The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04

Shipped. Look. you can SEQ the sockets of
them. By gum. niatey, believe 1t Is the Shah
/ was beginning to wake up. Tho conversa-
over heretofore" VI. Washington. ThaLs no
name for a British ship. l can't say. though.
blazing Yankee
Yankee be hanged. Lock az those main
shronds. ] RI tiled them down In Pensacola,
and We put III wire for every third rat-linc."
What ever forY'
had, Perhaps he was of mis- nut; he died d.
rcctlY after Of yellow jack. But wire IT was.
and IL YOU look there you'll see It. for yourself.
by gum, It's the shah, sure as death. shes
mealy: mounted Blake that's done it. How
ever. Blake or whoever II was. I'm gong "a. lay
information so suon as ever | get ashore to,the
custom house. I'd "A good berth IN that ship;
and,l don't think much of the man who kicked
mo from there to come and be skipper OF this
Stalking old lunghill here
l was awate enough BY this time. and had
recognized knowles. and was beginning to
wonder why he had not rccognizcd me. But
thcn | remembered that, first OF nj, | was sit
/ wearing n five weeks beard. so | lay still whore
l was Till the guano bark had dragged slowly
past over tho swclls. and then ! rot up and
Slipped into tho chart house There was no
need TO tell my news, Capt. Blake had heard
every word that had been said through n port
Ho looked at mo as ccolly as though every
thing was smooth. ITS n benstly nuisance.
Gerlng our dividends. too?"
Then shall | lose my wages?" asked.
II guess. Mac, you can earn nothing more ous
Of this cruise Mt present than u hemp ner kite"
-. I'm clear of that. at any rate. Man. do
S gss not sn rs'nsm mY w | Tas forced into tho ou'i-
Suite so. 60 ashore and tel that to the
S Sara ,rnrS a, T he re ; certain to believe your
"Phew" whistiei. 1t hadn't struck mo
that way. or ,Cours,,, had got no sort Of
no. my SON. :, said Blake; ITS a case Of
all sticking together yet. and with luck wei
not only save our necks but well realize On tho
ship"
II know that"
Then what's your plan. CaptainH"
I'm tell it you later. For tho present 20
guess we've little enough. time to waste.
There's II cruiser over yondcr that can put TO
directly Knowles gets ashore with his news.
Away wite you now. and make your sweeps
There was ctary inducc2ient for hurry. and
every one kaew that. l.egrand was down
ceo2.f I'm me- :,a ana n 30 W. wa" svs e1ss m T@rpG ; we knew We
and whom Mt last Lcgrand was able to go on
ihc foredcck md hcavc up 1t was none too soon.
The cruiser astern of us was bustliDg with life.
n uaphtha launch was cum inG 70 us from the
inner harbor as fast as she could pclt. and 1t
was plain that all Calao was alive with
Knowles's tidings.
The skipper had got the upper brlaEe alone.
and held the steam steering wheel in his own
hands. He was heading her for the northern
channel between San Lorenzo leland and the
| .nni. ana. nS usual. he was taxing matters uulIe
calmly and with a smile on his sanity face.
He Mother swore nor shouted. He was the
most Gnaccountablc ship master ! ever came
across IN that way.
But 1t was tho naphtha launch that de-
stroyed. us. We started slow. and she nearly
boarded. but rs steam got up so did our pace
improve TIL at last she could do no more than
kceo her place. II he could once have shaken
her or. ! believe Capt. Blake would have found
soma plan for escape. but as 1t was. that was
out of the question. There was rot n breath
OF wind. The 'ony Pacific Swe!ls came rolling
| in frnm The Yves. ward. 80 that when we were In
n trough we could no: see where they broke In
thunder on the beach; and all the time that
naratkn launch hung dogGcdly in our wake.
Tie hands were making steam for every
think they were worth. md all ! had 20 do was
lie ana keep everything fabricated. 1t said
mn"h for nv keeping Of those engines the way
have run smoother II ten men with CHEERS
tickets had been tending them eye-y day since
of Trade cHalniners could have seen mo then.
The excitement was TOO big for m" 20 keep
myself below all tho time. | irst had TO pop
nv head ort of the engine room doc: ever
moment tie nHIlitha launch was out OF sight.
shed roll up 9,Eainiifh AGAINST tas horizon ever
was only for n rew fath2ms TO the hour. sun
1t wasn't her duty 70 board. She was only
emily thc mests ard smoke OF that showed up
against the sea liue. Laudsmen might have
on. Everything was possitie In a stern chase
Mt sea: besides. darkness would he down in an
cover. We felt cram 5rd aN7nt the throat. I
car. tell you. then. II didn't take much imaSl-
nation to see the gul!oTs ready r!GEed.
Night came Gown when the .,ruiser' as five
miles astcrn. but 1t did not help US. The sky
was lit like a theatre: :hc swellS were fnll
Of speckles OF phUsphoresccncc and where they
broke upon the beach you might have thought
there was a Enc OF bonares. The cruiser came
up as though she had n line 20 our stern. and
was heaving OF It in on her winches. ,
a I II mile ana n half she began to shoot, and
III not say her practice was good. | stood out
side my engine room door when l could spare n
moment to watch. and saw the shots plough
cutters IN tho swells, and send fountains or
lame far toward the sky.
Then ali Of a sudden the motion changed
the roll gave way to a steady pitch. and knew
boarded his helm. and was going to put the
stolen steoaner ON the beach. Well; there vas
surf. 4 minute later there was n whistle
down the voice tube, and lie told me In words
30 on the ground inside n dozen minutes. and
we were Mi to come on deck, 50 as to get tho best
i said "ASe. aye" ana told the hands. and
they went willingly enough: But for myself.
s nSs @rc, IA ,o S9l my work s9S Wni,tn TO i tsonq a,'eFi
marked of twelve minutes on the engine room
clock and 1T my pipe. But l nd 10 I'LL It
At last sho did it. She took the ground
ones teeth out. Then she lifted on n swell
and lit the VIII 10 or hcr length on the ground:
have risen up through your cap. Then she
lifted twice more. and began to make n noise
like a meat TIN does when boys kickit along a
paved = rect.
BY that limo shc had b.oachcd to. and she
was on her beam ends with the engines racing
badly. shut or before the poor things rived
them selves clear OF their bed plitea
Then / opened the escape valve to the full.
and climbed Ou3 on deck. The seas were max
ing n clean breach over her by that time. but !
did nOflcc that the ! Ort lifchoat was gone, and
the falls sho we'd she'd been lowered. There
was not II living man lett In sight, but whether
they'd been washed overheard or had gone n way
IN the boat | could not toll. | never saw any
The dor / was holding 20 went with the next
sen. and there vac | in tho surf. 200 yards of
the dr. Leach. can swim liko Il rat or n
KroobOy. and ! had 10 do IL then. That Pa
ciiic surf is something awful when one OF those
big ground sNeils Is on.
hut got spcwrd up by the sen n Inst,
bruised rs though Ind been heaten with sticks,
and there / lay on the sand and watched the
surf smash my beautiful engines I'LL they
weren't III TO nut on tho scrap Leap. The cruis'
er had done her work. and was steaming back
for. Cal no: the nnphthn lGurch was out OF
sight: the %lifeboat. II she had survived, had
slipped far away. and tho sea lay eu.pty.
Day spIanR IN over the water. and ] got uI
stinly and walked north along the coast. A
dozen miles brought iue to an Indian village,
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