The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-03-16
CHAPTER NNIv.
Tho Thnnderholt.

LNmhunfnc now TOOK tuAfht W -"
brig which he was perfectly able 10
handle and work. though ignorant oil
navigation as n science. and having
but a vague idea Of the course TO steer
for the Cape Of Good Hope.
She was hove IN the wind, while IN
the moonlight. about two hours after
the exciting scene which closes the
last chapter, We committed to the deep
the body OF Antonlo's last victim the
poor apprentice. whom the sailmakor
sewed up In his hammock. 10 which
being without shot or other suitable
weights, we tied a sack OF Goals TO
sink the corpse.
The head yards were llied again.
and. as n anxious TO leave that por-
ton Of the sea as far as possible
astern. we hauled up for the cape. Tom
Lambourne ordered every stitch OF
canvas that the spars would hold to
be spread upon the Eugenie. that she
might. as he said. walk through the
water in her own style"
All he could do at first was to keep
her In the course we had been steering
on the night these disasters began, for
as yet we knew not 10 what degree OF
latitude, south or north. we might
have been drifting: however, we cal
culnted that Hislop. weak as he was,
might be able 10 take a solar observa-
ton anu prick on our place on the
chart, In the course OF six or seven
days.
We had the usually snug little cabin
oleansed and cleared from tsc debris
created by tho outrageous proceedings
OF Antonio. who must have gone to the
bottom with all Wosion's yaluablcs
and money about him. as we could
ind neither; and the sweet expression
OF the poor widows face, as Il seemed
TO smile on us from the miniature
on the -bulkhead, contrasted
strangely with an the wild work that
had 20 lately taken place on board.
Hislop and l were restored 10 our
former borths. and then more than
once In my dreams the pale ollye-green
yisage and Elaring eyes OF the Gu
bano came before me. and again I
seemed 10 see him elinglng implied
and In desperation TO the slender boom
which swung above the seethlng sea
for his death and all It's conoomitant
horrors haunted me and made me UNI
happy.
The intensity OF the heat In that
season suggested the idea that We
could not have drifted far south OF The
line.
so great was II that the upper SPAR
Of the Eugenie appeared to wrlsgle OF
vibrate like serpents aloft In the sun
shine: while 80 hot. 80 clear and 10
rarohcd was the atmosphere between
decks that II was suffocated. especially
in the lulling OF the faint breeze a
| white heat seemed to make sea and
sky grow palo, and the former cast
upward n reflection from its CLASSY
surface and long smooth swells that
was hot-hot beyond all description.
Though ever and anon the upper
deck was drenchod with salt water. II
dried Immediately. emitting a strong
odog OF wet wood, while the sklds over
the side failed TO keep the paint, tar
and rosin rising in large burnt bllsters.
About the time when we hoped that
Hlslop would have been well enough
TO make an observation. even BY being
placed In n chair on deck. the weather
became 80 rough that he was unable
TO leave his berth. and during all that
day the brig drove before a heavy
gale. with her courses hauled close
up. the fore and main topsail yards
lowered on the caps. and their canvas
close reefed.
After the heat we had endured, the
reader may imagine this gale would
be refreshing and n relief. Not so
The atmosphere. ms Il became darl
with gathering clouds. Increased II
density, oloseness and heat, thus abou
the time we should have had clear twi
light. the hour was gloomy as a north
ern midnight-so dark that the mel
In the tops. or those lying out alonl
the foot-ropes at the yard-arms, whel
under close-reefed topsails. could no
be seen from the deck. while the breez
that swept over the ocean was breath
less-hot as the simeon OF the desert
and our men knew not whether the,
were drenched by Precipitation or IN
spoondrift torn from the warm wav
tops by the increasing blast.
The peculiar appearance Of this blao
gale alarmed and bewlldered Tattooe
Tom, who could make nothing OF II
while poor Marc Hlslop. whose ski
would have been invaluable TO ui
when he heard the singing out on decl
the thunder OF the bellying course
struggling with their bralls. the roa
OF the wind through the half-bare
masts and higgins the olatter Of block
and feet overhead, writhed IN his be-
and mourned his own inactivity. O
rather incapacity; but he sent me I
tell Lambourne to cover up the an
chors with wetted canvas. as It wa
not improbable. by the state OF N
atmosphere. that 1t was full OF elet
ulcity and thus we might be In
dangerous way.
TELL Tom" he whispered. ut IS
trade-wind gale-I know II 20 be So"
How" ] asked, when you are y
Ing hore belowf'
by the barometer which remain
high. while the wind is steady" r,
piled Hlslop in low voice, for /
vas stlll very weak; III the baromet,