The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-21

mountains. And that was after the
northeastcr that blew her out OF New
York had carried her for more than d
a week. which Is record time for a north
easter even In that latitude,
Capt BIZ and the other two pilots
were still aboard. Not one OF the gales
that blew had blown a ship into their
sight. They had cruised from the fog
factory of Block island clear and away
eastward to the Georges. and all the
while their horizon had remained un-
broken by spar or stack,
This was before the days when pilots
pooled their earnings. Each schooner
raced for her own, and each man aboard
played a lone hand. So three weeks and
no ship made Capt. Bill and his two
mates pretty sick.
pected us TO go crazy because another
fellcr got thirty thousand dollars out Of
ms friends, said Capt. Hank. I'D
eat my own brother alive for a chance to
take in even a fore-and-after right now
that don't draw ten foot
sail ho-o-o-o-o." came from the
Before the hail had wandered away
with the wind. Capt, Silas was Chamber
ing up the foremost with q glass He
slid down again in deep disgust,
our luck's sticking to US good" he
growled. IT'S a wreck. sposc now. to
cap the climax, wen have 10 lose a few
spars beating up to her"
Up went the forcsheet in response to
ceased speaking a green sea spilled
along her whole length-the first salute Of
the Atlantic TO the black fighter that was
coming into the ring again
Looks as II she'd been bark" said
Capt. Silas, stcadyiug his long brass tel
esc0pe on Capt. Hanks shoulder, Two
OF her maets were chopped away, The
other fell OF Itself, judging by signs.
spanish built, l guess. Heavy laden, too.
and sinking by tho stern Not n soul
aboard. What do you say? Shall We let
her go? Wen have tho devils own time
She's in tho steamer track" said
Hank we had ought to stand by her
till night, and II sho don't sink by then
We must set fire TO her or put a light
aboard"
So the shinnccock staggered along.
| drowning herself at every plunging Jig
step, striving to reach the wreck, whiio
tho wind strove ever 10 blow her back
! When she hove TO In the lee OF the dcre-
,ict at last. 1t was nearly dusk, Tho bark
! mad sunk so much by the stern that the
sea was breaking In surf up TO her cabin
! as II II were a shelving beach but her
bow stood up high and showed above the
waves like a frcttCd rock
She makes a good lee" said Can't.
| Hank If VIC run up close. there won
! DC any trouble about getting aboard her
l guess Vel have 10 do IL, for she isn't
| going To sink for hours yet Pass can
/ OF kerosene and a lot OF dry tow into the
] yaWl there he shouted land let me
nave TWO volunteers TO take me aboard. "
I
! Ton. there may have been no trouble
about getting aboard Viewed with a
iIuuS Suan eye, II was shaking dice with
/ DeSuny. Trouble came hungrny at tho
| niue &owl from four quarters at once
| But capt. Hank and the kerosene got
mere which was tho only point that In.
tercstcd the sole spectators out there or
/ the Atlantic. The fact that tho yawI
seemed TO be the center of successive
| dynamite explosions during tho trip. as
| wave after wave burst on ser. was not
oeemSd noteworthy on the wet decks oi
| the Shinecock
capt Hank climbed up tho slope. gained
inc cabin and dipped below Tho yaw
lay on, II laying or is a good name FOR
/ an operation that consisted In being
hlppcd from wave to wave
on the ShlnnocOck shunling uneasIly
IN the eye OF the wind tho others were
getting impatient. What's Keeping
/ HankE' complained Silas. rs he going
10 set up housekeeping
len minutes passed
something must have happened him. d
Sald Capt, Bill "Ahoy! Tho yawI!'
But then the great shoulders OF Capt
hahK emerged from the cabin. lie strodc