Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-09-15

CHAPTER VII.
All that night It blew terribly hard,
and raised rs wild and raging sea ~
ever ! remember hearing or seeing
described. During my watch-that l.,
from midnight until four O'Clock the
wind vecrcd u couple Of points. but
had gone back again only to blow
harder, just rs though it had stepped
out of It's way tribe TO catch extra
breath.
was quito worn out by the time my
turn came 10 20 below, and though
the vessel was grooming like u live
creature in its doath-agOnics. aud the
seas humping against her with such
shocks rs kept me thinking that she
was striking hard ground, ! fell asleep
rs soon IA my head touched the pill
low, aud never moved until routed out
by Duckling -four hours aftorward.
All this time the gallo had not abatcd
in the least The main deck was fairly
ailoat, but | Asccrtaincd from Duck
ling that the well had been sounded
and the ship found dry; and therefore
since we were tight below II mattcrcd
little what water WAS shipped above,
ms the matches were securely battcncd
down fore aud Mt But still she la-
bored under serious disadvantage from
being so heavily overloaded.
Partly out OF curiosity aud part
~ with n wish TO hcartGn the mon !
looked into the iorcastlc. Tho dark
ness here was made visible by an oil
lamp resembling collcc-pot with II
wick In the spout which burned black
and ,mOhily.
The whole of the crew wcrc below.
Some of the men lay smoking in their
hunks, others In their hammOcks with
their boots over tho edge; one was
patching coat, another grcasing his
boots, others were seated In group
talking. while under the lamp were
couple Of men playing ct cards upon n
chest, three or four watching, and
holding ON by the hammocks. oycrthcir
heads.
A man. lying In his bunk with his
face toward me, started up and sent
his legs, ucascd in blanket trousers
aud brown wooden stockings, lying
out
Heres Mr.. Roylr, matcsr' he called
out Lets ask him the name OF the
port the cnptnin means to touch 1T for
proper food, for We arcn' goin' to wait
much longer"
"Don't nsk mo any questions Of that
kind, my lads" | replied, promptly,
seeing general movcucnt of heads in
the hunks and hummOcks. "l'd give
YOU proper vicluuls ii had the order.
ing Of them; and | have spoken to Cap
tain CoNon about YOU, and : am sura
he will see this matter put to right
"Nho thinks" said voice from q
hammock, "that we're going to let
ourselves be grindrd AS we was last
night, without proper whites 10 sup
port usP I'd rather have (signcd arti-
Clcs for u coal-hargo with drowned
rats to eat from Gravoscnd TO Whitsta-
bic than shipped in this here cursed
vessel, whcrl the .lbreaPs just iii to
make sayngcs rctchV'
had not bargnined for this, but |
had merely meant 10 address them
cheorily, with few words Of approval
of the smart way In which they had
worked the ship in the night Seeing
that my prrscuci would do no good,
| turned about and left tho forocustlc,
hearing, as | came way, one OF the
Duichmcn cry out; "Look here, MIR.
Rilc, will YOU be plcashcd TO ssay when
We are TO how something to oatP-ior
We will Kill To pigs in the long-bOat, II
theskippcr don't mmdt-so look out''
As ili-uck would have it, Captain
Coxon was at the break Of the poop and
saw mo como out of the forecast!e,
Ito waited until lao bad got mo along
side Of him, when ho used mo what
was doing among the men.
"I looked In TO give them n good
word for the work they did last night,
1 answered.
land who asked you to give them a
good word, rs you call it?'
al have never had TO wait orders &c
encourage crew."
"Mind what YOU are about, sirl' n,
exclaimed, Ia u yoico tromulous will
rage 81 see through your game, and
III put n stopporuponit that y0uwon'l
like.
"What game sirP Lot me have you
meaning"
"An internal mulinous gamcw h,
roarcd. Don't Talk to me. sirl
know youl I've had my eye upon you
You'll play false il YOU can, and ar,
trying 20 smother up your rebel mean
ings with genteel Nirsl Get away, sir
he beloved. stamping his foot "Ge
away aftl You're u Jumping, useles
incumbrancel But by thunder II
give you two for every one you try 4
give mel SO stand Dy!'
And, apparently half mad with hi
rage. he staggered away in the yer,
direction In which no had told mo to 20
and stood near the wheel, glaring upoi
me with white face, which looked indie
scribably maleyolont in the fur cap an,
ear-protectors that oInamented it.
i Twas terribly vexed by his rudcness
which i was powcrless TO resist, en-
regretted my indiscredon in entcrin.
the forecastlo after tho polite rcsolu
tions had formed. However, CNptai
Coxon's fcrocity was nothing now
ame, truly believed he was not quit
right ia his mind, and expected, va 4
former cases, that no would come roun
n bit by-and-by, when his Insane ten
per had passed.
The gale, at times the severest that
was ever in, lasted three days, durin
which the ship drove something lk
--i,-.t, "aiias 20 abe northwest. I'll