The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-12-22
DICK RODNEY;
Or. The Adventures of
An Eton Boy.
ny JAMES GRANT.

ny JAMES GRANT.


uNt ANINHs
Some days after this We passed |
carraca. as the Portuguese name those /
large aud round built vessels which |
thcy send to Brazil and the indies and |
which are alike adapted for burden,
fighting and sailing.
o. exchanging the bearings which
when vessels pass each Yther. are usu-
ally chalked on a blackboard hung
over the quarter Weston and Hislop
found considerable difference be-
tween the Portuguese and ours but
never doubling that VIC were correct
they bore on without haillng the car
raca. as we passed each other on oppo-
site tacks under n press Of sail.
The weather continued cloudy. ana
an Increased difference was found on
exchanging the latitude and longitude
with another vessel next morning
Then. after an observation at noon
Weston found that for more than hfy
hours the Eugcnle had been going sew
eral miles to the southeast OF her due
course
The compass was Immediately over
hauled by Hislop. who found that the
STANDARD OF the needle was loose.
On that night there commenced
long course OF head winds and foul
weather. during which the compass
never worked properly. and the cap
tain and mate found. by the solar OBJ
I sorvatlon. that we had drlftod so far
10 leeward as to be somewhere between
the parallels Of 2s degrees and rs de-
/ grecs 35 minutes north.
Tattoocd Tom aud cid Roberts. tho
an-o'-war's-man. we're superstitious
enough to give me the entire blame OF
| all this. In consequence NJ having fred
one day at some Of Mother Cary's
chickens; an action. they aycrred.
which never failed to give the craft OF
the perpctrator q head wind for the
remainder Of her yoyage-lf she ever
finished II at all.
III this foul weather holds for an
other day" said Weston. rs he trod the
deck with n sulklness quite profession
al under the circumstances. I'VE shall
see land sooner than wished"
"LandW ! reltera ed. Frightening at
the idea more than he rellshed
Yes. some part Of tho Canarles-
Santa Cruz de Ia Palma. most likely;
but we shall have very rough weather
before another sun rises know well
the signs. Mr.. Rodney. Don't you see
what Is brewing yonder. Hlslop7" he
said in a low voice TO his mate
you say Just what old Roberts. Tat
tooed Tom. and we're observing for
ward" replied Hlslop we have not
all OF us seen n hurricane OF the west
coast OF Africa, "A tornado In the
Windward Isles. and n regular roaring
pampero off the Rio de Ia Plata. with
out learning something captain"
Il hope not! so remember that this
gloomy weather, with the wind lulling
away and then coming again In hot
gusts with n moaning sound-in my
part OF England " name II the call
Ing OF the sea'-arc always signs OF n
coming squall."
As the night closed In. the canvas on
the brig was reduc d. the royals were
struck and the yards sent on deck:
the dead lights were shipped on the
stern windows. the quarter boat was
hosted within the ta1rall. ard there
u
oreasing tokens Of a coming tempest.
and ere midnight II came with ven.
gonnce.
The sky nj lrf WIS an a deep. dark
blue. wonderfully dark for that region.
and the Btarl. especially the planets.
shone with singular clearness and
beauty; but IN the northwest quarter
OF the heavens We could see the coming
blast.
; From the horizon l0 the zenith. there
arose with terrible pdlty a mighty
bank OF sable cloud forming vast
and gloomy arch. az n e. base OF which
a pale and phosphores ent light seem.
ed to play upon the h. wing sea.
This light brIghtenol and sunk al
ternatoly Now Il wol Ia shoot down.
ward with a lurid Ella 70. steadily and
brilliantly, under the Tying yapor. and
then II died away with an opal tint.
Sheet lightning of a pale and ghasty
! green, extending over ten or twelve
| points OF the horizon. flashed and play.
, ed upon II. Then We heard the rush
, OF rain. as II a great lake had been
falling from a vast hight into the sea-
and the next the roar OF the mighty
blast; while furrowlng p the ocean In
its passage, the tempest came swoop-
ing down upon us aud around us IN a
I species OF whrlwlnd
! Brayely the Eugene met Il. for her
captain and men handled her nobly,
She had her topgnllant sails flrled
her courses mp, the topsalls lowered
upon the cap and the reef tackles close
out; but she swayed foarfully when
careening beneath the hot breath OF
the mighty blast and riding over those
black mountains NJ water. which In
fierce succession I, impelled toward
her. High he went over a sloplng
sheet OF foaI one moment, and the
next saw her plunglng Into deep.
black valley OF that midnight sea; 30
deep that the wind seemed TO pass over
us, the canvas Tapped to tho mast. and
we only caught H. weight and power
when riding quickly on the crest Of the
next mighty roller.
Meanwhile the greon-forkcd light
ming flashed so brightly that at
times we could see every rope In the
vessel, our own hlanched and pale