Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-11-14

'aee. there 1t WAS Wnere rc t,Ss7
ana didn't make any doubt but that
II was the island which We had hoon
eeeAlng these weary months at sea
Inc whole crew was on ieck |
didn't see any signs of Captain Mo+.
news body. although looked hastily
aDout Tor it learned later that thew
nau lumbled him overheard without
prayer or word after they had
Anocked him on the head. Pimhar
uHODF and one or two others of tho
oiuer seamen were on the onarterdool,
Tue rest being strung along the leerail
- the waist staring at the island
i"o hands We're at the wheel Tho
sup was pitching and laboring heavily
ana 't required two hands to hold har
up to it. 'e'
During the night they had taken y
se.ond reef in the tol,s'ls. whole
sa'e was now blowing Everythino
ABOVE the topsl yards had been f,,r,ed
VI course The Rose Of Devon was
wei sup IN seaway. and she w.s
naklng nelvy weather out of if
I'M, 'S eAlh~ Will SaC!SfactiOn
1nes >nad evidently not thought if
worth while to break open the arms
enest or to force the key from mo |
winch they could easily have dono
anu none OF them was armed
wei. began. as climbed over
the match combing and turned aft
sent for you. Hampdon.:' began
: '''''a'l lnsoiently and his failure r.
u.S'er me or to give me anv titlo
'hdlcated our present relations ..ho
cause OF that" and he pointed to tho
reward toward the island
II looks like land said.
~ IS land What Iand?"
How can ! tell?" | answoroa g,
'a.e never heen in these seas before
Nen, you took an observation yes
erday. didn't your"
"'ertainly''
And where were WEI"
named latitude and lonpi+pao |
lot exactly what | had worked o,,+
~, near enough didn't want these
''ll'''n* TO know exactly where we
we're tie pulled out the chart az
l,'he ana compared its figures with
Vhat had given them He could
cad figures if not letters
Al any rate" he said, after stndv.
~ over the map for Iittle +;ra
va! is not Ear from the point we are
lak1ng for. is it?''
NO" ! admitted, mot very"
10 you think that can be it?"
can't tell for certain,"l ren,iod q
l1'uI get another shot at tho SIN
should think the latitude about RIGHT
1T as to the Iongitude"-
ana you can't get no shot at tho G
III until noon, can youY' unceremoni- =
'S'v put IN Glibby. casting a long look =
:. 1ne eastward where the sky was ,
nck and cloudy already Nc a
cant even get an observation Tho, e
less we have clear weather" az
vered h
''There'll be no clear weather to7av :,
take II. said an old seaman stand;no :. :,
I'm the other two. Il
I don't much think it." assentod ~
We'll. what do you advise then -. L.
ked Pimban &c
ihat we stand on slowly during the ~; ~
? ana heave to at night, and If we W
1t get shot at the sun stav hero- sk
outs until the sky is clear and tho Or
visible. then we will know lust OK m
" what course to take and lust an
ats best to be done" en-
ne advice was so self evidently th
"a. IN fact the only practicable adj tn
e. that there was no hesitation in So
epflng it. The boatswain stepped |
10 the horseback. grabbed the tr,1m- be-
ana shouted his orders. Presently ed
ship was hove to with the island tut
under her lee, distant perhaps a an
'ue and half or maybe two leagues de,
sonally should not have hove to
nip on a lee shore. l should not SOL
e advised 1t. and indeed would have .or
tested against it had l not sudden Jec
developed a plaza plan as desper- uec
as ever came into mans hcad- Ru+ eoS