Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-06

their devotion continued up to the mid
die of the voyage uninterrupted.
One night about the middle of the
voyage, after weeks of steady weather.
the wind freshened to such degree that
all hands were ordered alOft 10 shorten
SAIL There was an ominous moaning in
the rigging, and the lightning whipped
around, cutting the darkness, which be.
came all the more profound afterward.
The dim lantern hanging at the fore
top gave no aid to those in the rigging,
who had to rely on the lightning's flashes
and their sense of touch to accomplish
their perilous task. The two Poles had
gone out on the mainyard, whence [ fol-
lowed them. / being thus nearest the
mast, while Tenkewitz was out on the
end of the yard, and Ruloffsky between
us.
The sickening sway of the vessel car
ried the yard in the arc of the circle and
brought us far down toward the black
abyss of waters, broken by phosphores-
cent CLEANS like the barring of a VOLTS
teeth. Suddenly there was a flash of
unusual brightness, and there leaped
upon my vision n sight never to be for
gotten. Far out on the end of the ward
Il white, fear stricken face glimmered an
instant, a raised arm and clenched fist
above it, then darkness and a receding
cry Y Inch was lost in the rushing of the
wind and the surge Of the vessel. | clung
with both arms to the partially reefed
canS2s<e straining my eyes in the dark
ness. The next flash showed me Ruloff-
sky alone on the arm with me- In the
shadows of the still bullying, half-con-
fined sail he could not see my face, al
though, his glaring eyes were fixed upon
me- / covered close to the mast and
fcigned to busy myself with the ropes,
not daring to look up. Having fnsl ed
at last with the strength Of desperation.
clamhered to the deck, scarcely know
ing how | got there, followed by the
Pole who, thanks to the darkness, could
not see my blanched face.
AS soon as it was discovered that
Tenkewitz was missing the cry, Man
oyerboard!' rang out, but such was the
turmoil of the sea, which had increased
every instant, and so much time had
elapsed, that no boat was lowered.
"The weather cleared, and we were
bowling along one moonlight night at
about twelve knots an hour 1t was
rear midnight the sea was like molten
silver and the shadows Of the ropes and
blocks showed like ink spots on the deck.
Bplutisky had the forward watch and |
had been sent up on deck by the captain
to fetch some article which he had mis-
laid. As | came up the complimentary |
saw the Pole leaning against the capstan
with his back to me, gazing out to sea.
had some trouble finding the missing
article. having to hunt long and absorb
moly in the shadows. Suddenly | was
startled by blood-curdling shrek, and
starting from STOPPING posture, | be-
held the Pole standing rigidly braced
against the capstan. mis- arm extended
toward the bow of the vessel.
Il .ook therel OH God, look there'
he shrieked. As he was shaking like an
aspen, i grasped him, and thus brought
my head across his shoulder, so that
my ewes followed the direction of his
ouating finger, which pointed straight
at the cathead over the starboard rail-,
and there, as clearly as | see you at this
moment, seated on the cathead. ghost
" white, with seaweed tangled in his
streaming hair, was Tenkewitz Only an
instant, and then | was bending over the
writning form of Rulotfsky, calling for
help They carried him below, raving in
delirium, in which state he remained for
days, begging them to keep off Tenke
WITT. who was trying to get at him. He
also raved about some girl who had loved
Tenkewitz better than him, and who
would marry .Tenkewitz when they got
back to their native town. l t0ld the
captain then what had happened on the
mainvard, and what /, too. had seen on
the cathead. The Pole was given an
anodyne, and when he marched across
the gaugway at the dock at the end OF
the VOYAGE he was in irons. New York
Daily News.