Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-01-22
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IN deck the Potluck was hard and fas
ashore. With one simultaneous cracf
the three topmasts went over the side
and as the men and officers jumped
under the shelter OF the weather raj
Lampert and those of the watch who
were with him came tumbling down
from the poop. They reckoned on 9
boiling sea coming after and sweeping
them away. But though the malignity
native to matter had set the PotiucS
ashore, by good luck she was hard ana
fast In the one sheltered cove on the
island. When Lampert by instinct al
tered her course to port, as he heard
the coast breakers at the starboard
bow, he had run her in between two
lodges OF rock, OF which the outer or
more westerly one acted as a COM
plete breakwater.
The skipper, who had been lying
fiat wher the others jumped for the
main deck, got up and crawled tor-
ward to the break OF the poop. He
was half paralyzed with mixture OF
funk and rage. He addressed himself
and his remarks to the sky, the sea,
and the island, but above all to Lam
pert.
You man-drowning, siop-built carl
cature of a sailorman, what ave you
bin and done with my ship?" he bel
lowed. "Oh. Lord, I'm a ruined man;
by gosh. III murder you!"
He tumbled down on the main deck
and made for Lampert, who easily
lodged him. .-#
shut up, you old IDIOT" said the
mate contemptuously- Who but me
told you that if you drove her in thick
weather, and no sun seen for a week,
you'd pile her up?'
Simcox caught Jones and held him.
Good Lord, SIR" said the second
greaser, FITS no time to fight &
r NO. it amt" said Jack Hart boldly.
That foremost hand should dare
to shove his ore in almost cowed the
Door old Guffin. It was something out
of nature. .a,
ut amt no time for jawbation," in.
sisted Hart, about whom the others
had gathered. IT'S time for thinkin'
out the politics of the situation, and If
I'm not mistaken we shat. be able to
walk ashore by the morning, and
there won't be no ship for any one to
what's the use of jaw?
| say get up stores, eh, Mackenzie"
Don't ask me-" said old Mac. II
was thinkin' that mighty soon we'd be
able to settle that question about the
buIldin' OF the Potluck."
And as by this time Jones was calm
ing down and was rather inclined to
cry, Lampert came up to the FESTIVE
crowd
You dry up, Hart" he said roughly.
Until the ships broken up you're on
the articles. Say another word and
III break your jaw"
Yes. sir,'' said Hart, respectfully.
Until dawn they Ioafed about the
deck and in the cabin and foc'gle, dis
cassing whether they were on one Ct
the Crozetz or what. and whether they
would stag long there. and II so what,
and 80 on
And just az tine dawn broke 0Eer
the island they got an awful surprise
They saw a man standing on the loT
cliff on abont level with the jagged
splinters Of the foretoprnast where il
had gone short in the cap.
.'The bloomin' hisland's inhabited,
cried foremost hand. and every one
rushed forward to interview the ges
ticulating stranger.
Woods the bloke say?" asked the
crowd. "Oh, say it again!" And the
stranger said it again. ~. ...-...
But the crowd shook unanimou:
head. ..... w..
Il believe the silly galoot don't tall
English" cried Hart; "'ere. where!
Dutchy?" -
They showed their one "Dutchman'
forward, and after some interchang
of unintelIigibilities listened to b.
every one with bated breath, Hermann
turned round u -