The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-15

She lost her way, and lay down like a
( log in the water, and the racing seas
roared over her as though she had been
a half-tide rock.
Then to the impact of a heavier gasp
of the squall, the topgallantmasts went.
and the small loss of top weight seemed
mcmentarily to ease her. Kettle seized
upon the moment He left the trimmer
and one of the Portuguese at the wheel
and handed himself along the stream
ing decks and kicked and cuffed the
rest of his crew into activity. He gave
his orders. and the ship wore slowly
around before the wind. and began to
pay away on the other tack.
Great hills of sea deluged her in the
process. and her people worked like
mermen, half of their time submerged.
But by degrees, as the vast rollers hit
and shook her with their ponderous
impact, she came upright again. and at
ter little while Shook the grain level
in her holds, and assumed her normal
angle of heel
Dayton-P Phillips struggled up and
hit Kettle on the shoulder. -How's
that, umpire p" he bawled. My faith,
you are clever sailor
Captain Kettle touched his cap God
bore a hand there, SIR he shouted
through the wind. IF I'd tried to
straighten her up like that without his
help, every man here would have been
fish-chop this minute"
Even Dayton Phillips, skeptical
thought he might be, began to think
there was something in it," as the
voyage went on. To begin with, the
leak stopped. They did not know how
1t had happened, and they did not very
much care. Kettle had his theories.
Anyway, it stopped. To go on with,
a vcrh -.
kind OF evil weather, all their mis-
chances were speedily rectiied In a
heavy sea their unstable cargo surged
about as though it had been LIQUID but
1t always shifted back again before she
quite capsized
All hands got covered with salt water
boils. All hands, with the exception of
Kettle, who remained, as usual, neat,
grew gaunt, bearded dirty and I'M
kempt. They were grimed with sea
salt, they were fayed by violent suns;
but by dint of hard schooling they were
becoming handy sailOrmen, all of them.
and even the negro stonemason learned
to obey an order without first thinking
over it's justice till he earned a premon-
tory hiding.
It's a blooming Flying Dutchn1an
were on, said the cOal-trimmer, who
acted as mate. There's no killing The
old beast. Only hope she gets US ashore
somehow, and doesn't stay fOOling about
at sea forever, just to get into RISKS.
want to get off her. She's too blooming
lucky to be quite wholesome, some
how
In Bristol channel a little scattering
tug wheeled up within hail, tossing like
a cork of the brown waves of the es-
tuary. and her skipper. i'll the green
pulpit between the paddle boxes, waved
a hand cheerily.
Seem to have found some dirty
weather, captain" ne bawled Want
a pull into Cardiff or NewDort?''
Cardiff. What Drice?"
Say e10O."
Il wasn't asking to buy the tug.
You're putting a pretty fancy figure on
her for that new lick of paint you got
on your rail"
TN take $50"
''Oh. can sail her in myself if you're
going to be funny. She's as handy as
a pilot boat brig-rigged like this
you go into Cardiff, and you're to dock
me for that
Twenty wicked people Now, look
here, captain. you don't look very
prosperous with that vessel of yours.
and you'll probably have the sack
from owners for mishandling her when
you get ashore, and l don't want to
embitter your remaining years in the
WorkuS, so I'll pull you in for 30 Quid " ;
Twenty pounds, old bottle nose
Come, now. CAPTAIN, thirty. I'm not
here for sport. I've Sot to make my
living"
My man." said Kettle, "I'll Ineat YOU
ard make it e25. and III see you in
Alden before I give a penny more. You
can take that or sheer Off,
Throw us your blooming rope" said
the tug skipper.
There, SIR said Kettle. soto vnce, !
to Dayton-Phillips, you see the mar /
velousness of it. Gods stood by me to J
the very end; I've saved at least E10 /
over that towage, and by James I've !
seen times when a ship mauled about !
like this would have been bled for four /
times the amount before a tug would !
pluck her in
Then we are out Of the woods I
now?"
Wen set the canvass off her, and 4
then you can go below and shave You |
can sleep in shore bed this night. if |
you choose, sir, and tomorrow yell see |
about lingering the salvage. Therell 1
be no trouble there now. We shall just /
have to ask for cheeN. and Lloyds will /
pay it, and then you and the hands win
take your share, and by James, Mr.. (
Phillips, l shall be a rich man over this
business. ! shouldn't be a biz sIIrnrised I
but what I finger a snug $500 as my
share. o, sir Gods been very good to
me over this, and I know it, ard I'm
My wife will be grateful. toe.
wish you could come to our chapel
Skipper, you're d heap beta man
than 1 am, and. if you dom mind, I'd
ike to shake hands with you. Thanks.
Hullo. there's Cardiff not twenty MIN
Jtes ahead. Wei, 1 must go below ard
clean up."