The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-11-05
A sHIPWRECKED CREW,
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sThst fine-looking boy who holds the
bat," sadd the new master, indicating
young lad in the center Of the play
grotnd, ''is one Of my best pupils. Heis
English, and was brought here . year
ego after being taken from wreck"
-Ah," I replied, "you like him, then. I
asA glsd Of that. AZ to his studies, there
4 certainly one In which he will be like
" to excel, and that 10 geography"
y @0eogfaphyi" exclaimed the master.
'sIth b really 1 pleasure to hear the little
4eNow xecite It. He fairly devours It. I
thln1k hA would be able to floor the eom.
mittee in that branch Of study"
The new master was grave, elderly
ma, WHO, whenever / met him, seemed
70 take pleasure in talking to me, though
our acquaintance had been only for
week or two. s3
bpt now Arthur, the English boy,
ostchinE aeht Of my calico shirt and
blne jacket, came eagerly to the spot
'vhAfc we stood; and then, for the hrst
TINA, the teacher knew that his young
pupil and myself were last friends.
"You must tell me the story, from hrst
70. last. he said, after listening to the
greeting sbetween Arthur and me, IN
which we had dropped some remarks
that aroused his curiosity. Unjust hear
It. for feel . great interest in both Of
you" - ~ \. - ~ .us
We ss.Sed oursslvee. on the. school,,
house steps the master, Arthur and I.
But how dificult Il seemed to realize the
past and feel that this happy schoo1boy
had ever looked upon terrors 40 dreadful
o. those amid which had once seen him,
far out upon the great deep.
How his bright eyes sparkled or mois-
tened, - related the circumstances
which had, year before, brought us
acquainted, and which will repeat in
substance for the reader:
! had ssiled in the ship Altai, bound
for Maranham, in Brazil, and on the
equator we were becalmed for 90 days.
There was from the first, sail in
sight, which after time was brought
quite near Us by those momentary puffs
ofair which will occasionally ripple the
yater n such calm; and we at length
3ohnd her to be the whaling brig Cath
srwood, Of London. Capt. Dore.
Her officers were several times on
board Of US, while the vessels lazily
drifted within half mile Of ach o.hes,
and It seemed very pieasan. TO meet
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They laughed, however, when we COM
planned Of the tediousness Of our pas
seges which had up TO that time occu-
pied i've or six weeks, and said they had
nSt seen land for ssven monthsI
II was then that I first saw young
Arthur, whom found to be the cap
itain'a son. Mrs. Dore, the lads mother,
was also making the voyage; and COM
ing on board with the others fairly
charmed our crew with her sweet face
and manner.
Seven months out from port, the cap
tain's wife and son were hungry for
books and papers, and we were happy
In being able to supply them, in ex-
change for the well-thumbed reading
matter which they brought us from
their brig.
Capt. Dore told NJ that a. soon as the
calm should be over, hs would 20 north
wardly, toward the West Indies, to give
everybody good run ashore; but that
he did not wish to enter Maranham, near
which we then were, az q vessel he had
spoken had reported the yellow fever
there, and he feared for his wife and
boy.
When the wind again spranR up, we
stood for the Brazilian coast, while the
Catherwood bore away to the north,
carrying away with her more domestic
happiness than had ever before asso-
ciated with the idea Of whaler.
Arthur waved his handkerchief 70 M
from the maintop. and then dimmer and
DINNER grew the white sails Of the