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Updated: June 1, 2025
In the afternoon the weather became unusually sultry, and as the calm continued, many of the fishing-smacks closed by imperceptible degrees around the mission-ship, whose flag flying at the mizzen told that the worship of God was soon to begin. Several of the other smacks also flew Bethel-flags. These belonged to the whole-hearted ones who had fairly and boldly come out on the Lord's side.
"Is that the Cherub or the Andax abeam of us?" asked the captain. "It's neither. It's the Guide, or the Boy Jim, or the Retriever not quite sure which." "Now, Captain Bream, shall we put you on board the mission-ship at once, or will you wait to see us boarded for empty trunks?" "I'll wait," returned Captain Bream. Soon the steamer hove-to, not far from the admiral's vessel.
Gradually the Evening Star overhauled the mission-ship, but before she had quite overtaken her, the wind, which had been failing, fell to a dead calm. The distance between the two vessels, however, not being great, the boat was launched, and the skipper, Luke Trevor, Gunter and Billy went off in her.
Arnott's story began, of the note that reached her in the early morning with tidings that her nephew had been picked up by the mission-ship, and how she and her husband had hastened at once on board. "They sent me below to see a hero," she wrote. "What I saw was a scarecrow sort of likeness of you, dear Richard; but, when he opened his eyes, there was our Maggie smiling at me.
Captain Bright did not like visiting the mission-ship, having no sympathy with her work, but as she happened to be not far distant at the time, and he was in want of surgical assistance, he had no reasonable ground for objecting. By this time the admiral had signalled to steer to the nor'-east, and the fleet was soon racing to windward, all on the same tack.
Like David Bright he was a temporary visitor to the mission-ship, and waited for the afternoon meeting. Peter possessed: "A heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathise," and found time to have a private talk with David, whom he drew out so tenderly, yet powerfully, that he wormed from him the whole story of his spiritual as well as spirituous warfare.
Thus it came to pass that when Captain Bream joined the Short Blue fleet he was still a member of the crew of the new Evening Star. The day following that on which the captain arrived was Sunday, and, as usual, the smacks whose skippers had become followers of the Lord Jesus began to draw towards the mission-ship with their Bethel-flags flying.
Joe Davidson had brought John Gunter to the mission-ship in the earnest hope that he would drink at the gospel fountain, but, after having got him there, Joe found that, so far from drinking, Gunter would not even go down to the services at all. On this occasion he said that he preferred to remain on deck, and smoke his pipe.
"If we all got what we deserve, we'd be in a worse case than we are to-day mayhap." "Come, now, Gunter," said Joe, "don't look so cross. We'll have a chance this arternoon, I see, to bear away for the mission-ship, an' git somethin' for your shins, and a bandage for Spivin's cut, as well as some cuffs for them that wants 'em."
"Ah! lads," said the master of the mission-ship, "that was a small matter compared with the loss suffered by poor Daniel Rodger. Did you hear of it?" "Yes, yes," said some. "No," said another. "I thought I saw his flag half-mast this mornin', but was too fur off to make sure."
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