Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 13 December 1890 — Page 6

HE CARETH

What r\n it mean? I* aujiht U» him That tho juu'hts ajv k»uj: nuil tlu* d.ivs arc dim? Cnn lu» IK* t^ncln-"! bv iht I l**u\ Whurh HiuliU'iis ih«»h«Mrt .iik! whitens tho hair?

About tiis limine are efertnil enhns.

And the strong tfhul music of happy psjUum, And hilss unmllK'il by any strife:

How can he cure for my little life?

And my life

Ami yet I want hi.n t.lcaro for me

While I hv»« In tins world where sorrows lv'.

When the lights die dow from iho path I t.akc,

When Httvngtli »s feeble and fnemls forsake,

When love and music that once did bless Have lefi me silence and loneliness.

StoR

changes to sobbing prayers.

Then my heart cries out for a God who cures

When shadows ham? over the whole day long,

And tnv spirit is Nnved with shame and wrong,

hen I am not good, and the deejM-r shade

Of conscious sin makes my heart afraid. And this busy world has too much to do

To stay in its oours. to help me through,

And I long for a Saviour—can it be

That the Hod of the universe cart* for mo?

O wonderful story of d^alhle.sg love

Kach child is dear to that heart above.

He fights for me when 1 cannot fight. He comforts tne in the gloom of night.

He lifts the burden, for he is strong:

He stills the sigh and song

IWWRawakesthe

The sorrow that

me down he hears,

And loves ami pinions because he ctarec*.

!t all ho are Mid Uiko heart again,

We are not alone

our hours of |kuin

Our Father st«*ps from his throne alove. To sootne and (pnet nt) with his love:

lie leaves us not when the storm is high,

And we have safety, for he is nigh:

Oin it U- trouble, which he doth share?

Oh! ret |*\ice, for the Lord will care.

Somerville JouruaL

.TI1J-: Mil A) PILOT.

Ii! tho month of March, 1S-I2. I took is.ai i' at Aliirsi-illes ou board tin iu--r-chant sliip tiood lt"|e. My own ship wa.s at, Smyrna, ami thither thu mi'toh.intman was to carry me, she being bound there after part of a cargo of fruit. The captain of the Gooil Hope was named .John Napton. ami though lie was a gotil and careful navigator he hail one striking fault. Ho was very quick tempered and sometimes quite vindictive. But for all this, his men liked him. for he never failed to grant them *1! the reasonable [frivileges in his power. The first mate's name was Sawyer, a true sailor and an excellent mail.

Wo had a smooth run until we had passed the southern capes of Greece and entered the archipelago, but here we had signs of bad weather. Capt. Xapton had never been in these waters before and did not feel quite safe to trust himself among the Ionian isles in a long storm, and we had reason to believe that such a storm was coming. To be sure, the chart wis explicit, but then those are wild tracks to travel in stormy nights. In pleasant weather the task is but slight, but it was very likely to be different now.

Capt. Napton usked my advice. I told him there were plenty of experienced pilots at Milo, and that in all probability one of them could be hired to go to Smyrna and back for a mere trifle. As for the archipelago, though I had passed through it several times, I knew nothing about navigating it. The captain conferred with his officers, and it W LS soon arranged that the ship should stop at Milo and take in a pilot. On the next morning Milo was in sight on the larboard bow, utid having ruu in to the westward of the Pigeons we hove to off tho coast and made a signal. In less than half an hour we were boarded by half a dozen rough looking fellows, every one of whom professed to know all about navigating the archipelago. Among the number was an oldish man who gave his name as Marco Midiis. He followed fulling for a livelihood, but his statements with regard to his qualifications as a pilot were by far the most satisfactory of the lot. He offered to go to Smyrna and back with us for and after some further consultation he was engaged.

Near noon -sro filled away. There was but little wind, not more than enough to run off or three knots, and even that was from the northward and eastward and sis near dead ahead as possible, so the pilot concluded to make a "long leg" upon the starboard tack and pass to tne leeward of Kiphanto. It wa.s 4 o'clock in the afternoon when the ship was again put about, it being intended to make a run to the eastward between Kiphanto and Serpho. The breeze had freshened a little and the reel now ran oft four knots. The northern point of Kiphanto bore about five points 011 the lee bow, about ten miles distant. '•I'm afraid we shall have to tack again." said the. pilot, looking anxiously on the point of land under the lee bow. "We can certainly dear that cape on this tack." returned the captain. "But I'm afraid the ship won't hold lip to her course," resnmed the pilot. "She must certainly hold up to east by north to do it, for she makes considerable leeway." "Oh, I'll warrant her to do that." said the captain very confidentiy, and with the air of a man who does not like to have his ship thought incapable of doing the right thing.

So the pilot, feeling assured that tlins far all would !e right, went below to get his supper. Ho had lieen gone perhaps half an hour, when there was a sudden shock, and in a moment more the ship stood still. Marco Midas hastened nion deck, and was just in time to meet the captain at the companion way. "What does this mean?" cried Napton in an angry tone.

The old pilot gazed for a moment upon the shore, whic.ii was yet some five miles distance, and then he calmly said: .1 "It's your own fault, captain." "My fault, yon lying lubber':'" "Certainly it is," calmly returned the pilot. "Take that, then!" and in the heat of his passion the captain stnui the old tnan a blow that sent hiou staggering Valf way across the deck.

Without waiting to see the .'fTects of uis hasty outburst, Napton sprang to tho rail and ordered all the yards to bo squared. The ship had struck upon a hard sandbar, but, as she was not going very fast at the time, and as the bar appeared to be somewhat abrupt, she was easily got off, and as soon as she had hacked clear of tl* danger, she was put

npon tho starboard tack, and .stood off to the northward. Tho pilot had turned very pale, and though his frame shook with agitation, yet lie made no movement toward the captain. We all knew that he was not to blame, for the ship luul not been kept upon the course which the captain had promised, but tho helmsman testified that part of the time her head had been I'.s far out of the way as east-half-south, instead of cast by north, and upon looking at the chart we found that wo must have strnck on tho extreme northern jKiint of the bar. Yet ('apt. Napton could not be made to see his error nor would he abate one whit of his wrath. He sent the old pilot below and told him not to show his face on deck again. Midas obeyed without a word, tliongh we could set? that his hands were clinched nervously together and could also hear the low grating of his teeth.

The captain studied over his chart for some time, and at length made up his mind that he would pass between tho two Serphos, and then run up through the strait of Silota. The wind hauled a little to the southward and blew fresher. At dark the little island of Kalipoli was upon the larboard beam, but iu half an hour afterward tho wind died away to a dead calm. This state of things lasted for about half an hour longer, and then the stars began to disappear from tho southern heavens and tho atmosphere began to grow dull and oppressive. "1 smell a blow," said the mate, walking aft to where the captain and myself stood. "I hope it may not be such a one as we had in the Hgiim gulf a year ago," said 1, shuddering as my mind ran back to tho ga'.e I rode out in the old sloop-of-war Fairlield at that time. "This is a hard place for storms." said the captain half interrogatively, and at the same time, as I thought, exhibiting a little trepidation. "You had better believe it." said I. "Hadn't wo better call the pilot?" suggested the mate. "No!" thundered Napton.

Ero long tho heavens were black as ink, save a littlo streak in the south, where it seemed as if a dull fire were moldering and dying. It was so dark that we could hardly distinguish the outlines of a man half tho length of the ship. All haste was made to get the sail off, and the ship was soon left under a close reefed maintopsail, fore stormstaysail and storm mizzeu. Hardly had this been done when we heard a low, rumbling sound from the southward, accompanied at short intervals by a sort of hissing, Bcreeching noise.

Iu a few moments the galo burst upon us. It came at first in low puffs and spits of spray, and then the full armed monster leaped upon us. For a while the captain let the ship dash on before it. He knew exactly where he was when ho started, but he dared not run too long, and at length he brought tho ship to 011 the larboard tack, with her head nearly west. At 10 o'clock the sea ran so high that the staysail and mizzen became of no use, and they were taken in, and the ship now lay to tinder nothing but the close reefed maintopsail. The wind howled through the rigging with fright- I ful power and the sea broke over the ship in drenching floods. The hatches were battened down fore and aft and life lines rove.

At midnight the galo seemed to have

At length—it was near r) o'clock—-the sea had risen to such a height that it threatened every moment to engulf the ship in its deep cold grave, but yet the strained and groaning craft stood nobly up. But could she stand so much longer? The men could see tho face of the captain as the rays of tho binnacle light fell upon it, and they must have noticed how pale it was. I will not attempt to describe my own feelings. 1 only reniemU'r that I thought of my home in a far distant land, and that 1 wondered if I should ever see it again— if ever again I should hear the voices of those who had loved mo in childhood.

The mate left the s]ot where he had been standing and went to the wheid. "We can't stand this much longer," said he to the captain.

But the captain made 110 reply, and soon the mate spoke again. "Is it best to trust our fate and put her before the wind? We shall certainly go down if we keep on in this way." "No. no," gasjed tho captain, seeming to force his words out "to pnt her before it would be certain death, for we are locked in to leeward by a snug chain of islands. The topsail yet holds. Wo may stand it till daylight." "I am afraid not." "Then we must pray—that's all."

It must have been some kind power that held our ship up through that long night, for tho water mountains broke their fury upon her, and the mad wind lient her down till she almost groaned with physical pain.

At length the first faint streak of the coming dawn appeared in the east, anil yet the gale was unabated. The captain was just ujioTi tho point of leaving his stand by the wheel when there came a noise that spoke louder than tho tempest. It was a rumbling, roaring, crashing noise that camo to us like the knell of death. All knew in a inabiPTi: what it was. Our ship was upon .1 iee shore! The morning caino, ami it found us with blanched cheeks and trembling limbs, and it found some, too, upon their knees in prayer. What a scene bnrst upon us! Right under our Joe and not more than five miles distant was rngged, rock bound coast.

What power should save us now? To wear ship would be of no use, and to

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tack was impossible unless we could make and carry sail enough to stand off. Tho captain staggered to the weather mizzen rigging and passed the order for loosing the foretopsail. The yard was pointxl to the wind, and the lee sheet was hauled safely homo, but 011 the moment that tho weather sheet was started the sail split and in a few moments more it was in ribbons! "We are gone!" uttered the mate.

And so it seemed! Tho men huddled aft, but not one of them knew what to do for safety. Tho ship would certainly feel none of her lower sails while 011 tho wind, and the captain knew that tho mizzen topsail would be of no use without tho fore. And every moment, too, tho ship threatened to fall off into the trough of the sea. "Where are we?" asked the mate.

IJut. the captain could not tell. "We must call the pilot." Napton looked np into tho face of his mate, but this time ho made 110 objections, and the pilot was accordingly sent for. Tho old man came up, and for a whilo ho gazed upon the surf bathed coast iu silence. There was a bitter smile upon his lips, and his eyes sparkled with a strange light. He at length asked for a glass, and the mate obtained one, and having adjusted tho focus he handed it to him. "What coast is that?" asked Mr. Sawyer after the pilot had lowered the glass. "Andros," replied tho old man. "And there is 110 salvation for us now!" the mate gasped. "1 can save the ship," calmly said Marco Midas withont a change in his countenance. "You!—save us!" gasped the captain, starting up. "Yes." "But how?" "Never mind. 1 can save your ship and your lives!" The old man spoke calmly, but yet loud enough to be heard above the roar of the tempest. "Then do it—do it, and you shall be rewarded." "Stop, sir! For a thing of your own doing you insulted me. You struck mel Had you been 0:1 shore you should not have lived bat I can forget and forgive it now. Go down 011 your knees, acknowledge your error and you are safe."

The captain hesitated. There was something in the old man's manner that told of truth, but tho proud man was not yet bold enough to confess his fault. Nearer and nearer surged tho ship toward tho fearful rocks, and louder and louder came tho roar of tho convulsed breakers. "It will soon bo too late!" spoke the pilot. "In heaven's name," gasped the mate, "save us! Capt. Napton, you did him wrong."

increased, and tho ship was surrounded by rustling mountains of white crested seas. The crew were all upon deck, and they held 011 upon the life lines without S|ealaiig. Sometimes the captain moved alxiut the deck, and when he stood by the binnacle I could see that he was pale and excited. For three hours the ship had now been lying to. and it was evident that she must have made considerable leeway. Beneath the fearful power of the driving gait she must have swept swiftly off—but how swiftly none could tell. There was no use in heaving the log. for the He,-is would "bring it home."

Tho stout captain cast one more look upon the fatal coast, then he ran his eye over the mad sea, and then he sank down upon his knees. "I did you wrong—I freely own it. Forgive me—and save us." "Then I am captain now." said the pilot, with a proud look aud sparkling eye. "Yes." "Then man the main braces and lay the yards square—stop, sir, I know what I am doing. Put up your lielni and let her go off before it. Stand by now to set the foresail."

As soon as the ship was got before the gale she rode easier, and ere many minutes sho wxs dashing down toward tho coast at a dreadful rate. The sea followed her rather closely until the foresail was set. and then she leaped over the waves like a deer before a pack of hounds. The old pilot now took his stand bv the wheel, and with a steady eye he watched the dubious way he was going.

At length we saw an indentation in tho coast thai looked like a bay, and toward this the ship was leaping. Nearer and nearer we came, and at length the spray from the rocks actually dashed upon our deck. "Starboard braces!" sjHike the pilot in qnick. clear tones, and tho mate passed the order. "Brace up! Starboard your helm! Steady—so! Belay!"

Like a frightened least the ship dashed into the toiling surge, and as she obeyed her helm and came np to her new coureo we saw, through a narrow strait, the open sea beyond. We were between lie islands of Andros and Tinos. In half an hour more wo were in the open sea. (.'apt. Napton gave his hand to the Milo pilot, and again asked him to forget what had passed, and I know tho old man was satisfied with his noble revenge. —Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., in Yankee Blade.

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