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Updated: May 3, 2025
This was the only time throughout the passage of the Barrier Reef Channel that the Spray anchored, except at Port Denison and at Endeavor River. It happened in this way. The Spray had just passed M Reef light-ship, and left the light dipping astern, when, going at full speed, with sheets off, she hit the M Reef itself on the north end, where I expected to see a beacon.
"Ashore ye go," he pronounced his ultimatum, motioning Kirkwood to enter the boat. The American turned, looking for the Alethea, or for the vessel that he believed bore that name. She was nearing the light-ship when he found her, and as he looked a squall blurred the air between them, blotting the brigantine out with a smudge of rain.
It was a long weary pull to the Gull light-ship. When they reached it they hailed those on board, and asked where away the wreck was. "Right down to leeward, on the Sand-head," was the reply. Away went the lugger before the gale with just a corner of the foresail hoisted. It was not long before they came in sight of the breakers on the Sands.
Philip, leaning against a rock, gazed into the darkness where the apparition had been; even Harry felt a thrill of half-superstitious wonder, and listened half mechanically to a rough sailor's voice at his ear: "God! old Joe was right. There's one wreck that is bound to make many. The light-ship has parted." "Drifting ashore," said Harry, his accustomed clearness of head coming back at a flash.
I don't t'ink, but he ban a foolish man," replied Nelson "he should lash himself." "Stand by with the line!" came again. "By!" echoed tensely from astern. "Ready!" "All ready!" "When she lifts! Now w " From the top of a sea the line came whistling down to the light-ship rail. "I'll take it," called Bowen, and, loosing his hold of the stay, he reached out and caught the flying line to his breast.
There was no comparison between the powers of the two craft, yet, though we certainly dropped to leeward a little more than she did, it was only a little; and the difference in our speeds was very trifling, considering the great difference in size between the cutter and ourselves. About a quarter of an hour after we rounded the light-ship, the Emerald passed us close to windward.
And do you see a very small light that dips and rises to the right? That's a light-ship on the dangerous shoal called the Shambles, where many a good vessel has gone to pieces. Between it and ourselves is the Race a place where antagonistic currents meet and form whirlpools a spot which is rough in the smoothest weather, and terrific in a wind.
He had himself been obliged to bail out three times, running in from the reef. "Was there any landing which they could reach?" Harry asked. There was none, but the light-ship lay right in their track, and if they had good luck, they might get aboard of her. "The boatman?" said Philip, anxiously, "Mr. Lambert's boatman; is he a good sailor?" "Don't know," was the reply. "Stranger here.
Maybe you've got it right, Bud, but what's the use of gettin' highsterics over it? Maybe some of us could be a lot better than we are, but I don't know's any of us ever pretended to be anything great, did we?" "Great? I didn't say anything about great men. We're not half men, Baldy the light-ship is going with all hands."
If I can pick up a steamship I'll call her and desert ship; if not well, we're somewhere outside the Winter Quarter light-ship. I'll need about five hours of the speed we're making to pick up the light vessel and beach the yacht in the lee of Assateague; maybe not quite five hours, I can't say exactly." "I think we can keep ahead of the water we're makin' that long," replied Arthur, cheerfully.
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