The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01

ITO which say amen" said l, very
heartily. At other times had been
wont to let Mr.. lynn speak first, but
now l did not wait.
Both Mr.. Tym and Mac Ivrach, as
might be expected, were prompt to
agree with us.
This being our decision" said I,
greatly pleased, 81 will make it known
to the senorita. She cannot fail to be
relieved by it."
l returned to her with the news ac-
cordingly, and had the great satisfac-
tion of finding her as rejoiced and
heartened as l had anticipated. In
deed, she was deeply moved and CRATE
full, and in her touching manner of
saying so fairly brought the tears to
my eyes.
This matter, then, being so well set
tied. we addressed ourselves anew to
the business of continuing the voyage.
We had decided, should say here, to
run first for Buenaventura, which Sell
linger thought was not much above
hundred leagues distant. From there,
should need require, we could make a
further voyage in the boat, but we
hoped to light upon some way of con-
tinuing in larger craft. Once in one
Of the important southern ports, and
we could not fail to find ship sailing
to the Atlantic side of the continent.
The next day and the next passed
without incident, and we continued to
work slowly but steadily south. The
third day something rather important
happened, for the wind, which had
hitherto SO greatly favored US, quite
abruptly changed. 1t was now almost
dead from the southwest, and at once
reduced our speed at least three parts.
In fact, with our shoal keel and high
bow we could make no more than
knot an hour. This was rather dis
couraging, but the captain said it was
to be anticipated, for we had now come
to the region where there were pre-
vailing southwesterly and southerly
winds, and these, we should find, con-
tinued to the equator. This was more
philosophical than comforting, but we
could do no otherwise than make the
best of it, and so the noon of the third
day drew on. was at the helm, which
/ had recently taken, and was shak-
ing out k!nk in the mainsheet, when,
happening to glance to windward, l
saw that which instantly suspended
my operation and brought me with
leap to my feet. Low down on the
water line, but perfectly distinct, was
the white, unmistakable canvas Of
ship.
did not wait for second look, but
bawled out, as though had been at
the masthead, sail ho!"
They all sprang up, like SO many
puppets in show.
"Where away?" cried the captain
and Mac Ivrach together.
Mr.. Tym, who was on the other side
of the boom, scrambled under, and we
all stood in a group.
"Yonder," l said, pointing at the
speck. Thank God, she is not from
the direction of Panama."
"No, she cannot be a buccaneer, COM
ing from that quarter" said the cap
tain, with a breath of relief.
THE next thing is to determine her
course" said Mr.. lynn. would we had
glass!"
I'VE maun max 1t up in patience"
observed Mac Ivrach, "whilk is no q
satisfactory substitute"
We agreed with him, and sat down to
wait for the Unreasonable speck to
grow.
Very slowly, as it seemed to our i'm
patience, it swelled and whitened. At
last we got the square of the upper
sails, and could be sure she was bound
our way. She was coming down exact
ly before the wind.
81 suppose" said Mr.. Tym, speaking
with that composure which scarce ever
fcrsook him, that we are of one mind
what we should do. Our case, though
not a desperate one, is undesirable,
Gnd 1t would be better to try to mend
1t by boarding this ship-that is, If she
will receive u.s."
We looked at one another, but there
was no contrary opinion.
Then" went on Mr.. Tym, "say you
put down your helm, Ardick, and we
lay our course to cut her off,"
very WELL" said l, and according
ly tackled and fetched the sloop asnear
as she would come to the wind.
The ship was now SO near that we
could begin TO make out human fig
ures, and also get an idea of her size
and rig. She was Of 500 to 1000 tons
burthen, well spared, in neat trim
nloft, and seemed freshly painted.