Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-03-19
Copyright, 1898.

Il, .Ps oe4oFe' lie ordered his boats dow
10 TO" the brig beyond the calm. an,
'A'uEn the crew responded cheerful
I''NsA SHe was so deeply laden tina
r"l 'oNla make but snailS progress
'"'N aroused The captains temper still
9'0'e' an" on tue morning of the eight
Jay OF 'he calm as the two boats start
(! eU III. I" Tow again he ordered a bag Of
Ilea1 a breaker of water into eael
'N"' ANA Sald 10 the men:
Not one OF you shall sten foot IN
board again until We have a breeze.
! take my cath that | win shoot the first
! man WHO tries 1T"
Lie WIS left On board with only tba
cook and cabin boy, and all day lono
the crew of the boats rugged AVA, nj
lAe brig with no more result than IN
move her three or four miles. When.
night came they gave up and vap,ad
TO return aboard, but Can't. NcDonoId
menaced them with a pistol and 50
frightened them that thew set off 70
the east and were picked up biz a trad
ing craft three days later, Tins tbs
brig was left without q crew and ,hot
was the beginning Of q long adventure
IN the eleventh day the calm was
broken by a gale from the north. The
Chief went scudding away before IL
but after a Il of 100 miles was dis
masted and left a wreck ON the tum-
! |.r- re- NFA'
nIIs seas. The cook was of no account
as Il sailor, aud the boy of little holm
o0t the wrcckage was cut loose. and
lour days after the gale fine hull uar
riding high and dry and as tight AS
bottle below. This was 81 "S "
''Tu''' IoF me 1lrst time after the de-
Se'tioh OF the crew. | was one of the
ere" oi me English bark Hawthorne,
noIieWard bound from India. and one
morning we sighted the wreck and bore
up Tor It, Our mate was sent aboard
anu from capt. Mcdonald he pot fine
a''lculars | have given Won. Findinr
lle nun sound and the cargo valuable
,"' maze Offered to send men aboard
- lIg J~ufy-nasts and sail her into
pow, out the captain would not allow
H. Neither would he consent to No
taken oft the wreck. If the cook and ,
'ne BOY wanted to 60 he had no oh loo.
''oi' out ne had started on a yovaoe 70
-fus'ralla n he would finish it or sipl, .,
win ms craft, The cook. who WINS ,
OF the captain, decided TO stov a.,
Out the boy had had enough of if and =,
was Drought aboard of us. We law br y
'ne wreck for three hours, boning tha J.
palr left aboard would chonga thai, :,
minds, but as they did not ro f,nn" !.
sailed away. !,
1t was two weeks before tho MI .
and Chief was spoken ogoi, sn .
lme she had drifted qtn 'n"' y
south. This time che nana W t'e J
the steamer Conpo pr;naa Injured :,
pound, and a boat WINS ,aat inu" :,
apt. Mcdonald was found ~ M =,
lie had weathered onothan |i"ic =
he hull Wal still sound s"'e "ho -
ffered him n tow tn Cnn. me 'eahler W
the offer, Tba oaaI 1917 ou' ne =,
I the situation and wishad +a 'ieo -
fl, but the captain hid ,aa ''Neh =,
lind to stick and No up nls :,
him. INA aaahn'S eouha :,
he steamer and the "'n' ABOARD a.,
lone on a gronpinn h''m. was ielt y,
cean. 1t was 81 days ma y,
as boarded auoin 'eiore she :.
rifted over 500 miIon "iech mad -
ether to tho snntL '.o'sh o alto ~
of commsroo 'ne was IN the "'
nd probably be,n eei' ana nn
crafts which f~,iI.ll W d score ~
ne morniny ybo her OUT ~.
merican tea sh;, r"s ''sn'eu ny the ~
ard bound. and nc "s a'uu' nome of.
mt aboard C,nt msn " poa' was
,od health ,n1 p ~. Nohaid was III
,llar. He admitted ,hat so'lo US a II
nelly, but was moro IL was a OIL ho.
err to stick to his craft "eu .nah wa
were spors and a "n"' ne do,
so happened that tho c. A'en' ana IN,
IMMEDIATE him with hath .U"'o ac- icc
Used the question ~ n,; i"e,i lie Inv
sed to nav what mo 80 anu re- vii
ally fell into a temper md ne be,
5 callers back to that. nu o'uered pea
though he had driven bic craft exr
'ay by his threats no 80 own crew con
heart that they had non" nauch can
med to be a hope on his rmu mere per
,y would finally return p"It 'hat or
nancy he lost SIGHT of tho o. viii
yone else had riobts ~ "'' 'hat d
lille he owned Tho br;a ''e case. and
cargo, and as soon as his adyentmra
!. hip or,ea steps were taken to res g,
py Ioree. In other words, am
om ",I signing MIN was authorized you