Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-19
THE MISSING MAN.

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uaepg tho captain upon tho ciiicicnc7
t' ~ crow when il suddenly occurred
= me- that one Of them, whom ] bad o.
,.i,Ilv remarked at my last visit, wa
p.ybat has become Of tho man you
Il 10 cali Harry" inquired. "ill
~ tbe strongest and haudsomest tel.
80 aver saw-qnick rs cat aud light
b,s feet rs a feather Has no left
Jouf ..,,o,,o1 n, po o,,,,,st
awbnt haven't YOU heard about ~
4. t,itorea mo- Well, MS quito
, :. II you've plenty Of time I'll tell
,ou about it,"
Ind plenty Of timo and wanted e.
49, ibe story. 80 wo sat down near the
S,or. and the captain began;
vi suppose you rccollcct that long,
e,rre southeast gale we had last winter,
,Iont Won, Well. It blew from tleTouth'
-, f,r two DAYS, with heavy squalls 81
VOW. 1t was bitter cold. Everything
vas covered with ice and snow, and the
w,rst sta that have heard Of began
mmbl,ng MP on the rocks.
ION the morning Of the third day The
,l,uds began TO break away and the
r,nd dioi down TO n light gale. Almost
moi the schooners IN the roads got un
Az wnv and started for llarchy harbor
mo ~ the smaller ones had 20 put
i,ek. tho sea being too heavy, but ihc
,rger ones kept on, and suppose they
made q good run Of It. a. the wind wa
fair.
oThat night Z, started in TO blow u,
n Il was possessed to blow the earth oil
h. foundation. At 10 O'Clock II began
,powiun. The flakes were about "a big
4, fifty cent piece, making Il impOssi'
lie 10 recognize anything over five feet
away. The snow fell until about -, I
mink. After that It slowly began %
els,r up and tho wind came In gusts OF
diminished strength. At daylight It
was blowing moderate southorly
brpero and the sky was clear. We
earchcd the shore and sea for signs OF a
wreck. but could not find any.
81 was just going TO put tho glas,
away when my eye caught tho waving
., something ON Daming's island, y,
soon as the glass was brought to bear
saw three or four men running around
there. / suppose they wcro trying tt
keen themselves from freezing. Thcrei
tbeislnnd oil thcrc-tho one that is al
most round,
"Thc island rises about twenty feet
out Of the water. Tho cliffs are almost
traisht mp and down. with twcnty-on,
h,homs OF water rs their base. But on
the southern side thoro IS n small beach
which Is baro at low water. From this
bach are projected two reefs that are
awash at low tide. They form natura
;tiies, and they arc about fifteen feet
spar, and parallel to each other. They
extend out from the beach In south
en- direction for about two hundrct
itlt
Il had tho crew called, and every
thing was soon ready for starting. W,
lstl,d that the only safo way for us {,
g.ii men oil from tho island woult
hhFus TO go as close rs possible and
Ing there. shoot tho lifo limo TO then
and haul thom through the surf 10 tn
bat, 1t was a rough way, but rs Their,
vas no other feasible plan we mad
clr preparations for its execution. Tn
ally place on which u boat could Ian,
ca tho island was ON that small beach
md to get there we would have TO z,
between those jotties, and even in fin
weather 1t was risky job with such
large boat. With tho sea then runninl
twas not 10 be thought of.
"As soon rs had seen every arrange
ment completed and the gear IN place
we ran the boat out Of the house M,
succeeded In launching her withou
taking drop Of water on board. w
had long, tedious pull. II was lik
walking in deep loose sand. When w
arrived at tho island we pulled nrouni
It once, looking for the most favorable
position for us TO work from. We dc
cilcl that the mouth Of tho jettie
would be the best place. So taking on
station there we boatod tho two bow
oars, and Harry uncovered the gun an,
got her ready for use, while Bill locke,
out for the line.
"Ihe noise was simply deafoning, ani
The sea WIS mass Of froth and foam
as tho waves dashed themselves on IA,
reefs Seeing big wavo coming, an,
looking as II it was about TO break,
sung ont, storm all!' but owing 10
no they did not hear mo, and sec
mo working AZ IL for dear life at
steering oar, they gave stroke an
10 That tho wave would break nstUri
oim.
THAT stroke carried MS between TN
reefs and In the next instant the way,
was upon us. Its light green and semi
transparent sides lowered high above us
while the foam on is crest ovcrhm,
Vae noal, threatening TO swamp US, TIT
'V'''acle was 80 awe inspiring that w
were unable TO move, but sat In on
PAGES with our eyes fixed on this al
mot irresistible mass Each secon,
was IKE AN age. Would the boat move
n'ei She started TO rise so suddcnl,
,n4t she was almost perpendicular be
igie We could realize 20, and we wor,
,n'oWh IN a confused heap against tn
pFWard hulkhead We were now nfrait
mat sho would be thrown end over end
aul Tor few seconds we hung In tina
awful position, hurried along at an in
''''ole speed. Then slowly the way,
u,.n TO pass under rs, and MS soon rs
could | graspcd tho steering oar an,
,ned 10 steady her When the wav
had passed rs wo found ourselves abou
,Wo'thirds Of the distance toward tn
peach and between the two reefs