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“Och, whither ye be a coral island or a granite wan no matter; good luck to the insict that made ye, is the prayer of Larry O’Hale!”. “I want to go to sea, father,” said he one evening after tea, looking in his father’s face with much more of the leonine gaze than the father had bargained for. The terrified native turned to flee, but Larry darted after him, tripped up his heels, and held him down. They soon found their comrades, and related what had occurred. Meeting his mother there, he seized her suddenly in his arms and held her in a long embrace; then, without explaining the cause of his strong emotion, he ran down stairs and left his father’s house. There is a fallacy into which men and women of mature years are apt to fall—namely, that, there are who reason thus— “Oh, the child will grow out of this folly. “Already,” said Mr Westwood, as they were about to set forth after breakfast, “my wife and Flora have got up a class of women and girls, to whom they teach needle-work, and we have a large attendance of natives at our meetings on the Sabbath. There’s some of ’em clinging to the keel.”. Be cast into the stormy deep; buffet the, succeed in struggling exhausted to the shore. The quick-sighted savage observed the motion, let go his hold of the musket and shrank behind his comrades, who, however, did not appear disposed to screen him, for they all began to dodge behind each other until the telescope was lowered. The space bein’ narrow—comparatively—they form one strong current, on doublin’ the, Cape of Good Hope, which flies right across to the Gulf of Mexico. The men relapsed into silence for a time. “Fetch me the scales; now then, doctor, hold ’em,” said the captain, carefully weighing out a portion of biscuit and meat which he, handed to one of the men. “Ditto,” said Muggins, nodding his head and buttoning his jacket. In a few minutes the sails, closely reefed, were hoisted, and the, long-boat rushed swiftly over the waves. Poor indeed must be that man’s knowledge of the influence of Christianity, who would judge of its quality or value by the fruit of its professors. If not—why, that’s the end of me, and you’ll have to look out for yourselves.”. His appointment suddenly recurring to him, he ran swiftly in the direction of the village. Not at all. They much needed both, for want of sleep, anxiety, and cold, had already stamped a haggard look of suffering on their faces. When night had closed in, the brilliancy of the bonfire was intense, and the hopes of the party rose with the flames, for they felt certain that any human beings who chanced to be within fifty miles of them could not fail to see the signal of distress. Only a week after this event another little schooner anchored off the village. The sun will be up in half an hour, and they’ll arrive about the same time. It stood in a palm-wood, on a, coral island near the sea-shore, with a stream trickling at its side, and, a lake full of wild fowl behind, and the most gorgeous tropical plants clustering round, a beautiful girl of fifteen (whom Will had often imagined, but had not yet seen), whose auburn hair shone, like gold in the sun, contrasting well with her, lovely complexion, and enhancing the sweetness of a smile which conveyed to the, idea—love. George Goff, the sail-maker, said he “was, a fust-rate feller;” and Larry O’Hale, the cook, declared, “he was a trump intirely, an’ ought to have been born an Irishman.”, Moreover, the affections of long Mr Cupples (as the first mate was, styled by the men) were quite won by the way in which he, laboured to understand the use of the sextant, and other matters connected with the mysteries of navigation; and stout Jonathan, Dall, the captain, was overjoyed when he discovered that he was a good player on the violin, of which instrument he was, passionately fond. Will was therefore very miserable, and, like all ardent and very youthful lovers, he hugged his misery to his bosom—rather enjoyed it, in fact, than otherwise. They do this in compliance with a humane little law which maintains that all who are shipwrecked, and cast on shore, are thus to be disposed of. “Hallo, doctor, is that yourself?” said the captain, whose eye had for some moments rested on Will. the direction indicated, where they saw something black floating on the water. Many dozens of church-door plates rolled into one enormous trencher would have been insufficient to contain it, for it was given not in money (of course) but in kind. They waited in deep anxiety and wonder, while the tall savage continued his harangue, at the conclusion of which his hearers uttered an expressive grunt or growl, as if of assent, and then they all filed out of the hut, leaving the prisoners alone with their deliverer. weeks in it since the days of that great discoverer. They are of all sizes and shapes. without permission, without clothes, and without money; for you shan’t have a six-pence from me?”. It was larger than the decayed buildings that propped it; cleaner than the locality that owned it; brighter and warmer than the homes of the lean crew on whom it fattened. “What’s that you say, Larry?” inquired the captain, who walked towards the bow at the moment. “Or your old grandmother,” growled Muggins. Then he thought of getting into a serious talk, and was about to begin, when his eye happened to fall on Thackombau, who, in honour of the day, had got himself up with unusual care, having covered his shoulders with a cotton jacket, his loins with a lady’s shawl, and his head with a white night-cap—his dark tatooed legs forming a curious and striking contrast to the whole. (Excerpt): "Baby Will’s mother was a gentle and loving, but weak woman. There was no path; the rocks, cliffs, and gullies were precipitous; and the underwood was thick and tangled, insomuch that Mr Cupples sat down once or twice and begged to be left where he was, saying that he would take his chance of being caught, and could feed quite well on cocoa-nuts! In circumstances of this kind, men’s endurance is sometimes tried pretty sharply, and men in distress are occasionally driven to forgetting their duty to their comrades. Och, the murtherin’ daimons!”. Passing over the details of the brief campaign, we touch only on those points which affected the subsequent movements of the whites. On drawing near, the chief stopped and made a short speech—which, of course, none of the white men understood. of the jolly-boat, and the second mate and carpenter had the two others. Both savages had risen immediately after being knocked down, and now faced their new enemies. you can’t imagine; but nothink’s of any use trying of w’en you can’t do it; as my ’usband, as was in the mutton-pie line, said to the doctor the night afore he died—my ’art is quite broken about it, so it is.”, To which Jemima was wont to reply, with much earnestness—for she was a sympathetic soul, though stiff, thin, and angular— “You don’t say so, Maryhann! hold your tongue.”, “Father,” repeated Will, in a tone that caused Mr Osten to lay down his paper, “I want to go to sea.”, “Then the sooner you give up the idea the better, for I won’t let you.”, “Father,” continued Will, “you remember the proverb that you’ve often told me has been your motto through life, ‘Never venture never win?’”, “Certainly; you know that I have often urged you to act on that principle at school. Sintiment is iverything, Muggins, and of that same there isn’t more in your whole body than I cud shove into the small end of a baccy-pipe. Désolé, votre crédit est insuffisant. I know the character of South Sea islanders, but it is better to live in captivity or die by the hand of savages than to perish of hunger and thirst. Thus, talking at intervals in hopeful tones, and relapsing into long periods of silence, they spent that stormy night without refreshment and without rest. Share your thoughts Complete your review. William Osten was a wanderer by nature. He was one of those active, intelligent, inquiring spirits which cannot rest. The poor youth’s brain was whirling with conflicting emotions. “Hallo, doctor, is that yourself?” said the captain. “Captain,” said Will Osten, “the wind has almost, died away, yet it seems to me that the surf roars as violently as if a storm were, “That surf never goes down in those seas, doctor. However, it’s too late for regret now.”. The labourers at that building are, many of them, bitter enemies to each other. It embraces Ireland, and makes the climate there so mild that there is, as you know, scarcely any frost all the year round—”, “Blissin’s on it,” broke in Larry, “sure that accounts for the purty green face of Erin, which bates all other lands in the world. , but not Christianity. There was not a retired court, a dark lane, or a blind alley, with which he was unfamiliar. two days afterwards, Maryann said, in strict confidence, to her bosom friend “Jemimar,”, she “know’d it would ’appen—or somethink simular, for, even w’en a hinfant, he had refused to larf at her most smudgin’, she knew somethink strange would come of it, though she would willingly have given her last shilling to, have prevented it, but nothink was of any use tryin’ of w’en one couldn’t do it, as her ’usband, as, the doctor the night afore he died,—and that her ’art was quite broken about it, so it was.”. “Do you think there is much chance of our surviving, captain?”, “That’s not an easy question to answer, doctor,” replied Captain Dall, in a tone so hearty that our hero was much cheered by it. “So, it seems that your ridiculous old fancy still sticks to you,” said Mr Osten, in great wrath, for the recurrence of the subject was like the lacerating of an old sore. Now, however—when, as Will thought, they had the chance of escaping by stratagem or by force from their captors, or, at the worst, of selling their lives dearly—his spirit seemed to have utterly forsaken him. At the time when a slow death by starvation had stared him in the face, he had not only retained his own heartiness of spirit, but had kept up wonderfully the spirits of his companions. As, the morning advanced, however, this passed away, and by degrees they began, to cheer up and bestir themselves,—spreading. “Oh, father,” she exclaimed, while the colour of her face came and went fitfully, “I’m so glad you have come! Then she bent forward slowly, as she overtopped a huge, billow. List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1940 Ship Country Description Conch United Kingdom World War II: Convoy HX 90: The tanker (8,376 GRT, 1931) straggled behind the convoy.She was torpedoed and severely damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 370 nautical miles (690 km) west of Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Ireland by U-47 ( KriegsmarineShe was torpedoed and sunk the next day at that location by … by Ballantyne, R. M. Share your thoughts Complete your review. “The governor bein’ agreeable?” inquired the captain. Neither he nor any of his comrades, however, had time to make many observations, for they were hurried up the beach and into the village, where they were thrown down under a rudely built hut which was covered with broad leaves. The man gave vent to a short chuckle as he said this, and then, leading his countrymen from the hut, conducted them towards a temple, near to which a large band of warriors was busily engaged in making preparations for the approaching fight. Then, as the squall drew rapidly nearer, a hurried order was giving to take in all sail. When the ship rose on the next wave, the boat was lifted by the bow out of the water until she hung from the davits, and a terrible cry was uttered as all the men were thrown out of her into the sea. They were, as far as could be judged, many hundreds of miles from land, and, to add to the horror of their circumstances, night was coming on. our favour as well as much against us. There is no time for consideration. “It’s my turn, Larry,” cried Muggins, holding out his hand, “No, ye spalpeen, it’s not,” said Larry, continuing to press down the precious weed, “owld Bob, “It’s the first time I ever heard ye admit that you comed after anybody,” answered Muggins with a grin; “ye ginerally go before us all, “Not at all,” retorted the cook; “whin there’s dirty work to be done, I most usually kape modestly in the background, an’ lets you go. One of the quarter-boats was the first to be lowered; it was full of men. Like a wild beast, he tore and wrenched at the rope which bound him, and then, finding his efforts unavailing, he flung himself on the ground, while deep sobs burst at intervals from his oppressed heart. About eight o’clock, as nearly as he could guess, the captain said—, “Now, lads, let’s have breakfast; get out the bread-can. Those troubles cannot with propriety be called light which drive so many young men and women to rebellion and to destruction. There’s some of ’em clinging to the keel.”, It need scarcely be said that the men seized the oars and plied them, with all their might. Sunk at Sea Chapters Time uploaded. he’s a cliver lad intirely.”, But Will did not confine his inquiries to the objects, contained within his wooden home. Into the hollow she rushed. Shall we, the afflicted and jaundiced patients, still suffering from the virulence and effect of sin, condemn, turn us out cured in a single day? Silently and swiftly they pulled, alongside, and in a few minutes had rescued Mr Cupples and, the steward and one of the sailors, all of whom were so much exhausted that they, could not speak for some time after being taken, on board. “Musha! The wind increased; the ship became submissive to the breeze, obedient to the helm, and ere long moved on the waters like “a thing of life,” leaving Old England far behind her. All had perished. There was something hopeful in the mere act of working with a view to deliverance that raised the spirits of the men, and when the sun began to sink towards the western horizon, they sat down to their slight meal of biscuit and cocoa-nut milk with more appetite and relish than they had experienced for many days. Sunk at Sea. Before he had been many days at sea he knew the name and use of, every rope, sail, block, tackle, and spar in the ship, and made himself quite a, favourite with the men by the earnestness with which, he questioned them in regard to nautical matters and their own personal experiences. The sun was setting in a world of clouds, which took the form of mountains fringed with glittering gold and with shadows of pearly grey. to dry, and scanning the horizon at intervals in search of the other boats. Vous avez désormais accès à des centaines de milliers As Larry was wont to observe with great satisfaction, and, usually, with his mouth full of victuals—, “Sure it’s the hoith o’ livin’ we have—what with cocky-nuts, an’ taros an’ bananas, an’ young pigs for the killin’, an’ ginger-beer for the drinkin’, an’ penny loaves growin’ on the trees for nothin’, wid no end o’ birds, an’ pots ready bilin’, night an’ day, to cook ’em in—och! “Don’t be irriverent, ye spalpeen,” said Larry. Great drops of sweat rolled down the face of Muggins as he gazed in horror through one of the crevices, and his broad chest heaved convulsively as he exclaimed, “God be merciful to us, it’s George Goff!” This was too true. But the order was not given. “Eh? Here it is turned. Had it been otherwise, he would certainly have suffocated himself in infancy, and this, his veracious biography, would have remained unwritten! ’Tis eight years ago now, and I have bin here ever since. Thus, talking at intervals in hopeful tones, and relapsing into long periods of silence, they spent that stormy night without, The minutes seemed to float on leaden wings, and the weary watchers experienced in its highest, common in the sick room—that “morning would, But morning came at length—a faint glimmer on the eastern horizon. When the council broke up, the sailors went down to the water’s edge and awaited her arrival. Come visit Novelonlinefree.com sometime to read the latest chapter of Sunk at Sea. Thus did Wandering Will leave his native land. She was always breaking her heart, more or less, about her charge, yet, strange to say, she survived that dreadful operation, and ultimately lived to an extreme old, “Only think,” she was wont to say to Jemima Scrubbins, her, bosom friend, the monthly nurse who had attended Will’s mother, and, whose body was so stiff, thin, and angular, that some of, her most intimate friends thought and said she must have been born in, her skeleton alone— “Only think, Jemimar, I give it as my morial opinion that that hinfant ’asn’t larfed once—no, not once—durin’, the last three days, although I’ve chirruped an’, smiled an’ made the most smudgin’ faces to it, an’ heaped all sorts o’, blandishments upon it till—.

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