The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-17
PASSING InE WORD.

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said the lG lake sailor. We were bouUd
for GIf.&lJ Wirh hi ber from Michigan
ind had Jnat lev clear ef tie LlncGilrs
uid cut iLto Like Elie Wien | saw ~ Was
going tn bow. 1t was about tic ti,Ae If
year when we get EN- good, and ! knew
that the tow would get II shaking up before
We gCtnEdeT tie breakaa;cr ut Buffalo.
"TheTo were four barees In tow Of an
old gam barge that could hardly take care
of herself In the best of weather. Astern
tf the steam barge was the McDougal, n
big scow that could carry II bigger deck
load, stand mort sea and steer easier than
anything ! ever saw. We were next. /
was OF the Buckout; then came the Belts
and last tho Norris.
"Well, the gale oame, as / expected, and
right square nfter us. We got clear of
Point Pelce and well out In the lake by
daylight, and the steam barge checked
down Tor fear of breaking the towline.
1.-THE cid scow ahead of us swashed about
like u raft, but roll she would not. But tho
box l was in, tho Buckout, began her aero
baltic performance curly. She would sheer
off till u sea caught her under the quarter,
and then she would try to roll way over
like u horse, and then she'd dive and then
get up and rear. We would go down be-
tween seas, and the tow posts would creak
and groan from the strain of the weight of
the barees behind the sen astern. Then
we would come up with a slack line and
see the tow diving and steering below US.
Then we would go down again, and the
slack of the line would come up with u
swish and u snap, which told US that tho
captain Of the steam barge knew what be
was doing when he checked for fear OF
parting tho tow.
well, we dove and plowed and sheered
and rolled and jumped till afternoon be-
fore anything Of interest happened. 1t
was about 9 o'clock, when / heard some one
astern shouting, 'Buckout, ahoy-y-yP /
called the captain, n little, dried up, fan
mel mouthed Irishman, to answer the hail.
"'Pbot do thot crazy Frenchman WANT
he asked.
81 told him / had nc idea, and he came
Oh deck and stood, with one hand on tho
tow post to hold himself from going over
board, till he learned.
again came the hail from astern.
"'Hello!' shouted the lrishinan In an
swer.
"'Pass de word. came from the Belts.
"'All roight.'
"Then came a lot OF sounds In broken
Canadian French, which made the Irish
man say: Would yez listen to thot now:
Pilot the diyil Is he troin to say?' Then
he howled: 'Phot do yez sayi Talk United
States
"1hen we heard 1t: The Belts, she's
waterlog. Pass de word to do capt. tan to
pull hunder Long Point.
1.-The Irishnian went forward and hailed
the McDougal. The captain Of that craft
happened to be u Swede.
"'Wot-a you wantf' he called in answer
to the hail.
"'Pass the woordF
"'Ole Alright. Wot.a you sayp'
tThen the 1risbman mixed his brogue
and the French Canadian dialect and the
information that Belts was waterlogged
and the wish IL the crew hat the steam
barge would pull under Long Point into
one mass of noise and cast it forth upon
the water.
'eIhere was a short silence, and then
came back the ~maddeniDg refrain, 'A-wot
a-you sny?'
"The lrlshman walked the deck and
cursed so that every syllable could have
been heard to the steam barge, hut when
he ut last tried TO convey the Information
concerning the misfortune of the Belts he
was answered by, Il hear you a-swear,
but wot-a you sayP'
"'Tben the Irishman cut 1t short.
"'Ye ould Sowegian, Oh said tbot the
Belts was watherlogged. Can yez under
stand thotf'
"'Yaas.'
"And they want the ould man to pull
under Long Point.
"'Ole Alright, came back the answer,
and the fair haired descendant Of the Morse
men went forward to pass the word to the
steam barge.
"In little while the Swede again hailed
us, and the Irishman went forward. The
Swode's voice was good, and l could hear
every syllable distinctly.
1.-The ole-a nan says to tell the captain
of the Belts to ago to h-F'
1.-The lrishman cane aft and passed the
comforting message to the Belts. 'Ihot
Frcnchman is crazy, said the 1rishman by
way Of comment. Sure, he should know
thot to troi to pull this tow of into tho
troughs of tic sea would break 1t up in II
second
1.-The Leg. dove more deeply and sheered
worse us the hours went by. Twice the
F%renchman induced tho Irisbman to rass /
the word that the Detts was sinking, and
the sane steIeolyEed reply carne lack re-
garding wbero tho captain of the Bets
could golf ho diGn'tliketae way the steam
Largo was towing Lin.
"i5 was about 4 O'Clock, and everybod.
was ait watching Tor Tie line TO palt, wheI
the Betts took IA long, rolling, lazy @EeeI
t.nd u cloud Of mist half WY lCtwecn u}
told US tho Bets WITS aarift. Tie crew
l,tiIdied tcgc,her on tho house, nude II Il
nr tAo rigging, aha she broached to in III,
ttu>teis tt t..e sea. When she came out Z
lie irst sea, The ,eolluad WAS gone, buG
The ,rAW Vas site half WY betH cen rai.