The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-26
royal yard, where no staid till tho bit
for cold drr,vo him down

royal yard, where no staid till tho bit
ter cold drove him down.
And now comes the amazing part
Of this tale. I went OH deck ut midnight
to take charge of tho schooner. On
walking to tho side, rs my custom was,
and gazing steadily ahcad-a corner of
moon Mt this time hung in the sky over
the port Quarter-I behold dim faint
ness right ahead, o dolicato CLEAN like
some mysterious reflection of light III q
looking glass i'll darkened ROOM a
mau ca1no along from tho forocastlo
and sung out III o quiet voice that there
was ice ahead l bndo him rout ont
Dickens 1t was his watch below. but
whenever ice was reported we had him
up and stationed him OH tho forocas-
tic to koep lookout as tho ono and
only man In tho vessel who would know
tho berg we woro In search of. I then
ran to tho companion hatch and called
to the captain, who was lying upon a
locker below, and no immediately ar-
rived
The wind was scanty and our speed
through the water scarcely four knots,
but hardly had day brollcn-tho loo is
land being then about mile distant
when Dickens, who had remained on
the fOreoastle throughout tho dark hours,
shriekcd out:
The iceberg, sirl'
ut was fine morning, tho sea quiet,
tho wind n nipping mir out of the south
west The sun shono full upon the ico
berg and flashed it into great moon
white floating heap, scared with ravincs
and gorges. The swell rushed in thun-
der into deep caverns- 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
LII thunder OH the windward points
observed n shelf of the dead white crys-
tai sloping very gently like beach into
the wash of the water, and while / was
gazing ut it the captain. who was work
Ing away at the berg with telescope,
cried out fierccly. Then. growing mar
ticulate, he put the glass into my hand,
gaping at tho ice and pointing to it
Il leveled the glass and Immediately
distinguished structure, contrivcd as
presently saw, of the galley of ship
and quantity of wreckage. 1t stood i'll
great split i'll the ice within musllct
shot of the beach, and while I looked
smoke rose from it
There is life thcrcr cried out
I'VE hauled i'll. and then with the
naked eye clearly perceived several fig
urcs making signs TO us When we wcrc
as close us prudence permitted, the long
boat was got over, and the captain and
five men, one of them being Dickens,
pulled away toward the berg I stood
off to improve my offing, 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 III the arms of
Captain Huddcrsficld. He had wrapped
her III his coat and held her to his
heart Both women were lifted over
the side Three of the men were also
handed up. The others managed to
crawl on deck unaided There We're
seven men and two women They after
ward told us that Is in all had gained
the ico.
The wife of the captain of the
Prairie Chicf-hc was among those who
had pcrishcd-dicd before our arrival
in Sydney. Mrs. Understood, o strong
er woman, quickly recovered. and was
walking the deck III the sun leaning on
her husbands arm within week of her
rescue w. Clark Russell in Strand
Magazine.