The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-02

relief torr many a aronrs. rsssk .. the
r24sa OF the singing
80 rs resrt cf my narrative ! wlss p
sas very sane hymn sung ere Sunday ros
.Ias age Gere z & a1-ie caused Be % VIE
cosn for rxsAd-.-.o. this cssssr-to-oe-.oE-
gesss5 incsGsss e nay ssasaTtsg Gays
O1r beat. aox heavily sera1ae1 - re
NUMBER os reapEe = carried, leaked worse
Galsy. ard re tad 70 bale w.snou. q als1-
GFs7s Intern. sssoa as The water xas Always
more snaa ank!s deep II Ire Bottom -
Al Average We would travel ao19F so1r
krcEs bat generally sAe WIFI Was lg1ts
In calm we would sSsssss-ses pat 52i re
morning ssssr tie rnats lad wouna tas
c1rcHorstsT 1e gave Is as I2ca oze@a
orcke2 tGso snail gs4sces. Is .e GOULD 1c-s
ii tie below o. one hand. ard every sae-
osa morning we got small psEcn OF ne
preserves ssszt along ~l,s tAss~ 81 water
we received two large sahlespoonta.s Per
1.sna- tbs Sun was blazing aoS- ard afisr
ten%iy from tasrst. We kept GU. heads
wet ~Ith SAT- wafer all day long, we soiSeG
cslr shirts over ire beats sides ana r9s
them on dFEp9irg We: isis wca,a as1ay
tire thirst LttIe- We kers Small paeces
OF lead II ctr mouths. csfswsl on pieces &
cork and On bore buttons, ard 81 might.
when the sea was cool. would Cargo our
;aso2.s and even swallow 4 sGEaal amour.
OF me 5v.8y fluid
Twice Ne had Esnt rain showers at night.
and Sy lowering our sails an3 sarsaci1s
between
collect little Of the precious fluid We
also soaked CIR safrts and aan6.srehie .
ard sucked tse moisture out o. them. oek
e .assei bitter and hracklsh and did not
Quenea our thirst TIE poor dogs SUI
fered az much as We dId: Il was pitisui 20
See them look Up 1T uS, with their tor CUES
stretched Gut and licking our naaas ~
grateful recognition Cor every drop OF water
and every naorsel Of bread they received.
Thus the DAYS dragged YEARLY On ana az
the beg ming OF tsss third week some OF the
crew began 70 show Signs OF fast saiIinS 5
strength.
We PRAYED continually for more rain and
fer the sight ef sail, bug neither came.
Two huge sharks had bsen following IN
our wake for several days. which caused
every one 10 feel still more despondf \
and gloomy. Under cur circumstances Z
was considered bad omen. and some o.
the men made strenuous efforts 10 drive
them on By tnrustsng oars and boatnooAs
at them. The mate objected TO this, and
l wildly pictured what mad seen sharks
doing when was whaling, and how when
infuraa,et they gould easily With enc
sweep Of their tails crush the side az our
boat. TIE sharks bsing left alone and see
Ing thai netning vas shr ,ss, rem ne
Shortly after Mate Davies got sick. and
We iTnpiored him 10 take more water 10
OF US compared 10 the sgonies endured BY
the everlasting torture OF thirst IN The 90 /.
ing hot sun. Our tongues were black and
swollen and We were no longer able 70
converse. IA could only utter short sen
fences at time Our meat was all gone
and we tried the ham and cheese, but
both were so salty that we dared not
touch them. The boats thwarts began
breaking loose from the iron cisats. start
ing the seams and causing it 10 lsak worse
than ever, ana We began 20 dread the
worst and leaked at each other Ia mute
despair. But the Lord ha9 heard cur
prayers: cur del.verance VAS drawing
nish, ,.,,.
gan 10 make fheir appearance. circins
around cur boat. but night came on
they disappeared n the south, returning
at early dawn. We concluded that an
island on which they roasted must be at
20 great distance.
We altered our course to due south, and
4 few days later. on the twenty-ih!rd day
OF our pilgrimage, at earliest dawn the
lookout in the bows sang cut exu.tantly:
Land nor
Not much attention was pad TO this al
first; re had been misied often TO mis-
take clouds, that lay low Oh the horizon
al dawn, far land, and had grown dis
heartenec. We rSas.d ourselves. however,
ard the mate asked ;he man whether he
was quite sure that il was land.
oh. yes. s.r.' he responded. IT'S land
right enough this time. "
And 10 miztake. right dead ahead ami
nos very far on. either. The sails OBJ
secured the vision in the after part of the
boat Tue mate crawlsd torw ard. raised
his binocular glass for an instant and with
a fervent Thank God!' sank down on
one OF the tlwiris