New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06

going 10 my bank to see how much was WoItn
likewise in ordering clothes and linen and 40 FORTH
and after luncheon l went 70 the oihce OF duncan,
GOlightly & Co., TO inquire If anything had oeen
heard of the Ong-Ooat and quarteT-boats belonging
TO the StrathmOre There ~ no occasion 10 repeat
nv conversation with Mr.. Golightly, beyond saying
that the news of the laundering OF the vessel had
been received there weeks prior TO the date OF my
arrival in London, and that news OF the boats eA
cepting the one in charge Ot the carpenter ha9
been teegraphcd. though, until called, the gig had
remained unaccOunted for. The lOng-boat, MT.
GOlightly informed me. had, while running during
the night been nearly swamped By sea, by when
she lost her lights ard compass. nable 10 MAJ q
true course Thompson hal missed the isIahu u -.
Pauls wide, and was subsequently plcheu w ~ a
Dutch steamer ninety miles east-sOutneast OF tiEl
rock The first life-boat during that same nignt
had sighted small vessel when she was nearly INTO
her had hailed her and her people had been taken
aboard: but the captain declined 10 seek LOT lle
other boats, and held on with b!s voyage - l4 t
had mistaken Amsterdam Island for -. Faul - anu
the crew and passengers had landed thare' hut
they had not been on the island an hour when they
sighted q full-Tgged ship standing 10 inc west anu
and AT once Jumped into the boats and gave chase;
making themselves seen by her atteI loNihe anu
sailing for six hours. cf the fourth Doat may - -
we'll 5Hv here that she never heard OF, anu IL
was supposed that she had fonndercd during ne
night She WAS i'm charge of the carpenter ana her
people consisted of Thompson Tucker, seven STD
men and six 'owcen-deck passengers.
am telling you this IN an Oii-hand way. Tor the
wreck of The StrathmOre happened a good many
wears ago and the interest II excited IN an age Whcn
She was reckoned one of the finest of the vessels
trading 10 Australia has long since been clean IOI-
gotten but none the less do remember how mucn
astouIshed and impressed was 10 hear OF the long
boat missing St Pauls. and being found knocking
a.out ninety miles TO the south aud east OF that Du
Of land and of the people OF two OIL fhe quarter
boats having reached Amsterdam Island ana eS-
caped from n two DAYS before IN the Sarah Jane
rounded that rock and hove to a ii burned mares IN
the hone of some of the crew and passengers oi the
Strathmore being ashore there. Certainly, theTc Is
no limit TO the surprises of the deep and a. tfuly
lively sample of them | often mention the good
luck OF the Quarter-boat tlat net me Hial No'7cI
and was rescued By her. IN that DARK ulSut ch We
~ tbc lrle were being swept before the strong
breeze sitting and holding on for our lives, scarce
able 10 see fatGOm past tie SunWdle 30 lldl' ~
laud,uen think as they please, the fact = mar the
nearer one comes 10 what may sound improbable or
even iwDOsShle To them. the closer one gels 10 the
truths OF he ocean and stilOr-men > experiences.
We'll, my next Grand after ealing on the ntll pl
sip-owucrS in Fcnchurch-st. and hearing about the
boats, was % visit the offices OF the owners ot the
ClauwllliaT. Ny wish was 70 ascertain thf charge
had MT those owners 10 by their ship bringing ine
home from the Southern Ocean. But theN dccHhru
20 make any charge; they said their captain nlu
merely done his duty IN reScIing me ana the oth'Is
from dangerous sltuat on, ana thtrt WIS NUN
ing 10 pay Ih. led to TIE most amlHbe contest /
was ever engaged IN; but hudlhg theh lirh' WcIIt
away and on reaching my hotel sent them cht,A
Or TWENTY-FIVE pounds, 10 be divided among me
crew cf thc Clanwllllam, and requested mat tHe
rautain would do me the favor 10 purchase some
little trAe 70 remember me by ont OF his share 81
tIe money II was a. much as | could afford and
though perhaps II might aboIt pay for my malnten-
speak of it in relation 10 the DEBT owed the sDlp
for that, God knows. VS. not dl-cbargeaDle ny
money. Anyhow, II would have gone AGAINST my
grain to have used the Cl1nwllldm ana lived COM
fortabiv aboard of her without paying something
for the privilege; and consequently was very
niaa.ad ,rbon | received . handsome letter OF ac-
acknowledgement from her owners. thanking me for
the check. and accepting ~ tor thc crew
II was on my return 20 Covent Garden that l
rouud this telegram from my uncle awaiting me :;
Thank God Won are safe. Come 70 us as soon as
Won possibly can. All well here Heaps of news.
There vas uOt hing 10 drtaln me ID London Dut me
tailor who kept me waiting three days thouFn
am hauuv 10 think / made hi, life burden 20 him
hv many violent threats Ot leaving the garments
A. he called them upon his hands # he did not
unc+rlq nv deliver them on the day and hour prom
ised They were three long. dull. tedious days 70
me. | had no disposition 10 visit my old haunts
All the time was thinking OF flqrencr, Wonuer,ns
what Mr.. hawke would say, what news oI Mi;
Morecombe / should hear hat my uncle had TO tel
me. aud the like; and yet impatient as was 70 get
49, bris+,l ri sometimes think the delay fOrtu-
nate A. II would give MIR. Hawke time not only 70
hear all that Aunt Damaris had To say. but to gest
her views about ms. aud get 70 understand ms
BE NJ fairly ashore again, all the past rose UP
stron. and sharp; ! recalled how had langhed
ont a. MIR Hawke when he rolled up 10 my nttle
lndgjnO and requested me To leave Bristol; how he
had fumed Oycs the attention paid ms daughter AT
III. diuuer-table; how he had described NE 20 MS
sister as a common young sailor chap; now ne hnu
I1rrelIod with ms unce's family on my account
and then Id think of his generation Tor tho alStoc-
racv and ask myself whether ! had rlSht 10 sup
,,n that my chasing his daughter 10 sea and beng
shlpwrecked with her, were circumstances lkeiy 10
alter ms snobbish views. ard cause Inn |" tInk me
GOOD enough 70 take the place OF that blood "hIcl
he had sent his daughter On disastrous voyage 10
obtain. ..a1.l $780,,
and fullv equipped with all the tOggery required.
I vent down 10 Bristol meaning 70 take my rela-
fiyes unanuounced. Ny heart thumped hard under
nv val,tcuat Is ! drove up to clifton Ii seemed
INT es,erlay that | was at Bristol and yet, when
7 caino to look back 20 much had happened since
that There seemed to be enough OF hopes ana fears
and hardshps and lOye-naklng 70 MI up Tue cA' a.
of half a dozen years. Dreams heart awe Hial
dnasnt need 10 20 10 bed for them w hat visions
that ever came before me IN my sleep approached
nrh expercuccs a. my sitting one day IN little bit
~ a Ia iClng in Bristol madly IN love with girl,
and thinking OF her something a. remote nom me
80 the angels who live IN Paradise. past the blue
r;es and the next day, 70 speak cast away Win
br man q df.olate OCEAN rOck-wIth her and the old
iadv who was running away 10 Australia with her
TO escape me' And rs The cab rolled upward, ana
p.ercd out first 10 starDoard ana Jhen 10 port
ibrough tine windows at many sight that was
f,Intlipr 70 me and thought OF the anthem III Inc
cathedral the lOcket my darling had gwen ue-stlA
sUug I'm nv brea5t-aud the Letters. the meetings,
tie voyage. aud nor, why, tue Strength Oh my
pa,siOn for her so great, NY cNc 80
inr that | fct It would break MY heart outright,
that life w0uid be the most drSOla'r DiahA 70 me-
th1t | should no, know what 10 do, where 70 go
what IA live for if she denIed To NE after all
hit IA al ug-aed between us II bhe refused me be-
cause her father rejected me- loving me as l knew
I she did--aV bows, a. truly dR loved htE OIL,
The cab stopped. spraug out ana rang t4c DeiI,
and while waited for the door to be opened slVla
"a glance round the CrOunds-dt the seat up III tilt
- r. b.r,. had told Florence loved her, nj the
/ snmncr-hou5e where | had sat grinding my passion
INFO tbc earth with my heel, through the mortinca
,,or had f.I+ on finding that Florence had not IN.
Tod me 10 the dinner my relatives had been asked
to The man-seIvant appeared ana when he sa"
me he gave great start and then broAe mo an
,,ner.e rrr daresay BE- remembered the two
baifcrowns gave hun one evening for bringing NE
certain letters.
Is ny Uncle ar nom. -. ,........-
Yes. ST: he'll be glad 10 see YOU MI Seying}L =
nv Gnc!e appeared at the end Of the hall. II wa.
MT shout and then "a rush and a mad grab al ny
hands. ,
NV dear Jack NJ dear Jack my dear Jack =
wi IL .s,l y ~ ~ - crled Nv dear nnee. how