The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-17

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Captain Jacob 18rr, from Mar
thas Vineyard to b south Pacific
ocean on a whaling voyage. having re-
Gently lost his wife. resolved to take
their only child. a daughter barely
seventeen years old, with him in his
ship Harpoon. Irene Tarr was a love-
~ girl in face. figure and disposition.
and her father adored her. He had
lot yet begun to trouble himself lest
any young man should take her away
from him.
Captain Tarr had spent all his sailor
life whaling on the Atlantic ocean,. but
now hat the stock of whales was run
Ming low there he was obliged to turn
his attention to a field with which he
was not familiar. In looking about
for a man who had had experience
there he hit upon Frank Bristol. a
young fellow who had gone out before
the mast six years before and made
two voyages on the Pacific. Since he
was but twenty. the captain ave him
no higher berth han third mate. but
be was the only officer aboard the
Harpoon that had had any considera-
BILE experience in the Pacific e
There is love that COMES from long
anu Ah"t 'OAAN ~
a single glance of eyes. The latter was
the ease with Frank Bristol and Irene
Tarr. She saw a young fellow in sail
or rouse and pea jacket. with a light
step. a head OF curly hair. a fearless
blue eve, and succumbed. He saw a
girl with thai shade Of auburn hair
that is called Titan. or golden. with
contrasting dark brown eyes. and he
1000 49, ~~- a.
two met occasionally, but Bristol saw
no more of her thar did his brother
officers. Nevertheless the suffering
fame that nad been kindied grew to a
consuming fire.
Meanwhile Captain Tarr walked the
quarter deck oblivious to the fact that
q sailor without a eel and with only a
common school education had Won his
daughter. III whom every advantage
had been lavished and who would in
herft $1O0.C00 he had accumulated in
whale grease.
The HarpOon had sailed as far as the
Hawaiian Islands. then turned south-
ward. touching at the Marquesas. from
which she benz her course eastward.
Captain Tarr was thus far well pleas
ed with his voyage. He had on board
a goodly supply of whale oil, and one
feature he had somewhat d~readed-his
t~nexperience as to wind and weather
in the ~Paciic-had not troubled him at
all.
Talk about winds In particular wa
ters,' he said after being out a couple
of months. My opinion is that a man
who has learned to sail a ship in one
ocean should know how TO sail her III
any ocean. [ find no difficulty here"
That same evening Frank Bristol
had the watch while Captain Tarr WIS
pacing the deck. Suddenly the cap
tain was surprised to near Bristol give
the order:
Man the weather braces
"What dc o mean by giving such
an order as that. Mr.. Bristol? Have
You lost your senses?"
wind coming" was the laconic re-
ply.
The captain walked to ieeward and.
leaning over the rail. scanned the sea
and the sky from east to west.
There's no change coming that I can
see. Drop the braces, men"
Hold the braces. l say said Bris-
toll. with all the irmneSs of an admi-
raj of the navy.
SIS this mutiny p roared the captain.
"You young rascal, I'll teach you that
I haven't been a sailor for twenty
years for nothing, and command this
ship. Men. drop the braces"
The men. overawed by the superior
authority of the captain. let go the
braces. or, rather. they We're about 10
do SO when Bristol cried out defiantly:
Don't a man of you drop a rope for
an instant as YOU value your livesr"
He had scarcely spoken the words
when there was a sudden drop in the
wind. The sails hung ~listless. only
tapping as the vessel rolled. At the
M Irene came on deck. Her com
Ing was fortunate. for her father was
fustered with the INSTRUMENTATION of
his mate and puzzled at the dropping
of the wind.
Haul, Haul taut! Every man
haul" cried Bristol.
The yards swung round to meet a wind
that must come out of the opposite
quarter to the one from which it had
been blowing. They were no sooner inpo-
sition than the water darkened. the dis
turbance coming with lightning speed,
and a mighty wind struck the ship.
The Harpocn shuddered, bent Owe to
the leeward till the tip ends of the
yards almost touched the water. then
with a bound leaped Forward.
Irene Tarr was blown into her IA
TIERS arms. and he took her down into
the cabin. When he returned the
worst was over. and the ship was scud-
ding along safe and sound. The CAP
tain stood on the quarter deck and
called for RristoI To come aft The
men watched the mate. wondering
what reception he would receive They
could not rear what was said. but they