Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-11-03

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was she managed TO slip so quietly
through the rollers.
found each wave. instead 81 the big.
smooth. glossy mountain il looks from
shore, or from a vessels deck, was for
al the world like any range of hills on
the dry land, fun Of peaks and smooth
places and valleys. The coracle. left 10
herself, turning from side 10 side.
threaded. so 10 speak. her way through
these lower parts, and avoided the
steep slopes and higher, topping sum-
mits of the wave.
"Well. now" thought 20 my se'f. cit
Is plain ! must lie where ! am. and not
disturb the balance: hut il is pain. also,
that can put the paddle over the side.
AMI from time TO time. in smooth places.
give her n shove or two toward land"
No sooner thought upon than done.
There I lay on my elbows. In the most
trying attitude, and every row and
her head 10 shore.
II was very firing and slow work. yet
I did visibly gain ground. and ms we
drew near the Cape OF the Woods,
though saw I must infallibly miss
that point. I had still made some hun
lrcd yards of casting. ! was. indeed,
close in. could see the cool. green
trce-tops swa,ing together in the
breeze, and | felt sure ! should make
the next promonotory without fail.
II was high time. for ! now began
70 he tortured with thirst. The glow
of the sun from above, its thousand
fold rejection from the waves, the sea.
water that fell and dried upon me, cak-
ing my very lips with salt. combined
TO make my throat burn and my brain
ache. The sight of the trees SO neur
nj hand had almost made mt sick with
longing; hut the current had soon car
RED me past the point. and as the next
reach of the sea opened out ! beheld
n sight that changed the nature of my
thoughts.
Right in trout Of me. not half mile
away. behcld the ''llispaniola," under
sail. made sure, of course. that ]
should he taken; but | was SO dis
tressctl for want of water that scarce
knew whether to be glad or sorry at the
thought, and long before | had come
TO conclusion surprise had taken en-
tire possession of my nIud and I could
do nothing but stare and wonder.
The "IIispaniola" was under hel
rnainsail and two jibs, and the beautiful
white canvas shone in the sun like
snow or silver. When I first sighted
her all her sails were drawing: she was
| lying n course about northwest, and
presumed the men on board were go
ing round the island on their way bacl
TO the anchorage. Presently she began
10 fetch more and more TO the west
ward. so that | thought they had sight
cd me and were going about in chase
At last. however. she fell right into tho
wind's eye. was taken dead aback. and
stood there awhile helpless, with her
| sails shivcring.
Clumsy fellows" said |. they mus,
still be drunk as owls" And | though;
how sapt. Smollett would have set them
skipping.
Meanwhile the schooner gradually
fell oil. and filed again upon another
tick, sailed swiftly for a minute OF
so. and brought up once more dead
in the winds eye. Again and again
MAS this repeated. To and fro. up and
down. Forth. south. east and west the
"llisraniola" sailed by swoors and
dashcs. and at each repetition ended
as she had begun. with idly tapping
canyas. II became plain TO me that
nobody was steering. And, if so. where
were the men? Either they were dead
drunk or had deserted her. thought
aud perhaps II could get on board
I might return the vessel 20 her cap.
tain.
The current was bearing coracle and
schooner southwark at an equal rate
AS for the la;er's sailing. il was so wild
and intermittent, and she hung each
time so long in irons, that she certain
~ gained nothing. IL she did not even
lose. n only dared to sit up and pad
die I made sure that | could oycrha nj
her. The scheme had an air OF adyen.
ture that inspired me, and the thought
of the water breaker beside the fore
companion doubled my growing cour
age.
Up I got, was welcomed almost in
stnntly by another cloud of spray, bu'
this time stuck to my purpose, and SCI
myself with all my strength and eau
ton TO paddle after the unsteered His
PAMELA" Once shipped sea so heavy
that had TO stop and bail, with my
heart iluttering like a bird; but gradual
~ ! got into the way of the thing, and
guided my coracle among the waves
with only now and then a blow upor
her bows and dash of foam in my face
was now rapidly gaining on the
schooner; I could see the brass glister
on the tiller as II banged about, and
still no soul appeared upon her decks
I could not choose but suppose she
was deserted. IL not. the men were
lying drunk below, where might bat
ten them down, perhaps. and do what
chose with the ship.
For some time she had been doing the
worst thing possible for me-standinl
still. She headed nearly due south
yawing, of course, all the time. Each
time she fell off her sails partly filed
and these brought her, in q moment
right to the wind again. ] have said
this was the worst thing possible fol
me; for helpless as she looked in thi,
situation, with the canvas cracking
like cannon, and the blocks trundline
and banging on the deck, she still con
tinued to run away from me, not only
with the speed Of the current, but by
the whole amount Of her leeway, which
was naturally great.
But now, at last, had my chance
The breeze fell, for some seconds. very
low. and the current gradually turning
her, the "Hispaniola" revolved slowly
round her center. and at last presented
me her stern. with the cabin window
still gaping open. and the lamp over the
table siIll burning on Into the day
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