Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-31
cuApTER v.-(contlnued.)

rual, dead astern ana comm aD.in
n ale her. Bile. You look out for
Aem topsls
go Nat grabs the wheel and Bile
,..rx for'ard and sends the two fo'mast
,,nds aloft on the jump. Zach was
,tluuer, but all he done was race
.,ound and boiler and trip over his
~, seet. II hit 'em fore they got
wen one tops1 clewed down. That
e.e the foretops1 twas, split to rags.
NJ main topsI was set, and when the
small struck, the rotten old topmast
vent BY the board 'Kerrash-o! Course
,pllntefs few like all possessed, and
ens Of EN-, about a foot long, sailed
mst Mats head, where he stood heav-
4 bis whole weight on the wheel, and
N rleht on the pinnacle, smashin' 1t
% matches.
well, there they was, afoat, but
With their upper riggin' gone and the
compass smashed fat. A howlin' Moth
vester BLOWN and fog thick as ever.
Zach was a whimperin', fidgetin' old
woman, Lafayette and Emulous was
unyln' in the scuppers-and that amt
n exercise they're used to, neither
gen Bile was mighty shook up and
Yoried-he says he was himself. But
Nat Hammond was as cool and re-
tsshln' as the bottom Of my well up
bone
Then Nat suggests gettin' the spare
ompass and. 10 and behold you! there
Wnt any. Compasses cost money
md moneys made to keep, so Zach
links.
So there they was. Wind was fair,
q ought to be, but twas BLOWN hard
nd 20 thick you couldn't hardly see
he 10 boom. Zach he wanted to an
lher. then he didn't, then he did, and
y on Nobody paid much attention
him.
What1l We do, Nat?' says Bile.
BE knew who was the real seaman
beard.
Well. II twas me, wouldn't an
thor tn ] had to. Prob1y twill fair
q tomorrow, but II It shouldn't, we
night have to lay out here all day
Anyhow, we'd have to wait for a full
de-
Tn afraid we're on the course,
avs Bile. else we'd been acrost the
hsr By this time.
Well Nat tells him, II we are of
% course and too far inshore, we
would have made the bar-the Bay
Iyt bar-if not the Trumet one. And
uFere on the course and too far out,
va ought to have deeper water than
We isthom, hadn't we? Course I'm
~ sure. but What's that. lands
nsnf
lnree and a half, sir, says the fel.
y With the lead. That showed they
sn edgln in somewheres. Nat he
~ued, for all the world like a dog
"Ienin scent, so Bile declares.
Ten you ] smell home says Nat
am and clipper, and I'd know that
MEL Il met 1t In Jericho. Hal
sse she deepens again. That was
y oar and we're over it,
me wind had gone down to a stir
xln breeze, and the old Debby s
.pped along afore 1t. Sometimes
we was twelve foot under her keel
~ sometimes eight or nine. Once
A only seven and a half. Zach and
gs both looked at each other, but
ml only smiled.
w you can taught hollers Zach
amt your vessel you're runnin' in
: ~. sanser You amt paid out your
GOD money
snllln'. ON' "e ''Oppe'
ana all to once the water deep
~ hammond swung her up into
VOW you can anchor SAYS he
ma. ana bout time. too, l guess saw
~ callate the shippers right
49,. = norsefoot and we're right be
-. a the shoals. Yes, sir, and hea,
kers Lively there!'
'aey hove over the mudhook an,
l,ss 'So The sails. Nat shook hil
y. p Skers or not says he. 7 tel
49, We smelt home for the last hal
ssn VOW. BY the jumpin' Moses,
,o,' nno Inside of a couple of shake,
,.s me rain. 1t poured for a Will.
ns,, - me fog cleared. Right across
sors ooIs was Trumet. with the tow,
Iesvassu i.ln' ten. Over the fiat plac,
In, - me hills they could see m.
,s s.s g The ocean side. And thew Wa
No 49, u right In the deep hole ins,d.
lisA 1ss 3 J water as sure as I'm Ene
ii. no : lust stared at Hammond witt
Ia. vat says he. you're a ss,m.,
soos - u | thought I was a nra,.
Vi r,,s ~ pilot. but can't steer : Va,
= blset ~ = compass through a nigh
Aick q. - rharaoh's Egypt. and in
a tor !, sesloes. and land her sonar
,s'sf ' I. her moOrin's II nv rs
'A around thirty mil