Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-19

but the inssans gasnssed By ths movements
Of her that ~ was reasaAd spsung 1iko .
madman up the companion stspa The -,
breaking on her bow, dew IN hsavy showsS
along the deck and half blinded ma But
was semi-delirious, end having ~ % long
with deaths hand IN mine, waS b Q pantun-
atsly denant mood, with psafsct rage a
scogn Of peril In me, and I walked right on to
the forscastle, giving ths aying sheets Of
water there no he'd. In minute block Of
- tumblsd upon me and left mo brsathlss
the icinsss Of 10 cooled my minds hsat, but
not my roeo1uticn. lwas dseermined to 3udgo
a. bsss fcoala By the light Of The foam Of
what had happened, and holding on tsna-
ciously TO Whatever came 10 my hand, and
progressing step By step, ! got TO the fore
castle and looked aheAd.
Where the tcs was the water tumbled In
milk; twas four or Ave ships lengths distant,
and could distinguish no more than that. /
peered ovcr ths lee bow, but could - no ice.
The veussl bad gone Clear; how, knew not,
and can never know; but my own fancy Il
that she split the bed with her own wsight
when the - ross and threw the tcs up, Tor
she had noased On q sudden, and ths noises
which attended her releass indicated that she
had bssn forced through channel
] returned aft, barely escaping . second
delugs, and looked over the quarter; no ice
was there visible to me. The vessel rolled
horribly, and perceived that shs had . DE-
cidsd List 10 starboard, the result Of the shift-
ing Of what was In her whsn the ice calno
away from the main with her; and Il was
this heel that brought the ssa washing over
the bow. took hold Of the tilisr to try IL
but either the hslm was frozen immovabls,
or the rudder jammed In its gudgeona, or 4
some othsr fashion axed.
Had she besn damaged beiowi was she
taking In wAter1 knew her 10 be 90 thickly
sheathed with ice that, unless it had been
scaled of In places by the breaking of her
bod, had little fear (until this covering
melted or dropped of by the working Of the
frame) Of the hull not proving tight
should have been coated with Ice myssaf had
stayed but little longer In my wet clothes
in that piercing wind; 30 I ran below, and
bringing an arinful Of clothes from my cabin
to the cook room, was very soon in dry at
tire, and making an extraordinary figure, I
don't question, In the buttons, lace, and "trip
peries Of the old fashioned garments.
Meanwhile, I was crazy to ascertain II the
schooner was taking in water. II there was
. sounding rod In the ship did not know
where to lay my hands upon II. But he IL Q
poor sailor who u slow at substitutes. There
were several spears In the arms room tpirati-
cal plunder, no doubt with mere spikes for
heads, like those weapons used by the CATERS
and other tribes In that country; they were
formed Of hard heavy wood. I took q
length Of ratline line and secured it to ono of
these spears, and carried it ON deck with the
powder room bulls eye lamp; but when I
probcd the sounding pipe found II full Of
Ice, and as it was impossible to draw the
pumps I flung my ingenious sounding rod
down in passion Of grief and modification.
Yet was not to be beaten. Such was my
temper, had the devil himself confronted me
should have de0ed him to do his worst, for
had made up my mind to weather him out.
entered the forecastls, lantern in hand,
pried open the hatch, and dropped into the
hold. 1t needed an experienced ear to detect
the sobbing Of internal WatsrS amid tho
yearning gushes, the long gurgling washings,
the thunderous blows, and shrewd rain like
hissings Of the seas outside. listened with
strained hearing for some minutes, but dis.
: tinguished no sounds to alarm me with as.
surance Of water in tho hold I could not
mistake. hsarkened with all my might.
but the noise was outside. I thanked God
very heartily, and got out Of the bold and
put the hatch on. There was no need to 20
aft and listen. The schooner was BY the
head, and there could be no water In the run
that would not be forward too.
Being reassured in respect of the stsnch.
ness Of the hull, returned to the flre and
proceeded to equip myself for prolonged
watch on deck. While was drawing on 4
great pair Of boots heard . knocking In the
after part Of the vessel. supposed she had
drtfted into little field Of broken loo. and
that she would 60 clear presently, and I'm
tshed arming myself for the weather; but the
knocking continuing ! went into the cabin,
where heard It very plain, and walked as
Tar a the lazarette hatch, where stood lie.
tanning The noises were kind Of irregular
humping, accompanied by peculiar grind.
ing sound. In moment guessed the truth,
rushed on deck, and by the dim light in the
air saw the long tiller moving to and froI
The beat Of the beam seas had unlocked tho
frozen bonds Of the rudder, and there swung
the tiller, as though like dog the ship was
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