Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-03

tnln WHO WOulu ltttNc HahiV'S ~
wreck for the sake of saving dollar OF
two was n cowardly dog who deserved 10
die. and die be should If he came a steP
nearer with that pump brake. Then MT
Norton took a hand in to subdue the
wrathful second mate
Snow by this time the wreck was
nrettv well abeam, and her broken spars
werc plainly visible, but her hull was SO
low in the water that nothing on deck
could be seen. Our men could see the
niece of a spanker flor such II proved TO
he and not tarpaulin, as Mr.. Clement
saidl but they believed it to be tar
nonlin. and that it was signal OF dis'
,ress So when Mr.. Norton started In
with the captain to club the second mare
into submission, three or four OF them II.
terfered. One of them remarked that II
tho Christians wouldn't do their duty To-
ward distressed fellow beins it's about
time for the devil to make EN- do II. Inc
cantain was deacon in tho Methodist
church at Northport, and this made MN
vince. He began to think, too, ~hao ms
neichbors would say when the story OF a
wreck being passed in that way gov
around and turning to the man at tho
wheel he ordered him to put it up. Ihch
ho sheets were eased off, and we were
DON running down to the brig That
ended the fight,
an less than half an hour the captain
who was looking at her from the topgal
liant forocastlc, began to get excited. TIC
was warm hearted man. and was as
carer to make u rescue as any one when
rescue was to be made.
".There they are, there they are he
said. No wonder we saw no signals
they're all under the fo'gallant forecastle,
md the steras breaking all up. The
waters making clean breech across
| lmidships One, two, three there's i've
Of 'em all huddled together, and not one
lbe to stand up. I'll warrant ye Clear
iway the boat.
"Tbcre was n rush aft by all hands and
tho boat was soon ready. Then we waited
| 20 get near enough to drop it.. Every
| body wanted TO go in her. and there was
,Imost another fight to see who should
AVE tho privilege. But the captain, who
was a master hand with an oar, said that
he would steer and that Mr.. Clement and
two others only should go along, and it
vas settled that way, though much to
Mr. Norton's dissatisfaction.
Ranging close up to windward OF the
wreck, our yawl was eventually dropped
into the sea, and was soon under the lee
,f the wreck in spite of the cross sea that
was still running and in spite of o lot OF
he briggs cargo of timber that was float
ing about Here Mr.. Clement and the
captain boarded the wreck. and after lot
Of labor got the five men into the yawl.
Meantime we had run the schooner as
close under the Ice of the wreck MS we
Jared to do, and SO the yawl rowed down
to US, and we took them all aboard. The
i've were all that remained of crew OF
fourteen, the rest having been lost when
he masts went over the side. The saved
included the captain. the first mate, the
:ook and two men.
"Off Sandy Hook about fifty miles We
transferred the wrecked crew to pilot
boat bound in When we reached Fal
River we found the papers had been full
If the story of our rescue of those live
men. We were all mentioned by name
md the fact that the captain himself hat
aiken the steering oar of the yawl wa
made much of Captains, you know, sci
Ion do such a thing as make rescu
personally The captain of the brig, il
his gratitude, had really exaggerated tn
LANCER we ran.
''Of course the British consul was toll,
vi about it, and he wrote letter t
: Capt Boden, thanking him heartily an
the crew as well, and saying that til
i 'ase would be laid before her majesty til
lueen The outcome of it all was tina
! instead of the gift of binoculars whic
l her majesty usually makes in such case
1 Capt. Boden got gold chronometer.
e "All this time, of course, nothing wa
T. said about Capt Boden having been force
Il, al
G There was not q man on board who woul
e breath a word about it to another in tn
t forecastle let alone blab it about Nortl
Q port The papers said that when Cap
u Doden was called into the Maritime Z,
change one day about six months late
a and found himself before tho British col
s sui and more than hundred brok ar
n Who were cheering him with characte
Y stic enthusiasm, he broke down entirel
II md couldn't say or do anything but RI
J. his eyes with the back of his hand, as
o ne was trying to get better sight
o something So they had to put the be
o holding his chronometer into his peck
|, for him.
g LAS | said at the beginning, Mr.. Cle1
II emit was in no way thrifty having t,
J. strong a liking for liquor. But he had
r smart wife, who, by dint of hard work
IS whatever offered among the people
10 Northport, had managed to buy al
u partly pay for neat cottage, with ha
an acre of ground facing the bay, and
re the southerly outskirts of the villae
n But the mortgage of something over $50
III with the interest, troubled her great
r, happened to be in the house the he
II morning after Capt. Boden got the CHI
d. uometer, and she was just saying S
N wished the queen had given him t
or money value instead, for then the capita
would have been man enough to divi
with the crew, when in walked the ca
r tain himself, without knocking. The ca
tain was plainly excited.
CT "'Why, captain, said Mrs. Clemer
what's the matter2 Is Sarah or any CHI
+ sicSY
Sc No, no, said the captain, as he ful
III bled for a big envelope No, we're
as wells common. Here's letter for
"a | reckon it's from the queen of Englai
vi and If you'll ask Dan about it he
tell yc.
- Then he went out and slammed t
door Tho letter was a release of t
~ mortgage on the house. The capti
* knew that to Mr.. Clement was due t
y credit of the rescue of the crew of t
10 brig, and while he could not refuse
~ take the gold chronometer, he was det
ao mined that the Clements should ha
10 more than the value of the present.
no New York Sun.
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1t Mrs, Langtry has ended her season and
| resting at her California ranch. She W
q resume work Sept. 10, at Providence