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The Adventures of s An Eton Boy... s 5 , DY JiimES GRANT. f(CCa........aallfLftIalalArCCaIftCKKCCCCKCCaTCK 4 'raj.ajssfwj,sfrsj.WWss?Ws,BrWsi CIIAPTPIl II - (Continued ) Now I Ugan to I e assailed by that lllneM which terror and anxiety had hitherto but partially repressed violent vio-lent leaslckneti In nil Its horror Afraid of being washctl from the deck, over hlch the waves wcro breaking Bow, once more I crept In wrctchcdneia below Before descending, I cast a despair-'ox despair-'ox gtinro at the loosening anil which till caunht Hie wind, It waa n source) of locreailng danger which I dared not attempt to remedy even had I strength to lave done so, for the wet deck was now sloping like the roof of a house, and I would assuredly hnvo fallen Into lbs tea to leeward After several feeble efforts, I succeeded In partially closing ths companion hatch for warmth an I ircurlty, and descending, threw myself on the cabin floor, sick and despairing The lurching of Ihe vessel tho close-litis close-litis ot tho atmosphere, nnd general otor of the cabin, overpowered me at tait; I becamo fearfully III, and from Itlog to, lapsed Into unconsciousness, after enduring all the wretchedness Induced In-duced by that ailment of tho ocean lor toe top of my head teemed nbotit to fly off, lit shies to be crushed In, thcro u n alnglng In my ears, an ache In my eyeballs, and then came that awful (Inking of the pultei. of tho body, of the soul Itself which thou-lands thou-lands have endured In cases of aggra-tated aggra-tated tea sickness, but none has been able to depict In ihort after n pnrnxyim of Illness and tears, I betame totally unconscious of the (rrll and horror of my situation, and found a refuge In alcrp CHAPTI.U III Useless ltrgrcta. I must hive lain long thus On recovering re-covering I rote more stiff and mora benumbed than ever nnd with feehlo steps ascended the companion ladder, and then a cry of despair escaped me The sky was clear and sunny, but whether with tho light ot a rising or a setting sun, I could not at first determine, deter-mine, morning and evening on tho ocetn being tu much alike to nn un-prictlccd un-prictlccd eye Not a veatlgo of Ian I WAS Vltllltflt Era and aky wero around me, not a I ull was tn aUht, and nothing living 1 asanearrsavo a tew petrels"tnpplng , over the water alnngtldo of tho fatal Khooner. Had I slept nil night and waa this I the dawn ot a new day? Had I e'ept I all day, and waa this tho approach ot I another nlghtT I devoutly hoped not, I as I mast dreaded night upon the ocean; but tha gradual sinking ot tho i tun, and the Increasing redness of tho fky, era long Informed mo that tho ttmo wai evening I now knew the west, and turned my haggard eyes tu the louth, for thcro tho land and my homo lay, but still the envious win), though lighter now, aeemed to blow from that quarter Ohl how deeply and earnestly, by tbougbta unuttcred, I prayed la my heart that It would change and blow toward tho shore any ahoro or any cart of the coait of England, and bring me so near that I might have a thance ot escape ot Ufa nnd preservation, preserva-tion, by swimming by putting to the lest tkat skill and those powers of activity ac-tivity I bad acquired at Eton, tn tl.e waters of the Thames The sea was comparatively siuooth, but still the empty schooner rolled and lurched fearfully, tho moro to that the (oro and aft foresail waa hanging so loosely In tho brails A hundred years teemed to havo (lapsed since I had beard the dear tolcea and seen the loved facea of tboeo I had left at homo ot ray father, my mother, ot lot and ot Sybil; while tho ivents of my early schoolboy days itemed to havo occurred but yesterday. All time waa chaot and confuilonl In my sorrow and despair I never thought, unless with anger, of Jan van Zeervogel, the poor Dutch skipper, shots interests were so much Involved with tho loss or safety of his little icnooncr, with which the flood Hdo bad made ao free I thought only ot my own danger, and my mother's sorrow for the mystery that would overhang oy fate Now hunger assailed me, creating a new terror Icit I should perish by want et food; and all I had read or heard of wrecks, ratta and castaways crowded on my memory to aggravate tho real perils which surrounded me Once moro I sought the cabin, and on finding an ax broke open what appeared ap-peared to bo a press or locker There-la There-la were several cups, bottles and drinking drink-ing glasses, placed In perforated helves, but nothing catablo savo a single sin-gle bard and moldy biscuit, which the rats abandoned on my approach, and nothing drinkable savo tho remains of lbs brandy In which tho peaehea had been preserved and I viewed the Jar with horror, at tho primary caute of all my suffer In gi and dangers I say the remains, for It had fallen from the ta-bis ta-bis and been broken to pieces so nothing noth-ing remained of Its contents, except about a gill in a fragment, and the peaehea which lay In the lee or lower tide ot the cahtn What would I not have ghen for a limit drop of pure cold water to ollo-vlati ollo-vlati that choking thirst which la ever thi stqutl to sickness excitement and sorrow! Hut there wan not a drop on boinl, at the acuttle butt had broken 1U lashings la one of tha lurches of tha ichooner and fallen overboard to leeward lee-ward bo I soaked tho moldy biscuit In the brandy ale It and went on deck, In time to see the sun set at the watery horltan from whence It cast a long nnd tremulous line of yellow splendor along tho dancing waves, to whero the schooner floated In her loneliness Night followed, and one by one the stare appeared In the mighty btuo domo overhead, there waa no moon as yet, and I thought of holillng a light at tha mainmast head, but whero were a lantern lan-tern and matches to be found? I thought also of lifting tho fore-hatch fore-hatch to ciploro the forepart of the schooner, but I felt loo feeble and tick at heart, and now with the coming ot the shadow ot night a ghost ttory of the Dutch tklpper recurred to me Thirst waa now becoming an agony, nnd I Inhaled the dewy atmosphere In tain, for Its property waa saline, and seemed to make my sufferings greater, but happily It Induced a drowsiness. I crept below, and seeking tho bed tn tho captain's berth, drew the clothes over mo and atrove to sleep and ao weary wns I that aleep came How long I slept I do not know, but I wns suddenly roused by n violent larch of tha ichooner On reaching the deck, I found t Jt n gale had again coma on, and that (he len waa whitened with foam, amid which tho seablrda wero blown wildly hither and thither that the moon waa now on tho wane, nnd abed a cold, weird light between the black masses of flying scud upon the tumbling billows bil-lows an I the empty ichooner which yet floated buoyantly enough Hut aho now rarrcni-d fearfully to uorL I fore saw that unless tho masts wcro cut away a cnpslio waa Inevitable, for tho wild wind howled over tho waste ot seething water, nnd the schooner groaned nnd trembled na wave after wave thundered on her empty and resounding re-sounding bull Notwithstanding my weaknets, I endeavored en-deavored to tighten the broiling of tho foro and aft furesnll, but how vain was the attempt' The moment I to-I to-I moved the rnpo from tho belaying pin I It was lorn from my band, tho whole all fell heavily loose, and swelled out upon the wind It napped Willi it sound tike thunder In the blast, and lnarnnmcnttne'oreXteemra lo'past from under my feet, and I was struggling strug-gling alone In the midnight sea To tho horror of being drowned waa now added that ot being dovourcd by tho flshes A cry to heaven cscsp i rnr I rose panting and altnot ' ithlcjs and struck out to prolong m ce Tho tea repelled and buoyed m iai, fur It It by no means so easy to sink as many persons Imagine Tho ichooner wai lying now completely com-pletely on her beam ends tn port, her maits and halt her deck wero In the water It bad filled tho body of tio loosened sail and acrved to keep her steady, but still tho wavca waihed wildly over the hull I know she muil toon All and go down, yet so strong Is (he instinct of self preservation that I toon reached tha foreman, cumueu Into tho now borlionlal rigging, and scaled myself on the row of dead eyes, through which the shroud are rove, clutching them with wild tenacity, while drenched, cold, and despairing Tho spray flew over me, thick as rain, but bitter, heavy and blinding How long I could havo survived I know not, but I felt as one In a dreal-ful dreal-ful dream aud acted with tho decision and flrmness with which wo often seem to acquaint ourselves amid the moil fantastic situations created by the fancy In sleep Suddenly, amid the stupor that wai coming over tne, I heard a volco and saw a largo brig looming between me and the pale, waning moon She waa closo by, with her couriea, topialli, Jib and fore and aft mainsail set, but wlfi her foreyard laid to the wind at sha lay to Then I heard tho rattlo of tho blocks and tackle, aa a boat descended from the stern davits with a splash Into the sea Cheerily, now, my lads, give way!" cried tho voice I bad heard before; ' pull to windward round this craft, and overhaul her" "There's a man In the fore rigging!" cried another "Then atand by In tho bow with the boat-hook " I ttrove to ipeak, to ahout, but mr rolco was gone ' Spring Into tho aea," cried a voice; 'do you hear me )ou sir you In the fore rigging there? Jump in; wo can-sot can-sot theer alougilde a craft that pitches about like a cork In such a sea aa this" Don't fear, my lad," cried others; "wo II pick yon up" Hut I was powerless, blinded by spray, and though unablo to respond, clutched Ho rattllns with fatuous energy en-ergy Then strong hands wcro laid upon me, and I felt myself dragged Into the boat Shovo off, thovo off glvo way' this craft will sink In a minute ' cried sonio one, ' glvo way for the brig' and Jutt as they turned tho head ot tho boat toward to-ward their vessel, the Dutch schooner appeared to right herself thero waa a crash aa her deck burst up nnd then n tob seemed to mlnglo with tha air that waa expelled from her hold aa aba filled and went down like a atono Though I had been ao long unseen, I afterward learned that at thlt lime WmmmSmsmmmmmm 'bbbbbVbbhHBu (hire wero not lets than fifteen salt HBJ In tight ot the vestcl which picked ms BBJ up. BB1 BB ciiAiTint iv, BBJ The Hugente Kfli After being conveyed on board, hot HH brandy punch was readily administered hun to me, all my wet clothes were taken WjUj off, and I was put Into a snug berth, E&N tho coiy wsrmth of which, together IsmM with the effect ot the steaming punch-' I SWol "a still nor wester " aa I heard It called ffiUK I and the toll and misery, me tal anl WV bodily, I had undergone, all conduced OTW tn give me a long and almost dream OUS less slumber Thus Ihe noon of tho K&H next tlsy was fnr advanced before I IBIh nwnke In Ihe realities ot Ufa and a fllBR ronstdersllan of Ihe awkward predlca- SsiSl mrnl In which 1 was placed IQB I had been picked up by the Uugenle, BBJ a new brig ot 2S0 tons register, 'cop SJBl pered to the bends, and atandlng A 1 (BC at Lloyds," as I waa Informed by 8am- BH uet Weston, her master lie added BBJ that ahe had n crew of twelve hands, BBJ men and bo)i exclusive ot Marc Ills- BBJ lop, the mate, and Tattooed Tom, hli iBfl asalitant, and that tho brig bad tho BBJ reputation of being one ot the beat BJ I tailing out nf I-ondon HBJ The morning waa fine and warm, the BBJ skylight waa open, nnd a plcaiant cur BWJ rent of air passed through the clean, BBJ watmroled cabin A ipotlesa whit BBJ cloth waa on the table, across which BBJ thero were Isshrd certain bars of wood BBJ technically termed a fiddle, to keep BWJ tho platca and glasses from falling to Bfl leeward, nnd on looking from my cur- Bj lalncd berth (fur I waa not permitted Bfl to rise) I saw tho captain nnd mate at HJ lunch over brandy and water, biscuits Bflj and cheese, and busy the whllo with Bflj charta and compasses, as they were BB comparing their nautical notra and ob- flj acrvallona flfl The brig teemed to be running atead Bfl lly through the water upon tho etnr Bfl board tack, and I could hear the gurgk flB of tho aea under her counter, as It bub- flj bled away In Ihe wake nttern In tact, Bfl! tho sound seemed to be Just a foot BJ abovo my car, realltlng tho terrible jBI Idea that thero was "only a plank be- BB twren mo and eternity" BB Capt Samuel Weston im ft well BB made man ot inlddlo hlght, and some BB whero about forty years ot age. lis BB was rather gravo than Jovial In man- BB ner, but pleasant, kind and gentleman- BB ly. There was nothing about him that BB particularly Indicated the ocamnn, nnd BB ho never used startling adjectives, or, flj according to tho proverbial Idea, Inter- BB larded hit conversation with obscure BB nautical phraseology BB Ho woro a short pet coat with brass BB buttons, and a straw hat. A handsomt Bj gold ring secured his nccrt'e, and th BB fag end ot n cheroot was tctwren hit BV tat,. 11 -vita KtuMlv tenrtraveil tlillS 000001 lu his colored calotypo which was BB lvmMt ntV 3Twe. tnto this tiutUtlswtt- BB Closo by it was another of a lady with BB a little boy, standing at tho baso of a flfl column, which of courso bad a crimson BB curtain festooned behind It, nnd they, ' I had no doubt, wcro tile wife and child Hlfl Bo Capt. Weston or, at he preferred N'B tn call himself, Bam Weston was mors lBj domestic In his tastea than those who IBj uiunlly lira by salt water are aup- IBJ posed to be UB Neither was there anything pnrtft- Bfl ularly nnutlral In the appearance ot tin flB mate, who waa a amart and athlctlo BB jciiing fellow, about five and-twenty H years of age, with somewhat ot a Olai- BB gaw accent, keen gray eyes and sandy H colored hair, and ho It was (though I H waa not awaro ot It then, or for long flfl after) who boldly plunged Into th flfl stormy tea, and swam to tho founder- flfl Ing schooner, and finding that I could BB neither underttnnd nor obey Initruo- BB tlons, had made a line faat to my waist, H and thus conveyed mo safely Into tha H boat, no to this young Scotchman I BB owed my life and a debt of gratitude Bflj (To bo continued ) H |