The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-12

towards science ever since that phre.
nologist put is and on my cad and
said with start of surprise. Captain,
you're wonder But I've always
wondered what it was made scientific
chaps look SO elrless- lHancock,
more rum). But don't you fret. gents;
I'm Captain Joseph Prowse, ana I'll
put you safe ashore, or die in the at.
tempt"
And as he again calculated Han
cock, more rum" he fell asleep upon
the table.
Gentlemen" said the geologist, las
our interests are now secure. vote
we go to bed"
But it was still heavy fog. and the
Nemagosenda was doing her ten knots
an hour. Other steamers were doing
the same, or even more. Some twenty
knot liners slowed down lin order that
they might say that they had slowed
DOWN to about nineteen knots and
half: and some, acting ON the theory
that the sooner they went through the
fog belt, the better fer every one. gave
their engines all the steam they could
make and stepped out for America or
England at the pace of On indolent
torpedo boat. And the result of this
was that at about four bells in the
middle watch, when the mates aching
eyes could see forty imaginary steam
ers where there were none. he omitted
to observe there was a real one COM
ing for him till it was too late The
Nemagosenda uttered one long hor-
rid wall, which was answered in vain
and the next minute the men of
science were shot ont of their hunks
and their steamer was taking in the
Atlantic through a hole about the size
Of dock gate
What became of the lucky. or I'M
lucky, boat. which got her blow in
first, the crew of the sinking steamer
did not inquire They heard her foot in
he distance. and in answer they blew
their whistle for help. But though
whistle in fog may be evidence of
good faith. it is not necessarily for
wide publication. and il is quite posi-.
BILE that The stranger. ii she did not
sink. lost her bearings in the fog,
and went of in the wrong direction.
IF the Nemagosenda found themselves
adrift in three boats, and in less than
a quarter of an hour they heard,
though they could not see. their
steamer blow her deck out and disap.
pear.
IAN up with the Goose-ender, said
the crew sulkily. "and now of course it
will blow.
AS ill-luck and hurry would have 1t,
in the last rush fer life most of the
crew had tumbled into the mates and
second mates boat Win the lights
Of science were the captain and Simp-
kins A. B.
Immortal Jehoshaphat!' said Mr..
Joseph PrOWse, this is a pretty state
Of affairs That man drowning swine
of liner! | ope she's gone down! |
hope the Goldfish are sizing her cap
tain up, and sayin what they think of
him Simpkins, keep holoaingi
Where's them other boats?"
= can't holler no more, sir whls-
pered SimpEins hoarsely. my throats
give out"
And as the wind rose the three boats
drifted apart -Four eminent scientific
persons at the oars kept their boat
head on to sea. and six other eminent
persons lay on the bottom boards and
wished they were dead. until the
dawn crawled into the east and
showed them that they were alone.
1t was a chill and watery dawn, and
as the boat topped the cold green
waves on tie edge of the Bank the
prospect was eminently unkind The
wind was not very heavy. but it blew
hard enough to bring the spray OF
each curling wave inboard, and every
one was soaked to the skin. The
sky was lowering and overcast. and
though the fog was dissipated, a mist
covered the sun till 1t looked, as Simp.
kins remarked, about as warm as
new tin plate.
It must be said for Captain Joseph
Prowse that he retained in some meas
ure those characteristics of authority
which he claimed fer himself, and by
forced optimism. which the nature OF
his crew made him adopt. he endeav-
ored to cheer them up.
MY luCh ltHIlpl a. ohts IL w
clared, with some show of cheerful
ness, but it amt the first time I've
been run down and with Gods clip,
gents, 1t won't be the last. And it's
clean against the nature of things for
so many learnd men 70 come to grief
at one fell blow. Ire or there a
scientific josser may come to grief in
a crowd, but 80 many being together
Is the best OF assurances. I'll pull you
through; you mind me. All ask you
to remember is thai I'm captain. and
what | says goes no. and always
ITS all very well, said the meteor
ologist. whose temper was going with
the skin OF his hands. but we all
thought you had no right to run so
fast. in fog.
Captain Prowse easped and then
recovered himself
Didn't | tell yea I Was captain
here, same as ON tie steamer
You did" said Inc auiEy nau u
science.
Then hold your jaw said Captain
Prowse; when you OF the lil.oa Of
YOU. is asked for criticism it'll be
time for you to give IT, Till then
you'll give your captain no lectures
on the running OF his vessel God
and the queens enemies as sunk my
ship, but neither one nor the other
has took away my natural gift OF
authority, so shut up