What happened was this. On getting away from the shore, the tale increased in violence and the small craft was carried far beyond the intended goal. Heavy seas swept.over the sampan and compan-man and both sportsmen "got the wind up." Not, however, to the extent that the; not contrive to protect themselves. Timothy and Peter, finding their craft rapidly being blo to sea, took turns at "yulohing." Timothy no mean "yuloh" expert, Although some six miles out of ff Woosung they never gave up hope end discarding their heavy coats they battled "against almost possible odds. Seas wetted them through and through. The boat commenced to fill. The sampan man almost, but not quite, gai up hope. Timothy and Peter never thought of giving up. Nothing was further from their minds, ving instructions to the Chinese yuloh man" they commenced to save their lives. Both Timothy and Peter speak Chinese fluently. They searched for a utensil to bale out the water. Nothing suitable could be found. Timothy and Peter together exclaimed "lets use our hats." Together they worked for three hours baling out the incom ing water with their hats. Meanwhile, the sampan man was strenuously working to keep the craft's head to the seas. Little sueeest was attained and out of sight of Jand and rapidly being carried to sea the trio carried on their almost impossible task. Nightfall was proaching and not a steamer be sighted. In the dusk an island was ven and the three working fever-the single oar and with a diverging current eventually brought up at Bush Island some eight miles from Woosung.
Their Powder Kept Dry While all this was going on, the boys thought of their guns. They id not allow these to become spoiled, nor did they forget that wetted ammunition was useless, 'They tied their guns to the single mast and encircled the mast with their coats and knapsacks containing ammuni' tion, again tying the whole with their bootlaces. "Ay Yah" was about all the distracted sampan man could utter, Absolutely on th: verge of exhaustion the trio-were blown to a haven, For a minute or so not a word was spoken when "Young Timothy" exclaimed "Well, here we are, where are we?" They all had to laugh and the tension was broken. Collecting what they could in the way of eatables, most of which were soddenwith water, the trio made their craft secure and climbing the rocks made for any thing in the shape of life, They found hospitable fisher folk. In this connection it is to be emphasized that the fishermen did everything that could be done. 'They dried the mariners sodden clothes, they gave them rice and all that they had in the way of food and gave them a dry board to sleep on. The fisher folks' behaviour was exemplary and the castaways speak in glowing terms of the hospitality received,
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