The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-11-26


le prosperity ani sidssprssd respecs' v
j. ware sailing slonGsbore 81 the end OF
b srsy. 10 osering day. With the long hesve
. The see 10 remind us OF . gale tbs, hs
u spent i,self while ve Icy st snchor 10 ih'
snus hsibor Of Hard Lack Arm.
70 10 the tftias. fer on, TO see sh r, II
], dusk vss creeping up With the uis', ths'
b sss long. froiby line OF white. . sto,
p upon vbieh the sees we're breskins.
o sss eI.d that u Icy TO sindssrd.
I They calls 1t the Shosl O Wrecks
9 Ships. said the sk'pper
Teen mssy . ersit mus. have ! b
! gan.
. Ave, many . a ae craft, he broke 10, be-
I been lost there, 'Tsss fearful spot Il
! the old days. when We used 10 60 10 th,
seal hunt 10 schooners. 'Twss 10 lhe deeI
) water eff tts. st,s. that sse old Car'
Help II left hsr bones. To be sure,
knows tbs, we'll enough. for ! wss aboard
when the YES wrecked aboard OF that old
tops,il q ,tfsh, led. the last hand shipped
from TsilIineste, 10 the spring OF forty
years $40. whsn the ice snd Wind ssnk
macy . craft. Of the sealing ct,
Does you want = bsrlhf says the skip
per.
Whsrs your sohocnerf ssys !.
The Cin't Help l.. says be.
Osnt help whst says l.
Lo.ding with ist every voyage. says be.
Come, nov. will you sbipi
will II | esn't hslp it. says |,
The ekipper laughed again 1t the simple
joke Of that dsy, stuok thumb in my ribs
to make cure that osusht the point,
gave . turn TO the Wheel, hoslsd On order
to esse the jb-sbett, aud proceeded.
Well. l couldn't help 1t. 'TsM the lest
berth 10 the lest schooner, 90 | shipped.
Bot she sos no seals tbss year mar one.
We lost the popr skipper Cd the jb-boom
tso weeks ont, 10 gale of ths Gray Is-
lands Tnen we was 10 trouble. We
co1ido't agree on skipper. Some OF us
wanted the fire. hand. Hatl ssys the rest.
He ism, fit to skipper paddle punt.
30 we kto,ked sbons the ice for week
or more without sighting seal. 'Tsss
windy weather With gales Of snow end
high SEES. and the cras got wonderful sul
~. Tbere wasn't . pelt aboard to pay the
men for the hard work they we're doing
and .bere was . ros 10 the forecsstle
every night, 'Tsss not long siore there
vas nothing bo, scowls on deck and
srowls below. Believe me, sir. twas .
most uncomior.s5la Tins, T1s willing
hands worked the ship and the grovlers
stayed bslov.
Look here. men. says l, one night. we've
got 10 have skipper for this here schoon
or. l never heard tell offs schooner with
ont one. Las have the h,st hand. IT'S
bis right
NJ. sbo rl q se ,lius chip. says one. We
will choose our skipper.
Well not sail uuder Bowls. says %
ther
You csn sell nader me or not. % you
like. says Bowls, bat It's no plsc, for
skippesless schooner. The best thing you
can do is shape . course for home, and
get there quick.
They ssreed; 90 We hove her to, mean
Ing to sail for Tsillingste in the morning
Il the wind was fair. II began to blow
hsrd siore midnight blow great gale,
With the wind fall Of snow. Afore dawn
Ihe ics closed 10 and nipped her. She
US fast, with miles Of packice grinding
nd grosnias oil rouod hsr.
Her rudder wss crashed snd her bow
,pri. broken; bnt whether or not her tim
bers had been started. Whatever. tsss .
: sooderial lookon The pack vas run
,ins like ms1 str,ishs out TO ses. II the
I'D ,ohoouer leaked. che would 6.l end
ink when the pans fell spart. II she vss
is ht che would be swsmpad OF broken op
BY the big seas. for without tudder she
vas uamsnssesbls.
I'm thinking. says l TO B)sls,tbst peith
n she nor We will want smother skipper
Sill. says be. We might get clear.
By night the wind veered to The nor'esst
md drovs the pack iosbore. Then be
zen 10 hope that ve nigh. esc,pe over the
,sck TO the rocks; bot when | looked
bon, Of dawn / made ready TO die. The
,sck wss drifting over the Shosl Of Wreck
d Ships, snd the bresksr, we're pounding '
/ to elush o. IL pleased, 'Ts.s but 9 mat q
or OF Two hours siors the turn Of the ship 9
,ould come. She vas lair 10 the psth. .
/ sung ous for oil hsnds, snd up they Q
ombled. I'm no. telling you Whist they '
cid shen I pointed TO the breakers. =
Tsss . sight 10 break the nerve Of the o
rsvess, s5l II pace 10 names To the
IS. man eb7.ri re g.ys ourselves up iof o
rst SlD-,f Ms prsJct, snd soms did
o.; snd some Of o. cried, and zone Isugb u
d Ba. twas not long siore We VS. oil y
like - p,oup OF dszsd ssilosmen. sbiver
10 10 the bitter wind. wsitins Tor the end d
I lie. O.
The sini's hsnliog round 10 the e.st, y
lys jim Bosls st LIST O
II the Wind hsuied fer euoosh. II II "
.ulsd soon eponsb; We a ieht drift elssr a
I the sbosL We estcsei tbs Wind. u
'Iis veerins fast, ssys B)sls sg,in Nay b
e veil 60 c'eni u
40 hopr later We scr,ped past The to'th
= end OF the shc,l. The schooner YES u
.ie for the tine: bat shen The sind fell fC
"a tbs Ice wert ,broaa =. IL did .. dnsk, D
ur case vss hsrd - ever. The CsL't u
Ielp IL leaked We turned TO TO pump