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

royal yard, where he staid till the bic.
ter cold drove him down
And now comes the amazing part
OF this tale. / went ON deck at midnight
10 take charge Of the schooner. On
walking 10 the side, as my custom was,
and gazing steadily ahead---a corner of
moon at this time hung In the sky over
the port qunrter-I beheld dim faint
ness right ahead d delicate gleam like
some mysterious reflection of light in .
looking glass In darkened room. a
man came along from the forecastle
and sung out In . quiet voice that there
was ice ahead / bade him ront ont
Dickens. It was hts watch below, but
whenever ice wa reported we had him
mp and stationed him on the forecas-
tie 20 keep d lookout as the one and
Only man In this vessel who would know
the berg we were Ia search OF. then
ran to the companion hatch and called
TO the captain. who was lying upon Q
locker below. and he Immediately ar.
rived.
The wind was scanty and our speed
through the water scarcely four knots,
but hardly had day broken---the ice is
land being then about mile Distant
when Dickens, who had remained on
the forecastle throughout the dark hours,
shrieked ont:
The iceberg. girl
''It was q fine morning, the sea quiet
the wind q nipping air ont Of the south
west The sun shone full upon the ice.
berg and flashed it into q great moon
white floating heap, scared with ravines
and gorges. The swell rushed I'm thun-
der into deep caverna r. saw many
gothic archways. with birds flying In
them. The mass was like city of ala
baster, the home Of sea spirits, Of ocean
fowl Of mighty pinion. The surf boiled
in thunder on the windward pQints ]
observed shelf Of the dead white crys-
tal sloping very gently Like q beach into
the washsof the water. and while was
gazing as it che captain, who was work
ing away at the berg with d telescope,
cried out fercely. Then, growing inar-,
ticulate. he put the glass into my hand.
gaping as the Ice and pointing 60 it
IT leveled the glass and Immediately
distinguished q structure, contrived, as
] presently saw, Of the galley Of ship
and quantity Of wreckage. 1t stood In
. great split In tho ice within musket
shot Of the beach, and while ! looked
smoke rose from III
There Ii life thereP 7 cried out.
Eve hauled In. and then with the
naked eye clearly perceived several fig
ures making signs 20 Ms. When we were
as close as prudence permitted, the long
boat was got over, and the captain and
five men, one Of them being Dickens,
pulled away toward the berg. stood
on TO improve my offlng, and being full
OF the business OF the schooner had lit
tie opportunity TO remark what passed
on the ice island.
by and by the boat returned. She
looked to be full Of people. When she
was alongside. ! saw two women in
her. One was locked in the arms Of
Captain HnddersReld He had wrapped
her in his coat and held her to his
heart. Both women were lifted over
the side Three OF tho men were also
handed up. The others managed to
crawl ON deck unaided There were
seven men and two women. They after
ward told us that Is In all had gained
the ice.
''The wife Of the captain Of the
Prairie Chief he was among those who
had persisted died before our arrival
in Sydney. Mrs Huddersfeld, strong
er woman, quickly recovered, and was
walking the deck In the sum leaning ON
her husbands arm within Aweek OF her
rescue w. Clark Russell I'm Strand
Magazine.