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


| fail' be sure Il viii become a typhoon.
ana then, with a shurt-hnnded craft.
heaNen help ul' But assure Tom il Is
ohiy a. yet a tradc.wlnd galo-to take
rs much canvas on her ns he can. and
70 maze t'l snug aloft. Well have
'hunder directly. Dlck-such thunder
a. you can only hear Ia the troplcs."
he tank back, exhausted even by
these lew words. while / hurried ON
deck with bis orders.
had scarcely conveyed them to
Lambouno, who was keeping a look.
OUT forward when. amid the dusky
obaenr'ty Of sea and sky. there burst
sudden CLEAN Of wondrous light.
he men. who were spreading some
Old Neitod calls over the sheet and
working anchors: the steersman at
the wheel. the watch and all hands
who were orouchlng 20 ieoward. or
holding on BY ropes and Delaying pins
10 Wlndward, seemed for a moment TO
become vhlte-yisaged specters amid
sea OF pale. blue name-a sea whereon
the hylng brig, with her brailod courses
and rcefod topsails. her half-naked
masts and black cordngo. were all dis
tineily visible M at MONDAY, while
the polished brass on funnel. pinnacle
and skylght all flashed and shoue. as
snip and crew. with all tielr details
OF form and feature.
Were Instant seen and instant lost"
For a broad and binding sheet Of
electric ilamc burst upon the darkness
Of the night and passed away o., rap
Idly, when the llyid BRAID burst In
the velkln or In the wave. We know
not which.
Then came tho roar Of thunder
the stunning and appalling thunder Of
the tropics. every explosion or which
seemed to rend earth, sea and sky. as
they rolled like a palrablo thing or
like the united salvo OF q thousand
echoes at the lar horizon.
After a founi so mighty and be-
wlderIns, the believing OF the wind
through the rigging. the hiss and roar
ofihe sea as wave broke against wave:
The tapping OF the brailed courses:
The eroaklng and straining Of the tim
bgs, seemed as nothing-tho very ST.
lence OF death-while the Eugene tore
on, through mist and SPRAY, through
darkness and obacurity, with the foam
flying white as wintor draft over her
bows and martlngalo.
Again there was n pale-groon CLEAN
overhead. right above the truck OF the
malnmast, where the chambers Of the
. ay seemed to open. The clouds dlyld-
ed In the darkness OF heaven. and ont
Of that opening came the forlcd light
J Mug. zlgzag. green aud chastity.
, There was dreadful shock, which
knocked every man down. except Carl
) ton. who was at the wheel, and an
: exclamation Of terror escaped US all.
n thundorbolt had struck the Eu-
goniel
With all lta wondrous speed-Instan-
taneous as electric light could belt
glided down the main top gallant mast
rending the topmast-oap and tls fran
ed grating OF the top to Ices; theme,
II ran down TIC mainmast, burB
through the deck and spent lis fur!
In the hold.
At that moment the main-topmasi
with all It's yards. gear and canvai
fell about the deck In burning brand
and the brig was hove right In N
winds eye, while the sea twltched n
helm out OF the hands OF Ned Car
ton. who became bowlldered on I'm,
Ing the compasses lose all their pola
ity by the influence OF the electric hui
the north point OF one heading soutl
east and OF the other southwest.
Almoat Immediately after this the
was u cry OF "Firel"-that cry &c te
} rlble. so appalling on board ship; al
then thick white smoke was seen
J Issue from the crevices OF the batten,
main-hatchway.
All hands rushed to this point. II
! long-boat was unshlpped from
checks and dragged aft: some stood
{ with buckets OF water. while othe
! struck on the padlocks and iron bar
I the tarpaulln was torn away-t
. hatch llftod-and loi
= A column OF FIRE assembled in
d straight line from the body OF 1
3 hold-lurld, red and fcorchlng. as 1
n casks OF molasses and bales OF cottl
/ burned and blazed together. A c,
e umn that rose up between the mas
70 scored through the mninstay. OH :
; braces OF the foreyards. and filed I
y whole vessel with light. announc
e that all was over.
e ut Is a doomed shipl" cried To
lambourne; 1--WE must leave her
X last Clear away the longboat
d cool. lads; be cool and steady 70
/. lives depend upon your conduct no
II and your obedience to ordersl"
{. CHAPTER XIV.
Is Cast Away.
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