean, ID such manner
a. 10 convinoe the Others that | sincere I'd
catchgF Florence studying my face, and read ng me-
with her sweet. anxious. SAD eyes TIL could nave
broken down under their implormg, pItiul. qucs-
tioning expression but it would not do 10 LIT her
heart drOUp; the finest spirit VIII SINK IL once ihe
conviction comes that there is NO nope. ana my
struggle wa, 70 keep hope ally before h"I ~, ana
before her poor old relative whose age made hcr IN
such "A helpless abandoned, des0late condition AZ
we were IN object of deep compassion. but, as
I say my own views of our situation were so dark
that outside the small chance our dispatchIng the
gg 10 cruise about out of sight OF the island 10 the
north might give us. there was hardly hope l
could form. a hundred ships 81 the distance oi ten
or twe.vs miles might pass by; but what means
had we. NJ that mtscrahlY small slgnul ON the null
VI,
~ i~tence known Even II smoke c"uid nave
called their notice 20 u-. We had no means of pro
duc,ng ~mokr. Some of u.s. t b. true. might starr I'D
pursuit oil u sail bon the glg; but the boats sole
chance would bee .u dead calm, that would keep
the ship rest and enable us 90 use our oars and
could not Jorge, that the preN8iuG winds Ia sum
ucr here were uorrHcrly so that ship, passing to
tbc uortlward of the Standard unless wc
climbed 10 the topot the crater 10 Keep lookout
mp there should be- unable TO see Ga, ocean from
northwest 80 -outhea,t-V0did have us dead 10 leo
ward of tieu cur main reliance then mast Dee
upon h, chance Of q vessel touching az tins ISLAND,
or .r be- attracted b, Our little si-uai. which Wa.
all we had "a hoist, ior the b0It- sail would have
hung MP aud down IS would e larkct or cloak; and
the odds as / considered, of such stroke cd luck
hard s. knew hnW 10 hope, what To THINK: and
nothing bGt the imperative Obligation ld npou mc
by nav love for florence ana the manhood expected
from me by hef ann, c"u nave prrNthrd me
from sinking into "a bitterly Respondent temper
20, had noticed Iu ms daring.
The time wore aN8y slowly. The men lay 10 The
hut during the greater part of the afternoon. !
looked Ia lpou them when climbed for the second
time pas, the structure. 10 search thr ocean Tor
,igu of the boats AMI could luSt distinguish their
hgure- living upon the sail or tine patche- OF grass,
AL as nOtlOulc-- a. cUrp~S, though the sound oi
their deep brcathin rose PIP strong from Do ground
and made the gloom 50 solemn that 10 bred KIND or
awe in q man 20 stand there and Listen. The
be- un after he had done talking 10 Us. went 10 the
1o5t H. seek for something there. as / supposed
but losing sight ot HIM. aud wondering what ON
earth hal become of linn. walked 10 tie boat ana
Iecrlng INTO her, found ny Arend dead asleep at
iul length ~ her bottom, VIII his arm ior pillow
and his ec- stretched along under the thwartS.
When ! had come down from looking az the sen
for the second time, 1t with deep disappointment
and wonder. 1 lad secretly Hupru thIouEu'ui lu'
morning and even duUng the early part OF tho
rtern ,on tnat some of the boat, would be heav'nC
IN sight. Dat when. between half past and 4. j
p, /cd INTO the distant blue from height OF nearly
two hundred leet and .aw nothing, then. indeed.
made UP my mind TO anant ION oil thought OFT count
ING uDou the long boat asa means 0i fetching Us
I,el, II wa, bitter blow. bittricr than can cX-
press: for though. to hc sure. we had brought the
cg through the rOugh - t> ~ last night 3D. safety,
sbe was the east fitted of all the ~trathmoie
boats To encounter turbulent -ather; next 10 tnc
loug-Loa; / should have chosen one uf the quarter
L,If- furnl- ir, with tubular ar-tLht castings hUt
now We were ID lee eit v th only the gig narrow.
shallow boat ia which. 81 be- sure. couple on three
of a, might without much r,,k sail away u "a disc