Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-10-19

! keep the boat here, and wait for me, shall
he back in three httle half hours. lie, no
one persuade you io cross, for The ind is ri
sing, and tho current is very strong and the
weather seems upon the change feel tina,
we shall have squally evening. But shall
| he with You in time to take YOU home, and
excuse ynn from your good aunt Lenas scol
| ding Tor staying out sn long" And so saw
! ing he drew up, coled the rope round tree
! hard by, and away he went, the weathersecr
carefully Avoiding Ia TOOL, up al the skv
(Which could have told any fool that bad
weather was cuni;7r) lest his spheric
sagacI'y might appear less profound Than he
| meant TO believe it,
Susannah took Out her blue worstcd stock
| ing, and multiplied its parallelngrams, com
fortahly Indifferent 10 the cold gusts that
swept across the valley
But alter time, the heavy cloud which
old Reisacher preferred not seeing, and the
! chilling wind which his dsugh liter seemed de-
! ter'nined not 10 feel, began Ia burst aud hiss,
and sudden step put 10 one of my compan.
ION va'naiorious panegyrics on his own in
i,ilihiliiy Of j"dgmen, in matters Of horse
flesh, by loud crash OF thunder.
There will he Storm" said I.
aye, indeed there will but | scarcely
Thought II would he so bad as what is com.
ing, replied Jehan, 1hough,iulIy, and star
Y v.
Ell the child need not get W ct for all that,
unless she likes II ; for il not there the old
tarpnulin and the oars, whereof she may make
| a covering"
| saw clearly that old Reisachcr was APP
pealing to himself, rather than to me, so
waited until his Inclination prompted him 10
step ont hsier on our way Ia the wood. RAJ
gers house, Which we at last reaC he'd as
nearly wet through as Il was possible 10 be.
was not ; and the storm increased, and So al
last, did the fathers kelly about his only
child
81 must 60 back ," said he, gazing from
the emInence we stood on back towards the
Rhine; 'Snsannah will he frightened. PRAY,
look AT the river, sir, ] never saw il more
furious, and never SO suddenly aroused II is
graeSSiich schOen :! isn't IL 20
III Is tine sight 10 look al from this safe
distance, said ;"hut il has few ct arms for
the poor fellows in that boat, that is tossed
about so ruughiy'
''TIs true for you, sir; doubt lift he not
/ IN great danger" observed Iohan, ewing
! keenly the wave bufleted little craft 10 which
called his attention. IL was heavily laden
with large freight OF fire wood SO heavily
that oven IN the smuoihest weather, the gun
waie would have touched the waters edge
! II was IN the middle OF the river endeavoring
! To ierce lis way up against the stream bv the
aid OF a square and tattcred looking sail, but
every effort Of the men who managed it was
osiiicd 10y the extreme violence OF The waves
which we could plainly see washing over il
from stem 10 stern.
'iIl just wish you good evening, sir, and
hurry on 10 the ferry; and hope the boat
may have succeeded in passing il before ar
rive, Tor that ledge OF rock just above the
| Stallion Is hard 10 steer past ia such a dread
iul squall, % said my companion, with be-
nevoleni anxiety. But . was not disposed to
part with him thus. The dangers te which
the unhappy boamen were thus exposed,
was attraction sufficient 20 lead me closer to
the scene; and old Johan and | proceeded
rapidly together on our way back, hurried
| silently forward by the force Of mere excite
meni, and never losing sight Of The strug-
Cling vessel, which, though i made scarcely
any way, was nevertheless gaining on us, as
We approached the ferry in now nearly par
allie! line with the river
Every moment that led va nearer, showed
! ne the increasing peril OF the frai craft; and
thought could distinguish at times, a de-
| sParIng cry for aid from the two men Who
were imperfectly managing her, and whose
/ gestures, as she was heavily tossed 10 and fro
| by the angry swell, spoke a plain story of
| terrified bel pessness hollow in the road
made US lose sight Of her far fe ~ minutes !;
and az we descended again in breathIess i'm
! patience, we caught new view, which con:
fIrmed our worst fcrebodngs = The boa, Ell
Their from ;he rudder being unshpped, or The
man at The helm being washed down by q
wave, had turned completely round, and was
! swept across 10 almost the other side oi the
river, by the strong side wind and the violent
eddy. Every wave threatened TO swamp il
although ard il was drifting fast into the
| ledge OF rocks alluded TO Ivy Reisschcr, and
over which there was now no foam or break
| ers, scarcely 10 he believed by any one who
has not seen the Rhine in one of lis angriest
] moods. Ne were now within few hun
dred yards of the ferry.
! The cries for help were less frequent, for
there wac, 10 all appearances, no help at
| hand. -Four or five persons, men and wo-
men, stoed al different points on the hanks,
throwing up their hands and screaming I'M
! avsIling advice or consolation 10 the poor
hoatmeD and now and then the dismal echo
of their shouts were felt rather than heard as
and my old companion ran along the slip
perry road
In few minutes more the boat drifted
into an eddy most particularly dreaded by
the old ierryman.
cts all over with her now and there she
goes, sure enough" exclaimed Reisacher
as powerful wave caught the boat under
the side, and turned il keel upwards.
"They must he lost before we can reach
The river" added be, catching at the rail by
the road side, overcome by agitation and OK
, ertiou, while I stopped TO recover my breath
and stared down into the river from the pre-
cipitaie bank. The rain now swept in sheet:
} up the stream, and almost bid every object