The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-03-08
The Pilots Roy
ny caARLEs J, PETERSON

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onhe.ee and hutnS II tur'our'y o"""
a. ina, the ocean sermed' Va" v"
nr fam. The cloul, hung W" ~
I.,k .enn,mS oo the irrI'oe ''''
,Iow IL WIS one Of the mos '"'
,amoeas thn had for years deVs''e'
A,hnllc coast 49,, ,vb;
6n low sandy beach, again" Wu' w
,h. wave, numbered un'h the grow
.honk beneath them, stood mIi Mi,t
and her daughter s'zlos aHS.slv a,H,Sssslv krp
ward regardless OF iNHcsir eyes win
erml was the yep of the spray, app'
dlihcullsiog for some object Oh me
I'm. Suddenly lhe child c'ied--
'Morher--lhere they are!
She pointed with trembling hngel
ss she spoke, aud following lis directIor
The mother beheld whi'e spcck like
AXE of snow, amid the dark waters o
of The horizon Il rose aud fell, bu
kept constantly Increasing in size, as Il
approaching.
Oh! Lord, I thank thee, said the mo
iher, claspng her hands and looking up
TO Heaven.
The father of my babes yet lives
save him for thy sake.'
II would have melted the s'ernes'
hear, to have heard The deep emotion
with which she breahed that prayer.
Then with hands clssped before her
she stood silent, watching The little
baIqus which contained her husband
and her only boy.
And bravely did that gallant erai
Struggle through the Tempest Now
i, would be lost to sight in whrlwind
Of foam as u plunged through head
sea, and now il would re.sppear, its
white sail glauciug like The wing of
gull. A, times the wind would press
with such force on the close reefed
canvass rs TO lay her mast nearly leveI
with the pillows, so that the mothers
hear, nearly sunk within her, for il
seemed then as il the brave barque
would never recover herself, and again
the frail spar would struggle upwards,
and The boa, skim along for space, like
spirit walking the deep
For nearly half an hour the little
baroue was thus visible; and during thai
period the suspense Of the mother wa
worse Than the most intolersble agony.
Que moment she saw herself berefl Of
those she loved, and again hope would
resume ils sway in her bosom, only,
however TO be again over'hrown by
the next surge that broke over the de-
voted craft. |, seemed miracle thai
the boa, had lived 80 leng and even the
sauguine hopes Of mother could not
long pursusds her she should see her
darling boy again. go,
A, length one moin'sinous bIIlo"
wn . en- advancing, its huge breast llf'
ing itself slowly up, The masses OF wa
ter pilipg one over another until they
seemed TO minge with The black clouds
above; then speek Of foam suddenly
sppesred on The extreme top OF the
wave, which spreading rapidly to rlgh
aud left until the crest was everywhere
crowded with il, the huge bulk o
piled wa'ers ,umblng headlong, and tn
boat, which had been seen second be
fore laborng in the trough OF the SCI
beneath was lost 10 sight forever in th'
white chs6ng whirlpool.
The mother held her breath as thu
waters fell and remained like one srucl
by basllisk, gazing on The fierce vor
tex. as i! hoping even against hope 'hs
the boat would re.sppear; but momen
after moment passed until it seemed Il
he. as If hours had passed and yet n
aeign CT ,hs bsrque was visible. A
length the waters partialysubsided; an
other billow swept over the place wher
the first had broken; and then TIE mas
of the Itule craft rolled upward; but tn
hull was nowhere visible.
'Tkey are losI--oh! my dear fshe
and Harry another can't you saw
thpmi' said the child, in accents Of III
mos, hear, breaking grief.
Bul the mother answered not. Sh
looked wildly ST her daughter, and The
ran, like one distracted, 10 the edge O
the surf, venluring SO far down wit
The undertow lhs, it appeared lncredibI
that she could escape The angry breaker
Here she slfaNed her eyos again I
see if size could catch glimpse Of III
crew Of lhe i'll faied boat. but nothn
was visible sxcep, the black surges car
ped with foam; and no sound wac hear
but the roar Of Inc hurricane:
'Oh. father in heaven! she cried,
accents of thst stony grief, which ono