The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
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CHAPTER XIV.
r.n Thnnderbolt.


me now took charge Of the
~hicb he was perfectly able to
and work, though ignorant CT
.ron as a science, and having
~,gue idea Of the course to steer
~ Cane of Good Hope.
,ss hove in the wind. while in
.oonlight, about two hours after
citing scene which closes the
1,n,er we committed to the deep
IN Of Antonlos last victim, the
,rurentice, whom the sailmaker
m in his hammock, to which,
vithout shot or other suitable
,sh we tied sack of Goals to
be corpse.
head-yards were filled again.
* II anxious to leave that por-
A the sea as far as possible
n We hauled up for the cape. Tom
.ourne ordered every stitch of
I, that the spars would hold to
evad upon the Eugene, that she
as he said, walk through the
IN her own style"
he could do at first was to keep
n the course we had been steering
b. night these disasters began, for
n We knew not to what degree Of
ne, south or north. we might
teen drifting; however, we cal
I'd that Hislop. weak as he was,
be able to take a solar obserya-
anu prick off our Place on the
in the course of six or seven
lad the usually snug little cabin
ia and cleared from tse debris
n by the outrageous proceedings
Eionio, who must have gone to the
% with all Weston's valuables
money about him. as we could
,sither; and the sweet expression
L poor widows face, as it seemed
mile on US from the miniature
the after-bulkhead. contrasted
ngely with all the wild work that
o lately taken place on board.
Sop and I we're restored to our
kT berths, and then more than
IN my dreams the pale olive-green
e and glazing eyes of the Gu
came before me, and again
tsd to see him clinging unpitied
4 desperation to the slender boom
swung above the seething sea
his death and all it's concomitant
prs haunted me and made me IN
b intensity of the heat in that
sn suggested the idea that we
not have drifted far south of the
great was it that the upper spars
1 ns Eugene appeared to wriggle or
Hle like serpents aloft in the sun
Re; while so hot, so clear and so
faed was the atmosphere between
zs that 1t was suffocated. especially
ne lulling of the faint breeze. A
re neat seemed to make sea and
grow pale, and the former cast
|safd a reflection from it's CLASSY
pace and long smooth swells that
hot-hot beyond all description.
|lnough ever and anon the upper
Il Was drenched with salt water, il
"a Immediately, emitting a strong
n Oh wet wood. while the skids over
aoe failed to keep the paint, tai
n fosin rising in large burnt blisters
|A0out the time when we hoped that
POP would have been we'll enough
make an observation, even by being
Feo In chair on deck, the weathe
'ane SO rough that he was unable
rave his berth, and during all tina
the brig drove before a heay,
e with her courses hauled clos
the fore and main topsail yard
Eered on the caps, and their canya
lse reefed.
Al'er the heat we had endured, tn
Fuer may imagine this gale woul
refreshing and a relief. Not SC
n atmosphere, as it became dar
ia gathering clouds, increased i
|usily' closeness and heat, thus abou
ume we should have had clear twl
f. tne hour was gloomy as a north
mlunight-so dark that the me
NE tops, or those lying out alon
ioot-ropes at the yard-arms. whe
[.sr elose-reefed topsails, could nc
'een from the deck, while the breez
e swept over the ocean was breath
mot as the simeon of the desert
our men knew not whether the
urenehed by perspiration or tn
'uuriit torn from the warm way
Oy the increasing blast.
,ue peculiar appearance of this blac
alarmed and bewildered Tattooe
En' VINO could make nothing of /
~ "e poor Marc Hislop, whose ski
s'u nave been Invaluable to u
- ne heard the singing out on decl
na sranuer Of the bellying course
Ssnng with their brails, the roa
sue wind through the half-bare
| IA s ana rigging. the clatter of bloch
'pa ~ overhead, writhed in his be,
~ ~ourned his own inactivity, {
IN mcapacity; but he sent me I
h.. -amoourne to cover up the al
N win wetted canvas, as it We
|snos. uprobable, by the state of ii
49, nere, that it was full of ele'
ssSs. and thus we might be in
sserors way.
~ y Iom," he whispered, at Is
~ao ~.nd gale-I know 1t to be So"
NV | asked, when you are |!
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