The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-05

ordinary course, due at New York on
Wednesday afternoon about 4 o'clock.
which would be about o'clock Al
night in England. We had favorable
weather and had made good way, and
IL we kept on we should be in on time
II not before; but on Tuesday morn.
ing we ran into a dense fog. and our
course was impeded and the engines
we're slowed down.
sought the Captain. and told hin
exactly what was depending on our
not losing time. He was fine fellow
was Captain Mariner, and he fully
sympathized with me. We debated
the matter, and considered il all round
for few minutes. To go full steam
ahead was terribly dangerous, as the
lookout men could sec no distance to
speak of, owing to the fog, but the
Captain at last determined to do IL.
"Tll do il, Sparton," he cried. al
feel that this man was sent on board
my ship. and injured SO that he iel,
himself dying and bound 10 confess.
by Providence, and il don't try and
save Rupert Rowling I shall conside,
that have been the cause this being
hanged. II do try, and anything
happens to our ship, then may God
preserve usi"
To which I answered. solemnly
"Amenf"
Rushing off to the chief engineer, |
briefly explained matters to him, and
gave him the Captains orders. The
engineer was big. hard.headei
Scotchmau, and gripping my hand ia
grasp like a.vice, he cried:
"Tll maxi the ship go, Robert. Bat
it'll be bad thing for onything v.
run into, I'm thinking. II will that"
Well, We tore along through the ios
all day Tuesday. was in q dreadful
state of mind. On the one hand |
was all anxiety to reach port in time
to cable to England and stop ths
execution of Rupert, while, on The
other, we we're risking the lives OF th.
crew and some $50 passengers, to say
. nothing of the ship and cargo.
1 didn't leave the deck for momen,
; oil day. promised the Captain
would not leave o stone unturned to
, insure the safety of the vessel. We
put three times the ordinary numbs
of men on the lookout, and kept fog.
horning and whistling all day lcoS.
. but, by q merciful Providence, we had
! clear course. We only sighted one
vessel, about midday, but could not
: discern what she was. Toward night
the fog lifted aud the stars shone. Ne.
, Greig, the engineer, now had the coaIi
piled on at fearful rate. and we shu,
through the water like an arrow; bu.
, early next morning the wretched fOs
!, csls on again. 1-sasl
I'll WeEefe, Of course, nearing land,
| and the risk of collision was ever
minute more serious. We kept on Ou1
mad career. The passengers knev
there was something queer about
steaming so fast through fog, but
answered them all
"Oh, we're all right. We're on out
usual track, and nothing gets in ouI
way"
|. This was true to some extent, bal
, the risk was enormous, and every mil
that we got nearer land got Tas
: and more nervous.
. However, to cut long story short
we gained New York Harbor at 81
on Wednesday afternoon, nearly run
ming down an outgoing steamshiH
, some twenty miles out, and whichv
, avoided by the skin of our teeth.
As soon as we arrived l hurris'
| on shore, by the Captains permissiOn
, and hunted up the British Consul
5 whom l dragged of to the cable com
/ pany's office, and we sent joint tele
gram from him and the Captain to tht
, Home Secretary in London. AN
wired to the Governor of the iH
, where Rupert was waiting executed
: to Rupert himself, and to my sister
, The message to the Home Secretsy!
/ was long one 1 remember it cost NJ
about G5.
Iwaited at the cable Office for u re
t ply. 1t came within four hours, whle
: was pretty quick work, as my messag
would not reach London till about
o'clock at night, English time BEN
about five hours ahead of New Yori
Rupert was respited till our eviden'
) could be brought homo and inquire
into, and IN less than another month
| had the pleasure of shaking him
| the hand as an acknowledged innocen
man, her Majesty having. in the Pe'
liar fashion of the English law, bee
| pleased to grant HIM ''free pardon
for an offence he had never commiis
However, all was right at last. b
5 pert succeeded to his uncle's proper
and married my sister Patty in a.
, course.
: But the two days following Capps
Q mole's confession were the most al
ious time in my life. I was thorOugA
r upset and almost PROSTATE for We
D afterward. which is saying great
t for a strong-nerved sailor. --Ili'D'