| Show 0 aki I 1 W V V C 6 WM ea C 1 I I 1 copyright 1905 by daily cally story pub co mr philip thompsons Thomp sons eyes over to a map of 0 the united kingdom hanging against tho the office ii wall all A dangerous coast the northeastern part ot of scotland captain mcleod be cald carelessly a likely place tor for a B rock ock ferry assented captain mcleod then theres the and the S wetlands Shet het lands bad places those in a log fog captain the captain nodded and looked at mr thompson then he looked out ot of the window you are going to take the curlew to gottenburg continued mr thompson and come back in ballast probably take a northern route w which aich will about bring you off that coast its autumn and the season tor for f fogs 09 a so be careful captain et wad mad be a bad thing tor for me a bald captain mcleod aw might be a year finding another sheep no no replied mr thompson I 1 know you are a careful skipper and it if providence ordains that the tha curlew should be ba lost id see another ship more id obligate myself to pay ou on a hundred pounds to tide you over until you did get a ship then you could pay it back wad ye put that in writing inquired q ired the skipper certainly give me a shilling captain tain 11 mr thompson wrote rapidly and then handed the paper to the skipper captain mcleod read for the sum of one shilling received I 1 insure captain david mcleod against the wreck of the steamer curlew on the passage flora Cott enburg to shields in vic the sum of one hundred pounds signed PHILIP THOMPSON there he said you see what a careful skipper shipper I 1 think you captain mcleod read the paper carefully put it in his pocket and went down to tho the docks 1 mr thompson put on his bis overcoat end attended a meeting of the vestry of st barnabas Dar nabas church that evening captain mcleod went aboard the steamer moray tor reval she was commanded and owned by a fellow scot fergus mccliesh the two skippers talked earnestly until lato late in the night and parted with a R gleam in their eyes the morning of his departure captain mcleod read prayers with big family and cautioned his daughters to avoid invitations to places where there was dancing r ets the devils own game he said and wha acts going on ees na place for the daughters of a godly man be very careful captain said mr tho thompson milson as be ba bade tho the shipper farewell dont let anything happen to the old curlew ees she een censured sir inquired the skipper all my ships are insured replied mr ir thompson the curlew la is inured insured for or five thousand pounds mr lit philip thompson who had bad been tor for a whole year vainly trying to sell the steamer curlew watched her departure thoughtfully capt mcleod standing on the bridge looked back at mr thompson standing on the wharf and shook his read lead thoughtfully two days later the moray captain mccliesh McC llesh cleared tor for reval the curlew hail had a prosperous passage to Gotter gottenburg iburg but she was slow ae L V 7 J A I 1 4 1 49 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 1 1 1 lie I 1 xz 1 I ae I 1 I 1 k q fa af wd ea 4 ye put that in writing ting inquired the skipper in discharging cargo when she had bad taken on oil ballast and was wan ready to return to shields captain mcleod wiled that fact to his friend captain mccliesh who inho was then at reval real and ready to sail on his return to england the shilling captain mchood mcleod hd spent in hr vine mr philip thompson insure hla his safe ae passage from got at ter tenbury iburg to shields did not appear such buch a bad investment that night dight ot of the tw DUeth of 0 october when the cur low loir enveloped in as thick a fog as ever crawled over the cerman ocean tolled lb ir au an ugly swell ewell oft off the ha north tart coast of scotland I 1 that captain mcleod was waa a caro caral fill conscientious skipper was evidenced by the tact fact that when night added its blackness to the log fog he ha would trust the helm to no ono one savo save himself lie ile telegraphed so frequently to the engineer that he must havo have been navigating with great care hut but accidents will happen to the most careful and the curlew took the tha ground with a jar which threw tho the mate prostrate on the deck sailors and stokers smokers rushed on deck dealt panic stricken tor for a grounding on that part of the scotch coast meant asua usua ly death to al au or part of a crew theres na use in standing by her 1 i I 1 1 1 I I 1 0 o I 1 I 1 f I 1 VI I 1 11 11 i I 1 I 1 1 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 swore deeply and profanely edid sa ld the captain get awn awa tho the boats with remarkable luck or skill captain mcleod piloted ills his shipwrecked crew over that ugly swell safely into a small harbor and then it was that mr philip thompson beird that the curlew was nias lost and smiled and old seamen visiting lloyds in london read of the wreck and shaking their grizzly heads beads wondered what a ship bound for shields N was as doing so far to the north capt mcleod was not the only navigator who tor for some reason lay a course to the northward when the tha moray camo came out of the baltic instead of clearing sou soil west or even west captain mccliesh McC llesh pointed lier her noso nose norwest nor dor west as it if he be had a cargo to deliver at the shetland islands mr air philip thompson was astounded to receive the news that tile the steamer moray had bad arrived at aberdeen with the curlew in tow having pulled her oft the shore on the northeast co coast ast ot of scotland that the now news was not altogether welcome to mr thompson may bo be interred inferred dom the tact fact that though a vestryman he swore deeply and profanely when he heard it and even shocked captain IlIc mcleod Leold who mho had arrived in shields that morn ing by swearing in his presence theres na man has the luck of forgus fergus mccliesh muttered captain everything turns to siller in his hands bands awve no sheep and ma cens urance becs na guld since the cur lews saved mr thompson commended captains mcleod dad and mccliesh McC llesh to a region from which st barnabas church was doing all it could to rescue people and fell into a brown study from which captain caplain mcleod made no move to arouse him the salvage awarded captain me life clieh was a generous one and ca captain caplain p mcleod called to congratulate him yere a navigator davie remarked captain mccliesh with a grin A hundred yards above or below macre the curlew grounded shed ha been smashed like an egg mon lion yere a navigator the board did not agree with captain mccliesh as to the ability ot of captain mcleod as a navigator they deemed his being so tar far out of 0 his course ground tor for the removal of his certificate oddly enough this misfortune did not depress captain lie ile deposited in the bank of 0 aberdeen a check tor for several b hundred un pounds which check bore the signature grature ot of fergus mccliesh with this sum auto tho the skipper bought do an interest in a fishing business and gave up the sea davie bavle said mrs McLe mcleod cid as aa the nhe and her husband walked to kirk with their two daughters most becomingly attired in front 1 I hope yo did na get this money la a a kinfu way woman exclaimed captain mcleod wad ie e think it to hit bit the dell wl a chunk chunkow of hla his own breem stone mrs mcleods McL eods countenance cleared mind and she smiled alb blui pride at the excellent appearance of 0 her two daughters |
