The Delta independent., 1900-05-11

ase'r1 IosaAA ; ~ ~ hue66 etsss
beasa asA acciAsnealiy. tsoAss 6osaG
'ea. Thsa. wtth Q esy - ~ bsing
the shipper on deck. ~ enl vssld 1Ive
efter ne. asd we'd - shrssgA . ssstsr
l.fe saving Performance asd if that
didn't make the old man fAu - 'er
neck and AK to be forEiv~n- wr!i.
thee we'd ave 10 throw i'm Ia sexl.
and let 'er ave . try NJ saving I'm"
We'll. next day VAS hDe. with just .
Bit Of hrsSrzs ~ kepe the barx steady
under all sail. and as we wcrr only
making about four knots an hour !
reckOned this was the time for the
final ssrne So whisiled to th~ gal to
eet rraslr. an.l then got old Of all the
bu0ys ! ca.nt mud and pitched 'em
axssrn when nobody wasn't looking.
Next ! siIpissl on my l'oots and drop
ped quietly over the side.
when ! looked up I seed the gal
a-looking ~ u she was a-w0udsrins
'ow cold II was. And then all of SUD
den she gave 4 ycll. and divtsi In aud
come swimming toward nse like nsh.
-LOs'. the c0mmotiou there was On
board when they heard that yell. First.
up come tlss skipper from lsclow. He
booked astern and saw the girl in the
water. OF went 'is coat. and splash e
c.me after '~s. Then ! ssSSi The coos
rush Oui u the galley. r took In ih~
situation. ansl the nrxt niOment = was
taking . heatles fFoas the stern Two
seanses - 'ad card the cry next tum-
bled over. anA before 'ad time to 'ol-
Ter out and tell 'em Il Was all right the
other two scamen aud tile boy was .
b0l,blng about in the water.
by this time the gal I'D got TO me.
aud We Was each Of NJ 'auging to .
buoy. Away In the wake Of the bark
We coukl see seven 'easls s-bobbIns
about. and one BY 0ae they came up to
us and ce,lared old Of buoy. to wait
for Whist was going TO 'sppes next.
And sn the time that blamed b:srk
was standing away under fun nIl ~
IL sothisg 'ad 'sppened-
''Susldesly the skipper looked rounal
aDd said Something ~ didn't seem TO
Just nt The occasion.
"'whs's lefs In charge q that bsskY
he yelled.
Nobody answered. asd then e look.
I'd round agen and eosnted % all ~
we was s-bobbing sboue togcthef. -
counted - twice. and then . sw0rs
agen-
"'How dsre you leave the ship with
out my orsiersr hs shouted Don't
you see that there isn't . man % ths
bark. and that ws'rs Ieft here like q
aock ef fools whils she drifts On 70 The
nearest ~ shsrsr
'-somctody bsGun to RiRgSe. and the
skipper swors ~ ed blow 'is brains
out Il e fousa cot who Il VISA The
gal said n was 'er. and surs esough
size was a-isughlng away ~ if Il W.s
The bese ~ - tee worsd whiIs these
was tbe crew % the lisa Jsns a-beb-
btng sbost 10 the water. whiIs sss
ship wss a-sslllng steadily away bV
'ersolf. without . 'snd 70 guido 'eS
frso ~ erurs sUekA 10 was % awful
Dsosoe ~ ~ - - ~ ~ uswilt
- ueeop nar1sssossD - Woanso Wus .
~. alses AL
~Dus thssp was the Oal Gelo aDoaG
on6 whaD . tramp stea0ss D1ehe1 -
- sod essTied - ~ PtymS9eb she
wsnted the skipper to repost - 70 the
satborisies ~ . pieaie passy - -
eo4 ont ~ eur depth. Bat ~ cd oaa
was VIM With the loas os - ship snd
. eesids't d sothing bat soaoo about
aa1 threatea 10 XIII % an
I'VE dSd ear afterwsrd that The LIN
Jeoe I'D stood eat t. - So Wuat
1swa n . spuail somewhsse b ~ ~.
glso - the tropsca. And sAst's - hke-
b - -. ses We ssvsv ~ eyes - -
oOPs.
-Asd wh~n slse skippss eos eves u
81 come 10 Issk upOo thinxs n tho
riGAt spsfss ~ softss veerrtl rUund 10
- eo0rDssioo that = eomSesssb1s 'sOe
81 . good l0okipx wife wsse'e sach
Pssp cousolatIon aftes all. No nsorr
was the ESQ zach oe ~ ~ for our
share. etsher."-Chseaeo TiDsRHessId