The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-24

~ - you Will Osteu ma appearances
that have a sheen upon them and
| which are very deceiving; and wen,
on cutting up my tobacco until filled
my pipe. and then lit IL aud went on
deck. There was n great deal oil
roaring In the weather and the sound
under our bows would have been
proof TO any landsman that our cap
tain was driving our little craft
looked over the weather-rail and In
stantly my eye was caught by a
spark. out where the brig was likely
to be. At the same moment heard
them talking aft and going that
way found the captain. mate and
one OF our men looking ut the light
and arguing about il.
Its onmistekeable Cheese said
old Muffin. that she's afre. The
question now Is what's our duty?
Does she expect us TO beat up to her.
or amt 1t more likely that knowing
we re here she'll put her helm up
and run down TO us?'
why. yes said Cheese. no
doubt ITS more likely she'll put her
helm up but we ought to make her
know where VIC are"
why. certainly. said old Muffin.
and on that he ordered us to make a
flare. which We kept burning for
nearly quarter OF an hour. the Susan
meantime being brought nearly to a
standstilL
But though the spark grew bigger
1t was evidently because the fire was
increasing and not because the brig
was coming down To us and seeing
this our old man made up his mind to
beat up to the vessel and see what he
could do In the way Of saving life.
The moon came up in the east as
red as blood. but before long she
turned white and gave a dim light
just enough perhaps to let the people
in the brig see us sailing to them or
for US to have seen them had they
taken TO their boats and been knock
ing about on the lookout for u. The
fire was too good sign for old Mui-
fms keen eye TO 60 wrong.
He said to Cheese: Il shall sail
close under her stern and find out
what they mean to do. L; they have
boats we'll go round and heave to to
leeward and pick them up as they
come. II they've got no boats we
shall have to maneuver in another
fashion; but anyhow let's hear what
they have to say"
We were how fast nearing the blaz-
ing ship on our last tack. 1t was easy
to see why she had not run down to
us for she so lay as 10 show that she
was unmauageable. She had come
up liz the wind and was all on fire
forward. the rigging catching the
flames and everything cracking and
sparkling and Kissing that way as
high as the foremast
The blaze drove aft and smoke blew
along in smother full of fiery stars
The water all around was lighted up.
and so was the sky for the matter OF
that; but don't think l should have
found her the awful picture that my
recollections make her il it had not
been for the crowd OF heads we saw
watching US over the taffrail. The
fire showed them as plainly as the
daylight would and one OF our crew
sang out: Good God there's two
women among Them
Old Muffin sprang out on the rail
He wanted no trumpet His lungs
were cast-iron and us he used TO
say. trumpets only weakened his
voice. He waited till the time came;
then he yelled Brig ahoy!" There
was waving o. hands and shrieks
and cries
Great thunder, roared Muffin.
.they re alrforeigners anyone aboard
speak Englishs' he sang out
There were more yeIls aad brandish-
ing OF hands. bu; 70 further time was
allowed The susan had slipped out
Of earsho-
Anybody see anything ike a boat
aboard Of herr" oaxls Chsese
We all said 10 for had there been
anything Of that kind hanging at the
dayits We should have seen l. and as
for longboat the burning vessel
rolled so as TO show her decks plainly
and where her chocks ought TO have
stood there has nothing TO be seen Il
was clear her decks had been swept
By the sea and through bad weather
and other causes she had lost all her
boats
Muffin turned TO Cheese and laid:
What's 70 BE- done nog IL this. we
must get our big boat over and you
and two hands must jump into her.
Wen TOW you as close 70 the burning
vessel as We can. and then III beaye-
TO the Susan while you bring OF them
wretched people
Right cir said Cheese: and we
turned TO and rugged tackle and got
the boat over-ihe big one. ] mean
for fruiters usually carried two boats.
small one slowed within large one.
But that launching was .ob. IFS
easy 10 write about u but 70 under
stand the care which was required you
needed To behold with your own eyes
the waves which we're running and
the manner ia when our schooner
tumbled about III them. and snOth-
er man and Mr.. Cheese got into the
boat ard dropped astern. The scboon-
er's helm was then shifted and under
very easy sail she ran down 10 the
burning brig. luiiing hard up as she
came under her stern. when we. slip.