The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-27

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The other watch had swarmed upoi
deck. and one OF them was measuring
the well. There is three feet OF wa
Ter" he cried. "and the pumps sucked
dry Yesterday"
Hiram Jefferson aud John Moreton
TO the pumps" cried the captain "Mr
Tomllnson, clear away the longboa
and let us see II we may set hel
right"
"The longboat has stove two planks!'
cried seaman.
The jolly boat, them"
"Shc is In three pieces"
"Where IL Amos Green?"
"IIere, Captain Ephraim. What can
dor
"And'If" asked De Catinat eagerly.
Adele and her father had been wrap
ped In mantles and placed for shelter
In the lee OF the roundhouse.
"Tell him that he can take his spell
at the pumps" said the captain to
Amos. And you, Amos, you are a
handy man with tool. Get into yon-
der longboat with lantern"
For half an hour Amos Green ham.
mered and trimmed and calked.
you've not much time, Amos lad
said the captain quietly.
She'll float now, though she's not
| quite water tight"
"Very good. Lower away. Keep up
| the pumping there. Mr.. Tomlinson, zee
that provisions and water are ready,
as much as she will hold Come with
me, Hiram Jefferson"
The seaman and the captain swung
themselves down into the tossing boat,
the latter with lantern strapped TO
his waist. Together they made their
way until they We're under her man
gled bows. The captain shook his head
when he saw the extent of the dam
age. "Cut away the foresail and pass
it over" said he.
Tomlnson and Amos Green cut
away the lashings with their knives
and lowered the corner Of the sail Cap
tain Ephraim and the seaman seized it
and dragged it across the mouth of the
huge gaping leak. How much In the
well?" he asked.
Five and a half feet"
Then the ship Is lost. could put
my finger between her planks as far
as ! can see back. Keep the pumps
going there! Have you the food and
water, Mr.. Tomllnson"
Here, SIR"
Lower them over the bows. This
boat cannot live more than an hour or
two. Can you see anything of the
berg?"
The mist had thnned away suddenly,
and the moon glimmered through once
more upon the great lonely sea and
the stricken ship. There, like huge
SAIL was the monster piece of ice upon
which they had shattered themselves.
You must make for her" said Cap
tain Ephraim. "There is no otter
chance. Lower the gal over the bows
Well, then, her father first, If she likes
and that the Lord will bear us up II
we keep clear Of foolishness So!
You're brave lass for all your MIN
my plmlny lingo Now the keg and
the barrel and all the wraps and cloaks
you can find; now the other man, the
Frenchman. Aye, aye. passengers first.
and you have got to come! Now Amos.
now the seamen, and you last, friend
Tomlinson."
1t was well that they had not very
far 10 go, for the boat was weighte.
down almost to the edge, and II to)a
the bailing OF two men to keep In
check the water which leaked IN he
tween the shattered panks. When ali
were safely In their places Captain
Ephraim Savage swung himself aboard
again, which was but too easy now
that every minute brought the bows |
nearer TO the water. He came back |
with bundle Of clothing, which he
threw into the boat. Push orr he
cried.
"Jump in. then"
"Ephralm Savage goes down with his
ship" said he quietly. Friend Tom.
linson, II Is not my way to give my
orders more than once. Push off. ] |
saye'
The mate thrust her out with boat
hook. Amos Green and Dc CatInat
gave cry OF disnay, but the stoild
New Englanders settled down TO their
oars and pulled on.
"The boat leaks like n sieve" said
the mate. II will take her TO the berg.
leave you all there II we can find foot
Ing and go back for the captain"
But they had not taken fifty strokes
before Adele gave sudden scream,
MY God~ she cried "The ship ls go
Ing down"
She had settled lower and lower IN
he water, and suddenly with a sound
of rending planks. she thrust down
Der bows like a diving waterfowl. her
stern few up into the mir. and with
1ng sucking nolae she shot down
,wiftcr and swiftcr. until the lea2lag
waves closed over her high plyt Ian.
ern. With one impulse ibe boat swept
'O-nd again aud mndc backward as
'ast as willing arms could pub Il. But
III was quiet NJ the scene Of the dis
lster. Not even fragment of wreck
igs was left upon the surface 10 show I
where the Golden itod had found her I
asst harbor For long quarter Of an
.our they pulled round aud round IN
be moonlight. but 40 glimpse could
hey see Of the Puritan seaman. and al
asst when in spite Of the baiIers the
water was washing round their ankles.
hey put her bead about once more
nd made their way IN silence and
With heavy hearts 10 their dreary .
sland of refuge.
Desolate rs Il was. II was their oby
S,f.,. f.n.r for So. taaH tussr.a.Ifss, !