The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-29
SMELLING AN EARTHQUAKE.
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I'VE was anchor Il in the harbor Of
Manila" said = bcJnzel and weather.
beaten sailor. Is he stretched his legs
under the table and looked meditatively
Mt a glass Of beer which had just been
placed before him. 1T were in the
ship Albert. as ! shipped into fur the
voyage and our old mans name was
Cole. The old man was the best / ever
see ut scentin' q blow. Why. bless ye,
that: nose of his were better than any
barometer that ever was made. MANY
a time I've seen him a-walking up and
down the poop with the sky as blue and
wind rs fair as anything. Suddenly
he'd stop. cock up his hose and give a
sort of snuff like. Then he'd snuff all
round the compass and sing u for to
shorten sail and get ready for q blow.
And the blow came, too. The old man
used to say he sometimes lied. but he
never made a mistake.
''Well. rs / was n saving. we was
anchored in the harbor Of Manila. Il
was the most beautifullest day o ever
see. Not enough wind to ripple the
water. and no a cloud in the sky. The
old man was ashore. Bimeby he came
aboard. As he stepped over the side he
stopped and gave a great snuff. Then
he sauited harder and harder all round
the compass. Then he looked scared
like and rushed below to look ut his
barometer. He brought the barometer
up ON deck and placed it where he could
keep his eve on il, and began { o get the
ship ready for = typhoOn. for that was
what he thought were a-comin'. The
barometer idn' 60 down q Bit. but that
didnt fool the old man. He seutdown
the sky sail and royal yards. bent on
purventer backstays, put double gas
ket, on all the sails 'cepting the fore
and main tawps'k. and did every thing
he could think of to get the ship IN
condition for n typhoon. We oyerhanled
the sheets halyards. buntlins. clewlins
and braces of the fore and main tawps'ls.
ard fixed the gaskets so rs We could
~: uM OF in about two shakes OF a
lambs lal. fur YOU see we wanted to be
able to get sail on to her quick to keep
her OF shore il so be ~ she would drag
her anchors We put out both anchors
and all the chain We had. and it Vas a
powerful lot l can tell you.
well, that night there want any
sign of . blow-just as calm and pleas
ant IS j; had been. and there was the
old man a-walkin' up and down the
deck purity much all night a-loos:n' nj
that barometer. which never moved an
inch The next morning the barometer
did 60 down a little. and the old man
locked acta'lay pleased. fur ,ou see
he'd rather be in the bigges: blow that
WIS than o. csugat at = mi<rske
In sme!lin' bad weather. Wen. about
noon that day, while we were ut din
ner. there come . dull runsbiin' sound
and the ship began 10 trcmble al over
ike Is Il she had struck . rock Then
she began 10 go up up. and we rushed
out Of the foc'tle to see . CREST tidal
wave sweeping into the haE6or and q
shore the husband bricks and trees w,s
a-fiyin' round in great shape. We Was
Al pretty well scared. bat fortunately
we had out 70 much chain that we rode
The wave In safety. In the midst q tn
confusion I saw de Old man clinxins
for dear lifs 70 IL fler1il and heard
him shout: "A earthquaka. b. tAnn1R,
thought 'twas . typhoon"-x Il
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