Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-06-20

forward, adding, that after a good hot
meal had been served them they might
turn in and sleep for the rest of the
day wherever they could make bed.
At the breakfast in the saloon no.
thing was talked about but the whaer
that had been consumed by fire, the
dreadful drowning of some two-thirds
of her crew, and the miraculous de-
liverance of the survivors from the in
expressible perils and horrors of an
open boat in the solitude of the stormi-
est part of the ocean the wide world
over. A benevolent gentleman pro-
posed subscription. Before the lunch
con-bell was rung a sum of thirty
pounds had been collected. The incident
was break in the monotony; and when
the eight men re-appcared on deck dur
ing the afternoon they were promptly
approached by the passengers, who
obliged them to recite again and yet
again their melancholy story of mar
time disaster.
On the morning of the third day,
following the date of this rescue, a
ship was sighted almost directly in a
line with the vessels course. AS she
was ncared she was seen to be rugged
with stump, or Cape Horn top-galant
masts; she was also under very easy
canvas which gave her short-handcd
look in that quiet sea. Great wooden
davits overhung her sides, from which
dangled number of boats. She pre-
sentcd very grimy, worn aspect, and
had manlfestly kept the sea for some
months. 1t was observed by the chief
officer, standing on the bridge of the
steamer, that the eight rescued men,
who were looking at the sail ahead
along with some of the crew and
steeragc passengers, exhibited several
symptoms of uneasiness and
even of agitation. Suddenly the
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ed, were run aloft to the peak-end-a
signal of distress! The engines were
"slowed," and the steamers head put
so as to pass the vessel within easy
hailing distance. A man aboard the
bark stood in the mizzen rigging.
"Steamer ahoyl" he reared through
his nose.
"Hallop
~ have lost boat and eight of my
men. Have you seen anything of
her?"
The captain, who had gained the
bridge, lifted his hand.
"Bark ahoy!" he cried; 'what bark
is that?"
"The George Washington whaler,
of Boston, Observation-Disclosures
days out"
The captain of the steamer con-
trolled sour grin.
How came you to lose your boat
and the men:"
"They stole her one middle watch
and sneaked away from the ship"
The captain of the steamer uttered
a laugh.
"We have your men safe here" he
shouted. '.Glad to learn that you are
not burnt down to the waters edge,
and that the rest of your crew look
brisk considering that they are
drowned men. Send boat and you
shall have your sailors"
Twenty minutes later the eight
whalemen were being conveyed
to their bark in one of their
own boats, most of them
grinning as they looked up at the line
Of heads which decorated the steam
er's sides; and, indeed, there was
some excuse for the smiles, for among
them they were carrying away the
thirty pounds which had been sub
scribed for them. 1t would be inter-
esting to knew what their skipper said
when he learned that they had lost a
fine boat for him; but ocean mail liners
have to keep time, and the steamer
could not wait to send representative
on board the whaler to report the
many elegancies of sea-dialect which
we may reasonably assume embellished
her shippers rhetoric. c.-New York
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