The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-03-06

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no one but his parents ever called him
by lt-came to the dining room door
with note for Bradley. II was from
Captain Titcomb and read as follows:
Dear Brad 90 There's a three master.
loaded with lumber. piled up on the Bone
yard. Come on down quick. Looks as IL
here was the chance the Titcomb- Nicker-
son Wrecking syndicate had been praying
for. Yours truly, e. d. TITCOMB.
The junior partner in the syndicate"
let Miss Prissy's clam fritters go by
default and hurried down to the Trav-
eler's Rest, where he found the captain
waiting for him. A few hours later
the officers and crew OF the Lizzie were
gazing over that vessels rail at the
tumbling froth that covered the Bone
yard shoal and at the hapless lumber
schooner trembling In It's midst, dis
NAL, lonesome sight.
She had struck almost bow on, but
the strong tide had swung her stern
over until she lay brOadside to the
shoal She had heeled but little, and
her deck load Of pine boards was, for
the most part, still dashed in place.
The main and mizzen masts were gone,
but the lower part Of her foremost still
stood, and the great waves, striking
against her stern, sent the light spray
flying lengthwise almost as high as its
top. The broken cordage streamed out
In the wind, and a swinging block
creaked and whined On the rail by
the afterhouse they could read her
name; she was the Ruth CHM of Ban
gor.
THE pint life savin' crew got the
men about l o'clock this mornin'." re-
marked Captain TitcOmb. skipper
tried to anchor to ride out the gale.
then got scared and tried to make an
ohin'. got her into irons, and the tide
did the rest Her masts went jest
after they took off the men. What do
you think of her? Total loss, amt
she%
Bradley hesltated. Well" he said.
81 should say she was, 50 far as being
any use as a schooner is concerned
That lumber. though, is a different
matter. The weather would have Il
good deal TO do with that, l should
say"
"The weather's goin' to clear, if I'm
any jedge," observed his companion.
What do you say. Barney"
Looks like fairin off to me-" replied
Mr.. Small. Winds cantin' round to
the westard However, | amt no
weather prophet You want to ask
Peleg Myrlck if you're after weather
news; he seems to have a special tip
from heaven on gales and Gains"
The Lizzie sailed away from the
wreck that. with one screaming sea
gull balancing himself on the broken
foremost, looked more sad and lonely
than ever and anchored in the little
harbOr I'm the lee Of the Point Two or
three catboats were moOred there. and
among them was one that the captain
recognized.
Hello" he exclaimed. There's
Obed Nickerson's boat. | guess that
settles IT; some part Of hers insured
anyway"
They walked through the soft white
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life saving station. The lookout, in the
observatory on the roof. raped on the
window Of his cage and waved a hand
TO them as they reached the plank
walk leading to the door.
Inside. seated around the table Of the
living room, they found Captain
Knowles. commander Of the station;
Obed Nickcrson, the Orham agent OF
the underwriters: the skipper of the
Ruth CHM and two or three others
The skipper, sunburned, gray haired
man, with a worried look on his lean
face. was telling for Mr. Nickerson's
benefit the story of how his vessel
came 10 be i'm her hopeless plight. To
a landSman it would have been an III
terestng yarn, but the present COM
pany had heard too many similar eX-
perienccs to find anything novel In IT,
Ensured. is she, Obedy' asked Cap
tain Tltcomb.
Cargo Is; schooner amt" replied
the underwriters agent.
Captain Ezra slgnaled to Bradley,
and they went out on the porch
Brad" whispered the captain, they
can't call her anything but total loss.
The underwriters II pay the insurance
on that lumber and then decker with
somebody TO save what they can Of it,
You and me want to be that somebody.
Hello, here's Pelegw
The versatile Mr.. Myrlck had tramp
ed over from his hermitage and now
with Skeezicks shiverlng at his heels
was deep In conversation with Barney
Small.
"Peleg says we're goin' to have clear
weather for quite spell" remarked
Barney. Lets see; when did you say
you had the next storm scheduled, Pc
legT"
wall" drawled the weather proph-
ct, looking becomlngly important.
"nlgh's can figger. Cap'n Ez, she'll
fair off by afternoon and stay clear
more'n a fortnl't We amt due to have
another reel genuwlne blow for more'n
a month. knew last nights gale was
comm. told Cap'n Knowles so. Says
I, I don't care what the gov'ment