The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-05-16

Twelve, addressing his brOther-lnaW, 81 expect
shall you dry, whered, and shrunken as an old
eeskn, you mere outside of man! - and he accom-
lpaned the words with hearty slap the shoulder.
/ George Fortescue was leaning carelessly, over the
side of the yatch, laughing the loudest of any, the
conversation which had been carried on. The sud-
den manual sautation of his brothern-law threw him
off his balance, and in moment he was overheard.
They heard the heavy splash of his fall before they
could be said to have seen him fall. The yacht was
proceeding swiftly along-but it instantly stop
ped.
The utmost CONSERVATION prevailed. 1t was
nearly dark, but Fortescue was known to be excel
lent swimmer, and startling the accident was they
felt certain he would regain the vessel. They could
not see him. They listened. They heard the sound
of his hands and feet. They hailed him. An an
swer returned, but in faint gurgling voice. and
the exclamation " Oh God !" struck upon their ears
In an instant, two three, who were expert swim
mers, plunged into the river, and swan towards the
spot whence the exclamation had proceeded. One of
them was within arms length of Fortescue-he
saw hin-he was struggling and bufetng the water;
before lie could be reached he went down, and his
distracted friend beheld the eddyng circles of the
wave just over the spot where he had sunk He di-
we'd after him. and touched the bottom-but the tide
must have drited the body EDWARDS, for it could not
be found
They proceeded to of the nearest stations where
drags were kept and having procured the necessary
apparatus, they returned to the fatal spot After tie
"PoO "a dpoVO houIs SuCC66u6U III TdtSlg the
eless body of their lost friend. All the usual ree-
dies employed for restoring suspended annation
but in vain and they now pursued the remainder of
their course to London, in mournful silence, with the
corpse of him who had commenced the day of pleas
ure with them in the ulness of health, of spirits, and
of life Amid their grief, they could not but
reflect how soon one of the joyous twelve had slipped
out of the little festive circle!
The months rolled on, and cold December came
with all its cheering round of kindly greetings and
merry Inequalities; and with it came softened re-
collection of the fate Of poor Forescue; elecen Of the
twelve assembled the last day of the year, and it
was impossible not to feel their loss as they sat down
to dinner. The very irreguarity of the table, five OF
one side and only four the other forced the mean-
choly event upon their memory.
There are few stubborn as to resist the
united influence of wine, circle of select friends,
and season of prospective gaiety
decorous sigh or two few becoming calculations,
and an instructive observation upon the uncertainty
of life, made up the sum of tender posthumous of
ferings to the of poor George Fortescue," as
they proceeded to discharge the important duties
for which they had met. BY the time the third glass
of champagne had gone round, in addition to sundry
potations of fine old hook, and capital madeira thew
had ceased to discover any thing very pathetic in
the inequality of the two sides of the table, or SO me-
ancholy in their crippled number of eleven.
1.-THE rest of the evening passed off very pleasantly in con-
versaton good humoued enjoyment and convivaty and
cue' was again remembered.1
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