Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08

NV o'clock this day ocean had stretched
1ad smooth undulations to Its Margin with
sigh of air to crlspen its marvellous serenity into
shadow sort of lonthng into calm like
this That why perhaps found something awful and for
bidding the sunset though might
detained minute But true nevertheless
that others besides me ped at the wonderful gushngs Of hot
whpools of crimson lookedin the
heart of which the orb sat rayes flooding the with blood
magni6centy flushing
with twenty dyes Of gold and till
radiance tainted into the delicacy pale
Balfour," Captain Matthews
England Ito make fellow
"Tm looking it, sir" said though never
before That's the oldest my There's
fire enough there to eat gale How should
crawl then?'
The captain went below after long impatient look round
overhung the rail, peering alongside
sending into the htfu distance where the lying
stars hung
Presently the at the wheel startled with observa
ton went to him. and he pointed shadowy
looked and corposant is called St
Elmos fre-burnng at the end of the crossack yard
There should be wind not far off, said the hemsman in
ubdued voice for few sailors of these lights without
stirring of their supersttous instincts and this particular ex
halation hung close
81 hope so." though where
expecting its and the
sails rose pale and phnntomike to the stars.
Half hour the of wind shat
tered the starlight asleep.
watch to trim SAIL and in few moments
busy with the of pulling and hauling and
surgng out at the in suly sumberous growngs The
captain arrived
Little having this, fear" But make
the most of make the most Get foretopmast stun
sai up. If creeps league league the
good.P
the light breeze was still holding and the ship
noatng pairing
like silver port topsa yardarm, every
thing quiet the decks light the sheen the
lamps in the bnnaclc and nothing stirring but the figure Of
the forecaste ahwarshps On sudden steam
ers lights the starboard bowa
low one above with the water on fire beneath them and sparks
floating away her coil of smoke that made think of the
spanges of falling rocket She went past swiftly at great
distance She like phantom running line
of Illuminated windows along which resembed of
lamps quarter
she bells af ID the rich metallic
which clearly heard and with the trembling Of the last stroke
upon the her outline melted
peculiar thrill through the ship 1t may
be kened the trembling floor when heavy
my fancy. walked the wheel
said to the did notice anything just nowy
Seemed to the vessel trembled Ike be replied
AS the ship again. this time strongly 1t
something than shudde The sensation for all the
tn % h hd % h % d C' % decL L snrone 70 Their Teet and
calculations surprise rolled grow1 among
them The captain out of the companonwy in his shirt and
trousers.
What was that Mr. BalfourT' he bawled
EITHER the shock of earthquake said or whale slid
ing along keel"
"Get cast Of lead" he
This to the full of the handne-wihout bot
tom, of course
There's compreesant againF exclaimed
hoarse voice and enough light similar to the one that
had hung the cosack yardarm foated upon the end
the maintopsail yard
srhe devils abroad captain
sulphur enough about" and he fell asnufng
might have made an nhdel suppose for
the words out Of his mouth when there happened
an astonishing violent that forty
fred off at and out of the black
light of the setting sun and as dazzling
while counted twenty but in
lighted leagues and leagues put out the
and made resemble of yellow satin We or
If by daylight The shoud
cast jet black shadows th
flashed that amazing radiance k
fabric sun column Of fire then hattened
rolled down our blinded
black thunder
There kissing OF boiling water spran
tbe rnl could perceive dark mass like
upon blacknes that way upon tne water ant
m steady mizzeD royal backsay swing
ing to my length and peerng with all my might
IF was that fell overheard suppose m
when the ship lay down; but lc
thing it would In breath was unde
water IS said sfness of thought Is best shown
cannot believe tnat thought wa
syifter than 1t In me ere came 10 tn
those seconds gathered exactly what ha
ofen mo wondered fall bad been whethe
ehonld he saved hopeless condition had nc
en observed and thinking seadasty and wit
mast tbe shin a very Indifferent swimmer and wna
,t,o nower had in way like to be paralyzed
and fetched breath shook I'll
ont looked for the SNIP sue nau oee
of about four Knots an nou ou na
could not seem TO na'e gone i"r
- no d,rnq submerged From the edi
-, .o oter she appeared towering pa
shodorv obout | endeavored to scream OUT ID
rho cold of the plunge had bereft me OF my voice
enough TO stop "y ioun
ond ufter nothing small groan maue sever
,os With my arms suddenly spied ne puoy noau
,uantv wards mace lot III uilspo
-, oy for The sight all the assurance could ASK ID
,hev knew that had tumbed overDoao ano CONN