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

.yc did not ston the engines. They slowed by
a tSSr y,ss and G1o Brought T,, np q OF them shsI's o1i sI d AHd
The chief and | we're the last to 60; there
was nothing else to be done.
There wns II snoring breeze. with a stifish
sea running. II wasn't cold, because we were
in the thick of the Gulf stream. but the night
was as black rs coal with arriving rain. and not
a bit inviting for n boat CRUST. However,
there was no lelp. for 1t: Knowles and tho two
other mates and the carpenter had got tho two
were viCtualling them. aud tho hHnuls were
hidden to rumble In without any more delay; a
tailor could have seen that the old Shan had
not got very much longer to float,
vast going to lose the things had bought
TO 20 below and put them together. had got
70 the head of the COMPANION 10 dc, this. when
the light from inside Ginning full on his face.
lie WINS az COO. us a fish aud smiling.
An. Mae" he said; glad to see you are
your favor aitcrwOrd. Say. just slip into the
sh3rt house here, will you, and take charge Of
port lireboat. and II YOU get il safely ashore
You shall have ten per cent. us salvage for your
l stepped into tho chart house. the door
closed behind me, and found myself tace;on
on On tho SSt C ! ! SiTs'i sof ahG ana GSFP Sppesi, w" s, Sa't wns
one OF the deck hands. a fellow who had joined
rom New Orleans when did. lingering n nick
":Huilo," said I. what. does this mennH"
1t means" snid Blake, from behind mo.
hl'ubNpu We EDL W olNN EISHb Htlt, VII lIllS
shin, Mac. and be her chief engineer. whether
you Ike IL or not. Now I've a got n knife in
very much {. Xiii you. i've no time for long
stay deady"
I've got to save my li'e., I said.
You're 4 sensible man. Mac. Just sit be-
side Cnips. on the sofa there. and talk to Mr..
Legrand. Oh. l forgot to introduce you. lie.
grand is tho new. mate. And now | must be
Oft to see that all the members Of this ship's
company / don't, want go of cruising socially
together in tho lfebOatS.n
lie. went out in the dark. closing the door on
t h,s d hSS5s; Snd look l i9g NJ, m iSe 81 si saIIow oesssG
creole s.H,, who !! held ss,d the ere, rSyoi sT;nror,. ,o,o mn,
I've Just come from below myself, and | know
le,rs Just holding US here % drown" ,o
game to get he chin to ourselves, and to scare
Off those We didn.s want"
why. there's been a couple of sea cocks
opened. that's all: and II YOU want To know
Th2 did it.here'. the map staIding before you;
smashed tho bilCe pump"
And who's going to work the ship when
oh. we'll have eight OF a crew al, told. count
ing in You And me and Chips here and the
forchold and two signed on as coal trimmcrs.'"
II shipmate with some very clever scoun-
drels." | thought, and wished myself far
enough away, Hut az there was no means of
getting clear I thought it was best to save my
To Saes oT W SG' II was as | p %ss S:a; ;hr nsETSP my sG @In d.
BE n sensible man. Mr.. Mac Todd" said he.
and do as we want YOU. and draw your $50 n
month. and then 90 ashore and spend 1t when
the time comes. About the right and the
wrong of the business you have NJ concern:
have bee been forced forced into qi att It against Saf ySST viii" YOU
Wei said. MI. LeSrand. yon,s a very
when, the time comes: I shall not-snd $50 a
months u very pleasant wage to finger"
laugh @RHnH HhG SS9'l Ssra,s ss ssy .s,b hsSr'" Vel T!t a1r, {"
Blake came into the chart house. his face
gill sIiiI5tenn ming y, Win III tho rE wst: ,n ,fdS e o GT't ,, he
blew out of sirht in dozen minutes. Knowles
f. steering. and the old chief has manned, the
are following them in. the port boat to rende2-
vons Mt Key West. and as we shan't turn up bv
ed as lost. Nothiag could have happened bet.
ter. That crowd will be ready to swear. all
20 f5rs sh thsy ' Rnd i lef5 i isw s eisS SRah 5odna nna Be SO
the lot OF us can start fresh with purser's
names on a fine new steamboat which hasn't
And being without parers." I said, Won
wont be able to sst inio a single port to sci:
credit for a child's, sense. or course this
and she's got to be altered 10 suit them. Her
names the George NJ: Washington. her en-
you'll hear all that afterward. At present
there's WORK TO DO. and l guess all hands have got
o . sweat r t%is n aS, n as t4 nnd ha never s s~el "a
1t was difficult to stand on deck. for every
roll sent her down 10 the Toll. and the fore,
dc:k was ahoat half the time. OF course. the
steam pumps below were useless. but by n
manned that IT, watch and watch h. about. 70. halt
hour spells. and kicke. the water out of her by
been turned IL OF. .''t SO 9 we'd no further leak'
aud we got the trysails and the Two top.
ff9sts for on the hsF c aGa 's ,hore. a we SoU hadn't AMOS Ssi
fsr Gle, clear ho hg 6 nama had pr #, q nmif.l bh IKE no d
npI1pJ che Nyntar dawn hollow the Orahnra NJ
the furnaces and We're able to get lit mp again
and seq the steam rise in the gauges.
1t was an anxious tim" then II any other
steamers saw us drifting about there under sal
alone they would come up to ofler assistance
find out who sc were. and the game would De
up. The spot was l!seiy to be crowded, too
because we were in tie ship track fctween the
thieves luck held, and we go: her under sean
ASain. kicked out tho balance OF the winter with
the bilgo pumps. and stood across Tor Il lonely
bay in Cuba. where we could alter the poor old
Shah's appearance undisturbed.
we were at anchor there by early afternoon,
and n rough. wild place 1t was, walled H. will
tropical trees and closed from NIL view to sea-
ward. Sen fowl were the only living crea
the sharks and the sawtsh which crui1ed
around US in tho water. AS n pirates hnrbOl
no better spot could Lave been 10 md in all III,
world and That is what wo we're then. jus,
pirates: all. that is. except Cliips and me. who
were forced into the business against nur viii
The work began ut once. Stages were rigget
over the Side. and the blnck paint was changed
TO gray. The names on the boats and tho life
ukap NCIc biNNAtiAs a. AbAAiN VIZ "a ~
from red and white 10 black ana blue. Tn,
yards were taken off her forrard. the TWO top
masts sent do WI. and two ten. foot stump top
musts put on end In their place. The. Clyde
name plates were shifted from the 81 gines
and tho wheelhouse was knocked away from
the upper bridge. She looked a different ship
The gray paint. and the stump topmas'i
seemed 10 make her half as big again rs til,
British steamer Stab that had sailed out %
the Mississippi River. / could have sworI
that her Own builders wouldn't have re og
nizcd tho ship. even If they had stood bes.d'
her on Il do * wall.
Well. there was no time lost after that worl
was done. We were not there pleasurinI, nm
of us. and we upped anchor Az soon rs sc has
finished transuo Grifving her. and set ont 70
the Horn and the Chilian coast. Legrant
was for putting In to II brazilian port to stnl
and pick up Il few more hands. but Capt. Blnkr
said Ne" He was not n nervous man. bu
ho was no fool to stand In the way OF unnec
, cssary risks. The George VI. Washington wa
10 keep out of all human sight till she mad
her Chilinn port. ana then no one could con
/, meet her with tho shah. which had been los
! in the Mexican gulf. Sho was 10 get Il carg
/ from there to China. or else go across In bal
last. and in China she was to be- sold. Tina
was the programme. He was quite aware /
|, would be desperately hard work for all hands
but the pay was big 10 match. md they cunlt
|, have FREQ run OF all the grub in the ship. BE