The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-02-08


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iHs affs Iaent3l ei'a IA TACT e.,
Denesail q slrt,ieh 10
do will coal ire s. Md 0gae hen he
had taken a; cargo nj gfa an to 0SVegO,
the only freight slla could get hack was
llaYsEa foa!. : Not kilaMlt,S much sHb6nf It.
re; fr::ssrlnefasuTerl0nd ,ss-'F his
Woul:i no. have MAIDS mulch difference had
,lsa.Weailer been fine, but it happened Oh
this, GRIP that he encountered "a heavy
gala. There was one. hes cause for: flnx.:
III B, and one that ontWe,gheAl .eYe rythipg
else. The captain had his z. ls7year-o'd
daughter and TWO OF tier young. Etrl
friends. an board .:,ss,|t -. .e.,. e5S.
At.sF. the FIRST day 8 ioadiAg tlie captain
saw: that the vessel was way below her
mark lin the stern. and; II. worried aim,
He knew that n the ,aame. samonnt, was
PITT I'm forward the schooner would he
very much overloaded, :. and he had 3
strong notion to hustle sonle men aboard
ardseven her up the arstyday.- but an old
coal-carrying captain. who lNas also s40all-
lliS dL..OSWSHO.a ldu3StIsn W.Nl UNL VI u
and s,he let It 50. All the way. up Lake
tEpie;. Lake. Huran and through the straits
Of Mackinaw,4 he. passed without rough
.wcatAev; bit ir'Iake Michigan, when Oft
the Mentions, he got it n the. teeth. 4 1t
became equally in. the. eNenlng & and lat IL
o'clock at night it. was blowing o hurri-
eal.es i, The SEA was terrible and the
waves dashed over her with such fury
that her. bulMarks we're. torn out and
there was "a fear that the cabin would
also be washed away: 49,, - s''
The girls We're in the, cabin: The doors
Of which had been battered down. The
captain st00d by the man at the, wheel,
enduring 1.-The most terrible suspense he
had ever known. 1.-THE ever prayed lin
his life he prayed Then and he would have
given; all he had on earth Il those girls
were only on shore, hut he was deter
mined on one thing. II the schooner
foiindered the girls should remain In the
cabin, for there they would find quick
death while4if outside ON a float of any;
kind it would only, 6e;a pro|ongation of
the agony. From II O'clock at .night+until
$3.50 the next morning there was no ces~s
sation Of the gale, and, none on board
had the slightest hope Of escape.
The time came when the man. at the
wheel was changed: Tho new; man. took
hold as II he knew his business and meant 4
10 attend to it. The captain watched
him carefully and felt thattf good steady
steering would be- of any avail they
might hope. Again came the time to
change, and Capt. Donegan said to the
man about to ha relieved; s,.s.! s.,.-.. ~.
!. IF you keep the wheel for one more
trick l will give you a weeks extra
wages 81 a!
Never YOU mind abolt the wages.
captain said the man. 't1'll steer her
for 4 Chicago if You say so,'' and then just
as Capt. Donegan was trying to frame
some words of thanks for the mans will
ingness the seaman went ON: II
ut amt q matter Of wages; with me
tonight. captain. II ann steeEiEg for my
wife and little ones at home, and. for the
three assies below1in the cabin, God bless
them!''' 49,, = 49,, :. 49,. ~.
@"I am . "a ashamed said the captain,
that L don't remember that sailors
name. He was a hero 60
Good steering and a staunch craft saved
them, and the Mead arrived safely in
Chicago. 1t was a lesson. to Capt. Done
gan. He. never after n overloaded, any
boat he sailed. ~; .es% y
Capt. "Donegan has owned an interest
in most of the vessels he has been mas
ter of, especially for the last 10 or Il
years He owned the Oaklsaf, and says
the mistake of his life was in selling her.
She has been rebuilt. and is today one Of
the finest boats ON the chain Of lakes.
y The; captain sold out his last interest
three years ago and accepted a position as
keeper OF the two-mile crib. He was
there. under Carter Harrison and Hop
kins; but Mayor Swift let him come
ashore for his health. While out at the
CRIB the captain always made 1t a point
to count the small sail or .rowboars he
could see when a storm was coming, and
then to afford them such assistance as
he:could; If any of them got into trouble.
In this way he has saved many lives.
Capt. Jim Donegan was always pop
Ular man as a seaman, mate or master,
and today he has occasion to know that
he is as popular as ever. He and Johnny
Frcar keep open house for: their old
friends, and there at any time may be
found a jolly crowd of old tars, who de-
light IN meeting each other as they do
the two captains.
One little instance Of Capt. Donegan's
good nature wifi form happy closing to
this brief history Of his career, He once
shipped an old fellow named Dongal,
just merely to give Him a place TO cal
and sleep Dougaf was not expected to
20 aloft or do any hard work and the old
scotchman knew It.. One. day, when IT,
was blowing pretty fresh the. captain, for
a Joke, called Dougal and told HIM to go
up and furl the topgallant sail, .,,.
II will ma, said the Old fellow, hooking
up in the captains face in . surprised
way. :..s-i
e55.tCcn,e, come. man: up with your Don't
you>tsee the to.gallant sail wilt blow
away"
easy get anitherv topsail. captain, but my
wife Gamma get anither Dougal," RI.
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