Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-07-01

Unom. lQe COOK SdU JuSu opposite
the sharks middle, and he had just
begun sort Of chant, when / passed
forward. intending to find missile
and heave it over and scare the mon
ster away. had just found an old
bit of iron and got back to the rail
when there was splash and yell.
The cook was in the water through
some careless move of his. l had my
eye on the shark, and his movements
were like lightning With one flirt
of his tail he slowed himself
around, his great Jaws opened, and
was looking right down upon him as
he took the cook in clear to the mid
die and bit him in two so slick and
clean that the upper pat Of the body
rolled away from the sharks nose
and remained on the surface directly
before me- After half a minute it
began slowly to sink. but was not yet
out of sight when. saw the shark
seize it. AS he grabbed it he rushed
away and we saw him no more.
The tragedy upset US in more ways
than one. Here we were, left with
out cook ut the beginning of the
voyage, and there was something in
his taking off which aroused the
superstition of the hands forward.
think the captain felt it as much as
we ei 10, IN. Of c c-.-rc he ccnccaleed It
as much as tossib'e All thai day
we lay roasting and motionless, and
as the sun went down and light
breeze sprang up, every man uttered
heartfelt THANK Heayen!" We
crowed too soon, however. The breeze
did not push us five miles before it
tired out, and we were left as before.
the sky full OF stars and the sea like
mirror. | was in the mates watch
and came on duty at midnight In
deed we were all on duty for that
matter as there was nothing what
ever to do and we were sleeping on
deck. | was aroused, however, to
take the outlook and | took my seat
on the heel of the bowsprit as mat
ter of form. As we were not moving,
no other sailing craft could move,
and the few steamers crossing on our
line could see our lights and avoid US.
! Something happened, however, be-
fore Ishad been on duty an hour. The
Josephine was rising and falling on
the CLASSY swell, and swinging her
head to every point of the compass
by turns, and was scanning the sea
and the Heavens in the most per-
functory way, when an object sud-
denly came in view. 1t was black
spot against the darkness, and after
rising to my feet and watching IL for
few minutes 1 made out, as /
thought, the dsmasted hull of a small
vessel 1t was coming down toward
us, and when sure Of this hailed the
the mate. lie came forward with the
glass and after look he said:
"Well that beats my time. II is
the hull of dismasted schooner and
stands up high and dry. There's a
lot Of rattle around her bows, and |
believe a whale is tangled up in it
and towing the wreck"
He sent me to call the captain, and
in a few minutes all hands had caught
the excitement. The wreck stopped
for a while on our starboard bow, and
not over quarter OF a mile away.
Then il crossed our bows and came
down on our port side 10 the quarter,
where 10 lay so close that every man
could see what IL was. IL was then,
at the suggestion OF the captain, that
we raised our voices In shout 20 see
IL anybody was aboard the strange
craft We were answered almost i'm.
mediately 10y the barking Of dog,
aud the captain said
There are men there, aud thej
may be starving and suffering. Wei
lower boat aud pull out a. her
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what See, There she moves again
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