The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14
|.,prAIN GEORGE HUBBARD.

Il
...,liest recollections is trip with my
- home in Falmouth to the old Nobska
vs could see over the rim of the world
n me- and watch the tall spindle masts
Z. otber side, that other side the longing
made me restless from that time until
.ld by the old tower myself, until' I
btacon grow DINNER and DINNER until
droppcd out of sight behind the earth s
Il as one of the stars.
nast seventeen when | shipped as cabin
shi Prudence out of New Bedford, under
..5isb Harrington. great friend of my
ym at home at the time and promised to
4 nv mother until my return.
,s,;ousy il bad been arranged that | should
&: VOYAGE under the command of one not
Sy for nv father wished me to learn the
r,a under some other who would not be
-5uJre favortes nor yet to go to the other
Efforts TO be fair,
4 was our destination. There we were TO
,argp of silks and later, at Bombay, take
rsmsut of dye stuffs. Weeks of monoto-
',stfu life failed to dampen my ardor for
A, saor. and the newness of things had not
4 IN tbc time we had tackled through the
: we're we'll on our way across the Pacific.
4 uid that it was my first voyage, and il was
/ hse been my last, for of all adventures
4, syer bcfallen me there was never another
4 q the wreck we endured in the Low Archi~
a Tat first voyage.
-tsr the night was a quiet one until about
|rlsu the sun was about TO go down. Instead
4 sow the horizon it dropped behind bank
<,rse. and which hid the bright ball Of the
cyletey as though it were night. In fact, it
"a so early that we could scarce tell when
"a slip into the night. For long there was
Eh wind, though puffs tore viciously at the
lahled the yards. A low, dull roar, as of
NV not so vibrant. dinned in our ears. The
! lirst from the northeast and then due east.
|nsred around under them, and even before
E any violent breeze the helmsman felt the
||I the gale which was approaching.
y time and to spare TO reef and to make all
niuus. The captain calculated that we were
u degrees south latitude and al 135 degrees
: ssst longitude. The Low Archipelago was
miles off our leeward bow, aud the captain,
= store headed a few points into the teeth
3 which soon began TO toss us about merrily.
B irst big storm, and ! think the most ter
Ne experienced.
'tGt watch, just one hour after the first in
y The storm. we were plunging about wildly
1a sea. With the greatest difficulty we had
6t the Jbs, and any attempt TO keep into
ad been abandoned. We could Just hold
: :1galnst II.
vent for a time: Then in sudden vicious
ts we're blown away and we scudded help.
4 iae Storm The pumps were manned and
. aooaTd was kept busy in an effort to pre-
zap Such another night | have never
J Pc we're tossed and battered about by the
~. lying, like some great wounded bird,
Hnd, not shred of canvas set. 1t seemed
nea wave mounted higher and as though
tssa ~ oe torn from stem to stern, so terrific
,r, Ill
ssnt began TO spread about us~-it must
la S dawn, though no sun could we see-we
.Aps.; what with the excitement of 1T all
" tue least way tired, but the captain,
~ q nS22eard eyes and white cheeks, bundled
~ lor rest.
- y INTO my berth, but there was TO be no
i0ug hme did not dare to so much as
~, lof IL seemed that should we for a
I.a H., yur vigilance the hulk must go down
'sr r.a sneer exhaustion, physical and mental.
IN ass-u ut! aad was sinking into oblivion when
~ ~. snieD tumbled me from my hammock
"A III w aead stop, careencd to starboard
-d.ane monster in pain. Feet seurred
rASr,a; min, there were yells and cries and the
''us or sea laundering straight down
%neye that I sprang for the companion.
N N 10 TING in getting 10 the deck. Most Of
IA MI w u spllnters. but the sad plight of
NJ hsS hsyre : than two of the dinghies uuneces-
n c.a .aa peen carried overheard ard two,
r,ooa,, r,onosa,ruthers, had been dashed hcadforcmost
sona "here they were wish washing back
! The Shipwreck.
nj Iefe was land off our bows or whether
|tl fa .eei considerable distance al sea we
IA n yI Mln inc wind drove the rain into our
|lEs bomna b,nn us and II was still murky dark
before wa p9t l suppose IT was a matter
~ 10
Hfoss uoats there was nothing for us 10 do
b keen ,hn sne storm. using all our efforts to
. iinsp .ne craft right side up. There had
|thaf un ' provision the dinghies, and prac-
sld ene,,ii mo- naa with us was a few puncheous
fe yery Sn plscult for about a meal once
sheyei ,oltiy ,o"oltiy lost sight of the other boat,
! sunnoR aearned what was the fate of its oc
4 laasr r'IppOse W. &c that they were drowned. as il
\ Itself, S,xn ended, as must all things. The
life. h,.S s.Stttng ttg almost us suddenly as il had
buried a,,. ane waves still ran high Patches
san tbe b~"ay, showing the blue above them,
shite s;,,aky sky was merely dotted here and
lal, To 's.very livery puffs.
Il was hsyI ssw low line of hills miles to the
se ono rna maiu 10 tell just how far away they
!o the ,rn,''o,nt ,nVnent We saw them and the next,
Eater ot the sea, we could look only
vas slou 40 r.est pest we could we set off land
Va and ~ progress VIC made. with the fury
'.,,ed, and -, iuguc OF the men. but every
spse emu anu AZ last when the sea had omicted
} offssrusOSggb to see what kind Of Of shore Il
p now n'I nus US uncertain safety, The sun.
% tho meann'eielfully, mem drew perspiration in
sster wsa WI and and parched the throats of all
Y Our hnrSait iSeit, and the biscuit refused to
9 We were "a"s were blistered from the long
y not bea, sorry crew, most of us Jealous
ine crew b.J washed away by the first shock,
"a ,as sane We g,,.re were approaching seemed to
~ Ming the b"atee away, but at last we
SSsptain themselves ashore as best they
laaem 10 rosa, lhgton cursed them roundly
s,ne miphte hesoue cue; the dinghy from the break
/, - latter prnuny oas,iy have pounded herself TO
sorse than 5same boat we would have iu SUFFERED @
~, for on, "ao%ning. What island we were
l%l Csptn;u iHurkoniug had been lost during
'" harrington was of the ooinio.,