Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-13

DICK RODNEY; !
Or. The Adventures of
5 An Eton Boy.
{ RY JAMES GRANT
CHAPTER vi.
A Hurricane Drives Us to the Forum
RY JAMES GRANT

~ Hu1ricahe Drives Us to the Forum
ate isles.
Some days after this we passed a
earraca. as the Portuguese name those
large and round built vessels which
they send TO Brazil and the Indies and
which are alike adapted for burden,
nshting and sailing.
os exchanging the bearings which,
when vessels pass each other, are usu-
ally ehalked on blackboard hung
over the Quarter-Weston and Hislop
found considerable difference be-
tween the Portuguese and ours; but.
never doubling that We were correct.
they bore on without hailing the car
raea. as we passed each other on oppo-
site lacks under press OF sail
I The weather continued cloudy. and
an increased difference was found on
exchanging the latitude and longitude
With another vessel next morning.
Then, after an observation at noon.
Weston found tina; for more than nfty
hours the Eugenie had been going sew
esal miles to the southeast Of her due
course.
The compass was Immediately over
hauled by HiRlop. who found that the
stAno.rd 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
seryaiion. that We had drifted so far
10 lesward as 10 be somewhere between
tho parallels OF Is degrees and rs de-
Erees 80 minutes north.
Taitooed Tom and old Roberts. the
man-o'-~ar's-m were supereutious
enough 10 give me the entire blame OF
all this. in consequences of having fred
one day a, some Of Mother Cary's
chickens: an action. they ayerred.
which never failed to give the craft of
the perpetraior Il head wind for the
remainder OF her yoyage-if she ever
aniKhed II At all
III this foul weather holds for an
other day" said Weston. ss he tFod the
deck sith a Snlklness quite profession
al under the circumstances. I'VE shall
see land sooner than wished
''fAndr' | reiterated. Frightening al
the idea more than he relished
Yes. some part of the CangFies-
Santa Cruz dc Ia Palma. most likely
but We shall have very rough weathe
before another sun rises. know vel
the signs. Mr.. Rodney Don't you SEE
sha, IL brewing yonder. Hisiop7" h
said in a low voice 10 his mate.
You say just what old Roberts. Tat
,ooed Tom. and | were observing for
= ward" replied fIisiop. We have no
ali of us seen a hurricane OFF the ives
coas; of Africa. a tornado In th
: windward Islcs. and regular roarin
!. panporo of the Rio de Ia Plata, with
! out learning something captain
|, II hope not, go remember that tbi
e gloomy weather. with the wind lullin
away and then coming again in he
: gusts with n moaning sound-in m
: part of England we name II the cal
Il Ing OF the sca'--arc always signs OF
!. coming squat"
As the night closed in. the canvas o
! the brig was reduced. the royals wer
struck and the yards sent on deck
the dead lights were shipped on II
stern windows. the quarter boat wa
hnia,cd within the taffrail. and thei
dashed hard and fast. for there were IL
}, creasing tokens OF coming tempes
% and ere midnight {, came with vel
.. Eeance.
- The sky a, FIRST was all deep. dar
Of b,ue wonderfully dark for that regio
ID and the stars. especially the planet
=, shone with singular olearness M
beauty; but in the northwest quart
~ Of tho heavens We could see the comir
>. blast
a. From the horizon TO the zenith, the
arose with terrible rapidly Nigh
10 hank of sable cloud. forming va
20 and gloomy arch. at the base OF whi'
a naIe and phosphorescent light seer
= cd 10 play upon the heaving sea.
Ia This light frightened and sunk
,ornately. Now IL would shoot dow
" ward with a lurid glare. steadily al
dc brilliantly. under the flying vapor. al
=, then IL died away with an opal tint.
a. sheet lightning OF pale and ghast
40 40 .re,n extending over ten or twel
2. no,n,s of the horizon. flashed and pla
re cd upon II. Then We heard the ru
"a Of rain. as II great lake had be-
u! falling from a vast hight into the sc
~ and the next the roar OF the migh
blast. while furrowing up the ocean
its passage, the tempest came swoo
ing down upon us and around us In
4, specjes of whirlwlnd.
-, prayely the Eugenie met II, for n
- capta,n and men handled her nobiy.
She had her topgallant sails fnrl
10 nor courses UP, the topsails lower
mon the cap. and the reef tackles clio
YOU out. but she swayed fearfu'ly wh
% careening beneath the hot breath
b., b.; the mighty blast and riding over tho
nd black mountains of water which
fierce succession 1t impelled iowa tow,
her High she went over slopl
ous sbeet of foam one moment ana
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