The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21

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Our antagonist sent another shot after US.
something at this juncture, but re-
membered my compact with her and
wisely held my tongue. During break
fast, Of which I partook in the officers
mess, for did not breakfast with Allie
every morning, noticed nervous and,
as thought, hopelessly sad look upon
the chief officer face. Gould it be the
presence of the man-of-war that occa-
| stoned it? did not question him, of
course, but when he halted at the foot of
the ladder, glanced anxiously at the
barometer and returned to the deck
asked Walworth if anything were the
matter.
"Look at the glass for yourself be
| said. Don't you see that it is dropping
in most alarming fashion? And if you
listen for moment, you will hear how
| the wind and sea are rising -
And so they were. There could be no
mistake about thai. I picked up my cap
and followed the chiefs example.
| By 10 o'clock the wind had risen to
the strength Of a more than moderated
gale and the sea in proportion. It was
most alarming, and must confess that,
seeing the strength of the wind, was
a little surprised when, about the mid
die of the morning, Allie appeared on
deck. She came aft to where I was
standing and, having looked at the COM
pass card, gazed round her.
IF I'm not mistaken, we're in for a
typhoon," she shouted, her glorious
hair blowing in tangled profusion across
her eyes and about her face. "Our
friend the cruiser, you see, is out of
sight. | expect she thinks it's useless
endeavoring to chase us across such a
sea. :" Then turning to Walworth, who
was standing near, she cried, "Send Mr..
Patterson to mel"
Though it was not Patterson's watch
on deck, he was too anxious about the
weather and his ship to go below. I'M
mediately on receiving Allies message
he came aft and. having touched his
Southwestern, waited for her to speak.
Mr. Patterson, what is your opinion
Of the weather." she shouted in his ear,
for it was impossible to make yourself
heard by any ordinary means Don't
| you think we had better heave to and
endeavor to find out how the center Of
| the storm bears from us?''
II was just going to do SO, !" Patter-
son beloved in reply. Then turning to
his subordinate, he gave the necessary
| instructions in yell that sounded like
q fog horn. The yachts nose was i'm
mediately pointed dead to the wind,
which at that moment was due north
east, the requisite number of points to
the right Of it were taken and the
center of the approaching hurricane
found to be exactly south southeast Of
our position. At this juncture Wal
worth, who had been acting under in
structions, returned from the cuddy and
reported the barometer had fallen to
27.45. 1t might therefore be inferred
that we were within the storm circle,
and for the same reason it was appar-
ent that our safety entirely depended
upon our being able to avoid the center
of the field. Having decided the direc-
ton of the storm and discovered that
we lay in the due line of its advance
| the most dangerous of all-there was
nothing for it but to run with the wind
on our starboard quarter.
Never shall forget the scene pre-
sented as our course was changed. 1
looked from Allie, who, enveloped in
oilskins, was clinging to the starboard
railing, then to the chief officer gazing
anxiously aloft and from both to the
men struggling and straining at the
wheel. Now, when great wave, SEEM
ingly mountains high, dark as green
jade and topped with kissing foam,
would come tearing toward us, obscur-
ing half the horizon, would shut my
/ eyes and wait for it to engulf us. Then
| would feel the noble little vessel meet
it, rise on to its crest and next moment
be sinking again, down, down, down
into the trough. Then once more
would draw breath and open my eyes
just in time to see another rise and meet
her forrard, to break with roar upon
the forecastle head, carrying away a
dozen feet Of bulwark and one of the
boats as it both were built of SO much
paper.
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the strength Of the gale began some
what to abate, the sea lost it's greater
fury, and the barometer in measure
recovered its stability. It seemed in
credible that the Lone Star could have
come through it SO safely, for, with
the exception Of one man washed over
board, another who had three of his ribs
smashed in by marauding sea, por-
ton Of the port bulwark and boat car
ried away, as above described, and an
other crashed to atoms on the davits, we
had experienced no casualties worth
mentioning.
By the time darkness fell the sea was
almost its old calm, placid self again,
SO quickly do these terrible typhoons
spring up and die away. AS soon as we
were certain all danger was past the
yacht was returned to her course, and
we once more proceeded on our way.
How wonderful and inscrutableis the
mighty deep! Next day the weather was