Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20
A TALE OF THE DEEP


ana no else could. Ny private oplnion
y ihat Il she'd been swung for "A.
JuslAent every morning al eight beIls
you Would have found her from thyes
- slA points out before the afternoon
NAtch was over, ! can tell Won 49,
no JOKE snoring along for three thnn-
sand miles, not knowing whether ro,,
are y allow two and a quarter or ton
ahu quarter u was an right ia iine
hraheF, when could sight A star
ana get my bearings that way: but
- mick weather, sou may guess. il
USED 70 make my flesh creep when VI
were getting into sOUndings. or ought
70 ~, and ! couldn't FOR the life IL mo-
say exactly where We wefe.
Anyhow, We cleared al san Jose
all right and the old hooker got her
blunl nose laying her course as near
as could guess with an allowance
Tor Tie usu8i extra deviation. We
We're running fairly light, very differ.
eht from The trip out. when thought
Those beastly rails would drag her boi
'ohi out al every M ~ the sea. II Al
hadn't been for tie ccmpgss We should
have besn As til as 4 fiddle
! gave orders 10 egulaie tile blnna
Gle card by Tie standard which was
halfway np Tie miEzen mast. thinking
that that MIS- the most trustworthy
compass Ne had aboard. aud even
ireni observations Bus. as i hap
pened, We made more casting than Nr
should have done. and gradual
~ worked south 81 Lihe proper
course Ia the end n we hadn't
Oaen that, ten days out We got into a
regular shorier o. gale Wesi nor
west Win 4 sea running ~ that
would hate sMamped us II We had
been on tine trip Oui. i'ia not the SKIP
per 0f biz ocean liner, 40 / didn't
lss her take her own position head 10
sr&. and ride ID out The old Sarah
Jane hadn't enough are and rise for
ward r0f that aud ! didnt want 20
have her decks swept AZ every SCI. 80
! Just ran for Il, working through the
smother lik" ; locomotive. and even
then Eeisias nasty ones over the talr
rait that nesrly popped her
To cut this part u my yarn Short
We drove before the va Far two days
sud nixhss. and the ihl.1 day. though
the teeth ~ the gale seemed 70 be
draan. II suddenly came on ~ black
- pltrh after noon, and kept 50 right
up 70 niKhsfsll We could do nothing
but snort through Ii for all We were
worth. sad y0u NAY gtrss my feel
inES. with engines al full speed ahead
aud 4 following gale Ia weather THAI
ynn could r-it II with a knife
ii would be some time IN the frEt
dag Nsirh that tntFr Was a sudden
jar. and the engines stopped ] vent
Tor The engine room Tubs but there
was tbo mthrh naiNs in d. any speaking
t'p cAmc The engineer 70 ihr bridge
and beloved 10 my elr that something
Ras amise lie snrhsed ihe propeller
vac fouisd hadni fairy taken IN
his uofgis before the s,rend mate was
- NJ other ear
We are is about the biggest mess
eolnr W. telird "ThrrcR Nrcrkngc
IN around IT. seems 10 be = whole
eo5g Eour wrong. We've b.'n IN u tnr
heura aud o. nearer .lit end than wc
Werr jumped for the rail Ind look
I'll over thr kitc u WAS siill piirh
DART but che Nairf MAS phosphorcs
crng. and rauld tusi make aui Wh"l"
n.aspas ~ Tangled n1idagr and canvas
coating hy and Nrr8ping 49, against our
.tss w wrre stiil moving hut Nlih.
~, ssreraee. way aud WHIST would hap
mn rrat I dtdn'f like 10 gtie&.
W. ahsll H. into something Soon.
4atir,I bark "a ihr tWu men. and They
raNg an answering yeil Thn tra was
going down III Jumps ~ time ahh
Vc arumcl In H. losing orr WAY t"t
which WAS glad because ING M
sarah fans wasn't III trim fHr running
a.uu fhe huiks "a which all THIS stun
belonged snd The engines being stop
rod W had 10 further control owes
',r- Every minute ] expected e. he9t
,Ec ai.,N 0ning crash and ind Our BOWS
s.,vc IN against y timber ship or a ear
90 ~ iron rails
Ali tbIs limo tic wr,vkage was 60.
inc hy Ike procession. ana We We're
hrNriinr about iu u Ike , hruhh'N
span against lamppasis lheh' -
49,, n ap~wrd the sea dropped ~
tivbt swell though The wind was SUI
,,i,i.,llnr overhead I rouldn MAKE
Il o,,s AZ ali II WAS for all the werlu
n .cnc one had aattrncd II out ~
hand tt1t WY We ~" 40,
NIX 81. simply rollcd lumpily on 2 ~
~ sVcll. with scarcely = SOUND Y
,.cnt tbc srrapinT ~ the mess = y iothh
M aidcs. and the gurEline y wa.
,,,,Jrr the bows and counter ana
ssr,Il vhis,ling wind through our w
hamper :, ,be bows
halted me. r
steamer right ahead. sir' -.
.rsn you alrht herr called na,r.
VA air: hut shes coming wy las NJ
~ listened and the sonnd WaN "'S
,,nrt enough now. A., of.
ashc's got paddles" said NY Wa 5a",,
t,h an oath what the neNn
~" AND. surc enough We . r"uam
n.,r Tho dap napdap q oan t .rVn,
49,. 49,, M Ilghis showing, though lp.m
y, IN Jumped. for there was ai ,,,,
so,ncWbpre abaft the port ut' ~.
~. .,,,.hrIs,rhurchr | said we e ~ a. ~,
,,.iy mcss what Is liT mover A. ~.
~ steam siren. atu gave W ,,rc,,ty
oId ycll NJ hundred Fnu '"'"''
p. .,,s.n 10 listened. The Thing an N.Y.,
~ III i, ~ first aud footed back . .m,n
tooh ",arboard. then another W.
KIN friend to port. then ln' ~ od ia
our NJ mn, their paddles seen 'm ,,o, -
ah.," inst the same. ana tncN M
Wo,t nearer We could helr ~
Ectuns IN tbs engines and inc "