New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-02
KEPT A BIG SHIP WAITING.
CAPTAIN GARDNER SAILING FOR FANL
Or MANSIAuGIITER.'
THE VEREJEAN HOVE To FOR TWO HOURS ~
SUPPLY THE WANTS OF DARING NANI-

SUPPLY THE WANTS OF \ DARING NAVI-
GNToR-s,vED BY LIFELINE
II WAS financial depression which drove cap
tain Gardner to sea.
.yon see" he EXPLAINED to the master cf the
good ship Verejean. by whom he was en''i
tained "A few days ago. 1.-The banks are Iaii'e'
money is hard to get. and there hain't no cha"C'
for a man to make an honest livin noho"' "o
I am gon' to get fame and then make money q"
It,"
Captain Gardner is from Shelburne, Nova Hco-
tia and when sighted by the ship NereJedn "
was trying to make his way across to Hoiiahu IL
the 15-foot dory Flying Dutchman. AT d. III
on July 10, about 800 miles from the America"
coast the lookout on the British ship Nere)ea"
from London, bound for New-Nork' sa" "''
boat bobbng up and down. She was hyl"s a."
ensign union down. and was making ior the S"'P'
CAPTAIN Crowley thought that shlp"rechcu Wv
was on board the frail little craft, and ne orue''
the shin TO b4 hove to and waited until the uo'S
came alongside. H.
Tho man in the boat was Captain Gardner. lie
climbed aboard the ship by means of the roi'
ladder He was lame and cramped 'n"' "
could hardly walk He told Captain Cro"le! ''"'
he would like to have some ballast "a'ei' V''
tobacco and a bar of soap. lie explained that he
was crossing the Atlantic in "A dory, anu ''"'
incidentally he had lost the rudder OF ms "o'''
bis oil skin coat his spare clothes ana ms uos
"\ov, " said Captain Crowley yesteruay' az
WAYS like TO help man In Distress pu' ''.
think that il is the proper thing LOT oi6 9'P -
heave TO and lose valuable time 70 take |''' "
cranks Well. sir. he was queer uh. 'r'a' va ~ ,
bo snun TO the forecastle He said that he had
been capszed In a storm. and that he was ptch'u
ont Of the dory lie had lifeline about ms waist
and he hadn't gone far before he brought up with
. iork Then he said he swan back toward the
boat caught hold OF the rudder and tred 10 cra"i
on board The rudder came OH IN MS minus anu
noated away He got back in the dory somehow
and steered with an oar. men ne came oh wa "
tho shin his arms were lame and sore from trying
10 keep that dory in the wind with single o"''
The ships carpenter made new rudder for hiin'
stornDost filler and all lie said that his coal
ou stove had unset ana that the burning oil had run
all over his bag of clothing He was obliged 10 thro"
a lot of the burning stuff overheard to save MS
boat ! gave him a new suit of clothes ana an OIL
skin He had not had a real wash for "A long ufhe'
although he had been soaked 10y the waves TOT Il
month After he had a bath and put on some dry
clothes he felt pretty comfortable. lie sat in my
cabin and wrote a letter to Mr. Bowers IN She'
hurn. and another to his wife IN Amsterdam. l
guess he lost his stamp box and he dldh say an!
Sc here said J. you'd better let that boat OF
yours drift and 20 to Ncw-Nork win ne. ,,o
lust now. Stay me with nagons and feed me WIN
chuck. II you will. but tempt ne not - l.i', tne
path when i'dlS 10 loliui'' IH9i " 't'
wasn't he? Looked Ike sensible man. too His,
piotruding forehead. and most 80 the tin' y.
talked as though he had good s' fe. thought
that l might just as well hasten thI pleasure % %, m
,ba CROW He came TO my cabin shortly after
ward shook hands with me, and then got back
into his doiy. -, -. .o.ts
Fame or manelauFhtor. were The last "oids
we heard him say. lie was on boart ior tWo
bours shin hove 10 for two hours Tor MS pcntNt:
The man who wants either fame or mansauIn-
ter started across the ocean month ago re
was sighted short time ago by the Norwegian
bark Noach VI, which assisted him. -