The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-25

hOllp but ll1lbllO 20 GnOW ll leu
paintin' tn dory an tn can wuz still
there) over TIL Shawn, an fixed 'e:n in tn
stern o. tn boat so'st the lined run over
em. Then l tied one o. tn thwarts to
tn end o. TIL line an' after fastenin' TIL
other end good an solid, let or run out.
"Well, sir, would You bileeve that we
wuz agoin' 80 fast that the friction frum
thet line set them shavin's afre ez quick
ez scats While they wuz blazin'
dumped EN- into an extry bailin' bucket
an fed th' fire bit with the sticks an so
on, an Drilled thet bluefsh ez nice ez
you please"
At this juncture Capt. Peleg stopped to
fill his pipe. Capt. Jared fingered his medal
uneasily.
AN didn't ye know what It wuz that wuz
carryln' We away so tar alton fast all this
times' he asked, plsiltively.
mo, sir, answered Capt. Peieg after he
had got his pipe we'll going. "No, sir, l
didn't. But We KEEP right on gOin' just the
same. Long wards night the sea got
cam ag'in an the thwart a trailin' out
behind acted like drag. guess
hadn't pulled it in. At aoy rate
| thought we kind o. slowed do Sn.
We wasn't shippin' any water to speak Of,
on went to sleep, after maxim another
good meal off o. that blueish. That wuz a
Fhopptn big Sluefsh. I woke up OF mid
night an We wuz dr1 tin. We wasn't goin'
at all; but when l woke up agin' in the
mornin' we wuz at it agin', harder'n ever
finished ths bluefish fer breakfast an drunk
the last o my water. l forgot TO tell you
that had little fresh water aboard.
AT noon l wuz hungTier an thirstisr
than ever Early in the mornin' | had
sighted smoke from steamships fannels
dead ahead an We had bon gainin' on 'er
ever sence till she wasn't more'n couple o.
mile ahead ov us. I'd done my best to rig
up signal SOS they'd do somethin' to STOP
me; but l couldn't attrack nobodv's n Jtlce
till | wuz right astern of 'er-'bout q rod or
two to port. Then yelled an yelled an a
officer caught sight o. me.
Ppm a-oein' carried off by somethin',' l
shouted. CAN'T you stOo meP
he seemed to realize right away thet
Their warn'J no time 10 ak questions, an
heaved me line. But | couldn't ketch 1t.
In tn mean time I wuz pulhn' past that
steamship steady. BY tn 'ins had missed
tn first line | wuz amidships OF 'er, so |
yelled to him to tell the engineer to put on
all steam an keep up wicn me ef . could.
De did so an we run along bout even.
They threw line after line out towards me-
but it wasn't no use-I couldn't ketch ANY
OF 'em-l wuz too weak guess. They tried
to steer their course across mine. too,
but just ez soon ez they turned tn leaS bit,
TIL dOry'd turn too o. C )urse iC wouldn't 81
done no good fer 'em TO lower a boat, cause
they'd a had TO slow down to do 1t, ca they
never cd a. caught up to me agiu. FInly /
see tact Their wasn't no use o. tryin' TO git
rescued, 80 | yelled To 'em to try an throw
over some grub camel grue-al'a can or
two Of water, SOS l wouldn't starve TO
death. Tn hull ships comp'ny wuz a lookin'
over the rail at me by this time, an all the
PASSENGERS, too. One o. the latter called out:
Keep up yer nerve, OF man I'M base
hall nitCn6P-nU ata-aO6 III
lam some grub an water in that boat o.
yourn, sure. III do that first an then FL
try my han at curvin' a rope out at you
"An' sure 'nough, be did. lie pitched
two dozen cans o beef an chicken an
turkey without bones into the dory as slick
as grease. He wuz afraid to throw water
out to me in cans Ter fear they'd bust when
they struck an Pa lose the water, 30 they
filled los o them hollow lie preservers
lock like big Rugs, you kuow-wIth water
an he pitched 'em plum into
to- boat. tell you he wuz a expert on
tn throw. didn't haf to try to ketch the
things at all Tney ali landed up towards
the bow o. tn dory just ez easy-w'y TIE
cans they wuz all square, wuz piled up neat
and reglar, like bricks in a wall, after ne
got through. Standin' right next tn Teller
that throwed the things wuz young lady.
She wuz or purity as a picter. al | cd sac
theC she wuz powerful interested. After
he'd got me- well stocked up with provisions
an water an had throwed me a can opener
TO save me trouble in gettin' at the grub
when | wanted it cav uhet she said some
thin to i'm an run away. A milnit later
she come back an handed i'm bundle
Then he sung out:
"'Thi5 Young lady here, mate. thinks
mebbs you'll lad it kind . tiresome a settin'
there in that boat all day lolg without
nothin' to do, eff we can't rescue you, an SO
she's brought I'D some books for you to read
an Ter photygraf.'
"With tha5 he heaved til bundle into tn
boat. When | opened it TIL next day 1
found two volyum5 of POETRY uy man
named Browning in it an her picter. |
couldn't make head or tail o. tn poetry, so l
used the books to burn when l warm ID up
ray grub; but saved the picter, an here 1t
isl
Capt. Peleg paused and drew from the
pocket Of his coat photograph, much worn
by friction and s9mewaat dinme1 by rub
blug against plug of tobacco. The face
ON 1t looked very muca ike Lillian Rus
SELLS, but - none of the captains knew how
Miss Russell looks there were no comments
on the resemblance. After they had all ex-
amned the photograph and expressed their
admiration OF it, Capt. Peleg went on:
latter the base ball chap had flung tn
bundle o. books to me he go5 ready Co heave
a
he evidently intended to hook on to one
of the tnwarts. An that Teller cd a done
it too never sea anythin' like the way
he cd throw things. But just ez ne wuz
about to let 'er go | heard a big crash on
tn steamship, au' everybody turned away
frum the rail, so | ew somethin' had hsp-
pened aboard of her. The cap'n imself
come to b. rail in a minute an yelled out:
alt amt no use. We've smashed our
engines a tryin' to keep up with yoa.' He
wuz awf0l mad an sxore at me some, as of
he blamed mo fer it; but tn otuer folks on
the ship (whlc wuz d-oppin' astern O. me
fast, having lost Roadway, W sorry, cd
sea Ez drew away from 'en they come
back to tne rail an sung out goodoy, an
waved their handkerchers an hats at me.
The base ball Teller tried to heave me tn
line, but wuz too far away by that time,
an it wouldn reacn me. 1t missed me by
ab ut ten foot. Inside of an hour | was out
Of sight of the steamer, an cd ouly see FER
smoke. In a half an hour more l couldn't
see that either.
"When night come fixed up good sup
per. 1t WIZ too rough fer me TO sleep much,
| had to look out fer the balm, but the
gruo brRced me up an felt purity good.
wondered oonsid'able eff the dory'd stop as
she did tn night before. Sure 'nough, she
did, aud we driftei fer four er Eve nur'.
Then, all NV a sudde when daylight come
we started up again like mad. We we on