The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-20
better. only the ptchin' were some
thin simply ridikalons.

uldn l"t mp "a single bit we made
Ready FUR another rough night To-
ward snndrnn. 10 make things wuss
measly drivin mist set in, an you
couldn't see the end o. your own nose.
no matter how cross-eycd We looked
The mist lasted all night. an were
there wen ! turned out to take the
forenoon watch the next day.
hadn't much inore'n got on deck ~ en-
We're shook up by "A loud shot from
forrard. jumped out on the fox slc-
deck, an one o. the hands yelled: "A
water-logged wreck. Driftcn' right
onto us" II were a capsizcd schooner.
an afore il were possible fur us To do
anything az all IL came tumbin down
the side . a roarin mountain q water
jess as we plunged down of another
crash, Our forcfoot came down on
top % the wreck. heerd great
scrapn' an hangin' as the schooner
drifted out from under us. an the next
second some men came tumblin' up the
forc-hatch, cryin The water. It's a.
comm in by the ton" Close the bulk
head doors in the forrard bulkhead.
yelled. The hands jumped below. an in
mirnii comes back an ser: They're
fouled an won't shct. Close EN- in
the second brllShead.' hollered It's
done" they sez. by this time the capn
were on deck. an ordered all the boats
cleared ready fur lowerin.' No boat
III live in that sea. sir. ser Isaac
Hooper. the fust mate No more it
viii, scz the cap'n 80 we must try
To keep the stea mer afioat till the gale
moderafe,. III 90 blow myself an
see how things is a-goin'' The cap'n
went blow. an the rest o us stood an
looked Al each other. All on suddcnt
Isaac Hooper. the fnst mate. he looks
VERY PECULIAR at me. an seq he TO me.
seq he
1t are my opinion that this ere
vessel are a-settlin by the head.
" 'ieh the same seq ! to him. seq
|. is also the opinion o yourn truly
''The mex. minnit the capn comes
a-runnin' on deck. an sez he to me.
seq he:
= We're a goncr. The water are ten
foot deep in the forrard compartment.
and She are almost the same in the see
ond. shell 20 down head fast in about
ten ininnits.
~ don't b'lieve she'll sink a; all.
seq Isaac Hooper to him, SCI he.
Not fur won't she? SEE the cap'n.
"''cos them two compartments
won't hold nuif water fur 10 drag her
down.
But they'll hold 'nuir to pull her
head under, an then these here seas
a-brcakin onto her IL send her down,
sez 70 him. seq l.
'IIowsumevcr. faint no use o. tell
in We wot We all said. eos WY. none on
US didn't know nothin' about wot Were
agoin' fur to happen. An how could
we. seem that nothin o the sort ever
happened afore. an amt VERY ex-
ceedin' likely fur to happen az i'm
What did happen?' asked Henry.
eagerly.
jess you hold your breath said
the Old sailor. ian III tell you. The
steamers head KEEP a settiin' an a.
settlin' till all on student her starn
riz out o water. an the screw whizzei
around in the air like buzz-saw. The
deck were now a-slantin' from starn to
stem SO that We couldn't stand up onto
IL. an all hands was a-hangin' onto
the riggin' or life-lines. and putty nigh
skeert to death. Now the ingincer an
all his hands came on deck.
"'Cap'n.' seq the inginecr. the screw
are mp in the air, an we can't stand up
blow. an we amt no more pcrtil< Ter
good nohow. so. ef you please. we'd
like chance fur our lives.
Help yourselves SEE the cap'n.
VERY sourcaustic.
The inginccr he looks around, an
he sees right away that he couldn't "a
lowered a boat nowhow. COS WY. the
way we was a-ridin they was all
jammcd ag'in the forrard davies. All
the time the ships head were a-settlin'
more an more. an the slant o. the
deck were a-gcttin' sleeper an sleeper.
The steamer sh. swung round so that
her starn were a-facin the seas, an
that settled it.
The old sailor paused for moment.
and while the boys were regarding him
with brcathless interest, he INDUCED
in silent laugh. after which he CON
tinued thus:
BLOW me fur pickles cf faint puff
ficlsly silly wen ! comes fur to think
ont now Wei dye think happcncd?"
"What:" cried both boys.
IVY. a tremendous sea rolled up nm
der her starn. heavin' il SO high into
the air that the Iron Mary jess stood
on her head. An there She stopped.
We all looked ut each other. but no
one opened mouth till the cap'n said:
"'Waal. we cant hang on here IN
this fashion. 50 let's all 70 blow an
consider wot are to be did.
$50 we climbed up to the cabin com
panionway an fell down into the
cabin. where we fetched up on the for
rard bulkhcad among permiskyous
pile o. furniture an things. The capn
he looks into his state-room. an seq he,
VERY solemnlike:
- got to rarn 10 sleep standin' up,
! reckon.
...Waal.' seq Bill Martin. an able
seaman. i got to rarn to sleep under
water cf go to my bunk tonight
THE cap'n he LATED. an ser he to
me: I'm a-thinkin' this ere gale III