The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-03

on wreck rather than lose n capful Of
wind
The more MI Clement said tho more
excited he got. and from what ! have re.
reated he went on TO wors> until the cap.
tain rot so rolled over the taunts of the
man that he hauled off ard knocked him
down. But he didn't stay down; he was
on his feet again in an instant and grab
bed for pump brake in rack at the
nainmast A pump brake is a mighty
handy weapon. 1t is usually made Of ash
and is about thirty inches long and two
inches thick at the biggest end Capt.
Bodcn grabbed brake at the same time.
Unfortunately Mr.. Clement tried TO pull
it ont the wrong way sAbthe captain got
ahead OF him. whereupon Mr.. Clement
expecting blow, jumped back and drew
sheath knife, and asserted that a cap
tain who would leave sailors 10 die on q
wreck for tie sake Of saving dollar or
two was c0wardly dog who deserved to
die, and die he should if he came o step
nearer with that pump brake. Then Mr.
Norton took a hand in TO subdue the
wrathful second mate.
Now by this time the wreck was
pretty we'll abeam, and her broken spars
were plainly visible, but her hull was so
low in the water that nothing on deck
could be seen. Our men could see the
piece Of spanker (for such II proved TO
be, and not tarpaulin, as Mr.. Clement
said), but they believed it to he tar
pauin. and that it was a signal of dis
tress SO when Mr. Norton started In
with the captain to club the second mate
int M of in
terfered One Of them remarked that if
the Christians wouldn't do their duty to-
ward distressed fellow bein's it's about
time for the devil to make em do it. The
captain was a deacon in the Methodist
church at Northport, and this made him
vince. lie began to think, too, what his
ncighbors would say when the story Of a
wreck being passed in that way got
around. and turning to the man at the
wheel he ordered him TO put it up. Then
the sheets were cased Off, and we Were
soon running down to the brig That
ended the fight.
In less than half an hour the captain,
who was looking at her from the topgal-
liant forecastle, began to get excited. lie
was a warm hearted man. and was as
eager TO make a rescue as any one when a
rescue was TO be made.
There they are, there they are, he
said No wonder we saw no signals.
They're ali under the 70 gallant forccastlc,
and the sterns breaking all up The
waters making clean brecch across
amidships. One, two, three-thore's five
Of EN- all hEddled together, and not one
able to stand up, Ill warrant ye. Clear
away the boat
There was II rush aft by all hands and
the boat was soon ready. Then We waited
to ret near enough to drop it. Every
body wanted TO go in her, and there was
almost another fight TO see who should
have the privilege cut the captain, who
was a master hand with an oar, said that
he would steer and that Mr.. Clement and
two others only should go along, and ii
was settled that way, though much to
Mr. Nortons dissatisfaction.
Ranging close up to windward Of the
wreck, our yawl was eventually dropped
into the sea, and was soon under the lee
of the wreck in spite Of the cross sea that
was still running and in spite of lot OF
the briggs cargo Of timber that was float
ing about Here Mr.. Clement and the
captain boarded the wreck, and after a iot
of labor got the five men into the yawl.
Meantime we had run the schooner as
close under the lee of the wreck as we
dared TO do, and so the yawl rowed down
to US. and we took them all aboard. The
five were all that remained of crew Of
fourteen. the rest having been lost when
the masts went over the side The saved
included the captain, the first mate, the
cook ard two men
of Sandy Hook about fifty miles we
transferred the wrecked crew 10 a pilot
boat bound in. When We reached Fall
River we found the papers had been full
Of tho story of our rescue of those five
men. We were all mentioned by name,
and The fact that the captain himself had
taken the steering oar of the yawl was
made much Of. Captains. you know, sell
dom do such a thing as make q rescue
personally. The captain of the brig, in
his gratitude, had really exaggerated the
danger we ran.
"Of course the British consul was told
all about il, and b. wrote letter to
Capt. Boden, thanking him heartily and
the crew as well, and saying that the
case would be laid before her majesty the
queen. 4 ~ EutColLc VI IL siii wa liiat
instead of the gift of binoculars which
her majesty usually makes in such cases
Capt. Boden got gold chronometer
"All this time, of course, nothing was
said about Capt. Boden having been forced
into running down to look at the wreck.
There was not a man Oh board who would
breath a word about it TO another in the
forecastle. let alone blab it about North
port. The papers said that when Capt
Doden was called into the Maritime Ex-
change one day about six months later
and found himself before the British con-
sui and more than hundred brokers,
who were cheering him with character
istic enthusiasm, lie broke down entirely,
and couldn't say or do anything but rub
his eyes with the back of his hand, as if
he was trying to get better sight at
something So they had to put the box
holding his chronometer into his pocket
for him.
LAS | said at the beginning, Mr.. Glenn
ent was in no way thrifty, having too
strong a liking for liquor. But he had
smart wife, who, by dint Of hard work at
whatever offered among the people Of
Northport, had managed to buy and
partly pay for neat cottage, with half
an acre of ground facing the bay, and in
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