The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04

up 70 ineH own snip Dy thdttSiiA5
winch. and then laboring back under oars
for another. The light of the burning
steamer turned great sphere of night
into day. and the heat from her made the
sweat pour down the faces Of the men,
though the gale still roared, and the icy
spindrift stil whipped and stung. On the
Flamingo Capt. Kettle cast into the sea
with a free hand what represented the
savings of lifetime, provision for MS
wife and children and an old-age pension
for himself.
The Grosser Carl had carried thirty hrst-
class passengers, and these he crammed
into the Flaming0's slender cabin, hling
it 10 OVERLOOKING The emigrants-Aus-
trians Bohemians, wild Poles, hithy,
crawling Russian Jews, bestial Armenians,
human debris which even soldier-coYetns
middle Europe rejected-these were herd
ed down into the nolds, as rich cargo was
dug out and given 10 the thankiess sea
to make space for them.
kindly walk up" said Kettle. with bit
ter hospitality as fresh flocks of them were
heaved up over the bulwarks. We're
most pleased to strike our cargo to pro-
vide you with an elegant paror, and what's
left, I'm sure you'll be able 90 sit on and
spoil o. you filthy. long-haired cattle!
Did none of you ever wash?"
Fiercely the Grosser Carl burned to the
tanning of the gale, and like furies worked
the men in the boats. The Grosser Carts
own boat joined the other two. once the
ferrying was wen under way.She had hung
alongside after Kettle cast off her line,
with her people madly clamoring to be
taken on board. but as all they received
for their pains was abuse and coal Jumps,
they were presently driven to help in the
saving work through sheer scare at being
left behind 10 drown.
rfrr--
dangerous ferrying, and though every soul
that was transshipped might be said 90
have had ten narrow escapes in transit
over that piece of tossing water luck and
good seamanship carried the day, and none
were lost. And on the Grosser Carl the
second mate, a stronger man. brazenly
took entire command. Il don't care a red
what your official post was on this ship
before | came" said the second mate 10
several indignant officers. "You should
have held on to it when you had it. I'm
skipper here now by sheer right of con-
quest, and I'm going TO stay on at that
till the booming old ships burned out.
Turn to there and pass another batch Of
those passengers into the boats Don't
you spill any of them overheard. either,
or by the Big Mischief I'll just step down
and teach you hardness"
The second mate was almost fainting
with heat before he left the Grosser Carl.
but he insisted on being the last man on
board, aud then guyed the whole perform
ance with caustic gaiety when he was
dragged out of the water into which ne
had been forced TO jump, and was set to
drain on the floor gratings of a beat
The Grosser Carl had fallen away be
fore the wind, and was spouung flame
from sternhead TO poopstaf by the time
the last of the rescuers and the rescued
We're put on the Flamingos deck and on
that traveiworn steamboat were some $50
visitors that somehow or other had 10 be
provided for. They were still five davs'
steam away from port and their official
provision supply was only calculated to
last the Flamingos themselves for a little
over that time. So there was no senti-
mental waiting to see the Grosser Carl
finally burn out and sink. The boat were
cast a drift as the crews were too ex-
hausted to hoist them in, and the Flam-
ingos nose was turned toward Liyerpool
Pratt the chief engineer. figured out 10
half ton what coal he had remaining. and
set the pace so as to run in with empty
bunkers. They were cold now, all hands
and the prospect of semi-starvation made
them regard their visitors less than ever
in the light of men and brothers,
But, as ii CHANGED. toward the evening
of next day, hurrying ocean greyhound
oNtt Nooh tlttil III HeI race from New Y DIRK
toward the East and the bunting talked
out loud sentences in the commercial code
from the wire span between the Flamingo's
masts. When the liner drew UP along
side, and stopped with reversed propeii-
ers, she had a loaded boat ready SWING
out in davts, which dropped in the wa
ter the moment she had lost her way. The
bunting had told the pith of the tale.
When the two steamers bridges were
~
and a crowd of wel-dressed passengers be-
low him listened wonderingiy.
Afternoon captain. o, we didn't lose
any, But few drowned their sil.v
selves before we started to shepherd
them
What ship was it?"
THE old Grosser Karl. She was astern
of her time Much obliged to you for m.
grub, captain We'd have been pretty hard
pushed il we hadn't met you. Pm send
| ing you payment order"
The cases of food were transformed with
| frantic haste, and the boat returned The
| grey hound leaped out into her stride again
| the moment she had hooked on, and sbot
/ ahead
| The voyage home was not one Of on
| pressing gaiety. The first-class passen-
| gers who were crammed into the marrow
! cabin, found the quarters uncomfortable
/ and the little shipmasters manner repel-
liant. The rff-ran in the hold plotted mis-
chief amongst themselves, stole when The
opportunity came TO them, and when they
gave the matter any consideration at All
decided that this fierce little captain with
the red torpedo beard had taken them on
board merely TO fulfil some selfish purpose
| OF his own,
The Fiamingo picked up the landmarks
| Of the southern Irish coast, and made her
number 10 Lloyds station on Brow head
stood across for the Tuskar, and so on up
| ST. Georges channel for Holyhead She
flew a pilot jack there, and off Point
Lynus picked up a pilot
Wei, pilot, what's the news?" said
! Kettle, as the man of narrow waters
| swung himself up on the bridge
"You are?" said the pilot THE papers
are just fun OF YOU captain. all of them
from the Shipping Telegraph to the Lon
don Times. The Cunard boat brought in
the yarn. a pilot out Of my schooner took
her up"
How do they spell the name? Cut
reg"
"WoE, I think it's Katie, mostly
/ though one manor had il 'KolIV'n