The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-12-30

out along the yard; he did always. No
foot ropes for i'm. I was young A. II.
in them days and In his watch. Well.
that day q was on the yard and out at
the yardarm afore any one Of us was
! bare clear Of the futtock riggln', an
he sings out, up, you blighters, an
| light out to windard! Am TO reef
| this iere tops' all my lone selfT and
| he lays back with the earring in both
ands. lifting for all q was worth.
That there earring carries away just as
| she rolls to wind'ard and he falls clean
| off the yard plump into the sea. where
| | seen i'm swimmin' n moment after"
The narrator paused and knocked out
his pipe. "Well. he went TO Fiddler's
Green. poor chap, but that wasn't the
tale Of ii by no means. We caves the
ship to- near takin' the sticks out Of
| her in dOin' Of IT, and starts in TO lower
! the lee quarter boat, i'm swimmin
grand and rlsin' on the crest o them
| big rollers" The chief boatswains
mate became somewhat husky in his
| speech and spat ferociously into the
spitkid. "'All ready. sir sings out
the coxswaln o. the lifeboat, and they
starts to lower. Well what the right
Of IL was no one never quite knew; but,
| anyways, some one lets go the line of
the patent slipping gear, Snd the for.
ward pin weren't out. Consekens,
down goes the stern and up comes the
bows, and afore you could say Jack
Robinson there's the whole boats crew
| thirteen men and the midshlpman,
| overheard, too. All this time the sea 5
gettin' worse and worse. Well. we
starts I'm and lowers the other boat, and
she gets away clear. and then--my
| God!-she capsi2es. All whatever got
aboard out o. that mess was two men
what caught the bowlines we hove to
'cm. SO there were seven and twenty
went To Davy Jones locker that day.
And that's why I've never seemed to
fancy seem boats lowered at sea"
Not much wonder neither" assent
ed the chief stoller.
| The coast of Portugal greeted them
fair and bright the land lay stepped in
sunshine, the sea cobalt blue. and no
tiresome head wind came to mar the
complete comfort OF this part OF the
passage. Looks like making n tlat
calm of il all the way home" remarked
the captain TO the navigator rs they
paced the bridge together. A mile on
the starboard hand lay Flnisterre, land
! and sea asleep in the evening sunshine
Looks like it, certainly, sir" an
swered the latter, but there's one
thing you can never count or. and
that's the Bay. | came home one time
when the glass started to fall when We
cleared the Straits. and by the time
we got as far as this it seemed as II
someone had knocked the bottom on
Of 1t, SO low did it fall; and yet W,
didn't have breath of wind all tn,
way to Plymouth"
Rum turn out that" remarked hi
superior officer "but must say pre-
fer the omens as they are this even
ing"
shes on her course northeast hal
north. sir" reported the navigator {,
the captain an hour later. just MS tn
latter officer was finishing his dinner
; land I'm sorry TO tell you that tn
glass has gone down n tenth and It
looking a bit wicked ahead"
"Ah, l thought felt her getting
bit of jump on replied the captain
. Lets hope we're not going TO revers
5 your experience which you spoke o
| this afternoon"
! Hope not. sir" But the hope wa
2 In vain. AS the night closed In. hare
\ greasy looking clouds spread then
r selves in menacing masses across th
A northeastern horizon. and the glaS
c fell another tenth: by midnight it wa
!. blowing hard and q considerable Sc
e was running. At that hour the cal
c tain came on the bridge and COOK
= heavy dose OF spray slap In the FAC
n rs he raised his head above the bridc
! weather cloths. Were In for Il. II
Il ! afraid" he remarked TO the officer
ie the watch, and the latter rodded grin
{. ly
I've had TO ease her. sir. and L
ef thinking It's about time eased her
blt more" A gray green sea climb,
n. past the starboard cathead as he spok
ir and roared over the topgallant FOR
n. castle. falling in tons on the deck b
r. low.
d. Yes. case her; high time" was q
IS answer. IL did not come all at on,
oy but hour by hour the wind grew in v
n lence, the sea mounted even high,
re The captain did not leave the brid.
IN AT in the morning she was going de