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Updated: October 1, 2025
The floating ice endangered their brigantine. The Indians aided with infinite labor in dragging it to a safe place upon the beach, just below those towering cliffs which fringe so large a portion of this wild river. This spot was near the present site of Queenstown, on the western side of the stream.
The sweltering men poured water into the hold of the one and the pounding pumps poured water out of the hold of the other, and thus they reached Queenstown. On board the tender that took the passengers ashore at Queenstown from both steamers two astonished women met each other. "Why! Mrs. General WELLER!!! You don't mean to say you were on board that unfortunate Vulcan!"
I am writing this within thirty minutes after stepping on the dock here in Queenstown from the British mine sweeper which picked up our open lifeboat after an eventful six hours of drifting, and darkness and baling and pulling on the oars and of straining aching eyes toward that empty, meaningless horizon in search of help.
"I am not afraid of meeting him. Why should I be? He knows me." "I meant only that you are hardly able to walk, but I seem to say the wrong thing every time. There is nothing really to worry about. We are not far from Queenstown. We can put you ashore there by losing half a day."
The young man looked at her sharply, then he said "Well, the stop at Queenstown is one of the experiences. May I send the steward to rap at your door when the engine stops?" "Oh, I shall stay up in the saloon until that time?" "It may be a little late. It may be as late as one or two o'clock in the morning. We can't tell.
But Fanny Meyrick sat as if entranced. The gale had died away, and, to break the spell, I asked her if she wanted to take one peep on deck, to see if there was a star in the heavens. There was no star, but a light rising and falling with the ship's motion, which was pronounced by a sailor to be Queenstown light, shone in the distance. The Father was to leave us there.
"Memorandum of friends in London, to be informed of my change of address," he read, looking at the paper, as he picked it up, with the friendly freedom that characterized him. "You have made pretty good use of your time, my son, since I took my leave of you in Queenstown harbour. I call this a reasonable long list of acquaintances made by a young stranger in London."
Of course, I may amplify a little more before we get to Queenstown, so as to make them pay more money. People don't value a thing that doesn't cost them dearly. How do you like it? Is it correct? 'Perfectly correct, answered the miserable young man. 'Oh, I am so glad you like it! I do love to have things right. 'I didn't say I liked it.
And so you are going over to see?" Buel laughed. All the depression he felt a short time before had vanished. "I had no such intention when I began the voyage, but even if I should quit the steamer at Queenstown, I could bear personal testimony to the truth of the statement." "Oh, Mr. Buel, that is very nicely put. I don't think you can improve on it, so I shall run down and dress for dinner.
The gulls were still behind us when night fell, and still they screamed and dipped down into the broad wake of foam which we left behind; but in the morning they were gone: perhaps they had seen in the night a steamer bound for their Queenstown home and had escorted her back.
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