The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-08-19


blackened face and his cry for air and water.
However, II could not have hit my turn
better had laid the train OF events myself.
nor was It long before / had the two living
on the deck and knew the cabin was sweet
en'ng and would soon be fit retreat for
Miss hing. Neither was il long before |
discovered that Lounsbury was not as dead
as he was drunk, though hardly as far gone
In liquor as Scammell, who could have been
pitched over the rail and passed to the next
world without the slightest inconvenience
to himself. And mores the pity twas not
done.
Like bags of dunnage took them by their
collars, hauling them amidships, and then
clapped the wrists and legs OF both into
irons, articles which in those DAYS stood
somewhat ahead of the medicine chest in
Importance, and frequently in use With
mingled feeling of pity, hatred, and disgust.
i soused the sots with a bucket Of salt water.
and then left them for Nature TO bring TO
life. As moved aft caught the freshness
OF small, early morning breeze, and felt
that ere long the protecting blanket OF fog
would be rolled away. Much would have
given for a knowledge Of our exact where.
abouts, but as this was impossible nothing
remained but TO prepare the schooner for
sailing as soon as we could get our bearings.
Twas a small job to cast of the gaskets and
get loose the headsails ready for hosting.
but another matter for Ames and myself
alone TO run the heavy canvas OF the main
and foiesails TO their mast heads. ] was
fearful that the rafting blocks and rustling
OF the great cloths might herald our situa.
ton, but nothing came OF IL, and after deal
of hauling we got something like a slack
a ~ A.. a. L. l. a
mildewlng against their booms.
Gradually a lividness came over the fog
and, as the light OF the coming day strength.
ened, it showed the mist driving across US
like wads of smoke. As the light broadened
| went 10 the pinnacle to see how we were
heading, but found the compass gone from
il, and, on examination, discovered that all
my instruments had been confiscated saving
the telltale screwed into the cabin ceiling
This. like the hanging lantern, was be-
grimed by a white deposit from the explo
sion, but, on clearing il with my palm, |
found we were heading north by east, or still
going stern on toward the south
So matters went till SUNRISE the wind
growing frcsher as the time sped, and az
last, while Ames and myself were putting
the cabin into some shape and the girl had
gone TO overhaul the pack Of provisions, /
heard her give great cry, and rushed to
the deck TO find its meaning.
1t was no alarm. She was standing by the
fore shrouds looking at the sudden trans.
formation which had come over the face Of
Nature Often have | seen the sun rise.
but never did il appear in such a grandeur
OF pearl and grays The glory OF its com.
ing was none the less for the lack of vivid
coloring The fog had rolled of as rolls a
curtain. and TO the east and north lay piled
ia towering masses ranging from thunder
ous blackness to the opalescent clearness Of
scashel Through it's misty caverns shot
dazzling shafts of sunshine, which wavered
and played over the face of the bank like
the tremuous shifting of the northern
lights. Astern, clear as far as one could see,
lay the ocean blank OF all sail, the small
summer waves glinting back the strong
lght from the east. To the west and over
our larboard beam stood out the green
heights OF Staten island, and under their
shelter ] marked two heavy ships OF the
line, while toward Sandy Hook lay two
others with sails furled and at anchor.
Gravescnd bay also held one, mammoth,
which | took TO be the Cerberus, but not n
ship was alert No more were in sight, and
I marveled that we had run the gantlet Of
them had gone up the bay and must have
lain close to our track Little knew that
the bulk Of Lord llowe's fotila had sailed
east the day before, and thus opened the
path that otherwise would in all likelihood
have been blocked. But so il was, and
later knew we had the French TO thank for
having drawn them away.
Doubtless we were marked by hundred
aXp4 on hoard fho4r about but tht. levin
thans were powerless to harm us, their
very size and ponderosity Stacking them
against quick action. Close aboard and on
our starboard beam lay the white sand spit
at the lower island which goes far to make
New York harbor the haven it is, and once
past this wilderness of beach, now known az
Nortons Point we would be on the sea.
With shout OF relief almost delirious
sprang forward and mastheaded both iib
and staysails, while Ames jumped for the
main sheet and drew it in, 1t was the first
mixing / had that he was anything OF a
sailor, and the knowledge was mighty wei.
come. Slowly we came about until the
schooner noscd into the west wind, and then
lie ran to the helm while ! caught the
draught with the headsail to help her get
ting past the point of .irons" then | be
layed both jib and staysail sheets
But OF what use are these detais2 Enough
10 tell that presently we were slipping east
ward and past the Dry Romer, the sails
swung wing-on.wing, and an air, which
turned TO a calm as we fled, pushing uS
from over the taffrail and toward the rising
sun.
CHAPTER XVIII.