The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-11-04

Liverpool to San Francisco, on
board of an English ship, we had
Just crossed the equator and entered
the waters of the mighty Pacific.
The sun had gone down and every
thing was still, save an occasional
splash created by the motion of the
vessel and the officers martial
tread, as he paraded the poop deck.
The watch had just been relieved,
and nothing being required of us
we congrcgated under the poop
deck, which extended three or four
feet forward from the cabin bulks-
head, and began the invariable yarn
n sailor delights in. After smuggling
ourselves down, one of the oldest
began the following:-
Well, boys, what Pm going to
tell you now happened just as Pm
going to relate it, and its solid
truth. 1t was on board of the ship
Hope. Perhaps some of you have
seen or heard of her. Anyways l
happened to be one of her crew
when this experience befell her, and
what's more, was the principal
party concerned.
1t happened in the North Atlantic.
We had just scudded clear of one
of her famous busters when the
thing occurred. 1t was my turn at
the wheel, and had just spun her
round once or twice and was steady
ing her on her course, when all at
once, 1 was startled by the appear
ance of delicate looking hand
stretched across the face of the
compass and the first finger pointing
to east-north-east, and on one of the
other fingers, brilliant diamond
ring was displayed. Boys, l just
let go that wheel and dropped all of
Il heap on the deck. My hat, which
had strings fastened under my chin
to keep it from blowing off, just
raised itself under the pressure of
my hair, until l was nearly choked.
Well, l cut it loose and got things
shipshape. when heard the skipper
coming on deck to see what the
noise was, he meant when dumped
myself. / told him rs well as |
could and pointed to the hand which
was still visible and pointing in the
same direction, namely: east-north-
east. He looked and looked and
told me l was dreaming. / politely
begged to differ from him, and after
lot of questioning and a consulta-
ton with the chief officer, he de-
cided to alter her course, which he
| did. We kept her east-north-east
for couple of days, and the skip
per was just thinking about putting
her back on her old course, when a
vessel was reported in sight, and
sure enough there she was. The
captain saw through his telescope
that she had distress signals flying,
so we changed our course again and
were soon alongside of her. She
proved to be the French brig Ivan
hoe, bound from Odessa TO New
York. Everything went well on
board till they encountered hurri-
cane of great violence, which dam
aged her so that she became water
logged.
The captain and both officers were
washed overheard and lost, the cap
tain leaving behind his wife and two
children, who were making the voy-
age with him.. The poor wo.
man went frantic with grief and
fell into swoon, which LASTED
until the time we secured he
and the crew. After she recovered
which she quickly did under ou
. care and treatment, we related tn
: circumstances connected with tn
rescue of her and the crew, and IN
experience at the wheel. She Shove
i us the diamond ring which l Mt one
recognized, and frankly admitte
that in her swoon she had recognize
the appearance of our vessel, an
described the appearance of the ma
at the wheel, which conceded wit
i myself and the results already mad
. known. A. w. ii.