The evening world., 1890-07-17

against hers and the cold air from her
sails touched my cheek like ice.
For seconds space the stiffness of
death, and then, as she floated past into
the night ringing cheer came back.
With the face of one who sees death the
skipper walked to the wheel. Glancing
into the binnacle, he put his hand on my
shoulder.
. My son, you know how to obey an
order, - he said. and then with roar
Relieve the lookout and send him
II was in the forecastIe lighting me
pipe, scr, and | thought there'd be q
lookout in the other ship, sor."
The, mate had come up. and from his
shoulder. inspired by righteous wrath
and the fearful peril escaped. shot forth
a fist as hard and tough as pine knot of
his native State. All the dentists in
Manila, which port we were Just enter
ing. couldn't rearrange that lookout's
teeth. B. q. NJ.
Doubling Cape OF Good Hope.
10 ns ESttor:
During the homeward voyage of the
bark II. q. johnson, of Newburyport,
Mass, in 1879, from the Philippine Islands
to Boston, a few days before rounding
the Cape of Good Hope we were hove to
in severe gale. About noon we sighted
n large ship to windward, in the same
condition as ourselves'
When the storm moderated in the after
noon, and we could make sail. she tol-
lowed suit until each ship was under full
canvas.
In few hours she crossed our bow
near enough Tor us to discern that she
was an English ship bound for Liver
pool.
The weather remained fine for three
days, and on the fourth was followed by
another heavy gale, and we were obliged
to heave to again. We would have
gladly exchanged places with the crew of
the Englishman, which was apparently
by this time we'll around the cape in the
South Atlantic.
After weathering the second storm,
while sailing with a good. stiff breeze.
we sighted a ship ahead under full sail.
We gradually gained upon her, and much
to our surprise we found that ii was the
same ship that had been our companion
in the first storm. She was soon lost to
view astern. The Stars and Stripes never
looked better to our eyes than when we
dipped the old flag bidding our English
friends good-by. VIM. s. CARY.
Munity and Burning Ship.
To the Editor,
April, 1880, the ship Yuba left Mexico
for Brazil. Before sailing two seamen
bolted. The Captain picked up the first
two sailors he could find and two more
villainous looking men never crossed
plank. They were half f-breeds. called
Ryan and Raymond.
From the first they refused to obey
orders. and this soou affected the crew.
The crew. always hard to manage, be-
came worse, and the tenth day out things
reached crisis. A storm had been brew
ing oil day. and at o o'clock it broke.
Ryan being ordered to lower sail, re-
fused.
The storm burst in all its fury, but
above all heard the Captain shout:
Mutiny ! lower the sails or I'll
shoot "
Those were his last words. There
was the CLEAN of knife and the captain
fell dead almost at my feet. The mate
rushed to his assistance only to meet the
same fate. The infuriated men now made
for me. but before being .overtaken there
came one terrible crash; lightning struck
.he mast and 1t came tumbling to the
leck.
In few minutes the ship was q mass of
1ames. Rushing for the boat was draw
ust missing the bont. By fash of
lightning ! saw it was Ryan, and. seizing
IN oar, with one blow sent him to the
bottom. In few hours nothing was left
Dut O blackened hull, and have every
reason to believe am the only survivor.
EDWARD G. STEINERTs.