River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-10

TlNcu. w e came TO a0CuOf inside the
bar before night. and the old man
looked up the consignees and the Gus
tom officials. He was regular pie for
two days, and then the triangles
showed up in the ofling. The Alice
should nave left four days after we did,
and the captain swore he didn't get
away for five. You know how long it
takes to discharge a cargo in South
| American port even now. and ii was
worse in those days. 1t was Deem
Der /, when we got away. | remem-
Der that Capt. Salisbury was walking
up and down the quarterback as the
land grew faint in the distance, and
was saving to the little mate: Bevins,
| she's three DAYS out of Liverpool.
Halliday will take her a warm passage.
The Ranger is a fine ship. but wife and
boy. Bevins, are seasick. Presently
the captain went below, leaving Mr..
Bevins to carry on every stitch of can
vas the old Blue Coat would stand.
What made this voyage more exciting
to us, and perhaps more depressing to
the captain, was the fact that the
Alice captain had hoped on the rail
as we sailed out by him, and had said
/ he would be right after us next day,
I We didn believe that but we knew
+ he would very soon follow. Capt. Sal
! isbury headed well out to eastward,
/ hoping to catch the northeast trade
| better, and day and night kept every
| stitch set. 1t takes a man of nerve to
/ carry on all sail at night, but that is
! the way the famous passages were
made with the old time packets and
/ clippers We had pretty good luck
until we were somewhere in the lati-
tude of the Bahamas. but away to the
/ ward in longitude IS degrees.
! Thea it fell dead calm. A gale at
/ sea Is sometimes bad, a fog is worse,
/ but the worst of ali is a calm under a
! burning sun. 1t makes me tired even
! to this day. to think of what we suffer-
/ ed for five DAYS. The sails hung limp,
and ratified idly as the ship rolled in
+ the gentle swells, or rushed against the
masts with a boom when it caught us
/ right And the tar melted off the RIG
/ ging and dripping down, and the pitch
] was OoMng up out of the deck seams
I and running across the deck, and the
/ men, without cessation, sawed on the
braces day and night or painted the
/ hull on the sunny side. The captain
/ got wild, and never seemed to leave
/ the deck He would climb the rigging
! to look for a cat 's-paw of wind, and
+ then come down and curse himself for
/ getting off 50 far northward.
To add to his grief, just as the light
/ began to show in the east on the morn
+ ing of the sixth day, we discovered a
+ sail. just appearing as a speck above
/ the horizon to the southwark. The
captain 5 glass was on it in a minute,
and the next moment he was jumping
up and down the quarterback, Hyid
/ with rage. but speechless The sail
was triangle The Alice was over
/ hauling Us Half an hour later, our
ROYALS began to lift with the breeze,
! that had by that time brought the top
/ gallant sails of the Alice in sight
] All hands were called to set the stun
/ sails and no one was allowed there
/ after to 90 below. Men were even
/ kept with the braces in their hands
/ while the captain looked alternately at
| the trianglcs astern and the trim of his
/ own sails aloft Breakfast was served
to the men on deck. We drifted along
4 without gaining an inch on the Alice,
/ until ABOUT Itl - ClBth- itll- Niti-
/ ont warning the wind hauled around
on the other quarter. The spanker
i iibed over in iitfy, and there was a
rush to the braces The men We're
tmbling constantly forward, but no
i attention was paid to that, although
/ they had not been allowed four hours
4 of unbroken sleep in a week. When
/ the wards were trimmed and the stun
1 sails were set out on the other side. we
/ began to gather better Roadway than
/ before, but as the captain was noticing
4 this, he saw that the Alice was favored
with still better wind than he. just
| then Dandy from the foretospail yard
/ shouted On deck, there. Boat adrift
| on lee bow, sir.
/ A moment later he said: There 5
/ some one in her, sir. | saw an arm
waved above the gun ale Then he
4 jumped on back-stay and came down
hand over fist The captain and Mr..
Bevins were both looking for the boat
with their glasses, and pretty soon they
4 saw her. They didn't look long before
! the captain said The man was mis-
taken, Beyins. There's no one in her.
4 That quite right, sir. But see that
Alice raising US, VII you? They
/ both looked over the ta.frail and swore
loudly Dandy stepped to leeward
I and touched his hat Captain, sa id he
/ there some one adrift in chat boat,
/ sir. | know what see, and | believe
4 it's a woman. It's clean murder to
! leave the boat adrift. The captain
/ gave one more look at the Alice, and
/ then turned to thrash Dandy. Both
men were very red in the face when
the captain struck out. He was quicker
than Badly. but he only reached
/ Dandv's arm. and the next instant he
was spraNling on the deck. Before
Mr.. Bevins could rightly shout
'Mutiny," as he tried to, he was lying
across the captains body and Dandy
was tying him with a piece OF the
signal halliards, which he cut with a
/ slash of his knife. wearing, meantime,
that he would cut the heart out of the
one that moved first. Badly was along
side Immediately, and before Mr..
Tullis could get his head out Of the
/ companion-Way he got a rap on it.
Others of the crew took a hand in, and
in three minutes the officers were sit
ting in row against the tatfrail, with
their hands behind their backs, and
their legs tied together, ike the two
1 parts ota back-stay.
Now said Dandy, / m in charge OF
this ship till we pick up that boat,
then Wen turn it over to the lawful
officers again, if so be that we are not
going to get into any trouble about the
little scrimmage. Jump aloft there,
some of you, and get in those stun
sales. The stun sales were soon i'll ioT
the men worked with will. Then we
squared away the yards and were soon
| heading for the boat. The breeze was
freshening. and in less than fifteen
minutes when had an opOrtnnitt to
lump up into the main rigging. we
were so near that as | turned to look
could see very plainly in to the boat
when it rose on the wave. Aft, IN the
bottom child was crawling about.
| A white tarpaulin was stretched over the
three after thwarts, and in the bow
| was the form of a man huddled up and
motionleSs. Then a small white hand
reached out from under the tarpaulin,
as if To find the child. Once it waved
above the rail, and Dandy who with his
men. stood on the quarterback, said;
There, that was the motion saw, and II
is woman.
Jumped down on deck. Dandy was