The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-10-08
Tro,9 the Portland transcript.
THE WRECKER'S DAUGHTER.
ny CHARLES p. ILsLEY.
FART FIRST. CHAPTER NJ.
No hand did aid him

That man was saved. M>TrpIS.
cannot speak, tears so distract my words
And choke me- win muurrablc joy orwH.
Ir had 90, 10 be pretty well along in the even
Ing by the time the schooner had beat out Of the
cove. A thin, white, lumincus mist hung like
silvcry veil over the laul, rnyeoplng the whole
voas, in its delicate folds: but about plslcl-shot
from the shore the atmosphere was perfectly clear,
and the moon looked down in uncoudcd bright
ness.
1t was hut short time before the little wreck
ins-schooner emerged from the land-log into the
clear moonlight.
Strange, strange where they can be- mul,cred
the old man 10 himself as he threw a hasiy glance
over The gslcnng ocean. Do you see anything
there for ard = he demanded in loud voice.
Not sign Of ,ains, sir'
Keep good look-ou,-lhey must be some
where neat
'Ay, ay, srn was the prompt response from one
Of the hands, who was stationed in the weather
Fore rigging gazing into the olng.
The breeze had begun to lreshen fast, causing
quite smart chop Of the sea-hc sky looked
watc'y, and there appeared every sign of a com
ing storm.
'Greasy- looking weather. said ono of the men
as he cas-, glance at the southern sky; There Is
a southeastern breeding, and we shall have an ugly
night Of it,
Throwing ha.,y sNunces around him wl'hou,
seeing the object Of his search, the wrcckcr him
self now began to grow little anxious. The wind
had been lr for the return Of the boat all day, II
she had gone on to the usual fishing ground, and
what could proong her stay was mystery to him.
He began to think some accident had occurred, Tor
he could no, bring h, mind TO believe iha! Eilens
suspicious Of Antonio were true.
The schooner had jus, weathered Dead Mans
Ledge, and was standing to the southwark, close
hauled on the wind, when one Of the men forward
sung out that he saw something floating ln-shore.
The words had scarcely left his lips when distant
hail came from the quarter designated. All eyes
were turned in that direction, but for sometime
nothing could be seen--even the man himself who
first discovered the object having lost sight OF IT,
Shortly second IIalloa came family over the
water, and in patch of moonlight, that gmmer.
ed about an eighth Of mile or more on their lee
quarter, a small object was just visible floating on
the surfaee, but what it was they could not make
out.
It is the boat-shc is capsized, and they on
her bot,om!' was the startling exclamation Of the
old man as he jammed the helm hard a-port and
bore away for the object
1T must have been a white squall, he cohtin-
ned, as the schooner wore and was running down
before "A smart breeze; i caispaw--a sudden iiaw
from the land--for we have had no wind on shore
to-day
As the schooner drew near the supposed boat,
SO that objects could be distinctly observed,
some one remarked there was but one person TO be
seen.
'Only one only one!' said the old man quickly
then the other is lost. Pray God it be not young
Irving! Boat ahoy!' he shouted in the same breath
and in an excited voice.
sHalloa' was the answer sent back.
sWho--who answersi again shouted the wreck
or. with a tremulous staInmer.
Mr. Irving, SIR