Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-09-25
CHAPTER N-(contInued.)


CHAPTER N-(Contlnued)
".Stand by!' roars Nat It's
,o.all dead astern and comm abilin
Il take her, Bile. You look out Tor
them tops'ls.
so Nat grabs the wheel and Bile
tears forard aud sends the two fo'mast
hands aloft on the jump. Zach was
skipper. but all he done was race
around and holler and trip over his
own feet II hit 'em fore they got
even one tops1 clewed down. That
one. the foretops1 twas. split TO rags.
The main tops1 was set. and when the
squall struck. the rotten old topmast
went by the board 'Kerrash-o' Course
tplinters few like all possessed. and
one OF 'em. about n foot long. sailed
past Mats head, where he stood heav-
in his whole weight on the wheel. and
HI right on the pinnacle. smashin' II
TO matches.
Well. there they WAS. afioat. but
With their upper riggin gone and the
compass smashed Nat. A howlin' moth
Nester BLOWN and fog thick as ever
woman. Lafayette and Emulous was
prayin' In the scuppers-and that amt
an exercise they're used to. neither
even Bile was mighty shook up and
worried-he says he WAS himself. But
Nat Hammond was as cool and re-
rreshin' as the bottom OF my well w
home
Then Nat suggests gettin' the spare
ompass and. 10 and behold you. there
want any. Compasses cost money
and moneys made TO keep. 40 Zach
links.
SO there they was. Wind was fair
or ought to be. but twas BLOWN hard
and so thick you couldn't hardly see
the jlb boom. Zach he wanted 10 an
chor. then he didn't. then he did. and
30 on Nobody paid much attention
10 him.
Whatll we do. Nstr says Bile
he knew who was the real seaman
aboard
Well. II twas me. I wouldn't an
rhor TIL had to- Prob1y twill fail
on tomorrow. but II It shouldn't. ~
might have to lay out here all day
Anyhow. we'd have to wait for a full
tide
Tin afraid we're on the course.
rays Bic. else we'd been acrost the
bar by this time
Well Nat tells him. n We are OF
the course and too far inshore. ~
would have made the bsr-the Bay
port bar--if not the Trumet one. Ant
II we're on the course and too far out
we'd ought to have deeper water thar
hve fathom. hadn't wei Course I'm
not sure. but What's that, lands
MANI
Three and half. SIR says the fel
Ter with the lead. That showed the,
WIS edgin' In somewheres. Nat h
shifted. for all the world like dol
cotchin' scent, 40 Bile declares.
Tell you | smell home says Nat
calm and clipper. and I'd know tina
smell If | met It In Jericho. Ha
there she deepens again. That wa
tho bar and we're over it.
The wind had zone down to a still
tailin' breeze. and the old Debby {
slapped along afore IT, Sometime
there was twelve foot under her kee
and sometimes eight or nine. One
twas only seven and a half. Zach AM
Bile both looked at each other. blu
Nat only smiled.
oh. YOU can Taught hollers Zach
Tain't your vessel you're runnin' In
TO danger. You amt paid out you
good money
Nat never answered; but he stoppe
smlin'
And all 10 once the water deeI
ened. Hammond swung her up int
the wind
Now YOU can anchor says he
And bout time. too. guess, say
Bile. I cal1ate. the shippers righ
This is Horsefoot and we're right be
tween the shoals. Yes. sir. and | hea
breakers Lively there!'
They hove over the mudhook an
dropped the sails. Nat shook hi
head.
Breakers or not says he. I tel
you I've smelt home for the last hal
hcur. Now. by the jumpin Moses.
can taste IT.
And Inside OF couple OF shake
come the rain. II poured for Will
ard then the fog cleared. Right acros
their hows was Trumet. with the tow
,lock strikin' ten. over the nat plnc
os'ween the hills they could see tn
light on the ocean side. And they wa