The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25

Almighty aid the carpenters mate. those are
the words he used. SIR I heard him ,has time.
Then ! ran up In the Officer % the deck a. fast
A. could. sir. and sobl him Jus, what told you.
air that Is all know abou, u, sir but here's the
carpenters matt sir and hen tell you the same
Is do,
The carpenters mate. n sober faced
man, confirmed the sergeant Of marines.
A lifeboat was lowered and the search
light played upon the waters n the Min
neapolis headed back Az the port side Of
the bridge FIsKE and SrANwoRrH stood
and strained their eyes through night
glasses. Already the men had been
mustered at quarters: all answered their
names. II there was a man in the sea
he shared it with the big cruiser The
searchlight picked up no other ship.
what do you think OF It. srAxwoarH'-
don't know quite what To think Of H. Cap
taia. don't see how a man could be overheard
out here. Ny father was . pilot. and have been
among seafarins people all my life. and tnink I've
read nearly ell the sea stories there are. never
heard Of ssch thing. bus the men seem 10 be ab-
soluteiy sure they heard cry for help
Captain FIsKE suggested that there
might be a ventriloquist on board. BY
George, never thought Of that said
SrANwoRTH Half an hour had passed
since the alarm and the Minneapolis
was still exploring. when i think see
SIR" cried STANwoRTH. Il
think see something. too exclaimed
ton sticking aboys water about two
points on the port bow Then every
body saw it, 1T seems to me-" STAN
WORTH went on. that il moves from
right TO left and back again. like PEN
dulum upside down. In a little while
BY George" from the Lieutenant
Il believe il s man using
a paddle" Two lifeboats were soon
racing for the object The winner was
seen to take something up. As it re-
turned a man sitting up in the stern
sheets was seen. Captain FIsKE hailed
him. -Oh. I'm all right he said in
steady voice. The surgeon comes into
the story here in a professional way:
Before receiving the man in the sick bay. SIR
I should like 20 examine him and II be has
any contagious or Infectious disease
The man was simply wet and weary
He was of middle size. had a short
brown beard, might have been thirty
i've and wore shirt and trousers:
How long have you been in the Water said
the surgeon.
Nearly three days. sir
How long since you've had any food
just three days ago TO might. sir
How long since you've had any water
Same time. sir
The stranger was GEORGE OLSEN.
irst mate of the schooner Twilight. |
brown on her beam ends in cyclone |
,ff Charleston. OLSEN had been swept |
overheard: the only survivor. he be- a.,
ieved, a. the Twilight turned bottom |
up. He had managed to lash together |
.wo boards from the wreckage with |
strips torn from his oilskin coat while |
reading water. Another board he had !
Used rs a paddle. He had seen the
'moke Of several steamers nothing !
more. When Captain FIsKE visited him |
I'm very much obliged to you for saving me-
'aptain
I'm very glad 10 have saved you: we sailors |
rave 10 do these things for each other now and |
hen
The man from the sea was kept on
board month, until a wound In his leg ,
lealed; and then purse was taken up
md he went home TO his wife in Sweden. |
We think that the whole service will vote |
captain FIsKs's story the hi, of the
December number of Marcel institute
We commend the moral
bravery of the editor in admitting il to
lis columns. How the deuce an officer |
" man can have the patience after read
ng it 10 wade through A Monogram for
compass Deviations, With an Element
Try Exposition Of the Two Parallel Scale !
: omograms- We cannot understand
'iav this excellent but ponderous publ
alton, now that the ice is broken, allow
more yarns of the sea TO appear cheek
~ jowl with it, heavy articles from
month IN month