Show THE DARK A A DANISH vessel has picked up at sea and brought safely to shore the solitary occupant of a small vessel which had bad to be abandoned it was the dark secret which sailed from boston june drewek 18 commanded by captain an drewsand ld bound for england which he expected to reach in forty five ta the s dark secret was a 11 12 1 fo foot ot dory the smallest vessel that ever attempted the voyage it was duly provisioned but not duly manned for the venturesome captain was the only human being on board he is an old sailor and once crossed the atlantic with his brother asa in company on the nautilus a 19 foot dory making the trip in forty five days this was in 1878 1879 captain andrews took provisions fora for a hundred bayec this time and provided himself with rubber envelopes for messages which he be promised to send as opportunity offered and a cork b buoy boy with wit h flag a altac attached bed to support a sealed s package p a c ka g e in I 1 n case ca 8 e of accident to ti the e d dory or y A after ft er the t D dark ark b secret ece ec e ts set sail on june 18 she was not heard from until june 23 when the fishing sch schooner douer ada B terry spoke her ten miles southeast from cape cod four flays days later the steamer kansas came into boston and thle tb captain said he be had bad passed the little dory that mornin morning seventy miles east of highland light her sail was down and it looked as though the skipper were repa repairing irim his bis boom two days later the dory was spoken en a sixty ty five miles from boston light at lo 10 in the morning by the pilot boat haper of boston captain andrews was in good goad colnai kioa and said he bad been detained by heavy easterly winds and bad been driven backward in lils big course lie he aid his ship ought to havo been named the jonah about noon of july 2 the schooner Sp of provincetown Province town slotted sighted the dark secret in latitude 42 north longitude 69 west captain andrews said he had lost his bis rug and was obliged to sleep in his sail his lantern was broken and he be had not had a square meal in ahree days he was supplied with what he needed and sailed on on friday july 6 the pilot boat resper hesper ran across the little boat about one hundred and thirty miles from boston light capt andrews and rows saluted by firing a pistol he was in excellent health and spirits sunday july 8 found tbt little craft on the northwest part of georges banks the schooner laura abelson N elson remained alongside for nearly an hour and supplied capt andrews with a can liver oil a lug jug of water some rope and a lantern july 11 pilot murp murpha of the pilot bosi boat american spoke t the e little traveler about tour four hundred and thirty two miles from new york tae next day capt jungst of the german steamer ems spoke the dark secret on july 19 the german steamer saale spoke the little vessel five hundred miles out and all was well on board the steamship india passed the tiny craft on aug 1 and it was then eight eiga t hundred and sixty tour four miles on its course capt andrews refused any assistance saying that be needed note none the little ocean traveler was next seen on august 10 by the steamer bulgaria captain andrews was well as before and needed nothing he was about 1400 miles on n his bis journeyer jour lust just about balf b way across by these vessels capt alfrets sent messages to the new york world through which the american public were kert kept informed ot of his whereabouts it is supposed that adverse winds and heavy weather prevented bis communication with homeward bound steamers after the above date and it now appears that his attempt was a failure he was out far longer than he be anticipated and did not reach port after all the particulars of his abandonment of the dark secret have not been made public but it seems sure that a 12 foot dory is too small a craft on which to make a safe voyage across the broad atlantic tue toy venture of capt andrews has served no good public purpose so tar far as we can perceive st F we are glad that he be has escaped with his bis life if he had bad succeeded lie be would have been lionized on two continents and his bis little ship would have brought him considerable money by exhibition but bat it is not likely that it if he be had bad made port pert within te the time he be specified such navigation would become either po popular u or useful his attempt was of of a similar nature to that of other risks such as swimming rapids jumping from bridges and various rash acts ba by daring persons of a sensational character c ar acter and it if it does not place its author in the catalogue of cranks cranke certainly does not rank him with the heroes of the world who endangered their lives tor for the good of others |