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I.]‘)VI')V(iV]&7 7 W7
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tinusuall ale, but with a cliee 'SIllllC he re iort its, was all that resulted front their lained Slll) felt the strain and ' ii
T H E B R0 K E N S H A F T‘ YCCIUCSLU5 lill to step into the main saloon. coining. But heft re any of them could inure to ellezive the waters, we a L‘.’1lllt’(l
-' ere st ' v a in han under the reach ioit nd a steam-- he -out o our '- i and miieh lit hti-r litaiis
AN ADVENTUEE IN KIFOCEAN‘ great skyl:il[gl(iltl,nlieCs;l)itl: (ll HSSIS’lIIIllCC, the llltilgizriizxaiitl her passen- l l)L'lf)lll'ylt) (llI‘llllLl’l“. E
' “I i sorry to tell you, ladies and i;en- gers nii lt he at tlielmttoiii ofthe Atlantic. - All that night and the next (lay and night
“Y FREDEMC KEDDAH” tlemen, that our main sliaft has broken Our plight was iost serious. Ve weie t the l)xtwz:lt1'rc held bravely to her ditliciilt
”’“""‘”"""‘”""‘ about ten feet forward of the stern-post, oter seven hundred miles from the Irish task. By Tuesday morning, liowever, the
Onagusty and dusty Saturda,‘ M c , oivin , I pr - me, to some strain receivel Coast, the llL':II‘t‘Sl land, and unless help 3 loiit,-tlii-cateiicrl gale broke with fur ii
the ocean grayhound 1-Iurrgariiz lay along during the gale jll t ast. It is impossible come soon, even if r tli tl)lL(l ship kept the pitching and tossing of h t st‘.
side one o the dingy, down-town, North o repair e aiiiage, and our iily course all , no must start . lliis was he fa te‘ril)le tohehold. All oti l
River pi rs in NewY k, ready to sail to r eed under sail, trusting that hat en fr . C( , despite the cheerful ‘“'t.‘r non c nit-rctl in tli
Liverpool t tn was up; the iiiail-bags another steanier may home in sight whi li faces the captain and his officers strove to Woiilr it st ll( the iiiighti so in?
had been tossed aboard d loc e in e will wil mg to tow us in, he ship is wear in the passe gers’ presence. It took Siiddoiily, just after o si lteiiing plinitze
mail-room; the ast loa of p ‘sh ble otherwise uninjured, and beyoiit the un- a goodly pile of protisions to feed thiee f our hints into a huge hillow, and iiith-
provisi ns for the cabin tables were safely avoidable detention I believe you will suffer times daily a ship's coinpany oftliree h 7 out ii iiistantls ii-aiiiing, a loudiepo tent
store in the ice hest and the fri nds of little inconveiiiencc." tired and fifty souls, cotiiitiiig the crew, i the air, and all on l)t)1tt'tl knew (llUl‘i(.L‘llllll
the passengers who had co e to say good- When he had ceased speaking, tlicrc :lll(l alre dv no missed some of the iiiiiior the t::il.)le had pat-tttl 'l‘liere as anotliet
byewere streaming er the side and down po :1 in a volley of questions, to all of delicacies fro the cabin ta le. one on Joftrtl, lll in .lu- seatli ii iuniiiiig,
he steeply inclined gaiigivay. The all- which he gave patlent'tt ntion; but there ii the vhtii day after leavin;; New it iioultl he ll‘llpUSSllJlL‘ to pass it l)t.‘lllL‘Cll
ashore a rung, a t a oarse toot was littl more o be learned. rlcnsatuiday again er of ll0[C the two ships The l>r:umM1'rr' lime to
of the great whistle the hawsers at oiv and The great iron sliaft, as big around as a o ' ' oke , iminerliatel and e on tlit 21,, mix
stern were c t off, a l wly nd majesti- flour-barrel, had snapped in twain about hull l waited anxiotisly to M1‘ ii hat she iioiilil do.
cally the massive fabric moved, stern fore- ten feet from the propeller. Tht; yuliiibliiig Perhaps she would liy hy us until the gale
most into the stream. Soon the Hum and trembling we had heard r'll’I( e i when - ‘
5 ', r, ‘n ‘ ‘ “ . "b'tlie“racing”oftlie ‘b
of the Upper Bay, and what was to prove engines when they were elievetl from the in Liveipool7:iiid fotiiid the lillllltftlflitl ‘ rigging, and at length came the oiiiinotis
a most eventful voyage was fairly begun, strain of revolving Illl. . .' e screw, which still aimlessly drifting tipon that bouiitlless respoiise:
ewer good y company aboard that now hung inert (I less under our sea, miles away from her true course “We are short of ‘.l1(,Id4 iiill repoit
stout Atlantic liner, hundred souls int stern. Even had it been possible to get at For the second time Cl‘lLII‘CllsSCI .c was you l"
cabin and ahundr and fifty more in the the fracture (which was out o the que.s- held ' niaiii-sa on, and especially A volume ofiiiii siiiolze helelied fioiii
steerage, some going to he Old Worli on tion, as the main shaft runs in a long tub fervent prayers for out tleliveraiice ascended liet‘ ftiuiicl, anti 1 i -ieu could be seen
bus nes and her on pleas e h niiig tli water as she steanivtl
b course evcrvbody hoped away in the fjillllvllllg lail:iit
If our o rt. ' tt‘LI nut
rtin; some rash 0 es
even wagered that we would eat the se s
econ Sunda '5 dinner in Liver enough. Weiitre llll tli e llllllr
pool; but at! eason ofthe year dred miles fio tape (.l , the
the old stagers knew it would be un- l1ClH'(3)f ptlint on the lrish coast, and
w' xp n exceptionally fast a gale o . d tiuntlei ;; i iir
passage. ears iiitli itiniry licicciicss; a furi-
For the first three days, until well ous se iias iinning, to sing our
the ank fair skies and I maimed aiitl uiiiiiantigzealile ship on
mild, spring-like weather smiled on its crests like a toy. tll that (llLil(ls
a path rou the hearing - ' l - i '
waters. the ar syet too young
for icebergs to be i et so far south;
less fog than usual bothered us 0 clotl , iitl too .’tl)pIL'llL'l):lY(3 to
the N wfoundlzn to st, an sleep
seemed then as t we were to be But at da)ht'(‘al< oii Wetlncstlay
blessed with a peaceful and an un- a sudden shift of hid in the south
eventful passa e of west enahletl Captain liuito
set even inch of
3 ' .
But on the fourth morning after
New Yo k, we awoke to find
storm-tossed
ousstirges. All th t aythe fury of
the northeasterly gale increased, you in lllLt.ll3l.l)“
and at nightfall the Hungaria was wee ‘s out," siiul the captain Clltlls
ho e to, her head pointing in the ily And, as tli
direc' rt of the w' , for our previo-as
and with the engines slotvcd down glorious gale did
“iitlav on th
to half-speed, so as t esp the VE.‘S- ‘
sel from dri ti g stem or falling “Land, ho!" set
into the trough of he sea. There our iicchs and striiiiiine oiii
was no danger, said Captain Burton though was .i
and h cers; 'twas but zt rd piirplelie:i<ll:indofCape ('Iearconld
gal we beli ved him. , be iiiatle out frniii the der’. tie
‘l‘0“Eh 5l95P “'35 l0’ ‘"3"?’ H95 0"‘ ALL ON i>ioARi> kNF.W A'l' l)iVt, ’l’HA‘1' 'l'lll‘2 eAiii.i<: HM) l’,tR'l'l-ll). l<“1"" “V” " V ‘7"ll’l’l<‘l “W1
of the ques on, e reti d to in would he sum and lltl>llC(l hi tele-
several state-rooms, here to lie rraph to Qtieeiistmii- and that ere
awake for hours listening to the shrill note nan l the shaft tu nel), it vould have , to Hint who waiclies over those that go many lmtirs had p ssed zi LU pl of pour
of the gale, to the thunderous beating of been impossible to r unit IC (ll>j(Jllllt.‘(l l do it to the se i ships. The day tl(ll'Cl rfiil toivboals wo id be ziiggiiig at out
the heavy seas and o the pelting of the parts. Thus ciippled, the n ble fabiic, l on ioiiutoiitnisly iiiil ii ril . 'l‘liel>.iroiii- l liaii 5 it prmetl At (lflts
fierce downpour of rain. who e hol iias era med iii cn tly iiia- ‘ eters gave lIl(llL. lions o . liaiige iii the 8 day ite picked tip a pllhl
Toward morning the storm broke, and ehinery, was well-nigh as helpless as it log. tithe tit that, or. for t e woise. .iiid by eight o’ilorl< tno '
when the brcakfasbgong sounded, those of “ Ve iust Just grin and bear it," was llut aliout l.l‘iI‘(‘C o'clock in the 1lllL‘I‘llIlI')ll V ' iglit, and
the passe gers ho were not too ill from the philosophical conclusion to which most every soul on lioartl was electrified by the soon itliitening the “illCli llll(lt‘r t7lll'l)lltt>.
the effects ofthe ni ht's nauseating heat- of us came 'rv of “. ail ho I" lxiisliiiig on (leek iie Off the nioiith of Coil; lliII'llUl' ii lk'll(lt‘l'
ing and rolling, were greeted by a breezy T n a tedious time of waitiiigz. a five miles away, right in the np])C.’tl't‘(.l to take (Ysiitli ofthe [mSiL'll;(L'I‘s
all tr) prnpeltli of the red :IIi(l aiigiy sc ‘ i tl to liiiisli the ' ‘t in l.lt't‘l'
again
round the long saloon tables in
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e on,
of the still stormy
Atlantic sea.
d happened? All sorts of
' about the ship, and the
e an array of white
I
ru-
i
ed to hoist every stitch
'nimering of the
2
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a.
presented itscl .
. s soon as the captain's gold-laced cap
showed ‘ self above the cmiipanion-lad er
leading to the engine-rriniu was sur-
hen bega
Our sails proved far too sni - ‘
lltnzgariizk vast bulk in anythimg short of‘
a ale ofwind zistcrn; and on lookiiig over ‘ )(
' that for every -
gross we were tli" ' g‘ ive awaited tiiitil s e tied up
' ii the llmrgarirr, and could s
r inipatieiice wlile the net: s
cziicely rest
L‘ ’SRr SIgIl:ll-
. Ilxlfllhi)’
ahi-east of
rain
ing took place
l At length caiiiu the
The stranger, iihi i
, Dr-iwusmriu a
our serious plight - ‘ hmintl from l’.
the full peril f tow MS as far
Case of a threat’ ‘ weather
- - lit-art. ‘ he settled by tie
erlights were n share. A shn t o
t
5 full, the heavy canvas fla
against th spars at etery roll of tli
an
tt'lSlt('(lrl.Ut‘ l‘L‘S[!(Jll:it'.
t: t'L'( it) )0
(l narrow llllll.
pin 1 l the
4‘ ii" frt.-iglit steamer
llllllt‘ H (Or! will]
the Channel. ii
the tr-riiis of salv.igr- to
‘ll(‘I'S of the Inn vessiels
he
o
al
. . a
pet iiiittnig.
on
ii
5
a d
(iti rt in
tt
green sid o
l , and, with the yellow haze I our crowdetl (leeks at t
n 'l'lien ollowt-<l prepaiatioiis for that
most
tlirilliiigof all incidents a l()tl‘lnl,;J l a
of sea. t was now fully four ti’ -loirk. and the
- briefsprinu twiliglit would -on he
tintzuisli them from 5. line-
,, , us. hlnietitei. a storm was
titiarteriiiastt-r hoisted n the ezisteily l)l'CL‘Z(’ came in fit
)(lYC‘ the top
one above
her li:intl But instead
blackness on cit .
s l zit light (ttlllfll all sit-am
breii iiig; e
ships), the ful puffs, acli
forcinnst. :il d it but fair in
white ight ,1,
HF
gallant yard. tliiee ‘ stronger than the last, an
the Ulllt: )lt)tt' great guns before iiiorning; so
cl the serond oftirer he no d of haste was apparent to all coir
either :i stcaiiisliip nor CCrnt’(.
" ()iie oftlie l]lHlvQtll'I'41lfllflilii was lnwere
the and C1llllt‘(l zi line to
which now lay ziliout an (‘l),:lIlll
:ilie:iil. lly iiii-an of this a stout lhillllllil
llt' side, and to this
t the higlit of :i steels
' iily il cw
, “we are ‘
ow a s. liii
vessel, but a disabled steam -r.
Three days pzissetl. Ftirltinnlely
er l'L‘lllIllllL‘(l raliii, l '
(I tli
light ll!)rill(‘iHlt‘l'l)' l)l('(‘z(‘,
not a steaiiier liove lll sight. , latter in tuin was
i ' lltj (’l:tll, l)tItlll(l ‘ ii‘
t‘I‘ I
l)(‘Il
l the I)
n'les
its Illl‘
2‘T’1t
val ile
. e
rounded by half a hundred human inter-
rogation points. His ritdtly face was
i l -. ,
Yityirutls flttllrlllit; itiitl litiisllnt, 0 ii,
naats of Mariy:ttt's code. :Iskini,,' theiii to lifted from the w.ivc.saritl taiitont-tl. and our
as p e erie . iniirnt
pool by rail tlirniigli lrelantl, a
front I)uhlin to llnlyliead, the
' ow to l.ii'ei'pool. A .iiy of
iiiselves of the rliaiwe;
side. it H15 “llll :i feel’
ing of genuine regret at pzirtiiig iiitli llll'
noble fabric that had made such it Uzi
fight against wind. wave and Ht‘-(till
nd ll)‘ limit
ml 7"
c n iiiiiiitg
us gladly availed I)
iet, as we left her
IMMIGRANTS.
was on a f rr '-boat. A iouiig iii.iii
sat side by 5 do, and
2 They loriltt-tl into e.irh
lI‘:1lll( in and
otlier’s eyes sin 0 eyes that (
spoke hark the lziiigtiage lo l‘lit-y
ere lIllllllgl‘fIII(Si t nas plain to he seen
h tthey had started H t upon life in the
Vew Worll together, hand in lianil nd
r
e: kiiig to lIL‘l‘ teiitleily, iiity or
O t e rig road where youth
ins
and sa 'llll ‘en
: tl far iimie (’llt‘t‘l‘flIl.
it the tiiiig sit n'.s iiott-s -
t i -tl
true tli: ii
sneetcs t ltntlltl i I()ltl L
'tiiIllil'lll
tl I'.llllL‘I‘ .i I)lt'.lx.llil. It
lnit
L’ sit,;l
pi i
irr lmiiw, i
and tli it .iIt'ortlv
lief.