The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
HARVARD GRADUATES ARE GOING TO
SEARCH FOR PIRATE GOLD


Three weeks later the adyenturers
were heard from again. They had
unwittingly sailed right into the
teeth of West Indian hurricane.
The MayRower aost both masts and
was on her beam ends most Of the
time. They had to jettison the three
tons of dynamite which they carried
TO blow up the reef for fear tina.
1T would blow up as the boat heav-
cd aud pitched. Finally the fruiter
EHinpolyte Dpimois rescued the un
daunted twelve and brought them to
Baltimore ..f NJ.
From there the Harvard men
ljourneyed to New York, and f'Nev-
,er algainl" was their 'oft-repeated
declaration, around the Harvard
IOub But, as it turns out, this was
only a blind.
50 sure were these Harvard men
of the gold that has been lying
on that far-away reef ever since
the days of pirates, and galleons
and swivel guns, and jolly rogers
that they quietly set about laying
lplans for another expedition. But
never word did they speak about
1T.
Oh, no! Instead, these clever
young fellows went about their
friends telling of their terrible ad-
ventures, and explaining that terra
Ifirma was good enough for them
lsbdS time forth and forever more
And all the while they were get
ting together another expedition.
"1t was Oct. L." said Roger
Derby, telling aboOlt their adven-
tures after they had been rescued
ait last and were safe in New
York. Toward noon the wind
hauled to the southeast and fresh
ened. The barometer began falling
Irapidly. and finally we were up
against a fifty-mile gale. The mats
told us we were close to a terrific
hurricane.
I'VE took In the storm trysail and
then the jlb, and at $50 p. NJ. we
reefed the foresail. All night the
gale increased and the barometer
fell to 2S7 inches. We hung on
deck, drenched to the skin, seeking
what shelter we cou,d get FROM the
lcoM and wet. At IL p. M. the
reeted foresail parted It's sheet; the
Swapping OF the rope was Hike the
discharge OF a cannon, and as the
sail snapped itself to ribbons the
reporas sounded like the firing OF
a three-inch rapld-fire gun.
There was but one thing left for
: us TO do-to run under bare poles
The gale was blowing ninety miles
an hour by this time. The May
flower turned down the wind and
tore away at speed she had new
er known before. At daylight she
was running f,irdously and making
fair weather of II. During the might
the binnaole lights and the side
lights blew out, and IL was i'm
lpoasible to keep them burning.
Consequently 1t was impossible to
see that our course was constantly
changing. and that we were run.
ming right into the centre Of a
tremendous Cyclone.
"At 4:3O A. M. the rudder must
have been carried away for the
Nlayflower broached to and lay stag
|, Igering in the trough OF mountain.
Gus waves The terrific blast knock.
ed her down time and again. II
seemed Inevitable that she mus
; capslze unless we cut away The
lspars Three times she actually
dipped her mastheads into the sea
the water coming up to her sky
lights 1t didn't seem as If sh,
could recover from any OF thes,
knockdowns but she did. FINAL.
we got one; 1t surely seemed th
last of us. was lying on deck I,
windward, with my legs afloat
When down so far that we CAV
her up she recovered. The captail
y then gave the nurh belated orde
20 cut away Vt was almost too late
EThe mate severed the main rig
ging to windward and then bega
choprdng away at the mast Sud
" denly we got another knocaudown-
the most severe of ALL Her mas,
: heads were buried; tine water covere
her matches. Her decks were per
pendicular,
tits ali upl" said the mat,
dropping his axe.
'We prepared ourselves for dealt
L sIddol oa gnoqV psmsss sqs u9U,
!. Tower, by some power which SCENE
4 almost mirsisulous she halted an
\ then righted herself slowly We CAV
Z a cheer, and then flew black 10 I'll
Il work Of chopping away the mast.
"Finally, to our intense deligh
: the mainmast cracked and tottere
: to leeward, the broken foot goin
= through the deck just by the Il
rail. II was stdll held aloft to Il
. foremast by the springstay. II va
: evident that the foremast, wonl
:. have to go too. The mate cut awe
Y ltha fnra ria 20 -