Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-17
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II am going to try it." Harry re
piled. 1T ia sure death to stay here
You and SAMSON can do as you like
but l have made up my mind to go
The wind blows dead for Nassau, ant
shall lash the sail over this hole IL
the side and try it with double
reefed jib."
You'll go down, boss, sure" Thee
cxpostulated.
"How can she sink If we throw
out the ballastg' Harry asked. III
she fills she'll still float. She'll be as
good as raft"
"You don't know what a sea Is
breaking on the Nassau shorei" Thee
argued.
mo" said Harry, "but l know
what thirst is killing us here. Give
me hand with these planks. and
we'll get the ballast out"
Harry picked up the end of one OF
the planks that formed a false bot
tom for the boat, under which the
ballast lay, and Theo. seeing it use
less to expostulate, seized q other
end and the plank was thrown over
the side.
Harry did not stoop to lift neither
plank. Something lay there III the
bottom of the boat that lis eyes
fixed upon. He looked and looked
rs though fascinated and zee ding
TO move lest he find it all lis axe.
Whats the matter, boss - Theo
asked at length.
what is this boat BALLAST d with.
Theol"
lead pipe" Theo answer, d. 1T
was better than sandbags, b; cause it
took less room. We l.crght t cut of
the big Spanish steamer q at was
wrecked year ago"
"And didn't r.
Harry's throat was SO pare led and
he was so much excited he c. uld not
speak.
"What is it, boss2 That pla TX 7nust
have been too heavy for you Sit
down few minutes and rest"
ooh, Tn all right. Didn'5 I see a
teplsettle in the locker?'
"Yes we always bring that copper
tcakittle along. Most boatmen like
coffee, but we like tea"
Before he had finished Harry had
jumped o,lt Of the boat and was wav-
ing his hat frantically. ''iIurrah !
Waterl Waterl Oh, 1 can taste it
..lready"
"The fever's took we, boss" said
Theo, following Harry out of the
boat and grasping his arm.
"Nonsense," Harry shouted. "It's
water. tell you we shall have all
the water we want inside of two
hours. Don't think I'm crazy; I'm
eli right. Lead pipe and tcaliettle.
Don't you know that lead pipe and q
teakettle ale as good al a springa
Go and rouse Sansom and get to
work and you shall soon have all the
water you can drink.
Theo walked off toward SAMSON,
but not without looking doubtfully
over his shoulder at Harry, whose
sudden excitement he could not I'M
derstand.
Harry climbed back into the boat
and drew out piece of half inch
lead Pipe about fifteen feet long. He
went into the little cabin and found
the copper kettle, big enough to hold
two gallons
'Now, Sansom," he cried, 'you
take tho hatchet and get plenty of
big pile-cnough to last
all night. Theo will stay here to help
me-"
SAMSON took the hatchet and
started for r. thicket, keeping within
the shelter of the rocks that shielded
him from the fury of the hurricane
Here, Theo, look at the end of
this pipe, Now I wish you TO make
mo q plug out Of the hardest wood
you can find, with the small end just
big enough to Git snugly into the pipe
and the large end three times as big"
Harry twisted the pipe five times
around a broken limb of tree that
lay near, five or six inches in diane
ter, and thus made n coil, leaving
about two feet CT the pipo straight at
the top Of the coil and foot OF
moro ut the bottom.
"Hero's the plug" said Theo, re-
turning with it.
"Yes, and now I'll show you, Har-
ry said. "Get mo that hatchet from
Sansom for a minute. Now thenw
He inserted the small end of the
plug into the end of the pipe and
struck it six or eight smart blows
with tho hatchet. This drove the
plug in aud enlarged the bore of the
end of the Pipe to moro than double
It's original size Then he took the
plug out,
"Now get me a big spike out of
the boat and drive the end into any
niere OF wood for n handle Won