Liberty advocate., 1843-12-02

IIoWeu 10 tno island, 10 thS P'aco Wnel
, The noble comely boy was flung, as rec
: upon the rash waves. They rowed a
round it, and seNched every crev.co an
rock, but no sign Of the lost boy was
be found.
They went homo and committed then
selves, with all their sorrow and aiIliclioI
meekly, but with lAth firmly fixed
) their hearts, to bookkeeping of God ;ifo
where else could they have looked for cor
ISOLATION. What a blessing, what priv
ege it is when no friends are near, Of
when darkness and difficulty begin
thlcken and throng around us, and we ar
left in the midst Of trouble, which, pei
haps, they have assisted 20 bring upon u
when foes pursue till theirlrage an
malice is appeased and they have satiu
ted their vile thirst for vengeance upon us
and we are driven into the very jaws O
ruin, aud calumny and slander settle up
on our name.-Ah! what q blessing it is
that there is one Friend we can yet lool
to, who Is not influenced by the caprice
Iof popularity who is friend to the vir
tuous and honest motives of the heart
however paradoXical they may appea
when coutrasted with our outward &C
tions--to whom we may address our sup
plications for assistance and mercy, anl
they will never be relu sed.-Wh pro
Itecting arm isaround US alike upon the
land and the sea. A Being whom we
may love and that love will be requitted
Though the family appeared resigned
to the wiki of God, in thus deprlving then
of the society Of a son and brother, know
ing that his ways are mysterious an(
past finding out" believing through hi,
infinite wisdom and goodness, il was to re
suit in some wise end, yet there must bC
time Of tears and Of mourning; for who
that mourns not the loss of kindred o
"the beautiful dead"
Days, weeks and months, passed away
as all time must pass, and this lone, sea
gul family became more and more resign
ed to their affecting bereavment. The
daughters assisted the old man TO ID The
labor which he had been deprived of il
the loss OF his son, anu the mother resu
med her wanted domestic duties will
more caImneSs, but with her usual aSsid
ulty.
About four moaths from the time Of til,
disaster we have just related, ship wa:
seen coming out from the gulf stream
with her royals up, and her standing salt:
set, and fresh breeze abeam, she seem
ed bearing down upon the island, as she
strided far and fast upon the 6 assy plain
The old man took the spyglass in his
trembling hand, and, after looking
through it q minute, said TO his wife, 81
believe it is the store ship coming"
Snow, poor George is gone, there is
nobody 10 take in the horser," replied the
old lady.
"Ah, if they give us good throw" re-
turned Mr., Sianly, "the girls and | can
save it,"
The ship was soon along side, and a
sailor who stood against the main stays
followed in a grutf voice, "catch the rope,
there" as he flung The coil from him.
The old man succeeded in getting hold Of
the rope, and the horser was drawn out
and hitch made and the ship brought to.
The father, the mother and all, stood on
he shore looking upon the STANCE faces
On board the ship. A plank was put out
and the Captain and young, passenger
ooking man came off.
"Who is that young man7" said NADIA,
h. q la,
'he looks so much the way George used
o.
alt is George" said the proud, delight
ID boy as he sprang into their arms:
Reader, the rest Of the scene must be
eff to your Imagination; futile would be
he effort, if | were to attempt TO describe
he succession Of greetings, smiles, tears,
prayers, thanks and invocations that fol-
owed with precipitation OF drama:
Be it enough TO say, that the lost boy had
-eturned in health and safety, and much
from his "tour beyond the sea-"
The sequel is short.-A vessel on her
voyage from New Orleans TO LIv-
rpool, having been blown off her course
uring the storm, neared The island on
which George was lost. A passenger on
oard was scanning the shore with the
hips glass, when he discovered what he
elieved to be o person lying upon the
each. The sails were backed, and the
hip hove to, and boat was sent to ex-
mine the object. They found the boy
reathless, but not quite cold, upon the
hore of this barren isle, where, doubt
'ss, he had been washed up by the waves.
Afler moving him, he showed some slight
ldications ol life. They removed him
D the boat and took him abroad, and the
hip went on her way. After several
ours, during which he received every '
ttention which the hand of kindness and |
friendship could render, he opened up his
yes in the midst Of a little world Of stran- /