New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-09-15

the imitation, they were frequently
sent aloft to loose sail, or called aft
to the braces, by the mischievous
bird, much to the annoyance of the
mates and the anger OF the men. FL
nally, just as the master had made
up his mind to have the parrot kept
below decks, it disappeared. The
mate never discovered how; but, of
course, he believed the men had killed
and thrown it overheard.
The man whom the captain wound
ed recovered slowly from the wound,
having for some time q high fever. He
was taken aft and cared for, with
great kindness, by the captain and his
wife, despite the fact that he had
been the leader in the mutiny. When
he returned to his bunk in the fore
castle he had been completely won by
the treatment received from the man
he had sought to kill. He therefore
exerted his influence in the interests of
| peace; but the breach between the
men and officers had been constantly
widening during his illness, and was
now too great to be closed by any
ordinary measures.
INSTRUMENTATION among the crew, and
began to consider the wisdom OF put
ting the ringleaders in irons. He
enjoined upon his officers extra watch
fulness and frmness, but distinctly
forbade any bullying or hazing.
This was just before the ship crossed
the line.
One evening the ship was struck by
"white squall, '-one of those marine
tornadoes which cause the loss ofmany
fine ships
The night had that SURPRISING
beauty which makes the tropics so de-
lightful. Sky and sea were nearly the
same shade of clear, soft blue, sepa-
rated by a white, tilmy haze hiding
the horizon. The stars of the south
ern hemisphere shone overhead with a
brilliancy seldom seen in Northern
ATTITUDES. The crests of the waves
cleaned with phosphorescent light
against the dark background OF the
sea. Rising in quick succession, they
made running leaps up the smooth
side of the ship, falling back again with
a musical murmur. down over the COP
per sheathing.
The breeze was only fresh enough to
gently incline the deck of the ship, and
the officer Of the watch leaned against
the taffrail, looking at the swelling
canvas towering above him in three
snowy pyramids crossed at intervals
by the black yards, which stuck out
from the taut .leeches of the
sails like spines in the dorsal fin of a
fish; or, dropping his eyes, he watched
the yfish floating by, glowing with
phosphorescent light, red, blue, green
and yellow, in such numbers that he
amused himself by fancying the mer.
maids were having a dance by the
light Of Chinese lanterns.
Presently a littlerattle of the canvas
recalled him from his thoughts, and
raising his head with a warning, "No
higher!' to the helmsman, he noticed
the white haze on the weather horizon
was slowly spreading upward.
The low stars grew gradually paler,
then vanished; and the bottom of the
haze, instead of merging gradually in
| to the deep blue of thes sea, had chang.
ed to a distinct white line, which need.
ed but little watching to show it was
rapidly coming nearer.
The practised eye of the officer took
in the situation at a glance, and, run.
ing to the break Of the quarterback he
shouted, "Clew up the royals" "Haul
down the staysails and jibtopsail,"-
"Call the watch below"
The man sprang to the clew.lines
and down-hauls. The tops of the three
pyramids of sail faded away, giving a
few indignant slaps, and the staysails
ran down with a hoarse rattle of the
iron hanks. Before the gear could be
hauled snugly home, the squall struck
the ship with a force that made her reel
throwing her almost upon her beam.
ends, and half burrying her amid the
swirling foam.
"Let 60 everything" yelled the mas.
ter, as he scrambled up from his cab
in, and rushed to the wheel to put the
ship before the wind.
Away went sheets and billiards.
The canvas bellied and collapsed
caught full again, and jerked away
from the yards in streaming tatters
with roar like a broadside OF heavy
guns. The helm was useless; for the
ship was pressed down upon the wa.
ter, and held motionless, except for a
culver like that seen in a frightened
horse, caused by the springing and
bending of her plant spars. Her lee
yard-arms were buried in the water
and the crew, finding it impossible tc
stay upon the almost perpendicular
deck, had cralwed over the weather
bulwarks TO the outside of the ship
where they chung to the channels.
Capt. White worked his way along
| to one OF the cabin air-ports, and
smashing it in with his boot, called to
his wife,
1--WE are knocked down, Mary!
Reachup your hands. You are small
enough to be pulled through the win.
dow"
"Never mind me, John. Look to
your ship" she answered.
"But if the sea gets up we shall
founder"
''Look to your ship, John! can
come when get the log-book and
chronometer. Look to your ship!"
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