Milford chronicle., 1888-08-31

ahead ~ him. whereupon Mr.. Clement
expecting a blow, jumped back and drew
a sheath knife, and asserted that cap
tain who would leave sailors to die on
wreck for the sake Of saving dollar or
two was cowardly dog who deserved to
die. and die he should II he came a 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
prettv well 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 a spanker (for such It proved to
be. and not a tarpaulin, as Mr.. Clement
said). but they believed it to be tar
paulin, and that it was a signal Of dis
tress So when Mr.. Norton started IN
with the captain to club tb" second mate
into submission, three or four Of them in
terfered. One of them remarked that If
the Christians wouldn't do their duty to-
ward distressed fellow beins it's about
time for the devil to make em do it. The
captain was q deacon in the Methodist
church at Northport, and this made him
vince. He began to think, too, what his
neiphbors would say when the story of a
wreck
around and turning to tho man at the
wheel he ordered him to put it up. Then
the sheets were eased off, and we We're
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 He
was a warm hearted man, and was as
eager to make a rescue as any one when
rescue was to be made.
There they are, there they are, he
said. No wonder we saw no signals.
They're all under the fo'gallant forecastle,
and the sterns breaking all up. The
waters making a clean breech across
arnidships. One, two, three-there's five
of EN- all huddled together, and not one
able TO stand up, I'll warrant ye. Clear
away the boat.
"There was a rush aft by all hands and
the boat was soon ready. Then we waited
to get 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. But the captain, who
was master hand with an oar, said that
he would steer and that Mr.. Clement and
two others only should go along, and it
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
inc about. Here Mr. Clement and the
caDtain boarded the wreck, and after a lot
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 and two men.
"Of Sandy Hook about fifty miles we
transferred the wrecked crew to pilot
boat bound In. When we reached Fall
River we found the papers had been full
of the 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 thing as make 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 it, and he wrote a 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. The outcome Of it all was that
/ instead of the gift Of binoculars which
| her majesty usually makes in such cases
| Capt. Boden got gold chrOnometer.
IAN 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 on 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.
Boden was called into the Maritime Elk.
change one day about six months later
rOd found himself before the British con
sui and more than hundred brokers
who were cheering him with character
istic enthusiasm, he broke down entirely
ard couldn't say or do anything but ruf
his eyes with the back of his hand, as il
he was trying to get better sight al
something. So they had to put the box
holding his chronometer into his pocket
for him.
CAS- said at the beginning, Mr.. Clem
ent was in no way thrifty, having toS
strong liking for liquor. But he had ;
smart wife, who, by dint Of hard work q
whatever offered among the people o
Northport, had managed to buy anC
partly pay for a neat cottage, with hal
an acre Of ground facing the bay, and il
tho southerly outskirts of the village
But the mortgage of something over $500
with the interest, troubled her greatly
happened to be in the house the mex
morning after Capt. Boden got the chro
nometer, and she was just saying sh
wished the queen had given him tn
money value instead, for then the captail
would have been man enough to divid
with the crew, when in walked the cap
tain himself, without knocking. The cap
tain was plainly excited.
"'Why, captain, said Mrs. Clement
what's the matter? Is Sarah or any chill
sickT
F." No, no, said the captain, as he fun
bled for big envelope No, we're a
as wells common. Here's a letter for yC
Ireczon it's from the queen of England
and if you'll ask Dan about it he'
tell ye.
Then he went out and slammed tn
door. The letter was a release of tn
mortgage on the house. The captai
knew that to Mr.. Clement was due til
credit of the rescue of tho crew of th
brig, and while he could not refuse
take the gold chronometer, he was detei
mined that the Clements should hay
more than the value Of the present. y
New York Sun.
! MICKEY FINN'S RATHER