Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-12
ICE BOUN
BY w. CLARK RUSSELL.
Asthor Of "The Wreck Of the Grosren nor. Z"
"Jdcks Conrtship," my Watch Be-
iow, The Lddv Maud Etc.
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Yoer. was neither rea nor corrso IN ,na .,,r
Iso pined for these soothing drints th.t
would have given ali the vina in tho vs..si
for q few pounds of either one ~ them--a
senseless. uneracious vearn;no indead IN thu
face of the plenty that was nboardi But it
was the plenty. perbaps that nrovokssi AZ
There was chocolate which tbe Frenchman
potted and drank with hearty an ntoyment: he
also devoured bandfuls OF succades. which
he would wash down with wine These
THINGS made me sick and for drink I vaa
forced upon tho snirits and wine. tho latter
of which was so generous that IL promised To
combine with the enforced laxiness OF INV
life under matches to make me fat: 20 that I
en- OF opinion, had he waited for the ice to
release us, should have become % corpulent
as to prove burden to myself.
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louser neater symbol for people who put
snuff into their Soup and restricted their nb-
utions to their faces than the tricolor, being
too muddled to consider that he was ignor-
ant of that flag; and, in short was so
offensive, in spite of nv ridiculous merri-
ment, that his savage nature broke out. He
assailed the English with every Injurious
term his drunken condition suffered him TO
recollect, and starting up, with his little ewes
wildly rolling, he clapped his hand to his
side, as il feeling for a sword, and, calling
me by very ugly French word, bade mo
come on and he would show mo the differ
ence between a Frenchman and beast of an
EHglishman.
laughed at him with all my might, which
80 enraged him that, swaying to right and
left, he advanced as il to fall upon me. 1
started to my feet, and tumbled over the
I hnl 4
and the bench oversetting close to him, he
kicked against it and fell too, fetching the
deck q very hard blow. He groaned heavily,
and muttered that he was killed. tried to
rise, but my legs gave way, and then the
fumes of the punch overpowered me, for
recolect no more.
When l awoke it was pitch dark. NV
hands, legs and feet seemed formed of ice.
my head of burning brass I thought was
in my cot, and felt with nv hands till I
touched Tassard's bald head which so terr;-
fled me that uttered loud cry and sprane
erect Then recollection returned. and /
heartily cursed myself for nv folly and
wickedness. Good GodI thought I. that
should be so mad as to drown my senses
when never was any wretch in such need Of
all his reason as II -,
THE boatswain's tinder box -was IN nv
pocket; groped, found a candle. and lighted
1t. 1t was 20 in the morning. Tassard Law
on his back, snoring hideously. his legs over.
hanging the capsized bench. l pulled and
hauled at him; but he was too drunk to
awake, and that be might not freeze tn
death, fetched pile of clothes ont of his
cabin and covered him up. and nut his head
on a coat. |,
NV head ached HORRIBLY hut NOT ,vorso
than nv heart. went to nv cabin and cot
into nv hammock. but INV head was 90 hot
and ached so furiously. and I was 81 yerod
with myself besides. that I could NOT sIeep
The schooner was deathIv still. tbere was not
apparently the fainte.t murmur of mir 70
awaken an echo in her: nothing spoke but
the near and distant cracking of the ice. IL
was miserable work living in the cabin sleep-
less and reproachipg myself. and as INV burn.
ing head robbed the cold of its formidable.
ness, 1 resolved to GO ON deck and take n
brisk turn or two. a~~.s ,
The exercise improved nv snirits. T stenned
the length of the little raised deck bristly.
my thoughts very busy, On A sudden the
ice split on the starboard hand with n noise
louder than the explosion of a twenty.four
FOUNDER. The schooner swayed to a level
keel with SO sharp rise that I lost nv bal.
ance and staggered. 1 recovered myself.
trembling ana greatly agltated by the nOfso
and the movement coming together without
the least hint having been given me and.
grasping a backstay, waited, not knowing
what was to happen next. Unless it be the
heave Of an earthquake, l can imagine no
motion capable Of giving one such a swoon-
ing nauseatng, terrifying sensation as tho
rending Of ice under a fixed ship In few
moments there were several sharp cracks, all
ON the starboard side. like tho snapping of
musketrv. and felt the schooner yerv
SLIGHTLY heaye: but this might have been n
deception of the senses. for though [ set n
star spainst the masthead and watched IL
there was no movement. I looked over tho
side and observed that the split had noticed
on the face of the cliff had by this new rupt.