Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-19

could return In the ship. ] would lay
her 10 and would holst signal lanterns
so that wr could be seen. He took
with hlm a number OF rockets aud
Coston signals 10 burn il needed.
With our best wishes for his sue
cess, he showed of. and the rowcrs
pulled Justify toward the schooner. 1t
was not necessary To give the order TO
keep a slllrp lookout on the move
ments OF the boal. for every man in
the ship felt Il personal interest IN her,
and all hands were watching her,
from the masthead lookoutS To the
mess cooks, who hung gazing ont Of
the ports whenever they could escape
for a moment from their duties.
To pull a heavy man.of- wars cutter
six or cIght miles at sea is not child's
play. and. although the men bIckled
TO their Oars like heroes, il was slow
work. The sun was getting low when
the officer Of the deck called my atten.
ton from the boat | was watching so
anxiously through the glass 10 heavy
bank of black clouds making TO the
northward.
II am afraid we are going TO have
u wind. now that we don't want it,
sir" he said.
A vivid laSh Of lightning, empha-
sized by "A rattlingclapof thunder, fol-
lowed hard upon this remark.
"Ies, YOU must let IN your stud
ding sails and flying kites at once, Nh.
Allen, for it is coming down upon us
by the RUM
The boatswain's call sounded shrill,
and the light sails came rapidly in.
"Furl your topgallant sails, sir" |
cried, and, soon after they were in, the
wind was bowling.
Stand by topsail halyards fore and
aft, clew lines and reef tackles. Let go,
clew down and haul out. Aloft top
men and put in two reefs!' was the
next order. Masthead. there; can
o see the cutter''
mo, sir; the cutter and schooner
are both shut in entirely" was the re-
ply.
By this time we were tearing
through the water under double
reefed top sails and whole canvas,
keeping as nearly as possible toward
where the boat had last been seen.
The squall brought rain with it in tor
rents, and ms the darkness closed in,
the desire tc overhaul the schooner
became second to that of picking up
our boat and her crew. So | decided
10 heave the slip TO. and let Mr.. Bay
ley find me. as | certainly could not
expect TO find him. ] ordered that
lanterns be hoistcd mt each masthead
and at the end of the topsail yards, and
directed that a gun be fired and Il Cos.
ton signal burned every fifteen min.
utes.
By this time the squall had passed.
the rain had ceased, and the moon
was struggling odt of the ragged look
ing clouds. Boom. wen, our first
signal gun. and at the smuc moment
the Coston signal was ignlted and
famed VI, lighting all about US with
its deep cri.lsOu glare.
sail ho'" yelledthe f~orecaslle look.
out.
Where away"
Close aboard on the starboJrd bow,
SIR"
And thc.u, svrc enough. doomed the
saiis of u 5naoua q ga the port tack.
standIu, directly acres, oar bow.
And rs TIE johnnie cEclaimcd
Mr.. Al,rn. rs be g,lc4 down from the
-lOrgcgstis $50 a-.lgu4-luput upon the
vessel a.a.g>L ui,er our b@pw-prit, her
deck piled up with cotton bales, and
her CTUE standing thuuGcrstrUck al
their perIlGu5 position.
/ sprlvg upon the forJcaSllc and
hailed, 'iiCaVe 10, or I'll sink you!
Ready with No. | gun, Mr.. Alleni'
"All ready, sir
Don't Ere; We surrender came
quickly from the schooner, as She Jew
up in The wind and lay bObbing help
lcS,ly Oh Nj port bow.
'Scnd a boat to me at once with
your captain, and let him bring his
papers, il he has any, ! called out.
1--WE stove the boat the other day,
sir, and she won't float they re-
piled.
Very well, | will send my own
boat 10 you. Mr.. Allen, clear away
the second cutter and go on board that
schooner TO take charge of her with
four Of your men. Send her captain
and his crew back here in our boat.
Take "A masters mate with you, and
see that your crew are properly
armed
AYE, aye, sir" and the boat was
called away and prepared.
by the way, Mr.. Allen,'I called
out as the boat showed off, ''see if you
can find out from any of them what
has become of Mr.. Bayley. In lodging
him they have probably run afoul Of
u.s.
| had gone aft TO see the boat on and
give these orders, und, as they were
executed, | looked 10 see where the
schooner lay, but.could not lind her.
"Foreeastlo there, where away is the
schooner hailed
There was a moments pause and
then the hCsitating reply, "ohe has
drifled out Of sight, sir; can't make
her Outi' 4,
Isprang forward, and sure enough
nothing could bo seen OF her.
Schooner nhoyl' hailed, aud lis
tened, but no response came.
A signal was burned; but il only
served 10 show MS our boat pulling
aimlessly in the direction in which we
had last seen the schooner. II was
plain that we we're duped. While we
were lowering our boat she had quietly
filled away, aud had already such a