The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-12
ABSOLUTELY PURE


Poole was eating his lunch IN the
chief mates place lie arose neryously-
$50 il seems, sir, let fly old Benson
in a broadside of sputters the Instant
the young fellow preseDte9 himself,
"that you did not give rie the whole
truth when questioned Jou about your
knowledge of some of she passengers.
81 told you all 4 then recollected,
sir.
"Did you tell me that you had shown
the arms chest and stated its contents
to the gentleman named Hankey when
he visited the ship in Sydney bay?
81 forgot all about that, sir. / am
heartily sorry. God knows I'd have
stove his boat in sooner than have al
lowed him aboard could / have foreseen
this.
Benson's passion rose high. He thun-
dered and swelled. "D'you know what
INV power as commander is, sir?'
TOO WELL" sighed Poole, standing
upright like private.
"How am / to know you're not III
league with certain people in this ship
for some purpose that mean to watcn
and Illustrate, sir? D'you know your re-
| sponsibilities? If l CATCH
His speech was arrested by sensa-
ton Of choking. 1t was over in MIN
ute. but the second mate was greatly
alarmed and asked if he should procure
some brandy. The skipper waved aside
the question with stout hearted flour
ish of his arm and was about to speak
when he was again halted by his eyes
lighting upon the barometer close past
the second mate.
"That will do, SIR" And the officer
left the cabin.
That afternoon, some while before
eight bells, film drew over the SKY.
1t was laden with delicate beading OF
cloud. In places it looked like netting.
The sun lost his shape and flooded twice
his diameter of sky with an oozing or
draining of sickly light. The sails OF
the ship took an odd, sulky glare OK
brass. and there being little wind they
sucked hard into the masts at every roll
upon the mountain swell out OF tne
south.
The glass had continued to fall
3 There was storm in the face OF the heav-
e ems. in the weedy smells of the sea-
8 The sun went out in blood rcd, smoky
$ glare and the night fell black as INK,
with a light air out of the eastward
. and wild moan in each gust, which the
Q heavy dip of the ship on the large swell
r forced between her masts. But long ere
this she had been snugged down 10
o few cloths of canvas. Full OF savage
q beauty was the picture she made when
s. having rounded into the trough she
rolled her naked spars athwart that sui
d len flare of sunset in the far northwest
g The gale grew slowly. 1t sprang oue
t. of the blackness and filled the rigging
is with 100 piercing whistles 1t had an
j. edge of antarctic spite in it, and for the
e. cold of that first low blast there might
or have been continent of ice close
be aboard. 1t freshened. The dashed seas
~ split in thunderclaps against the diving
&c and straining ship, and the darkness
r. was made a visible whlteness py th'
no foam that burst off bow and beam. A
IS, in the morning il was blowing u hur
ricane. The sea was running III blaci
IN hills. and the face Of 1T was trlght1o
with the light of the storm. Ihe sian
lie of the deck at each leeward roll We
at steep as a roof. The helmsmen wei
lie dashed to their posts. The captain stoc
n under the shelter Of a square CT canvi
he in the mizZen rigging Lelted TO bella.
ing pins. The mate hung TO leewar
ey where the pitiless shrek and roar som
times flew high enough above has hei
'ry TO Weld him the sensation Of lGlI-
Up. In the gray of the morning the vi
slackened, yet it still blew hvl
to gale The discomfort was shocking. 4 .
bid main deck MAS drowned ana the cue
the awash spite Of the secured doors. 4
elf ladies lay in their beds, speechloss W
sickness and terror. Mr.. Dent, W
ell? clinched teeth, wrote an account or Il \
I'll condition and thrust the paper into :.
an bottle, which he carefully corked; IL p
oy- with reeling head and flying legs Fl
gained the companion steps, rose u
ar them to the height Of his head,
on. watching his chance, flung the bo
at the sea with such dexterlty thi N
nv. struck the rail and went to spllnters 4
on the deck at the instant his
,ly. awake flew cleverly overheard
hat captain, holding by the rigging
adv leaning in his girdle like man
o. ing the lead, roared some words
,em the wind at the colonial merchant,
,eir catching no meaning and feariD Z
his life if he trusted to his legs
WV down into the cuddy and regains
I'VE, cabin. ,
l to This happened shortly before
breakfast hour. The ship was tn
He boring heavily, and the steward
bin pared meal at the risk of their
lust They were constantly thrown.
up. stumbled and tripped and reele'
eve their hands full of crockery. Sc +
the ten emerged and cheerfully d
vent them. BY the time breakfast was
the the whole of the ten gentlemen
fell their cabins and were seating
was selves in their accustomed places
bout old skipper came below.
tell fro BIZ Continued
and ava
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