The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-07-13

his parlor with him, and bidding me
be seated he asked ID number of ques-
tions, all Of which 4 Aaw with much
pleasure, by the expression of his face.
answered to his satisfaction.
''The interview ended in his Offer
ing me the post Of mate of the schooner
On lump wage FOR the run to Sydney,
and early next moaning went aboard
with my chest and t5ok up quarters In
the cabin.
It hreezed up ahead after we had
been at sea few daya The Camhrian
looked well to windward, but she was
still points Of her coursa Then again
the great Agulhas stream set us TO lee
ward. and our progress was slow. On
the SD day Of the month, we then be-
ing four days out from Table bay, the
weather blackened ON o sudden In am
afternoon in the north, the lightning
streamed like cataracts Of violet fame
on those sooty sierras of storm, the
thunder rolled continuously, but it was
not TIL the edge of the electric stuff,
black 40 midnight was over our mast
heads, with sen and sky dim and fright
full rs though beheld In the deep shadow
Of q total eclipse of the sun. that the
hurricane took MS.
The schooner lay over till her star
board shear poles were under, and then
it was deep enough TO drown man in
the lee scuppers
1T was doubtful for some time
whether she would right, and / was
clawing my way forward with some dim
hope OF getting at the carpenters chest
for an Az for the weather lanyarIls when
the noble little craft suddenly rose buoy
ant, with the long savage yell Of the
gale In her rigging as she thrashed her
lofty spars TO windward.
After this she made fairly good
weather OF it, but for three days we lay
under hare poles, sagging helplessly TO
leeward In the trough Of that mighty
ocean The weather then moderated.
Within six hours of the breaking OF the
gale it was blowing . gentle wind out
Of the northeast. The sun shone bright
ly, and the schooner tapped leisurely
along her course under all plain sail and
over large bpt fast snbsiding swell.
During the time OF violent weather
Captain Huddersfeld had seemed much
depressed in spirits. I had attributed
hls detection to the peril Of those hours.
Wewere d small ship for that tall south.
ern surge Moreover, hisrisk in the YES
eel might be large, for all we knew. ]
could not guess how grayely Imisjudged
one Of the manifest intelligences that
ever informed q sailor.
1--WE were seated alone ct dinner ON
the first day of fine weather. He said
after regarding me steadfastly for some
moments:
!" DO you attach amy meaning to
dreams?'
:" ] do not. answered.
But when they recur? said he.
!, No. said ], mot though they should
recur for month Of Sundays.
He was silent for q while and then
szid. speaking in very serious voice:
For three nights running the same
odd vision has troubled me. have
thrice dreamed chat was becalmed In
m icy atmosphere of antarctic dark
ness The stars rode brilliantly, but
they made no light. Regularly through
this black atmosphere there sounded, in
. note of sighing, human with articula
tion and yet resembling the noise made
By the whale when. it spouts It's foun-
tain, these mysterious words: TRY for
her i'm 50l Try for her i'm COR Over
and over again it 90 ran, Try. for her
in bOi'' Now, To have dreamed this once
would Be nothing; twice makes IL re-
the third time Of the same
vision must affect even the most wood
en of minds with spirit as OF Convic-
tion ! don't believe I'M dreams any
more than ron do. yet there onght 10
be some sort Of meaning iu the repeti..
tion Of one, I'm snch q haunting cry re-
peated ON several occasions Of alumber
- Try for hen in 5Oi''
"a few days after We had had chat
ealk I have Just repeated, almost itatie.
diately ON making eight BELLS by our
sextant, D man ON the forecaBtle, hail.
ing the quarter deck bawled ont that
there was small black object ON the
lee bow.
II took the glass from the captain
and made out boat with mast, but
no sail The figure OF D man stood
erect, and one arm hooked the mast.
We shifted our helm and presently had
the boat alongside.
Two men were in her. One lay mo-
tionless under the thwartR The other,
though erect ON his feet had barely
strength to catch the ropes end that
was flung. The boat was of the ordinary
pattern Of . ships quarter boat While
we leaned over the side looking down
into her. the captain said:
What liz the name written i'm the
stern sheets there?'
Ny sight was good. answered,
: Prairie Chiefl'
He started and turned pale, with
look Of establishment and horror. but
said nothing.
I'm the afternoon weburied the body
Of the dead, nameless seaman; name
less because IL seemed that the other was
incapable OF relating his story. Pain
and famine had paralyzed the tongue i'm
his mouth. The captain read the service.
Hia manner was ~ sylhdmez1 --his whole