Show BIRDS WARN A VESSEL saved d iwo I wo assist assi st a ack la capt henrian Henr Imn of at the tb norwegian steamer earner perian oa on reaching philadelphia aft after r a recent voyage told a re porter of a philadelphia exchange the th following remarkable story I 1 we W loaded coal at cape breton one at 0 the haft T and most inhospitable spots in north america and oa on jan 21 2 weighed anchor and teamed steamed slowly out cut to sea in the face lace of 0 weather condition conditions which to say the aleut were ere alarming that night the tb gale ale increased until it blew blow at the rate of sixty miles an hour its it direction changed also loo to make matters worse and blew on shore me part of the atlantic coast has ha been but imperfectly surveyed and almost an soon as a night clos clord 4 la in we were in doubt as a to our exact location the lead waa was east for several hour hours and varying depth depths were recorded toward eight tells I 1 ell me e were in steven tr fathom fathoms with ample room under the keel and aa an me e deemed to be on air the shoals the pel WAS w Ine reaud while moving along at an eight knot speed on a charse west by hapst and with the assurance chat that the land wa was no more to oppose us u tho the m min tn on the lookout forward suddenly heard a con nalon of sotinos resembling rece nibling the humming of millions of beer been the headway of the bemel wan wax at tit once checked and then the noise resolved itself ino inlo the of at bird birds it WAI was an Imin amram triss of chirping ail rustling wings which could be heard above the roar of the storm in the succeed alceed ins moments of fear and doubt the ilanan waa was allowed allo weil tb tto drift while we nought anxiously to pierce the intense gloom of the night then the motion became easier and the anchor waa was dropped when morning broke an aa as spectacle greeted us scarcely a quarter of a mile away waa was an im m towering rock which had bad the vessel struck it would have dashed her to 0 o fragments in an instant stranger thal hat all the vast granite pile was in habited by myriad of white birds which reposed on ltd its pinnacles and fluttered lutt ered about the lonely apex it was heir their warning cries rebounding resounding through the night which bad had saved the learner steamer one of the sailors would have bave tried a shot at th w but the captain would not permit it simply as a i matter of sentiment lie recognized he the birdies birda as a species which frequent he the rocky newfoundland headlands in teat great numbers during the winter sea on ton youth a companion |