The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-11
CHAPTER v.-(Continued.)

III CHAPTER V.-(continued.)
Stand by roars Nat. It's a
Uuall, dead astern and comm alqhp'
ID take her, Bile. You look out for
Dem tops'ls.'
|, $50 Nat grabs the wheel and Bile
bars for'ard and sends the two fo'mast
hands aloft on the jump. Zach was
Upper, but all he done was race
round and boiler and trip over his
bwn feet. 1t hit EN- fore they got
wen one tops1 clewed down. That
!. he, the foretops1 twas, split to rags.
! IFhe main tops1 was set, and when the
quail struck, the rotten old topmast
J |kent by the board 'Kerrash-on Course
!. Iplinters few like all possessed, and
J yne of EN-, about a foot long, sailed
J Inst Mats head, where he stood heav-
J hi his whole weight on the wheel, and
] )t right on the pinnacle. smashin' it
b matches.
We'll, there they was, afioat, but
I nth their upper riggin' gone and the
compass smashed fiat. A howlin' moth
Rester BLOWN and fog thick as ever.
Ach was whimperin', fidgetin' old
soman, Lafayette and Emulous was
bnyin' in the scuppers-and that amt
n exercise they're used to, neither
wen Bile was mighty shook up and
Porred-he says he was himself. But
Iat Hammond was as cool and re-
feshin' as the bottom Of my we'll up
)ome.
Then Nat suggests gettin' the spare
Impass and, 10 and behold you, there
nht any. Compasses cost money
nd moneys made to keep, so Zach
inks.
30 there they was. Wind was fair,
ought to be, but twas BLOWN hard
nd 90 thick you couldn't hardly see
De lib boom. Zach he wanted to an
aor, then he didn't, then he did, and
on. Nobody paid much attention
him.
AWhatll We do, Nat?' says Bile.
e knew who was the real seaman
picard.
Well, II twas me. l wouldn't an
nor till / had to. Prob1y twill fair
tomorrow, but II 1t shouldn't, we
sht have to lay out here all day
INFLOW, we'd have to wait for a full
DE-
I'm afraid we're of the course
~ Bile, else we'd been acrost the
by this time
Well Nat tells him, IL we are of
= course and too far inshore, we
Vu'd have made the bar-the Bay
~ oar-if not the Trumet one. And
we're on the course and too far out,
"a ought to have deeper water than
Z fathom,. hadn't we? Course I'm
sure. but What's that, lands
hnr
Three and a half, SIR says the fell
with the lead. That showed they
. edgin' in somewheres. Nat he
aueo, for all the world like a dog
Nnin' scent, so Bile declares.
Tell you / smell home says Nat,
~ and clipper. and I'd know that
81 II met 1t in Jericho. Ha!
e sne deepens again. That was
par and we're over it,
me wind had gone down to a stiff
am breeze. and the old Debby S.
pped along afore it. Sometimes
'e was twelve foot under her keel
sometimes eight or nine. Once
only seven and a half. Zach and
y both looked at each other, but
Z only smiled.
on, you can Taught hollers Zach.
unit your vessel you're runnin' in
nser. You amt paid out your
pa money
siln'. ppeu
Ano all to once the water deep
y wind. 'p 'n''
nov you can anchor says he.
-. ana bout time, too, I guess says
l carlate the shippers right. |
Horsefoot and we're right be-
"a the shoals. Yes, sir, and | hear
en. Lively there!'
hove over the mudhook and
so The sails. Nat shook his
reakers or not says he, I tell
smelt home for the last half
NOW. by the jumpin' Moses,
=. y inside Of a couple of shakes
a ~ ae rain. 1t poured for a while
II, IN the fog cleared. Right across
oel I'VE was Trumet, with the town
etv.s 'xin' ten. Over the fiat place
law J. NE hills they could see the
49,, ne ocean side. And thew was
\ 49, ~ right in the deep hole inside
IA - aWater. as sure as I'm knee
Mouth open a. hammond With
!. ~ says he. you're a se,n.n :,
~ =, = ! thought was a pretty
y vss,o,,p'' pilot, but can't steer a YES.
Mel ~ = compass through a night
= !, besides. and land her rI snu ~ "a
sht s,. ner moorin's. II mybat
around thirty mile