Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-12


DOWN GAME r
shouted. for the rearing OF the wind was
terrible that he with eour OK the mon.
| Womb set cpt Cor We md af,rr
| landing himself he ,yould send the hoat
| hack fnr he ,tbrrs W. hal mo- nbri..
rDtive. ,ye ,yrr, rnmpellcd to submit
| m, ,npt,ip mntr and hr,p of tho
mon s,r,,n, nvrr Tho side. took fhpir
| pinrcs and nuabod on As the little craft
| ans, ,uJ I'm Il, tlpt son IL 4ppwrl doiIld.
fnl if tbr, reached tho shore
Dumb tyitb terror had watched the
! whole proceedings / could oul, cling lo.
! the snii and hy the sheer strength of mo-,
! hnnd. and arms snve myself from b,..
| Inc cnrrind overheard. ms sen after som
| syppt oypr ma
| strained INV cvcs now until n seemed
| ns tbnugh tbry would burst tu follow
| tho movements ~ thnt little bopt ON
! which our liyrg depended She seemed
hut N mere sppck unou the waves. Sud
denly She rode To a mrpning height
| then doisnpprurpd altogether The next
n,oupnt / s,V IN" men struggling iu
| Inc wntor The bont WINS broken into
! picccs for fine Fragments were brought
out no. us
Every one for himself. was now the
cry throughout the ship How far
from shore we were could not toll
We Ind tn take orr chnuces. Although
A
n tremendous sea should bee powcrlcss.
There vyps. however. hut the one thing
10 do.
Raising my hands before me, and
pressing them Rrmly together. / drew
a long breath. then sprang from the
schooners rail down into the water be
tried TO swim. Ii was Impossible, MS
! | had forpsccu | was Hike child In
the grnsp of monster. The waves
/ tossed mo up like IA pluythiug aud carried
me on could not tell how or where.
suddenly a great black object doomed
mo before me. Ii was part of the
Wrccllgc tried 90 wurd II on, but
/ might as well have tried To wurd of
the schooner itself for the sea lifted me
| ma upJ dushpd mo onward mud tho
rrppt mnss struck me % heavy blow over
INV cvps-n flash of lightning CLEANED,
then nU was darkness and blank
How long after could not tell, a
strange sensation came creeping slowly
oyor me.
A low murtuur Of voices reached my
oar WINS hoWildarcd aud bpnuubrd.
nm soon Tho strange truth began 30
dawn and ] knew that wherever
might hr / was not dond. Powerles4
a. spcnk ar move. / opened my ewes
,,bir' worn Inrrn and dark-and fns.
toned tbem upou the faces around me.
With srrenus of fear an turned aud ran
LOWING me there nonc
MOI In tho lcnst understanding the
cousr of tbeir fright / CLOSED my eyes
,nI oudenvorpd ia recall nil TINT had
l,onnnncd Tittic b little each event
r,Tc bncl, to NV mind mp TO the mo-
m,nt when | was struck by the floating
timber
A,rin lacking around discovered
tbat Nyas living on a bed Of straw In II
largo harm. How / could have got there
v,s y,d mystery. White attempting
to understand how Il came about my
enr caught the sound of heavy foot
sion on the board ioor Raising my
.ves IN my f,rant delight ! recognized
NJ V ~ H. schooner
,,NV,H ia,k vnr aim dcad vet ara
rcr3r seid ne coming 20 my side and
6cndipg aver me. "Wc'd an Gin yer up
"UJ ,hs reonIa here tbot yer wns d gpcr.
5t." laughing to himself ak he made
iijf. ,,,c,',ral.ipg observation.
,.\Vi,ere nrn ~ fnntly inquired.
aud made an effort 10 rise but could
u'lu 49,, ia,,, n, ma body orbed mud
~ ,il,,ts ,,.,,., ~, cold and stiff that ma
Iu' ~ honL ON tbe straw The fears
ILL nm and oyarAowed
N.,' V, M, Tacl, yprII be AN right
w. t,"D - said the mate ~ bp
III I'm, ,yer me He felt my limbs
,J fnJi,s none of them broken
thouubt sincerely that fcw days rest
W9nih stl nv o'i ~ t.,, cd an cha
lf"ll ~ ,,,e ~ ,tbe sbiu's
cousl 10, Iost Several yvero
enlhP"h9 nu" ,itaa ana lnue Inn no
more of less Ii,. i,inrad os uvs.lf
one WAS so nou's ~. ,,,l,..,, 4 go,
Some OF ne poPi' Al bad hs,,,,d