Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-05-27

OF disappointment, it's Harry Martin.
| Oil surely, young man, you have not
come totriumph over my Distress
God forbidi' was the .fervent reply,
4 come to aid you, if indeed mortal
man can in an extremity like this. Let
bygones be bygones. Only answer me
one question, for no time is to be lost
Twill you give me your daughter if
succesd inrescuing her?' ssaas ag,sS, s.s,sl
ae There was q momentary pause and
tkes muscles zof his face worked convoi-
siyely. All pressed forward to hear his
answer, for the fury with which the old
miser had pursued his daughters lover,
and his declaration that he would rather
see her dead, than marriedto the young
man, were known to every listner.
At length he gasPed, %o
Eyes, yes, but go at once. Only save
her and she shall be yours. PR s.,
The youth paused no longer, but
dashed through the crowd. In a minute
his boat was ahoat, and acc ompanied
by solitary indiyidual--for but one
fisherman, and he under great obliga>
tons to the young man, could be per-
suaded to risk his life with her lover,
he SET forth. The boat rose gallantly
on the waves, shaking like a duck the
spray from her sides, and for few min
utes was seen momently cutting the
outline Of the gloomy sky as she attain
ed the summit Of the billow; then she
gradually passed into the darkness and
was seen no more.sss IF .,. ...9.
For more than an hour the crowd
remained on the beech, almost incred.
ulous Of the lovers success, and yet
lingering in the faint hope that he might
return with his precious freight. That
he had the good wishes of all was evi'
dent from the eagerness with which
they strained their eyes into the gloom
to see ifhe was returning, and the aud.
ible prayers for his success which were
treathed by more than one of the wo.
men. Apart from the general crowd
stood the fisherman whom the miser had
last appealed to, surrounded by a few
kindred spirits, who were discussing
with him the chances of the young man.
return. sa 4 4si as Taam j, e. ss..4s
ut was madness to attempt it," sale
the fisherman, "but when ! found he
would 60, insisted that he should make
his conditions with the old man, before
he ventured, for you see, if his daugh.
ter was once restored to the usurer's
arms, mighty little gratitude would he
have for her preseryer, and Harry
would stand as bad chance as ever
Between US, think she thought a:
much Of the young man as he did Of her
and if her father sent her away, and
more than suspect, to drive Martin,fron
her thoughts, her present danger seems
something like the retributlon of high
er power as a punishment for his con
Duct But bark, was not that hallo!'
Every eye Wasturned seaward in the
direction the fisherman had indicated
that he heard the hail, but nothing coulo
be seen except the white foam of the
breakers in the foreground, and the
lowering clouds behind forming 9
chaotic mass Of darkness. Nor was
any sound save that of the roaring TEN
pest borne to the ear. r.-a
"Harkp' at length said another one
"there it is againp' ...
e. Every one listened, and now a halle
was heard family through the thick
gloom seaward. One of the fishermen
shouted, and a reply was distinctly
caught in the lull Of the tempest. A few
minutes Of breatheless suspense follow.
ed, during which every eye was strain
ed to the utmost. ,ae -aqsr
39 "There it is, there il is, at length
cried one, ''see-just rising on yonder
waveP wv ~ @.,o~.s I'D s-.[.' .,,...' ~. -.
II see it," shouted another.
g "Here they come; huzza q miracle, d
miracle ah, how gallantly she breasts
the surge;" we're the exclamations that
followed from the crowd. ..
All rushed to the edge OF the surf
But now the fear arose that the boat
would swamp in the breakers, and
many heart trembled as she rose and
fell frightfully on the surge, showers Of
spray Aying over her, and the water
continually pouring into her Sides
The crowd watched her struggles with
silent ave. TSjsTs 1850 ai,Jea's asoh#
y Z Asfew moments removed all doubt,
and saw the hardy crew and their love
ly3feigh;safely landed, on the beach,
'Fhe miscr hadzstarted from his.seat at
The FIRST intimationi sof the approaching
boat, and stood tremb blingly gazing at
her as she, bufeted the waves; and no
sooner did she. touch The ground, than
he rushed into the retiring surf, and
clasping ghis daughter ffanlically, hung
around her 50 that the fishermen were
forced to, carry them both 10 dry land.
There they would have separated the
two fora moment, but when they spoke