The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-22
We dared not vecr

wind. thus We lay, thus we drlit'd- stcNdlly
trcnding with the send Of each giant surge
farther and deeper into the icy reglonsol tho
southwest, helpless. f~orebodinc, discofSoiac'-
II was the night Of the fourth day Oh the
month. Tho crew werc forward in the fore
castle, and / know no: if any man was on
deck saving myself.
| stood in tie companion as in a sentry
box. with INV eyes Just above the cover
Nothing was To be seen but shoots of gnostly
white water. s,vceu:ng up the blackncss on
the vessels lee, or breaking and boiling 70
wIndward.
After a long and eager look round into the
! olscurity. sentiment with froth, ] went
below for & mouthful of spirits and n bite OF
supper, the hour being eight bells IN inc
second dog watch, as we say-that is, eiSh,
o'clock in the evening. The captain aud ear
nrntcr were in the cabin. Upon the swing
tray over the table were a piece of corned
beef. some biscuit, and "a bottle oil hollands
"Wc'ro in IN ugly part Of the globe
says Cart Rosy. "When bed sailors die
they're sent here, | reckon. The worst nin-
tical sinner can't be hove % long OIL the Horn
without coming out OF it with a pnrgc1 soul
| He must. s;agt afresh to deserve further pun
ishment."
.IVcl. here's a breeze that can't 80 en-
blowing much longer cries the carpenter.
''The place il comes from must give out soon,
onlcss now trade Winds got fixed into a
whole gale for this here ocean"
"What southing DO you allow our drift
will be giving us, captain@ asked, MUNICH
ing "a piooe Of beef.
"AIo four mile an hour ~ he answered. "If
this goes ON | shall look 10 make SUMO discov-
cries The antarctic circle won't be far oil
presently, and since you're a scholar, Rod
ney, III leave you to describe what's inside
Of it-though boil me If ] don't have the
naming of the tallcst land; for, dye sec, I've
a mind Ia be Known after Fm dead, and
there's nothing like your signature on a
mountain 10 bc remembered by
At this instant we were startled Try a Wild
and fearful shout on deck. IL sounded high
above the sweeping and SETTLING of the wind
and the kissing of the dashed waters, and 1t
penetrated the planks with a note that gave
it an inoxpreSsible character of anguish.
"a man washed o%ycrtpardr' hawled the
carpenter, springiug 10 his feet
Nor cried | for my younger and shrcwdcr
ear had caught . note in the cry that PER
suadcd INC it was not as the carpenter said;
and in an instant the three Of Us jumped up
the ladder and gained the deck.
Tho monout 1 was ia the GGlc the sano
%aTrightad cry rang down along the wind
from some man forward: "Ior Gods sGse,
tumble up before sc arc upon ~"
"What 90 you aceI' reared, sending my
t -...4 g.Htr. t-...~f ~Mrr l.r4Hrs
for as h my own and ulos..ht O: Capt Rosy
and tho carpenter, why Il was lie being
struck blind 20 ocao On a Sudden ont of the
lighted cabin into tho black night
ANY rely that might have been attempted
was chose1 out By the dive of ths l.ics
head into tho Soa, ShiCh fur.gu-ly Gcolod
lcr forocastle, arl AZ washing ait Ike
milk in the dar..ucss, tai it was Up 10 our
knees
SO thoror7 saadonly reared the carpenter.
"Whcrc, man-wpcr "blwled the captain.
Bat in this brief tine my sight had groyyn
used 70 the night, and saw the object before
the carJentor could answer. l. lay On our
loo beam, Int how far or no man could have
told in that black thickness l. stood against
the darkness and hung out n dim complexion
of light, or rather Of p~allidnees, that was not
light-not 10 h. described by the pen. IL
was like "a small hill Of SLOW, and looked rs
snow does, or the foam Of the sea in darkness.
and il came and went with our soaring and
sinking
"Icel7 ! shouted to the captain
81 see IL" no answered. I'VE must drive
her clear at all risks"
There was no need 20 call the men. To the
second cry that had been raised By one
among them, VINO had cone ont of the fore
castle and seen tho berg, they had tumbied
up as sailor viii when they jump Tor their
lives; and now they came staggering, splash
inc, crawling aft 20 Us, for the lamp ia the
cabin made a s.,oou ia tho companion hatch,
and Tiny colil SEQ us as we stood there
"slcn," cried Capt Rosy, ~'yondcr's n
Cr4ycstono for or carc2ssHs ii We arc noa
lively Cl-t tho helm adriftr' I've stecrcd
10y a tllcr) Two hands stand by IL For
ward, soUo OF SO. and loose The forostay2il,
and show tic ae4d OF TT
The fellows hung in the wind. J could not
wonder. Tho bowsprithai bccn spruug when
the i.bbCoW was.WIUucIcd from tho cap by
the fall of the topgallaHtmast; IL stil hal
b bear the WEIGHT q To- heavy spritsl.l
yard, and the drag OF the staysail might
carry the spar overheard with the men upon
il. Yot 1t was our best chance; the one sail
most speedily released and hoistoi-thc one
that would pay the briggs head or quickest,
and the only fragment t.rlt promised ost3nl
Jump roaIcd the captain, in a passion
of hurry. Great thundcrl It's close alOlrG.
Youth leave nc no ga room FOR voering if
you delay az instant"
"Follow me who wi1r ! cried out; "and
others stand ly ready TO hoist away"
Thus s~poatinc-for there seemed TO my
mind a surer promise Of death in hesitation
at this supreme moment, than il twenty
such risks a. laying out on the bowsprit sig
nifiod-I made for the leo Of the weather
bulwarks and blindly haulel myself forward
by such PIN and gear rs came TO my hands.
a man might spend his life on the ocean and
never have Il deal with such a passage Is
this.
| got on 70 the bOwsprlt, nearly sti0ed by
the showerinS OF the seas, holding an open
knife between my teeth, half daSed by the
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