The fourth lieutenant4 of the Young America had worked himself up to this disagreeable pitch. He was not only disposed to assume an attitude of opposition to the principal, who had made the obnoxious5 regulation which was the immediate6 cause of his rebellious7 condition, but to all who supported his authority, or willingly submitted to it.
Smoking was a high crime on board the Young America—not in the relation of the practice to the ship, but to the student. It was condemned8, not simply because it would be offensive in the cabins and {234} steerage, and on deck, but because it was a bad habit for a boy to acquire. The adult forward officers, the cooks and the stewards10, were allowed to smoke on the forecastle at certain prescribed hours; but it was a punishable offence for a student to smoke at any time or in any place, whether on board or on shore.
Goodwin was indignant at the conduct of his room-mate, for the third lieutenant was not only opposed to smoking on principle, but the fumes12 of tobacco were intensely offensive to him; and there was no doubt that, in the confined space of the state room, insufficiently13 ventilated, while all the openings in the deck were closed during the gale15, the smoke would make him "as sick as a horse." He was a noble-minded, manly16 youth, and had all a boy's detestation for tattling and tale-bearing. He did not like to go on deck and inform the principal of the conduct of Pelham, but he could not submit to the indignity17 cast upon him. He went out into the cabin, and threw himself upon the cushioned divan18, under the stern ports of the ship.
This would have been a very satisfactory place to sleep under ordinary circumstances; but Goodwin had hardly secured a comfortable position, before the heavy rolling and pitching of the vessel19 tumbled him off, and he measured his length on the cabin floor—a very undignified situation for a third lieutenant. He picked himself up in the darkness, and tried it again, but with no better success than before. He had fully20 intended to go on deck and inform the principal of the misconduct of Pelham, which had driven him from his room; but he shrank from the task. {235}
What Goodwin was attempting to do on the divan many of the officers were striving to do in their berths21, though with better success than attended his efforts. It was not an easy matter to stay in the berths; and this done, the situation was far from comfortable. Avoiding the rude fall on the one side, the occupant was rolled over against the partition on the other side. Sleep, in anything more than "cat naps," was utterly23 impracticable, for as soon as the tired officer began to lose himself in slumber24, he was thumped25 violently against the pine boards, or was roused by the fear of being tumbled out of his berth22.
Mr. Lowington comprehended the situation of the students, and when the topsails and courses had been reefed, he called up all the stewards, and sent them through the after cabin and steerage, to ascertain26 the condition of the boys, and to give them the benefit of certain expedients27 known to old voyagers for such occasions. Jacobs, the steward9 of the after cabin, entered to perform his duty. He had no light, not even a lantern; for fire is so terrible a calamity28 at sea, that every lamp was extinguished by the stewards at ten o'clock, and no light was allowed, except in the binnacle, without the special permission of the principal Even the captain could not allow a lamp to be lighted after hours.
Jacobs went to all the state rooms on the port side first, and pulled up the berth sacks above the front of the bunks29, so as to form a kind of wall, to keep the occupant from rolling out. A bundle of clothing was placed on the inside of the berth, and the body was thus wedged in, so as to afford some relief to the {236} unstable30 form. Pelham's room was the second one on the starboard side, and Jacobs came to it at last, in his humane31 mission. He opened the door, and started back with unfeigned astonishment32 to see the lamp lighted, and the fourth lieutenant puffing33 his cigar as leisurely34 as the violent motion of the ship would permit.
"Contrary to regulation, sir," said Jacobs, respectfully as he touched his cap to the reckless officer.
"Take yourself off, Jacobs," replied Pelham, coarsely and rudely.
"Yes, sir."
Jacobs did take himself off, and hastened on deck to inform Mr. Lowington of the conduct of the infatuated officer.
The principal immediately presented himself. Pelham had fully believed, in his self-willed obstinacy35, that he could look Mr. Lowington full in the face, and impudently37 defy him. He found that he was mistaken. The experience of Shuffles38 in the hands of the boatswain and carpenter would intrude39 itself upon him, and he quailed40 when the principal opened the door and gazed sternly into his face.
"Smoking, Mr. Pelham?"
"Yes, sir," replied the rebel, with an attempt to be cool and impudent36, which, however, was a signal failure.
"You will put out that cigar, and throw it away."
"I will; I've smoked enough," answered Pelham.
"Your light is burning, contrary to regulation."
"The ship rolls so, I should break my neck without one," replied Pelham, sourly. {237}
"That is a weak plea for a sailor to make. Mr. Pelham, I confess my surprise to find one who has done so well engaged in acts of disobedience."
The reckless officer could make no reply; if the reproof41 had been given in presence of others, he would probably have retorted, prompted by a false, foolish pride to "keep even" with the principal.
"You might as well send me into the steerage at once," answered Pelham.
"If either offence is repeated, that will be done. You will put out your light at once."
The fourth lieutenant obeyed the order because he did not dare to disobey it; the fear of the muscular boatswain, the irons, and the brig, rather than that of immediate degradation43 to the steerage, operating upon his mind. The principal went on deck; Pelham turned in, and was soon followed, without a word of comment on the events which had just transpired44, by Goodwin.
The night wore away, the gale increasing in fury, and the rain pouring in torrents45. It was a true taste of a seaman46's life to those who were on deck. At daybreak all hands were called again, to put the third reef in the topsails. At eight bells the courses were furled. The gale continued to increase in power during the forenoon, and by noon a tremendous sea had been stirred up. The ship rolled almost down to her beam ends, and the crests47 of the waves seemed to be above the level of the main yard.
In the popular exaggerated language, "the waves {238} ran mountain high," which means from twenty to forty feet; perhaps, on this occasion, twenty-five feet from the trough of the sea to the crest48 of the billow. Even this is a great height to be tossed up and down on the water; and to the boys of the Young America the effect was grand, if not terrific. The deck was constantly flooded with water; additional life-lines had been stretched across from rail to rail, and every precaution taken to insure the safety of the crew.
Study and recitation were impossible, and nothing was attempted of this kind. The storm was now what could justly be called a heavy gale, and it was no longer practicable to lay a course. Before eight bells in the forenoon watch, the royal and top-gallant yards had been sent down, and the ship was laid to under a close-reefed main-topsail, which the nautical49 gentlemen on board regarded as the best for the peculiar50 conditions which the Young America presented.
When a ship is laying to, no attention is paid to anything but the safety of the vessel, the only object being to keep her head up to the sea. In the gale, the Young America lay with her port bow to the wind, her hull51 being at an angle of forty-five degrees, with a line indicating the direction of the wind. Her topsail yard was braced52 so that it pointed53 directly to the north-east—the quarter from which the gale blew. The helm was put a-lee just enough to keep her in the position indicated. She made little or no headway, but rather drifted with the waves.
The young tars54 had a hard forenoon's work; and what was done was accomplished55 with triple the labor56 required in an ordinary sea. All hands were on duty {239} during the first part of the day, though there were intervals57 of rest, such as they were, while the boys had to hold on with both hands, and there was no stable abiding-place for the body. The ship rolled so fiercely that no cooking could be done, and the only refreshments58 were coffee and "hard tack59."
"This is a regular muzzler, Pelham," said Shuffles, in the afternoon, as they were holding on at the life-lines in the waist.
"That's a fact; and I've got about enough of this thing."
"There isn't much fun in it," replied Shuffles, who had been watching for this opportunity to advance the interests of the "Chain."
"No, not a bit."
"It's better for you officers, who don't have to lay out on the yards when they jump under you like a mad horse, than for us."
"I suppose I shall have a chance to try it next term."
"Why so?"
"I lost twenty marks last night. I got mad, lighted the lamp, and smoked a cigar in my state room."
"Will the loss of the twenty marks throw you over?"
"Yes? I'm a goner!" added Pelham, with a smile.
"What made you mad?"
"The captain snubbed me; then Lowington came the magnificent over me. A single slip throws a fellow here."
A single slip in the great world throws a man or woman; and young men and young women should be {240} taught that "single slips" are not to be tolerated. More children are spoiled by weak indulgence than by over-severe discipline. But a boy had a better chance to recover from the effects of his errors in the Young America, than men and women have in the community.
By gradual approaches, Shuffles informed the fourth lieutenant of the object of the "Chain," which Pelham promptly60 agreed to join, declaring that it was just the thing to suit his case. He was in a rebellious frame of mind; and though he could not feel that the enterprise would be a complete success, it would afford him an opportunity to annoy and punish the principal for his degrading and tyrannical regulation, as the recreant61 officer chose to regard it.
By the exercise of some tact62, the conspirators63 found a convenient place under the top-gallant forecastle to consider the project. Pelham was duly "toggled," and offered no objection to the penalty; indeed, he only laughed at it.
"Suppose we get possession of the ship—what then?" asked Pelham.
"We will go on a cruise. I understand that she has provisions for a six months' voyage on board. I'm in favor of going round Cape64 Horn, and having a good time among the islands of the South Sea."
"Round Cape Horn!" exclaimed he.
"Yes? why not? We should be up with the cape by the first of June; rather a bad time, I know, but this ship would make good weather of it, and I don't believe we should see anything worse than this." {241}
"What will you do with the principal and the professors?" asked Pelham, lightly.
"We can run up within ten or fifteen miles of Cape Sable66, give them one of the boats, and let them go on shore."
"Perhaps they won't go."
"We have ten fellows already in the Chain, who are seventeen years old. If we get half the crew, we can handle the other half, and the professors with them."
"All right! I'm with you, whether you succeed or not. I'm not going to be ground under Lowington's feet, and be snubbed by such fellows as Gordon. If I want to smoke a cigar, I'm going to do it."
"Or take a glass of wine," suggested Shuffles.
"If there is any on board."
"There is, plenty of it. I'll make you a present of a bottle, if you wish it."
"Thank you. Suppose we get the ship, Shuffles, who are to be the officers?" asked Pelham.
"We shall have good fellows for officers. You will be one, of course."
"I suppose I am higher in rank now than any fellow who has joined the Chain."
"Yes, that's a fact; but we are not going to mind who are officers now, or who have been before. We intend to take the best fellows—those who have done the most work in making the Chain."
"Whether they are competent or not," added Pelham.
"All the fellows know how to work a ship now, except the green hands that came aboard this year."
"This is rather an important matter. Shuffles, for {242} everything depends upon the officers. For instance, who will be captain?" asked Pelham, with assumed indifference67.
"That's a settled matter, I suppose."
"Yes; without a doubt it is."
"I may not agree to that," suggested the new convert.
"You have already agreed to it. You have promised to obey your superiors."
"But who are my superiors?"
"I am one of them."
"Who appointed you?"
"I appointed myself. I got up the Chain."
"I think I have just as much right to that place as you have. Shuffles."
"I don't see it! Do you expect me to get up this thing, and then take a subordinate position?" demanded Shuffles, indignantly.
"Let the members choose the captain; that's the proper way."
"Perhaps they will choose neither one of us."
"Very well; I will agree to serve under any fellow who is fairly elected."
"When shall he be chosen?" asked Shuffles, who was so sure of a majority that he was disposed to adopt the suggestion.
"When we have thirty links, say."
"I will agree to it."
The conspirators separated, each to obtain recruits as fast as he could. During the latter part of the day, {243} the gale began to subside69, and at sunset its force was broken, but the sea still ran fearfully high. The fore11 course was shaken out, and the ship filled away again, plunging70 madly into the savage71 waves.
On Sunday morning, the gale had entirely72 subsided73; but the wind still came from the same quarter, and the weather was cloudy. The sea had abated74 its fury, though the billows still rolled high, and the ship had an ugly motion. During the night, the reefs had been turned out of the topsails; the jib, flying-jib, and spanker had been set, and the Young America was making a course east-south-east.
"Sail ho!" shouted one of the crew on the top-gallant forecastle, after the forenoon watch was set.
"Where away?" demanded the officer of the deck.
"Over the lee bow, sir," was the report which came through the officers on duty.
The report created a sensation, as it always does When a sail is seen; for one who has not spent days and weeks on the broad expanse of waters, can form only an inadequate75 idea of the companionship which those in one ship feel for those in another, even while they are miles apart. Though the crew of the Young America had been shut out from society only about three days, they had already begun to realize this craving76 for association—this desire to see other people and be conscious of their existence.
After the severe gale through which they had just passed, this sentiment was stronger than it would have been under other circumstances. The ocean had been lashed77 into unwonted fury by the mad winds. A fierce gale had been raging for full twenty-four hours, {244} and the tempest was suggestive of what the sailor dreads78 most—shipwreck, with its long train of disaster—suffering, privation, and death. It was hardly possible that such a terrible storm had swept the sea without carrying down some vessels79 with precious freights of human life.
The Young America had safely ridden out the gale, for all that human art could do to make her safe and strong had been done without regard to expense. No niggardly80 owners had built her of poor and insufficient14 material, or sent her to sea weakly manned and with incompetent81 officers. The ship was heavily manned; eighteen or twenty men would have been deemed a sufficient crew to work her; and though her force consisted of boys, they would average more than two thirds of the muscle and skill of able-bodied seamen82.
There were other ships abroad on the vast ocean, which could not compare with her in strength and appointments, and which had not one third of her working power on board. No ship can absolutely defy the elements, and there is no such thing as absolute safety in a voyage across the ocean; but there is far less peril83 than people who have had no experience generally suppose. The Cunard steamers have been running more than a quarter of a century, with the loss of only one ship, and no lives in that one—a triumphant84 result achieved by strong ships, with competent men to manage them. Poorly built ships, short manned, with officers unfit for their positions, constitute the harvest of destruction on the ocean.
Mr. Lowington believed that the students of the Academy Ship would be as safe on board the Young {245} America as they would on shore. He had taken a great deal of pains to demonstrate his theory to parents, and though he often failed, he often succeeded. The Young America had just passed through one of the severest gales85 of the year, and in cruising for the next three years, she would hardly encounter a more terrific storm. She had safely weathered it; the boys had behaved splendidly, and not one of them had been lost, or even injured, by the trying exposure. The principal's theory was thus far vindicated86.
The starboard watch piped to breakfast, when the sail was discovered, too far off to make her out. The boys all manifested a deep interest in the distant wanderer on the tempestuous87 sea, mingled88 with a desire to know how the stranger had weathered the gale. Many of them went up the shrouds89 into the tops, and the spy-glasses were in great demand.
"Do you make her out, Captain Gordon?" asked Mr. Fluxion, as he came up from his breakfast, and discovered the commander watching the stranger through the glass.
"Yes, sir; I can just make her out now. Her foremast and mainmast have gone by the board, and she has the ensign, union down, hoisted90 at her mizzen," replied the captain, with no little excitement in his manner.
"Indeed!" exclaimed the teacher of mathematics, as he took the glass. "You are right, Captain Gordon, and you had better keep her away."
"Shall I speak to Mr. Lowington first, sir?" asked the captain.
"I think there is no need of it in the present {246} instance. There can be no doubt what he will do when a ship is in distress91."
"Mr. Kendall, keep her away two points," said the captain to the officer of the deck. "What is the ship's course now?"
"East-south-east, sir," replied the second lieutenant, who had the deck.
"Make it south-east."
"South-east, sir," repeated Kendall. "Quartermaster keep her away two points," he added to the petty officer conning92 the wheel.
"Two points, sir," said Bennington, the quartermaster
"Make the course south-east."
"South-east, sir."
After all these repetitions it was not likely that any mistake would occur; and the discipline of the ship required every officer and seaman who received a material order, especially in regard to the helm or the course, to repeat it, and thus make sure that it was not misunderstood.
It was Sunday; and no study was required, or work performed, except the necessary ship's duty. Morning prayers had been said, as usual, and there was to be divine service in the steerage, forenoon and afternoon, for all who could possibly attend; and this rule excepted none but the watch on deck. By this system, the quarter watch on duty in the forenoon, attended in the afternoon; those who were absent at morning prayers were always present at the evening devotions; and blow high or blow low, the brief matin and vesper service were never omitted, for young men in the midst {247} of the sublimity93 and the terrors of the ocean could least afford to be without the daily thought of God, "who plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm."
Every man and boy in the ship was watching the speck94 on the watery95 waste, which the glass had revealed to be a dismasted, and perhaps sinking ship. The incident created an intense interest, and was calculated to bring out the finer feelings of the students. They were full of sympathy for her people, and the cultivation96 of noble and unselfish sentiments, which the occasion had already called forth97, and was likely to call forth in a still greater degree, was worth the voyage over the ocean; for there are impressions to be awakened98 by such a scene which can be garnered99 in no other field.
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