The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-24

starvatio won't order any one to 60
but I'll call for volunteers.
Mt a sailor responded for a minute. |
waired 70 give tho men a chance, and as
| they hesltatad | volunteered. Two others
! the came rward and their action sIamed
/ the mate into aayinF:
"Verg well, sir III ia Jones and Har-
! ris aud pull of AID ve'tigate."
| Why he left me out do o. know, but
| va, quietly ga red and the two middle
! sgsd msn whose names | have givea, had
/ t1s oars as the boat moved away. The cap
| tain called after the mate % be sure t.
b ard tae hulk ald if h. fou her il good
coud ton to cut the raffie ose and
re Jort The wreck had bee moving aw Y
from us pretty steadily for ten minutes,
and as the yawl LEFT US l colId hardly make
her out. The mate YVES to show light
when ne boarded her, q i'd TO- the mex half
hour we were ira nj & our eyes 10 ca -ch it.
The we tiZure1 that ne ma missed the
hulk AM was pulling back TO US. a d
although we had on our regular lights,
which could have been seen for two or
three mile, we sent Up several sky-rockets
and burned flare as further Iides. But
tho hours wore OF aud orou h. no tidings,
and when iayli yht came we 3 yeDt the sea
in in for 81 mt # either hulk or boat.
A breeze came vita tle sun, and we be-
gan a search ic las ed all day without
.
sad straits. There we're only two wo Xxi "
nAIds, and as a measure o safety We hat
get cue org sails reefei aga ust wa
night come. Tn5 breezs W s lig It, and a
~ were under short mel sail We did rot
GOV r any & eat distance during the la
lot We unity mil 5. This satisfied us,
lDwever, that a calamity had occurred
The wreck cou d not nRvs b zen I've, aalf a
ale from us wnen the yawl pulled away
Il W uld nor take 'ver te m; u es to pu
{, her. What uli nave Ia pane to thu
0Oatl II not able to bOard, she should have
returned. Ia boarIln she sn uld nave dis
l&yed light. as ordered, aud then rstJrne
ID re Ort the stale of the wreck. Tns la
3ver seen of the three men was when they
,ulled away fro US. Not word has bee
le trd from the n 10 this day, nor viii 1t
aver be known how they persisted.
Night brought a calm again, and | Wa
50 tagged out with the heavy work tn
Ia that | went to sleep al 1osG before |
nad finished the cold bite go5 fro ! tns
antry. We ulderSto0 from the captain
that he should cruise about for a day or
.wo more in hopes If falling in wi u ia
oat, but it was easy to see that he W s
badly upset, and in e af.e moo
,nelled liquor aOolt uim very
strong WI he told US to go
into the pantry aud forage for some
Jling to eat MS voice was tack a I'd his leg,
very weak. Ny mate was T. sand va CT
10 regular time ID thea vakel a
Sometime in the niglJ | was ar used BY
,Omethi z and sat u an lo)aeI 4oJut No.
tne calm continued, a everythi = wa
quiet, a 4 so | l.y q wn and slept again
~ was daylight whel | awoke az in, ii
after a wa h | got some bsc lit ald mel
from the pantry I'd boxed arOunl for
nate. Not findl * uim after hu t o. 10
nnutes l KnJcbe at g open ca0il do T..
tecei ing no re pO lse, fiutI5 vent lrsI
/, a I'd i've miuu Is later | real zsd a
[ wai ltlrely alone aboard tae jose
ne. Nett @ ctotaln nor sailor could
q found, or was there the sliG est c..
TO tell me how or wlv tney had disa
Jesred. l DID no0 We up il l ha
searched ever p ssh. place where they
could have Il diel away and thel l ~
10 "a an let supe StIo.jl AID terror TAX
such ho,d + ne for nslf a lay that Xix,
t. have gone CT .Ey. Il wat o ly by calling
all IN will power that | could p evst
myself fro u lie pin; over the rail. 4 te
veral urs, howeEa this feeling wor
1T, and / could view situa ion wit
CO IN IN sense. l was alone, ut il was
fla, calm. a d | turned i 1t, the ca)il a u
slept for six hours fore I opelsl N
yes Then it was t. hli at evening
had co re, an that the brig had been
boarded By s. boat fro e Of tli 84ai
steamers ply inE bs5weel the Dig islsn AMI
New Z54l4 ID. 81 exp lana -iol ssoo i-hsl
aud aSJounded the mo ,ald alter h been
taken 60 tle ST Il ner, an given all the
j ais to I CAP Al l., he took the oris
5lw AID continued his coutss 10 81 lney
There $ DRY was told aud REL Id, bu
WITT little sa isiac ion t. any one. A CT #
vas sent ont III search of the To- yavl aud
the hulk D It neither could b. fou 3D. Ia
gener i idea ct Sidney W IS that the cap al
and sailor bO.h got drunk that nQlt an
somehow oYerOotrl, but 40 one c)uli
evsn guess the calamity which befell the
yawl.