Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-05-15

YOU, | never seen good come o good
ness yet. Him rs strikes first is my
fancy; dead men don't lite; then's my
views-anen. SO be it. And now. You
look here he added suddenly
changing his tone, we've had about
enough of this fooiery. The tides made
good enough by now. You Just take
my orders. Cap'n Hawkins, and Vel
sail slap in and be done with 1t.
All told we had scarce two miles te
run; but the navigation Was delicate
the entrance to the northern anchorage
was not only narrow and shoal. bni
lay east and west. so that the schoon-
er must be nicely handled to be got HI
think | was a good prompt sub
altern, and j am very sure that Hahas
was an excellent pilot; for we Went
banks, with a certainty and Il neatness
that We're pleasure To behold.
Scarcely had we passed the head be
fore the land closed around US. Ine
shores OF the North inlet We're as
thickA- wooded as those OF the SOUTH
ern anchorage; bat the space was
longer and narrower, and more like
what in truth it was, the estuary OF g
river. Right before us at the south
ern end, we saw the wreck or shlil
IN the last stages of diiapidation. ~
had been u great vessel OF three mas.s,
but had lain so long exposed to the
injuries of the weather, that 1t Was
hung about With great webs of drip
ping sea-weed. and on the deck oil II
shore bushes had taken root, and now
flourished thick with flowers. 1T was
q sad sight, but it showed us That the
anchorage WAS calm
Now" said Hands, look there;
there's pet bit for to beach q ship in,
Fine Nat sand, never q catspaw, trees
all around it, and flowers a-blowins
like n gardins on that old ship
And once beachcd," INQUIRED,
chow shall we get her off again
"Mhy, so, he replied, you take 4
line ashore there on the other side ut
low water; take a turn about one o
them big pines; bring IT back, take a
turn round the capstan, and lie TO for
the tide. Come high water, all hands
take q pull upon the line. and OFT she
comes as sweet as natur And now,
boy, you stand by Were near the bit
now, and she's too much way ON her.
Starboard little so-steady- star
a ittle-steady--
steady.''
So he issued his commands, which !
den, he cried: Now, my hearty, luff..'
And 1 put the helm hard up, and the
"Hispaniola" swung round rapidly, and
ran stem on for Il low wooded shore.
The excitement of these last mann
cuvers had somewhat intelfcret! with
The watch had kept hitherto. sharply
enough ,,on the coclSswain Even
then l was still so much interested,
waiting for the ship to touch, that /
had quite forgot the peril that hung
over my head, and stood craning over
\. -
the ripples spreading wide before the
bows. might have fallen without a
struggle for my life. had not a sudden
disauietude seized upon mo and made
me turn my head Perhaps Mad hearl
a creak. or seen his shadow moving
with the tail of my eve. perhans II
was an instinct like a eats h,t. sure
enough when locked ro,,n1 ll,ere
was Hands ALREADY i,.,lf v5slv ts,3y.,,.sl
me, With the dirk ia bis right hand
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when our eyes met but while mine
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