Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-20

r,ta .r,oisa c5lored by the furnace that
,-74rr,s il. IT, the west, lint the night had
5-,y.g down uu,rls aId dark; the washing
noise Of the wafer was sharp, the VIVA
r:r-cingly cold each sweep ofths schooner =
r.ss,, m wig6,earl W. followed by dali
roaring of the blast ru.hinc out OF the hol-
lows Of t. canvas, and she swung TO the
s-74 with Wild yaw-, Int with regularity
sufficient 70 prove tire strict government OF
the helm.
Ia. 1t was brjrg 81 sta, homeward
bound. to-, There wa- @" wish OF mipe,
5nysuaer,d by nv bids0ua Loneliness on
the ice, 10y my abhorred association with
the Frenchman, that l could rot re!el to
AZ down to this moment. gratitied. Ny
heart bounded; my spirits could not have
heeu higher had this ocean been tue
Thames. and yonder dark flowing hills OF
water the banks Of Firth aud the GrayeSenu
shore.
turned to the three men. My lads, ~
said I, "you prove yourselves hne bold lei
lon. by thus volunteering. Do not fear
if God guides ~ home-tO ny home, l
me,n-you shall find handsome account
in ;hjs business.
SIX more chaps would have lined had
tn ole man hin wlllin', ~ said Wilkinson.
But best as rs it u, master, though she's
a tribe short handed"
why. yes, said I, "bnt being fore and
aft, yau know Il isn't n If we'd got
courses to hand and topsaiis 20 reef y
"Ay AZ, dat's de lrooi, cried Bill Pitt.
I tort o. dat. Fore an att makes de differ
ence. Don't guess | should hab volunteer
had she been brig.
There are four Of as, " saii /. You're
my chief mate, Wilkinson. Choose your
watch
II choose Cromwell, " said be; "he was
in my watch aboard the whaier.
Very well, " exclaimed; aud this being
settled, and both negroes declaring them
selves good cooks, We arranged that they
should alternately have the dressing OF our
yic,uals; that Wilkinson should have the
cabin next mine, ard the negroes the one
IN which the Frauchmsn had slept, one
taking the others place as he was relieved.
II asked Wilkinson what he thought Ci
the schooner tie answered that he was
watching her.
There uothin' to lind fault with yet, "
said he, she's a whale at rolling, sartlnly.
/ guess she walks, though | reckon shes
had enough OF the sea, Ike me, Gnd's got
the scent o the land in her nose. l guess
old Noah wasn't lar eli when herline1 was
laid. Mebhe his sons had the building OF
her. There's something scrlptural in her
cut. How o,d's she, master
Fifty years and more, said /.
"Derr'a nutdn par,ickier in dat, " cried
Cromwell Il knows Il vessel dat am lUi
yesrs old, s'slp me al ! stand.
~ don know how the waler's head
iug. " said |, bat this schooner's q canoe If
We aren't dropping her"
Indeed shc was scarce visible asleTn
mere windy ticker, lowering upon the
pale Hastings OF the foam. Ii might be
perhaps thai the whaler was making
more northarly course than we, aud under
very snug canvas though ours was snug
enough 700; hut he this ~ 1t may, ! WAS
nightly pleased with the slipping qualities
Of the schOoucr | never could have
dreamed that 80 odd and ugly a figure OF a
shin would show such heels. But ! think
this, we are too prone TO view the handi-
work Of our Sizes with contempt. do not
know bat that their ships were ~ fast a.
ours They made many good passages.
They might have proved themselves tlecter
rayigAtors hal they had the seN.ant and
thermometer to help tdem along. Fifty
years hence, perhaps, mankind will be
laughing at our cruIitles-we, by Heaven,
who latter ourselves that the art Of ship
building and navigation will never he car
RED higher than the pitch TO which We
have raised them,
Cromwell being at the filler told Eilly
Pitt to 20 below and get supper, instruct
ing him what 10 drsss and how much to
mix for % bowl--Ior, ~ sou know, there
was nothing hat spirits aud wine 70 seas N
our rrpt5ls WIKI. ! saH Cromwell grin
widely into the binlac,c candle Il .lne
when hesh.ari me talk OF ham, tongue,
sweetrueAts, marmaladr, and the like t0r
supper. together with q can oi not cimet,
aad Knowing sailors uoture miiditng well,
did not doub, tina. the trt OF the schooner
would bring the three men more into love
with the adventure than even toe rrwawd
that was to follow IL.