The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-23


CARGO was steering when she sunk. Ac-
cordingly, without wasting further time
they got as much sail up as the little boat
could carry in the stiff breeze and ran
nearly due east before the steady westerly
wind. All day long they ran across the
misty ocean. tho little boat behaving
splcndidly, without sighting any Living
thing. till, AT last, the night closed In
again. There YVES. fortunately. q bag Of
biscuits in the boat, and a breaker of
water; also there was. unfortunately. q
breaker Of rum. frc-n which the two sail.
ors. Bill and Johnnie. were already taking
quite as much as was good for them
Consequently, though They were cold and
set with spray, they had not to face The
added horrors of steryctio1 and thirst.
III shutdown they shortened Ni. consider
ably. only leaving enough canvas mp TO
keep the boat ahead Of tho sea.
Somehow tie long night woro away.
Augusta scarcely closed her eyes bio
l,tlc Dick slept liac 81 top upon her
bosom, sheltered ly Der arms and t.e
blanket from the cold ard penetrating
spray In the bottom of tae i.at Dag Nr
Mceson. TO whom Augusta mtyac DIS
corditl0n-f0r he was sh.vong dread.
fuliy-had given tho other baaket. luon.
ing nothing for herself except She WOODEN
shawl
AZ last. however. thero came O. faint
glow m the east and tho daylight began
Go break over the stormy sea- Augusta
turned her head and stared through the
mist
"What is that?' she said in n voice
trembling with excitement to the sailor
Bill, who was taking bis tumat thotiiler;
and she pointed 30 @ dark mass that
doomed up almost over them
Tho man looked. and then looked again,
and then hallo0ed out ioyiu.iy.
"Land-mnd ahoadr
Up struggled Mr. Meoscn on 90 his
lnees-his Ices were so stiff that Doe could
not Standard began 20 stare wildly
about him
Thank Cod he cried "Wlorc is i2
Is &c New Zcalaudg II ever / sos there
IN stop there III never go. ON o. ship
again.
Now Zealand" growloi tho saior
Are yon o fooR It's Karguelcn Land.
that's what 1t Is. vharo If rains aIl day.
and nobody liyc 5-not even uic-er les
like enough that you'll stop thagc. though,
for don reckon that anybody "ill come
Co take you off ina hurry
Mr. Meeson collapsed with q groan. and
o few minutes aftcrward the sun rose.
while the mist grow less and less till at
last it almost disappeared. revealing %
grand panorama 10 the occupants of the
boat For before them was line upon
line Of Jagged and lofty peaks stretching
as far as TIE cye could reach, gradually
melting In the distance into The cold
white CLEAN of snow BIZ. slightly al-
tered the boats course 10 the 0uiAward,
and. sailing round % point she came into
comparatively calm water lion, due
north Of them running into tlo land.
they SAW the mouth az O. great ford,
bounded ON each side by towering mount
ain banks 500 steep as 60 Doe olm0st pro-
ciDifous. around whose lofty sides iAnu-
sands OF sea fowl wheeled awaiting the
echoes with their clamor hIltt into
this beautiful ford they sailed. past %
line OF flat rocks on which sac huge fam
mstic monsters that the sailors said were
sea lions, along the line of beetlug cliff,
TIL they came 10 q spot where the shore.
on which grew O rank sodden looking
grass. shclved gently mp from the waters
edge 20 the browning and PERCEPTIONS
background And here. go thoir huge dee
light, they discovered two huts. roughly
built of old ships timhors placed within
% score Of yards of each ether and at
distance of some fifty PAGES from the
waters edge.
Well there's house. any way said
the CAT n0sed Johnnie. though DO don't
look ass though it had paid rates and taxes
lately"
let ms land and get ont Of this houi-
be boat. said Mr. Meoson tcebly,
proposition that Augusta seconded heart
ily enough. Accordingly the sail was
lowered, and, gettin. out the oars. tlo
two sailors rowod the boat into q little
natural harbor that opened out a the
main creek, and in ten minutes her occu-
pants were once more stretching their legs
upon dry land that is, If any land bon her-
guelen Island that region of perpetual
wet. could be- said to be dry
Their first care WAS 90 go 1872 70 the hnts
and examine them with result that
could scarcely Doc called encouraging Tho
huts had been built some yclrs-Whcthcr
bv the expedition which, I'm 1914,
came tLithcr 20 observe the transit
of Venus. or by former parties
of shipwrccked mariners, they never
discOyerod-and were now IN state
Of ruin. Moses and iichens grew plenti
fully upon the beams. and even on the
floor, while great holes ia the roof lct in
the wet, which lay in little Shiny puddles
beneath Still. with all drawbacks, they
were decidedly better than the open beach,
a very short experience Of which, in that
inclement climate. would certainly have
killed them; and they thankfully decided
20 make the best Of them Accordingly.
the smaller Of the two huts was given mp
10 Augusta and the boy Dick. while Nh
Meeson and tho sailors took possession Of
the large one. Their next task was TO move
up their scanty belongings the boat having
first been carefully beached). and 10 clean
out the hints and make them as habitablo
rs possible by stretching the sails Of the
boat over the damp floors and covering up
the holes in the roof as best they could
with stones and bits Of board from the
bottom Of the boat The weather was,
fortunately, dry, and rs they all with the
exception Of Mr. Meesou who seemed to
be quite prostratedl worked with a will,
not excepting Master Dick-who toddled
backward and forward after Augusta an