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Show uii every man's Rhoirirter, Taihot stopped out on tho lwach, and with as cheerful an air as if ho were proposing a lark ashore volunteered to take ono of the ship's boats, ami attempt the trip to the Hawaiian i! hhIh. i timk ot it. But I believe if yon give a Bailor a single sin-gle jilank ho will sou material fur a Uutilla, ami bo, after a pause of a tow minutes a tribute to 1 i-i (ilim; ttio young ofiicor was almost lost in tho wave of sailor men that surged around him, a-khiif, nrffitiy, pleading to go witli him, although every man jack of them know it, wiiti almost certain lTith 1m volunteered for. And tle-n, when (ho i choice fell on tho coxswain Ilalford and f 1'iroa able Fcamen named Andrews, Muir and Francis, tho other almost foit'-'ht 1 ion t it. 'i'iie crew pieio'd, Talbot passed in re-View re-View of all tho boats that had survived tho wreck, selecting tho whale boat, which was raised on rudo stocks- made .from the Sa rinaw'ii drift and work began be-gan on her that very day. The H.'ils and odors, solo occupant of tho island for several peaceful yearn, made off in dismay before (ho swarm of two legged intruders, wlio brought such ftctive life and intolerable nonudH to their ' trati'piil retreat; for riot only did the I hammers and caulker's mallets play on tho whale boat, but Heard, to hearten up j ,1.- ..... l ... l.,.;i.l;... 1 ..... : l ix tragedy now drew to a rapid close. Sunday night they were oft Hanelei harbor, nnd still the wind with its nighty flail winnowed out their strength and patience. At midnight they hove to. Then the slope of heaven touched 1 o'clock the hint day had come. Two o'clock was marked by the wheeling wheel-ing stars h;flf-past, and then, liko a panther, the wind leaped out to s".i, and, crouching back of its quarry, blew in shore as fiercely as it had beforo blown seaward. Dreading another change, they de-cided de-cided not to wait for morning, but tc mako harbor ut once, and when the boat's head was put on Talbot drew hif first breath of assured safety fur those in his chargonind tho shipmates left behind be-hind in the lonely Pacific. A1) th( water shoaled toward the ridge of the reef Ilalford came up from below. Ho nays as ho got in the cockpit a wave broke abaft, find Talbot called out; "Steady, there. IJring her by the wiinL" Doth l'raneis and Andrews sprang tc obey him, but u heavy wave burst against tho boat's side, upsetting hei and washing them both away to the mysterious death of the sea. They were iievn seen again. Talbot managed to catch nnd cf.ng tc the bilge of tlio boat as she floated keel up, and Ilalford who was hanging tc TALBO'fS LAST VOYAGE. On a surf frinryi;:! island of the Pacific, Xviiere tho r-moldering twin volcanoca frown on flower etrewn jilains, and the cocoanut palms cod drowsily to the rhythm of tho eea, there in set a memorial memo-rial tablet which bears the legend: "Greater love than this 1ml u no man, that ho lay down his life for his friend," and tho name uboje it is that of John G, Talbot, of Kentucky. His story is only one of duly done, and therefore is lost to tho great public, although al-though it still Uvea in tho memory of his comrades and in the faithful record:) of the navy department, but it has in it J the stern and casting off hia clothing 1 called to him hi come astern and climt j up on her. Rut, drowning his words, j came a third wave, and when it passed I he was alone. In tho pause of the gathering sea he scrambled on tho boat's bottom, and clinging there, rodo naked through the glittering death t!at beat and broke about him. And the first line of breakers break-ers was passed ia Mifety. In the second w boat rolled orev, but righted herself head on to hue" I drifted ashore uer Kilihi-Kai, in . i. .- , from Hanelei. As (die drifteilhere rose groans from tho cis kpit, nni' the F.iilor, Muir, whe had been l loy during all these scenes, came out on dck, a hopeless madmi.n. As thu boat touched the beach Ilalford Ilal-ford took whylt papers ho could save and bellied Muirashore, then fell exhausted and slept oii'.iiuted until daybreak. When led awoke Muir was gone, and lie saw tl() natives taking somethiiif! from thja. Hoping it was his beloved eommafudiT, lie dragged himself to the Fpot; mt tho purple face, starting eye- 'ttf'i'fs and foam covered lips were those of his messmate, horrible in death. After securing the boat and getting some food antl clothing from the kindly Kanakas he began to patrol tho beach, waiting to see whether the iucoiuing tide would give up it dead. At 7 o'clock the roller.! heaved into sight and tossed from crest to crest a dark object, and rushing into the urf Ilalford drew out Talbot's body; and although al-though his reason told him it would bo useless, his love impelled him to work for hours to revive him. When forced to admit the futility of his efforts ho rode to Hanelei to deliver up his trust, ask burial for the dead and to beg tho immediate imme-diate dispatch of help to those his officer had died to save. On Christinas eve the relief steamer steam-er was sent out, but the young Keu-tuckian, Keu-tuckian, who had gainedUMbattle, although al-though ho died hjS YOI'J?wiue of victory toncj Juid then slept five daviiC ifrave, and this grave is the m the tabTbt stands. 7 f But his loyal dust keeps the watch below be-low under the green billows of his native churchyard, and there may his rest be sweet until The (front Captain Christ feliHll idiie nil humls a!nft, Louisville Courier-Journal. the men, set, them to building a schooner of tho Ha.g'iuiw'H plunks mid beams in which to nail to safety if 'Talbot's effort failed. Through day of dreary weather the work was pushed, and on the 17lh of Xoveiubir tho whale boat was ready for ln-r venture. Khn was well prepared a.) far M the limited nupplics of tho shipwrecked ship-wrecked permitted, but, compared with the elemental forces again.it which Fho laitst battle, and considering the season of the year, it seemed as though she could not outlive the fir-t dev. The gunwales were raised eight inches and she was decked over; two masts wito shipped and a bowvpril: mounted: she ha 1 a full set of new sails and oars from t Iw ! Ii i'n stores and was stocked with canned goods. In tho choice of these latter they had to be guided by guesswork entirely, for all the labels had washed olf in the wreck, and although the best looking anil the largest were si looted, and the supply was lavish, the contents of many of them proved so unsuitable for such :i jori'i'v 'it they not cjily jeopardized US success, ljflVyrtCnly 'fTTT)'niM'Jiil disaster. )n the morning of Ho IHth of November, No-vember, for tho first lime since the vessel's ves-sel's loss, tiio sun phono on the castaways, cast-aways, lifting up their hearts end filling both purling crew and those left behind with au almost unreasonable- joy and hope. Tho first hours of the day were occupied occu-pied iu giving the last touches to the boat, and then Talbot stepjied ni,lo with the captain to receive his final instructions. instruc-tions. Theso were: "lleat tip against the Trades, through the licit of Culm and tho Variables, to (a given) latitude) east of tho Hawaiian islands, and thenco run we.it with the Trades." This routo was advised not only because be-cause it was iu tho track of ships, but also because tho islands cover an area of ubout a hundred, miles, which greatly increased in-creased the chain- of their being sighted, sight-ed, no matter ! how tile calculations faulted, nnd.thafi )iey would fault was inevitable, im in ft small boat tho mo-, mo-, tion is so very 'lively that an accurate reckoning is almost impossible. Then, too, tho mountain peaks are lofty, and the smoke of the twin volcanoes can be seen long beforo tho islands themselves are raised. A tracing of the chart nnd some navigation navi-gation instruments were given him, and then, in the sparkling light of full noon, the little craft put out through the opening open-ing of the reef and danced joyously off on her mission. A deep throated cheer followed them, and as its echoes pealed over the lonely waters an answtT canin drifting back, reedy and thin with distance, but keyed (dements of such heroi. in nnd pathos that it must touch all hearts till Glory forgets to honor Valor and Lovo lays down his golden ro'ie. He was it junior lieutenant in the Unitud Slates navy, nnd was one of the ofheers of tho United Ktatcs steamship i!.it;iimw at tho time sho broke her back (iu the. reef cf Ocean island in the October Oc-tober of lt'-TO, which wreck was, curiously curious-ly enough, the u-Milt of a bit of practical practi-cal humanity oa tho part of her com-Hiimdiug com-Hiimdiug officer. Iu tho winter cf lriS-9 congress ap-pvovcdabiil ap-pvovcdabiil for deepening tho cut in tiie harbor of Midvny ii '.and, and for more than a twelvemonth after the appropriation appropria-tion was made tho work win carried on by C:pt. (now Commodore) Slcard and a l.irsu force of men. Tho task, however, was a very th.v.ikle: i one, nnd aa the appropriation ap-propriation ran out before it wad fin-iihed, fin-iihed, nr.d t'13 winter was settingiu early with unusually boisterous winds' tod heavy rains, tho dredges mid cutting cut-ting machinery were promptly taken up end utov.-i d, tho eiurof '''fl1"!" jj" K.oginaw'se Han J?'l yttH tho objective jicent, but lJf?iC u f-hnping a course for 1 hu tloldcn (late Capt. Sicard determined to run down to a lonely island about seventy miles to the wool ward of Midway to look up any castaways who might have found refuge there. Thi.i island, or rather coral reef, is fo far out of the track of u sst-lsthat Mich visits are made Hot only with th.i approval of the department, de-partment, but by its command, at intervals inter-vals of as few years as is practicable. That the trip was fraught with the Usual dangers incident on navigating unknown un-known waters is nt once apparent, but tho first hour out d velojied a new and Blrange source of anxiety that proved uneorK'uerible. The machinery piled on deck ni!itho compass r.o sensibly that v Viyshnd upon its uecuv V'tit so early If fts run hy V The! 1 set of the , currc jNj.c.'iptuin 1 ' piro ftrtfK knXrt'?JIX) rut'' of upt-ed land NsMY'' Inai" tainild, aud as tiro was dtniloiig T sidw the iiiland about daybreak ho took tho deck himself at 2 a. m. At this hour, the log showing a dis tnnco of thirty-five miles nuido since 6 o'clock of tho afternoon preceding, lie ordered the mainsail close reefed and the engines to bo kept just turning over, but as the dead reckoning shows twelve miles still to run tho topsails were left standing, and this unfortunately gave tho Flop a decided headway, for she was running with the trade winds, and it was a case of Tlio sliip vras lively ami tUo ivinit was free. Suddenly out of tho night sprang a roar under our very bows, and a wall of white fire barred the way. High iu the uir played a spray of phosphoric, brightness, bright-ness, and the sullen boom of the surf wae like tho ominous detonations of a minute gun. It was the reef! The shrill cry of the lookout, "Breakers "Break-ers ahead!" seemed to deprive tho men cf both upeech ami motion. They stood as if paralyzed, and it was only when tho ofiicers leaped to the ropes, tugging lika madmen, that they followed; and even then they moved heavily "like in a dream," the captain said; and though they hauled and reefed, mechanically, their eyes were fixed gloomily on the line of leaping surf, and their ears were filled with the sound of the death blows raining on the ship's sides. The engines were reversed on the echo of that awful cry, tho watch tumbled up, and all hands struggled and strained at the topsails, while thu air resounded with the hoarse voices of the ofiicers giving giv-ing and transmitting orders, and the piercing shriek of the bos'n's pipe cut the air liko a scimetar. ,For a few minutes the balance of chances hung even. 15ut the pressure of steam was too light as against, the pull of the topsails, and just as tho canvas was clewed up she rose on the crest of a great wave ufid fell on tho ridge of the reef. In fen minutes she bilged she had Hooded her holds at once and yet so good was the discipline that not only was every soul lauded safely on the island, isl-and, through wind and rain and snatching snatch-ing seas, but a few stores were t-avud us well. Here was a cruel reversal of situations. situa-tions. From rescuers they were become objects of rescue, and of this last the chances seemed too remote to be enter- ! tuim-d. except as a hope. j The island was absolutely sterile. , There was neither wood nor fresh water. There was no place to shelter, and the : nearest attainable land was l.tioo miles j 4 way. Midwav Xmivjc impracticable f.r ; w.lboat at that season on account of the I trade winds. .' Hut all this had to be seen in glimpses : by the men, and recognized by the offi- : rers only as it came up in the course of ! official routine, for no sooner did day i dawn thau the seamen were told off in messes, water was distilled by means of an old boiler, two boats' crews were d etailed e-tailed to travel between the wreck and ' shore to save whatever they could, an ! pxploring party was sent out to do the island, and charts were eagerly examined ; by the ofiicers. The wind was squalling in gustily from a flying sea, the rain addwl its j quota to the discomfort of all hands, and i iubt ao Black Care was solidly mounted l to the same exultant note of confidence. That day's sutishine was like the rose thrown to the martyr iu the arena the last token of friendship from tho skies; for, lieirinning with tho next morning, the little boat battled with storms until tho end came. Tho fifth day out the waves, which had been snapping aud snarling at, her heels fiinco the second day, rolled into mountains under the fierce wind; the deck began to leak, the cooking apparatus was washed overboard, over-board, the provisions already opened were ruined and they hove to with a sea anchor. Fancy a twenty foot, boat hove to in a November gale in midocean. This was a specimen of the weather they met. When the wind and the sea were not actually grappling in savage conflict, clouds obscured the sun nod blotted out the stars; the navigation instruments in-struments proved absolutely u-cless, and tho dead reckoning was so faulty that it was a miracle tho islands were sighted at all. In the second heavy gale the sea anchor was lost, and a three oared drag fetched away. In still another, a square sail and two more oars, with which they had mado a second drag, and successfully clawed off the storm's edge for three hours, Flint, steel and matches were mined, so fire was out of the question, and the raw food, exposure and cold soon bi'o-ie'ht on grave phvsieal disorders that crippled the little crew by half. Mint and tndrows were ou the sick list for thru weeks. Talbot was also ill, but his cheery spirit and powerful will kept him about, and even when wrung blno with anguish his courage was still strong enough to hold up the fainting hands of the men who prayed to heaven for help. Once the sun shone for a few hour.t, and by means of the lenses of an opera glass they got a lisht nnd built a fire the first warmth of the journey. They cooked some food, but there was too little lit-tle of it to do much good, and the boisterous bois-terous waters still drenched them and a keen wind searched rtieir bones, and all too soon a bursting roller quenched the friendlv bl.-fe. U:i tne Kitii of December, f n-lay, a conical cloud row on the horizon rose, j but lay bti'd instead of scudding awey with ruin in its breath as the others did. j Then Halford shouted, "Land ho!" j He had been to the islands once be-fore, be-fore, and recognized Kauhnlnau rock, the most extreme southwestern point of the group. As the boat rose and fell on the rollers the misty smndgo of Nihtia and even Kauia hove in sight, but the wind shouldered shoul-dered the forlorn boat's crew back from the shore, and beat and tack as they ! would her head fell away again and i again, and the last they could do was tc 1 hang quivering between hope and the j |