Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-21
BOUND.
BY W. CLARK RUSSELL,
Author Of arhs Wreck Of tAs 0rosvenos, .
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TOO sTtnuur.l
All that day and through tho night that
followed the schooner drove, rolling and
plunsing before the seas, into the northeass,
toths pulling Of the spritsail made ssv.
sral excursions into the forehold, but never
could bear the sound Of water In the vessel.
Her sides In places were still sheethed In ice;
but this crystal arrnor was gradually drop
ping of her to the working Of her frame In
the seas, 20 that, since she was proving her.
self tight, II was certain her stanchness owed
nothing to tho CLASSY plating.
should but fatigue you to follow tho sev.
eral little stories Of these hours one by one
how got my food, snatched at sleep, stood
at the helm, gazed around the sea line, and
the like.
The sea worthiness Of the craft, coupled
with the reasonable assurance Of presently
falling in with . ship, rendered me 70 far
easy In my mind as to enable mo to think
very frequently Of the treasure, and how
was to secure 1t. III fell In with an enemys
cruiser or privateer I must expect TO bs
stripped. This would DO the fortune of war,
and must take my chance. Ny concern
did not lie that way-how was to protect
this property, that was justly mine, against
my own ccuntrymen, suppose had tho good
fortune TO carry the schooner safely into Eng
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miah Mason, Esq, Turkey merchant ina
small way Of business, whose oflcs was in
the city Of London, and II could manage 70
convey the treasure secretly 10 him he would,
knew, find me handsome account in his
settlement Of this affair. But it was inpos-
sible to strike out plan. must wait, and
attend the course OF events.
was resolved at all hazards to stick to the
schooner; and, with view of providing
against the curiosity Of rummaging Of auy
persons who should come aboard, I fell to the
following work after getting my breakfast
I hung lanterns in the run and hatchways
and cabin to enable me to pass easily to and
fro; then emptied ono Of the chests In my
cabin, and carried IL to where the trsasurs
was. The chest filled nearly three parts
full with money, jewelry, ETC., which sank
the contents of the other chests to the depth
wanted. then fetched quantity Of small
arms, such as pistols and hangers and cut
lasses, and filled up the chests with them,
first placing o thickness Of canvas over the
money and jewelry, that no glitter might
show through. To improve the deception
brought another chest to the run, and wholly
filled it with cutlasses, powder horns. pistols
and the like, and so fixed 1t that it must be
the first to come to hand. My cunning
amounted to this: that suppose the run to be
rummaged, the contents Of the first chest
were sure to be turned out, but, on the other
chests being opened, and what they appeared
to contain observed, it was as likely as not
that the rummagers would be satisfied that
they wero arms chests, and quit meddling
with them.
The wind at dawn had weakened and come
into the west. There was strong SWELL
indeed there always Is In this occan-but the
seas ran small Tho sky looked like marble,
with its broad spreadings Of high white
clouds and the veins Of blue sky betwe
wished to make all tho northing that was
possible, but there was nothing to be done IN
that way with the sprtsail alone Had not the
capstan been frozen Ishould have tried to get
the mainsail upon the ship, but without tho
aid Of machinery I was helpless So, with
helm amidships, the schooner drove Ian
guidly along with her head due east, lifting
as ponderously as o line-of-battle ship to the
floating launches of the high swell, and the
albatross hung as steadfastly in the wake Of
my lonely ocean path as though it had been
some messenger sent by God to watch mo
into safety.