Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1905-11-03

plenty. as night have been expected, |
and found meat and biscuit
When my meal had been finished
began overhauling the main cabin All
the charts and nautical instruments
were there, nor had any of the spare
clothing of the officers been taken
away. found the log book, and though
I could not read French. / made out
the latitude and longitude last recorded
was SO tired and exhausted that |
slept the greater portion OF the nrsf
DAY. but on the second / made more
thorough overhaul. In the rear of the
captains stateroom l CHANGED upon
closet which had escaped me the day
before. and here / made a great find
There was money amounting TO over
$1,000. together with jewelry worth
81 900 more The plumber was in two
tin boxes but whether it belonged 10
the captain. the ship or TO other people
1 / found nothing TO signify. 1t was
grand fortune to a poor sailor. and
remember that acted very foolishiy
over the find / counted it over and
1 over again, and when | at last realized
that was rich | rushed ON deck with
a wild hope OF seeing sail close at
4 hand But for the money believe that
the long days and dreary nights which
4 followed would have driven me insane.
| There was plenty to eat and drink, no
danger of the wreck going down, and
the weather was fine for i've days out
4 of seven. but / felt my isolation more
keenly than can describe. was out
4 of the track of ships, moving with
wind. wave or current, and the same
empty horizon greeted my view day
after day and week after week
While | became listless and discour-
aged and almost lost hope, still kept a
record of the days as they passed Ac-
cording to my record, had been on the
wreck forty -nine days when sighted
my first sail. Very likely ships had
passed and repassed without my see
ing them. as | could set no signal By
day and always slept straight through
the night. This sail was discovered
early one morning coming from the
south. and her course was such that
she must pass close by. When | note4
this put the plumber into bags and ths
bags into clothing and after that had
nothing to do but eat hasty break
fast and wait
The breeze was very scant- and Il
was above three hours after being
} sighted that the strange sail drew near
She proved to be an English merchant
man bound for India, but having beef
blown far of her course by a gall
. which had not felt ct all.
. She was within half mile OF M
and had set 3 signal TO gladden. N,
heart when big whale suddenly brok'
water close 10 the wreck. Half min
ute later he was followed by second
! which attacked him with great fury
: The monsters put up terrific battle
I flashing and biting each other and kics
: ing up sea like gale of wind The,
r at first drew away from me. but afte
! a few minutes made a circle whic
a brought them back again.
. What | had feared from the frs
came to pass after a quarter OF a
: hour. Half blinded By pain and fur
r or feeling himself oyermatched and ds
y sirous Of getting away. one of IN
: whales suddenly whirled about an
= came for the wreck head on He wa
/ fully eighty feet long. and he came lik
), a moving mountain | made sure c
my hold when / saw him coming. bI
he struck the wreck on her port sid
\ with such force that I was throw
q across the deck and into the sea b
: yond- | heard the crash OF planks an
\ timbers. was tossed about by I'd
waves. rubbed against the whale as
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