The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-03

,.ost call / ever had, said the
ll The r,C Young looking man, was IN
nal Of poker, and, curiousiy enough,
E'u' lied In that particular zeal in
Yen II you remember one summer
Peinap COWS ago when succession OF
but 1sn soualls struck the south side
pen u, Island on four successive sun
l0DIT think it was just ten years ago
~ clubhouse, eight or ten of us,
We n"S which was located on Hicks
sull' ,ho extreme western end of the
Isat south bay .,, o,ort calling
W.T. W. Of all--but the commodore, as
m ,,' allied him, was the best amateur
al ,~rsr knew, and naturally we made
@ Tuner and nobody else assumed or
p sA'p,ppsnonsibility when he was aboard.
,o any , ,J particular Sunday, the fourth
VI ser series of squally Sundays, there
Wv .oren of us on the yacht. We had
~ fishing all the forenoon about
n VIZ" east of Wreck Head, and had
i ~ IucE. but it was wretchedly hot,
ia air,nc Of the sport, we had run back
% Hicks beach again and come to
NY, otf the best bathing ground in the
{,,Sborbood opposite the life saving sta
Tben we had plunge and after
.,,a had gone into the cabin. Two of
sam had gone to sleep and the rest of
had bepun game of poker. 1t was the
4 came ever played on Sunday.
d After an hour or so there came a jack
IN which there was some of the most
~.,table drawing / ever saw. The
Inker had opened it on pair OF queens.
commodore sat next, and having
4. ~ seyens came in. The doctor had
~ shades with "a queen at the head, and
fng brash player at all times pushed
Ms chips. had been having great luck
\ = time and decided to rely on it, so
(mo IN with an ace, and the lawyer
Ina also, though he had only two little
Il, snots in his hand. We found out all
h long sfterward when we were togeth-
|One night talking over the adventure,
M ot tbe same time we learned what the
law was. 1t seemed so curious to me
Iat wrote 1t down, so l speak by the
|rd in telling it. The doctor was dealing,
I drew the first cards. They were an
|ber ace and three eight spots. The law
N caught another four and two tens. The
BOker cot three jacks. The commodore
|urht seven and two mines, and the
Motor got his two coveted spades. A pair
Aoueens was high hand before the draw,
N there were four fulls and a flush
bound the board after 1t.
|"Naturally enough, the betting began
|rously, and the chips on the table were
] in the pot presently. We were betting
|oney and were, some of us, feeling
trough our pockets for our rolls, when
bddenly the commodore threw back his
Nd and raised his hand with a sudden
ksture that arrested our attention in
bntly. Dropping his cards, he sprang to
j. feet and started to rush out on deck,
|nen a lurch of the vessel sent us all
Bmwling. The squall had struck us. For
moment, while we were scrambling
we could feel the yacht tug at her
|Chor, and then with sudden drive dash
ward somewhere. Almost at the mo-
Int of the swapping Of the cable, for 1T
ID snapped, we heard u tremendous crash
Ferhead, and we aftcrward learned that
Be lurch of the boat had thrown her stick
bt Of her.
"Ihe sudden drive meant that we were
fitting helplessly toward the mud flats
the other side of the channel, but be-
" we could ascertain this-in fact, be-
fe any of us could get to the companions
blythe wretched boat turned turtle.
Pve heard 1t denied that such boat could
Pm turtle under such circumstances, and
don't pretend to explain how or why. it
ID. All / know is that it did, and II
OEed as If we had reached our last quar-
Of an hour.
The confusion was Undesirable. OF
Yhrse we were Immediately standing or
Gambling on the ceiling of the little cab
while everything that had been on the
Por fell with us. The water rushed in
pore than waist deep, and for few mo-
lents 1t looked as if the little room would
4 up completely before we could even
PINK what possibility there was of get
fg out. Fortunately, however, there was
pyancy enough about the miserable
FaIt and the cabin was deep enough In
e null to keep it pretty near the water
Ee and the air in the room was not i'm.
lediately displaced. At least, that was
Pw reasoned 1t out. All that l can say
Patlvely is that whereas expected to be
|'ally submerged found that l could
|sliy enough keep my head out of water.
|1at air there was in the cabin doubles.
Fiped to keep us afloat, confined as II
ps' ana Tor time-it seemed very long
Pne-we were tossed about, splashed ant
Prown down, as the boat rocked ant
|.cned, but we wero not drowned.
AT hrst no one spoke. The situation
as 700 awful for words, and it seemed al
|Mewere all SO shocked as to be mentally
Enhed' know i was for one, and If oul
[ape had depended on my thinking of ,
[eans we would all have persisted ther
~ 'nere. Fortunately the commodor,
| n, the situation, and, as we coult
In ana understand one another wei
[vusn' ne told us his plan In few
p1as' IL was simple, and it gave us a
Pst a chance for life.
lou can all swim, he said. Find |
mug line. There are plenty In the cab
somebody produced one in moment
was on a reel
nod fast to the reel, said the com
|vuore' III take one end of the line an,
through the companionway. thinl
/ .u nhd my way over the side and NJ
: 'ne bottom of the boat. III hold m,
4 anu anu when you feel three jerks max
T. !, Gnu a iast. Then you will have to fol
W. W. a ohe at a time. Don't let go of tn
ev you , go out, and you can't miss tn
| b; ~ III hold the other end.