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

CHAPTER NNNIII.
I srklhEA BARGAIN WITH TIE YANKEE.
| The captain put his cup down the bowl
.yas empty: I offered 10 brew another
ia-ru. fut he Thanked me and said no,
adding significantly that he would have no
more hereby which he meant that he
waa.d brew for himself in his own ship
anon. The drink had made him cheerful
and y3gd gaturgd. Tie recommended lhat
40 should 20 Oh deck and set about trans
.rinaia, while the weather held, Ion ne
was an old hand in these seas, ana never
trusted the skies longer than q quarter OF
an hour.
This helel,st, says he, wants remedy
irg. aud that'lI follow our eas'n oI 'he
Yes. said l. and should be mighty
tIark,al IL some OF your mel Would see
all clear aloft Tor me, that We might start
with ruauirg rigging that'lI travel, cap
.a,ns thltIl revoive, and sall9 that II
'. "S5 wei manage That for you, said
mo "Tru.ly she's been bad troze-very
had frr.,. burned if ever ! see worse
freeze"
- saving he called TO Bin, who seemed
the priGcipa. man OF the boats crew, and
ave him some directions, and Immediately
,rtargard al the mcu entered the boat and
,ovsi away to the ship.
Wh.le thew we're absent | carried the
captain lato toe hold and left him to over
haul IT, told him that al the spirits,
provisions and the like were in the hold
and lszlrgtte, which was true enough
wanting 10 keep him out OF the run
though. thanks to the precautlon l had
taken. WIS in no fear even Il he should
osnrtrate so deep AFT Before he came out
fier-sud-tweuty stout fellows arrived II
four 5rat- from the ship and when We
went on deck We found them going the
rounds OF the vessel, sCraping the guns t..
~ view oi them, peering down the com
ptaiou. oyerbauliug the torechstle we'll, a.
[ call tae hollow beyond the I0recastle,
aaG staring eloit with their faces iuu OF
trimming Sonder. The plain sang out
TO them. and they all mustered AFT.
Vow, Ids, said he, 'taere'sa big job
before vou-a big job for Cape Horn,
mean: and you'll have TO slip through II as
II son wa grease. When doue there'il be
o. c.gouse, aud I'll warrant We all such u
sup that the most romantic among yen
never cast another pjniug thought IN the
direction O. yoUr mothers milk. w
Having delivered this preface, be divided
The meu lu.c two glugs-one, under the
baat4wtin, to attend 20 the rigging, clear
the canvas Of the ice, get the pumps and
.hs sapS.aus 20 work, and see all ready for
getting sal. on the schooner; the other,
under the second mate, TO get tackles aloit
and break Out the cargo, taking care 20
trim ship while 80 doin2
They tell to their several jobs with a
will. lis the habit OF our cOnntrymeG to
Suee, ~ the Americans a. sailors, affirming
TIA, If ever they win battle no sea 1t Is
by the help Of British TeurEgaes. But
this / protest; after witnessing the smart
ness OF those Yankee whalrwen, ! would
sooner charge the English than the Ameri-
cans with lu5berllue-s, came the uautlCa!
merits OF the twO nations ever before me 10
decide upon. They had the matches open,
tackles a!oii and men ~ wuTH below while
the mariners OF other countries would have
been ~tandias looking on and 'Jlwirg
upon the c5r.-c % be taken Some over
ran the ,a5slc aioIt, clearing, getting away
pounding, making the ice fly in storms;
gtutrs rgyeAtyi the ClpsLaus tlll they Clanh-
ed. others fell to the pumps, working with
hammers aut kettles OF boiling water.
The wonlrHGs Old schooner was never
buster no, not in the hey day Of her la.
When her guus we're h9liug aud her Peo-
pie yelling
A., ba,t,plst three in th5 afternoon the
brggz began to sit in dark cuTis upon the
water. AID there was evidence enough IN
tbs uaziness Ia the west, and N the loom
Of the shoulders OF yapOC in the dark blue
4ncure there, 70 warrant a paCklUl for this
capiui presently,
II reckon, says the captain to me, after
looking into the west, that we'd heat
knock on now. There's snow and wind
Wonder. aud we'd better see all snug while
there's time
He called 10 one Of the men to tell the
second mate 10 come up from below and
get the matches on, aud bringing me 10 the
-ail ne pointed 10 q boat, and asked " that
would do I said yes, and thanked him
heartily tor the gift, which WAS handsome,
[ mu4t sly-the boat being very good
one, though, to be sure, he had got many
times lts value out Of the schooner; aud a
party OF men were forthwith told oil to yet
tine boat hoisted and slowed.
RThe captain then shook me by the hand,
and. calling farewell to Wilkinson and
the negroes. scrambled into the chains and
dropped into his boat very highly satisfied,
make 10 doubt, with the business he had
done that day.
4 boats crew were left behiUd to help
us 10 make sail. But the weather looking
somewhat wild in the west, with the red
light OF the sun among the clouds there,
aal the dark heaye OF the swell running
Iuto q -ickly crimson under the sun, and
then lowing ont dusky again, | got thsm
to r., BILE rect the maiusail aud hoist 1t,
and then thanking them, advised them to
re on We gave them cheer when they
started, which they returned, and then,
putting Cromwell to the tiller, | went for
ward with the others aud set the topsg;i
aud ,orys,ayaaIi the sprjtsall lying turled|,
which would De show enough OF canvas
an saw what the weather was like. l
KEEP. the tOpsa;l abaCS, waiting for boa
10 arrive with my chart, and IN few
minutes the boat We had chssrcd returned
with what | wanted.
Meanwhile they were shortening 7all on
the whaler, aud, though she YVES no beauty,
vet tell You I found her ~ picturesque
as snv ship had ever b-heid AZ she lay
with her maintcpGallantsul clewei up,
her tDp-ail yards on the caps, aut the
head. OF men kaotliug the rect points show
iuu black over the white cloths, her hull
n ,atiug up out Of the hollow aud tIlng'ng
a wet orange CLEAN to the west, tumple
Of creamy foam ahou, her to her rolling
shadows like the passage Of phantom hands
hurryiug over sails ia the swayiug OF her
masts, and tn swelling sea dUkling from
her INTO the east.
I followed my hands, and haiIiug the
captain, VINO was on the quarter deck,
-keI HIM for the time by his rhronOmetcr.
he H,urishei h,s arm ana Disappeared,
ami presently returning shouted to know
it wa ready. put tie key IN my watch
anil answered yes, and then he gave me
the time. My watch, though antique.
,yas A noble piece OF mechanism, and, !
have LITTLE doubt. rs trustworthy ~ his
,bronnweler Bat I was careful to let II
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