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Lost And Saved; Or Nellie Powers The Missionary's Daughter.
When the foresail ancl topsail were in position , the foretopma . t staysail , jib and spanker were thrown to tbe wind . The "Sparkler" now felt tbe swell of tbe ocean . She kid well to the leeward and rose and fell with the sea . " Captain , that man will be overboard yet , " said the pilot , pointin g to the second mate , * ' You had better send him beloAV . " " Sure enough , " said the Captain as a lurch almost threw the officer in question into the sea . Mr . Evans , send that second officer below . " " Ay , a )' , sir , " replied the mate , who approached the second officer , who was someAvhat intoxicated , and ordered him below . "
Only those ivho have left home and country to brave the dangers of the ocean for many months , can begin to feel as men aboard the "Sparkler" felt as her sails caught the Avind , and she , like a graceful swan , rode majestically on tbe bosom of tbe water . The men realized that again they were leaving friends , and many happy scenes behind ; but as they felt tbe motion of the vessel under their feet they realized also that they were in their element . Few of them thought of danger ; long accustomed to such events their hearts leaped with joy with every motion of the vessel . Soon the coldinclement winds would be left behind ,
, and fair winds would bloAv , and fair skies smile upon them . Contentment is a rare jeAvel of which Ave are not all possessed . Even sailors will mix their joy with complaints . Peter , who with the rest of the crew was clearing up about the decks , happening near Tom made the following ominous remark . " Tommy , I don ' t like the appearance of things . It ' s not much like the day we sailed in her last , now two years agone . The captain must be iu a deuce of a hurry to be leavin on
such an unlucky day as this looks to be , an with such an harem scarem set of men . It's I Avhat believes the half of them never was aboard ship before since they set their peepers on the light of day . "Ha ! and well you may say it , Peter . It ' s mysilf that ' s most broken-hearted to see the " Sparkler " so reckless loike . It puts me in moind of the toime when I with the widow Reynolds in tow running aAvay from County Clare to be spliced . Her friends all told her I was no good to her , that I was a rovin ' , reckless lad , who was not ashore but wonce in a twelvemonth . But the widoAv wanted me and I wanted the widow , and betwane us two we had each other . It was just such a clay as this is , gloomy ancl bad lookin' loike , when we set our sails on tbe sea of matromony . The rest of our life has been loike our weddin '
day . Storms ancl squalls have struck us abaft many toimes , Avhen we had our sails all set and the wone or the other of us Avas on our beams end before we knowed whether it was a puff of wind or a gale from the China seas that had struck us . And thin it was , Peter , that my seamanship was taxed for the reefin' and takin' in sail and clewin' up everything to scud was a caution . It ' s not much sea room my small savin ' s would hire in the oild country . And it ' s many hard knocks my hull has had lashed alongside of a craft that measures IAVO to me Avonefor you must knowPeterthat a small fore an' after like mysilf has not much
, , , shoiv lashed agin a skysail ship loike the oild Avoman that Aveighs a hundred pounds better nor me . Well , it's a stormy toime we have had of it ; but I ' m in hopes my contract with tbe '' Sparkler" will be of a more agreeable nature . But it ' s my opinion with you , Peter , that half her creAv ICUOAVS more of the science of raisin' pertaters , than they do raisin' of a foresail If Ave had a small plot of land aboard Ave might keep ourselves in vegetables by their help , out it ' s a bad use the'll be to us when we come to catch a sou ' east gale . "
" It ' s mighty little ' elp we be to ourselves standin' ' ere bloAvin' like bull whales when the blocks are chocked Avith the ice , " said Peter , Avho at that moment had caught the eye of the mate as he started towards them . They both suddenly found plenty to do aloft and started suddenly about it . Peter , like other seamen who have had a long experience in sea life , Avas apt to make sport of a new crewand set the largest share of them clown for landsmenfarmers , and
, , numerous other kinds of men of not much use aboard vessel . Yet he ivas partially right in his opinion of the crew of the " Sparkling Sea" which Avas composed of all nationalities , ancl most of the men Avere hardl y better than ordinary seamen . During the time we have taken to relate the above , the " Sparkling Sea" had passed
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Lost And Saved; Or Nellie Powers The Missionary's Daughter.
When the foresail ancl topsail were in position , the foretopma . t staysail , jib and spanker were thrown to tbe wind . The "Sparkler" now felt tbe swell of tbe ocean . She kid well to the leeward and rose and fell with the sea . " Captain , that man will be overboard yet , " said the pilot , pointin g to the second mate , * ' You had better send him beloAV . " " Sure enough , " said the Captain as a lurch almost threw the officer in question into the sea . Mr . Evans , send that second officer below . " " Ay , a )' , sir , " replied the mate , who approached the second officer , who was someAvhat intoxicated , and ordered him below . "
Only those ivho have left home and country to brave the dangers of the ocean for many months , can begin to feel as men aboard the "Sparkler" felt as her sails caught the Avind , and she , like a graceful swan , rode majestically on tbe bosom of tbe water . The men realized that again they were leaving friends , and many happy scenes behind ; but as they felt tbe motion of the vessel under their feet they realized also that they were in their element . Few of them thought of danger ; long accustomed to such events their hearts leaped with joy with every motion of the vessel . Soon the coldinclement winds would be left behind ,
, and fair winds would bloAv , and fair skies smile upon them . Contentment is a rare jeAvel of which Ave are not all possessed . Even sailors will mix their joy with complaints . Peter , who with the rest of the crew was clearing up about the decks , happening near Tom made the following ominous remark . " Tommy , I don ' t like the appearance of things . It ' s not much like the day we sailed in her last , now two years agone . The captain must be iu a deuce of a hurry to be leavin on
such an unlucky day as this looks to be , an with such an harem scarem set of men . It's I Avhat believes the half of them never was aboard ship before since they set their peepers on the light of day . "Ha ! and well you may say it , Peter . It ' s mysilf that ' s most broken-hearted to see the " Sparkler " so reckless loike . It puts me in moind of the toime when I with the widow Reynolds in tow running aAvay from County Clare to be spliced . Her friends all told her I was no good to her , that I was a rovin ' , reckless lad , who was not ashore but wonce in a twelvemonth . But the widoAv wanted me and I wanted the widow , and betwane us two we had each other . It was just such a clay as this is , gloomy ancl bad lookin' loike , when we set our sails on tbe sea of matromony . The rest of our life has been loike our weddin '
day . Storms ancl squalls have struck us abaft many toimes , Avhen we had our sails all set and the wone or the other of us Avas on our beams end before we knowed whether it was a puff of wind or a gale from the China seas that had struck us . And thin it was , Peter , that my seamanship was taxed for the reefin' and takin' in sail and clewin' up everything to scud was a caution . It ' s not much sea room my small savin ' s would hire in the oild country . And it ' s many hard knocks my hull has had lashed alongside of a craft that measures IAVO to me Avonefor you must knowPeterthat a small fore an' after like mysilf has not much
, , , shoiv lashed agin a skysail ship loike the oild Avoman that Aveighs a hundred pounds better nor me . Well , it's a stormy toime we have had of it ; but I ' m in hopes my contract with tbe '' Sparkler" will be of a more agreeable nature . But it ' s my opinion with you , Peter , that half her creAv ICUOAVS more of the science of raisin' pertaters , than they do raisin' of a foresail If Ave had a small plot of land aboard Ave might keep ourselves in vegetables by their help , out it ' s a bad use the'll be to us when we come to catch a sou ' east gale . "
" It ' s mighty little ' elp we be to ourselves standin' ' ere bloAvin' like bull whales when the blocks are chocked Avith the ice , " said Peter , Avho at that moment had caught the eye of the mate as he started towards them . They both suddenly found plenty to do aloft and started suddenly about it . Peter , like other seamen who have had a long experience in sea life , Avas apt to make sport of a new crewand set the largest share of them clown for landsmenfarmers , and
, , numerous other kinds of men of not much use aboard vessel . Yet he ivas partially right in his opinion of the crew of the " Sparkling Sea" which Avas composed of all nationalities , ancl most of the men Avere hardl y better than ordinary seamen . During the time we have taken to relate the above , the " Sparkling Sea" had passed