The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-13

let me tell you of the experience of the
Northwestern. | knew her captain well
and he told me the story. 1t happened
some years ago late in the fall The
weather was rough and rather foggy
and the Northwestern had tied to q
swinging anchor near Bakers Island.
The wind usually blows off the island
but sometimes it switches to the east
and blows directly on shore. That hap
pened this time, ana before those on
board the Northwestern knew il she
was churning about right in among the
REFERS. There was no hope then OF
keeping her off the rocks and the crew
scrambled lively 10 get out of her, ex-
peeting every minute to hear her strike.
They got clear away and as soon as
they had roWed to a safe distance lay TO
and waited to see what would happen.
Well, they sat there for hours watching
that old ship play Isaac ana josh III
among those breakers and Str2lnlhS
their ears for the crash that would tell
them she was shivered on the rocks
But she didn't go ashore after all After
a while the wind veered suddenly again
and she stood away and got out OF tilStt
wilderness of rocks where no skipper
could have sailed her in thousand
years without smashing her TO klndnng
woodland there wasn't mark on her
anywhere.
.fWhen the crew of the Northwestern
saw her riding free again one or two OF
them called out that they had seen a
miracle and began to thankthe LORD
But as soon as they saw that the OLD
ship was trying TO give them the SIP
they gave up their praying, set ouI LOT
her again and tried to get aboard. SUI
the ship was thrashing about so that
they could not get up to her and it was
almost twenty-four hours before they
managed to get aboard. II the boat had
gone down, you see the Northwestern
might have become a second Maria Ce-
Leslie"
THE creepiest feeling 1 ever had,
said another gray-haired skipper, was
once when 1 boarded an abandoned bark
from Alexandria, Egypt. We ran across
her about five hundred miles from the
American coast. She appeared to be IN
good condition and we sent off boat 10
look her over. She was leaking little
but had not been severely injured ana
it was not quite plain why the crew hau
abandoned her. Abandoned she GER
tainly was for we found her as desert
ed as a tomb. In fact we found that
she was a tomb, for she carried cargo
of dead mems bones picked UP along the
Nile / shall never forget the feehnS
that came over me when L saw tnal
freight of death and you can bet that
we lost no time in getting away. so
far as | know the VeSSeI 5 CIeW was
never heard from, and perhaps their
in thy fathers care until thou reachest
mans estate when there will be a
place for thee" Then looking contempt
uously at the craven wretch who lay
before him he said sternly:
''Nitizin, thou evil one, the only
thing in thy favor is that thou dids't
not really harm the child. Remove him;
1 will consider his case later. And
Haikaru," he added, kindly, take thy
boy and his scarf Thou hast jewel
in him which 1 will share with thee.
And accompanied by the now Jovla4
{oritoma they went forth through the
| smiling and exultant crowd that show
cred congratulations upon both, and
up the hill amid the blossoms that
rever to their glad eyes seemed so
s. eet, and SO to their happy home.
All this happened many years ago,
.efore the New Japan had arisen from
The ancient Nippon. and yet cable
dispatch printed quite recently in all
ne papers may serve as lifting
finale, as it is indeed the occasion of
the telling of this little story:
'"Che Chefoo correspondent of the
Central News says: General Mako
ros division of the Japanese army oc-
ol1pied Liu Kung Tao on Friday. The
garrison and the foreigners with 1t
were allowed to depart unmolested
aboard the Savern Makoro's division
is renowned for its discipline and brill
liam achievements during the war, and
its general is noted for his humanity
as he is for bravery and unbending in
! tegrity'