The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-12
SIXTEEN DAYS ADR|FI
Without Water, and With No
Food But Raw Shark
SEAMAN EHLER'S DIARY
From Which w. Clark Russell
Might Tear a Leaf,

Literary la-ndlubbers WHO are AMBITION
TO write stories OF tho sea might do wors'
than dip into the diary Of Emil Ehlers
VINO has corns on the palms OF bis hand;
and tar under mis- finger nails He reach
cd this port yesterday with Ave OF hi.
rescued comrads. including his skipper F
g. Buener. But the others scanned Il
think that mere verbal description wou1C
be impairment IN the presence Of th'
diary OF Emil Ehler.. A. 3.
'"I>hi. here dry" said EhIers. A. B.
was wrote under difficulties. so the pen.
msnship Amt what 1t might be- But r.
read II to yoiI and you can write II dOwI
your own way"
"Ay, ayi" calculated his comrades
npddinE the heads several times. And
although they had listened TO the diary
often before. they gathered around with
solemn faces TO hear & resd for the bene.
Mt of stranger. From time to time
whsn the more moving passages were
reached, thay nodded their heads. ex-
changed Elances of Admiration, and said:
"Ay. ayr very ernvhAtically. Tue liter
sry mariner read tbs own words in the
his calling Now. and again he lifted his
eyes from the uanuscr1p, 10 make an ex-
ternpore commentary. This is how he be-
gam
Sept zs-Left Jacksonville today with a
load of lumber for Martinique. Weather
couldn't be better. every thing looks as
though we'd have nne voyage But /
don't Ike this leaving port Oh Friday. ]
said ctlis to the mate. Ernest Slrhard. but
be laughed at me.
Sept 2s-Longitude 70 W. latitude 81 n.
Something going to happen IN the way OF
a storm. Mercury's trying 60 hide itself
in the bottom OF tho barometer. We were
lacking against hard wind. but ii has
died down The sea looks like melted tar
LANDSMEN MIGHT DOUBT.
Now, a lsndsman might think that
wrong, for OF course IL amt natural for
salt water TO look Ike tar. But it did,
just the same. and / Just wrote It. down
because ] seen 1t with my own eyes. We
were becalmed"
Sept. 30-Breeze sprung up early this
morning. 1t was a queer kind Of breeze,
though. 1t wasn't q natural. healthy
breeze. It seemed 20 be raving crazy or
gone wrong somehow. 1t didn't blow from
anywhere to anywhere. 1t keptswinging
around us in kind OF circles Now it's
blowing harder. I believe we're in a flur-
ricane.
We have furled the spapker. leaving
only the double-reefrd mainsail and fore
sail and fore-staysail. We are trying 70
heave to. but the wa ythe winds swing
ing it's hard work. 1 was on watch be-
low when Charley Hudin called me on
deck 10 show me the sky and the sea.
81 think it's the end OF ths world" says
he. And that's just what it looks like
The sea IS all w1'e- Like shaving latber,
and the wind Sdigging I'D Httls whirl-
pools IN it. And there's a crazy colored
sky above. There's long. Jagged gashes
cut through the haze. and they're streak
ed With blood red and yellow.
81 don't believe any landsman ever saw
a sky ike that, or many seamen. either,
way l saw it,
Oct. 1-Au hands to the pumps early
this morning. That was because the lum-
Der in the hold had pitched about so that
It started the planks from stem 20 stern
There's no sign OF the wind going down
It's blowing all kinds Of queer birds that
seem to come from every where. and they
are dropping IN the foam and drowning
all around us. We went through calm
place, and I guess that was the hub OF
the hurricane. which they say IS uks a
big wheel. This IS what comes or SAIL
Ing on Friday.
Oct AT 1l:l5 a wave come Up and
hit US 4 smack on the port side Nobody
saw it coming. In fact # didn't come
II jus, rose up out OF the sea, like hand
The schooner dropp.d over with the lee
rail under water and the masts hanging
over ike fishing poles We all climbed
W the deck which was IKE the wall OF
a house, and chung TO tie chain plates
Tire old man yelled to cut way the lash
Ings. and when we cid that the ma.ts
went by the board. The extra deck they
had built for lumber went over with Is
load and all the deck houses went with
L. That took of all the provisions and
water. She rign.ed slowly. and now
are drifting. Tie rudders gone. too. and
The captains charts and comp2ss.s. The
Captain thinks We are siX-hUndret miles
eaS; Of Abaco.
oct. 3.-Were n a calm. The sea might
as well he pla,e glass. with a furnace
burning underneath. I'm vs1y thirsty.
SEVEN DAYS OF TORTURE
There's nothing wrote after that for
seven days. b1t II Vas all pretty much
sEke. as near as remember. Ne were
I'll bleeding where our lips cracked re-
member tee captain sitting al one day
" men there vas 4 drilling rain Win his
rubber coat spread o.; 90 MS lzP. But
BE o1Iv got about = tablespoonful. and
Re couldn't move he WAS thst cTampet
Oct. Ie-Au hzcds too weak 70 move
uuch. some % them a-e raVins. and
.h.ak they see ice ard wEtern-lons n
he sea. It's ou.y Ire lumber in her cod
KEGS her adosr
Oct. .2-TaiSafis-noaa We saw biz
black cloud. bur We tAouE'7t q -zs Only
1 vision I'll y really began 20 rsia. We
,zu-ht some water n a ta-pauin. ard
smptiei ,; :n.o IN ole parsGn- bare
L su>,ied awe. Su; vs hE-d 9, eefte-
han chsrpxzue. Some D: re r-e-'>
or srAs wee 50 sw.II-d rhey tAc 20 take
!; drop b d-op.
o. 14-Saaz-Es rave been swimming
i-euDd - .o- wa GAYS They have a.
nuoh sease - persons. To-Day ! to-a:
~ cd b. % SAL cAIf : ;oaESe z-song
re lunbe-. I wz7-ed - 49, = 5Ci the
,zp,ai1 vuo1g1, j; uzisa. poison -. 50 !
suck : on a t--.Eai nooE AID c7op2>d
Z overheard a. sas I'd of Re lea: ne
A liftle stark Jumped q; :; -isat evsy.
nd Sc h2ulsS I'm OF aoArc- H Seigsee
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~ knives ard a.. tin r&S. sss11g $50
= nm so- bz-t- 7a.s ~&s or eFs- -esl
lace tAs hurrsca7s- Later we csaEnt
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