Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-13


the helm, the sea no heavier, and TIE |
schooner tumblirc in true DUtch fashion /
uaau il. ! locked very earnestly around, /
bl. could s.c no signs of ice There would /
he daylight presently; so | went below, |
liz the ira, ard got my breakfast, ana
whgu r.t1sneu tae rUu was up, and the
sea visible 20 Us lsrthsst reaches.
/, was q GLs wintTy piece; the sea green
auG running in ridges with trOthtng heads |
the sky very pale among the dark sno"
laden clouds. the sun darling ray no"
| and again, which was swung into thy
north by the shadows oil the clouds uhi!i
they extiDguuhsd it. Remote in the north |
west hung the CLEAN of an iceberg-thGt /
WIS nothing a. II sight. Yes something
/ that Ccgqforted me exceedingly, though II
was not very many days ago that IKE
object had heavily scared mean albatross, .
noble bird, sailing On the windwaEd close
enough 10 he shot. The sight OF this living
tLirr was iusNyrrssihly cheering; IL put
in!o nv head fancy of ships being al
hand, thoughts OF hell and OF human com
p3uions. In truth, my imagination was
willing 10 acasp: il Is the same bird that
| I had frightened away when in the boat,
now returned to silently reproach me Tor
nv treatment OF it. Nay, my lonely eye, |
my rubdugd and suffering heart, might
even have witnessed the good angel OF ny
| lille in that solitary shape Of ocean beauty,
anu have deemed that, though unseen, II
| hid h,,u with ne throughout, and was
now made visible 10 lay gaze by the light
/ OF hope that had broken into the darkness
| of my adventure.
Well, surprising il 80, ! should not have
| been the only man who ever scared hls
good angel away and found II faithful
uiterward.
| unlaahsd the tiller and got the schooner
before the wind, ard stcered until little
| before noon, letting her drive dead before
| the SEA, which carried her northeast Then,
securing tie helm umjjship', l ran ioI the
Quadrant, and while waiting Tor thcauu to
show himself ! observed that the vessel
| held her,,lrv very steadily before the wind,
which mighl have been owing 10 her high
stern and the great swell OF her sides and
/ ne. ronud bottom; Int Ice the cau'a what
| il might, 81, ran ~ fairly with her helm
|amidships IS il had been at the taller to
check hgr-a mUst fortunate condition OF
r,v navigation, ior it privileged me 10 get
! about other wcik, while at the same time
every hour wGs conveying m" nearer TO the
tracks of ships and farther from the bitter
regions Of The south
cot ali observation, and made out that
| the vessel had driven about fifteen leagues
during the night. She must dob,tter than
| that, thought l.; aud when ] had eaten
some dinner ! took chopper, and going
on to the torecis;ie lay out upon the BOW
Spit, and sitter bIauEg the sPn,Sth YARD
block clear UI the see, Getaway TIE Eas NctS
| that canliGcd the san 10 TIE yatN, hvaiI NY
hsa''uE tue canvas 'bH' "&s i'|S ron '''i
a Clew of II fell. then caint mana hr"c.u
/ the yard square, AID the w!9a presently
catching tie exposed pa:t oil the Sali, ne"
more OF 1t ont, AID yet more, until there
was a good surface showing; thea to sud
| den hard b'a.t of wind the whole sail flew
open with q mighty cracking, rs though
/ indeed il WIS formed of see; hut To render
| il useful ! lad to haul tn, sheets att, which
| l could not manage without the help OF the
f,cslss ", had used i'm singing the powder
over The side: go that what with one hind
rance gnI another, the setting OF that sail
tagl, me an logr aud q half
F;pI,py that The ship continued ia steer
| hcy-ul! very well, aud the better for the
spr,isail, thought would get the body
| ot tho cIi Fr.nrh,uun oyrrauar,I. and 81
obtain a clear hold for myS+li, 50 lar as
corp'cs went. ! earned the lantern lnto
the io'eclstIe, bnl when Pulie' the nam,
mock ,i! HIM confess IL Ma- not "tT"u'
% S,up'd tear thAt Sho"Id ma mn a'iN''
/ Recollection OF aS "SlonnuihS Nl'''IE
found something impsrshahIeln that ugly
anatomy, and though he lay before me "a
dead and cold as stone, ] yet h'u Iau'y
that tine st,d7ot life were still IN him, that
twas only the current OF ms ntinE thtt
had ir'z' that 81 yEEto lha~ nm "I,''h
he might recover ana 'hat IL hurried h'iu
! Should actually h' dEP'''n'hE NM
Bat though these ItHcies n" .,' u, 'Ds me-,
'" nor ''uI", me- ''',,N NV 80
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