Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-05-25


lust arrived, from Chippew
- Mills, $4,000 feet Of Pine Piusaj
and $4,000 Pine Shingles, for sale b
e. LOCKWOOD. ].
,.s Du Buque, May Is eff
Watch Hill, which boiled and foamed
like mighty cauldron.
! sMa'be SO, and ma be not so, respon-
ded Hal; but just keep her trim now,
and the devil himself can't drown the
little petrol, 'cording to my 'spose-so.,
I For myself, ] held my breath for .
furlong, while we plunged through the
Iperilous firth, scattering the whirling
waters on every side, and leaving a
dark wake amidst their parted foam,
like the track Of a thunderbolt. When
we did emerge from the yesty Charyb-
dis into the smooth water beyond, it
was like being snatched from the hor-
jrible grasp of the nightmare. / felt
as if mountain oflead had been heav-
led from my oppressed bosom. Theirs
no incubus like that Of terror. Recov-
ing my voice with an effort, and nv
courage with the fear of shame, re-
marked. carelessly, that we had now
sea-room enough for seventy-four in
a hurricane.
'Ay, verify returned Ned; "a little
too much of the undique pontats, five
chance to get foundered in our ocean
hegira.'
What say, commodore, shall we
drop an oar in and check him little?'
'snub streak of lightning as quick,
or three-decker in white sauall!'
CALCULATED the old tar, as he sat watch
ing our passive career, humming the
rude chorus of spirited whale-song,
huge bolus of tobacco alternating from
cheek to cheek, his hat off, and his long
grizzly locks blown straight out be-
hind by the velocity with which we
Ithridded the yielding air that whistled
| at his mouth and nostrils the while,
like the wind of a gusty December day
through lonely key-hole.
'l3etter wing him, eh?' continued
Ned, pointing to the broad fin of the
monster just peering above the surface;
and catchingup my rifle chlay with
ID reach, he sprang to his feet, and a
moment after a ball glanced. from it's
moving target, and skipped away be-
You'd upon the CLASSY water, like the
airy tread of an invisible Nereid. It
was evident that the shot told, from
the increased rapidity which immedi-
|ately succeeded.
Hitherto the sensation had been one
|af gliding, but now it was that Of fiy-
ing, or beinghurled rather, adizzy con-
seriousness Of breathless impetuosity, as
i we had been discharged, boat and all,
from the laundering crater of some
mighty ordinance. We were at this
time half way from Fishers Island to
Montauk, full ten miles from land, and
hurrying directly toward the open sea,
with the speed of spurred charger.
The outer bay, over which we were
passing, grew rougher every moment,
as the heavy surges rolled in from the
near ocean, unbroken by isle or head
land, and whenever the bow of the lit
tie pinnace struck them obliquely, the
spray flew in torrents around us. NV
fictitious courage began to ebb again,
as fancy painted the horrors of that sea
of troubles upon which we were -
perilously embarked. l began to feel
that the dull and commonplace earth
really possessed attractions for me lust
then, more numerous and more potent
than the dark blue ocean, with all it's
stirring romance. thought Of Mr..
Ashton's comfortable parlor-of the
pleasant walks, the sunny knobs, and
the swarded bowers around his charm
ing n1ansion-and indeed they never
seemed half SO fascinating before. i.
would have given thousand argo,ies,
or the fee-simple Of a dry rock low
kepvicd the rescue Of ArioI, lat "a
friendly dolphin waited on our jeopar
~! Out on the rounded gasp and our
Cling breath Of drowning humanityl II
(Conclusion zaezt veeh.
TINE Is LONG There are severa
in which even single year
may be considered a am period, ].