Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

sake attend to clearing away tibet boat, | will
see to those yards
oh! he's gone, he's gone, Neddy's gonc,'
cried Mrs. Ambury, a C0hsul's lady, who
had taken passage wi b Us at Calcutta, and
with whom little Ned was a great ~favoritG,
and who rushed on dock nc tho first QUERY,
and had stationed herself abaft the round
house, wringing her hands and screaming at
The top of her lungs, cheering Ned, telling
him TO strive and keep himself up, for tho boat
was going to him.
oh no ma'am, dat no ID on de top oh dc
next wave said Sambo, j SEQ do blue cap;
10 was only in dc trof Of do sea-
cut Cntl cried Capt. Arcott TO the men
Mt the boat, don't for heavens sake stop TO
unknot anything, but cut and let go by the
rum m
Is that boat ready, Mr.. Mason = continued
the captain with great vehemence.
Yes, sir, al ready, but 1t 10 only death 10
lower it in this sea-
What What, sir are you afraid to 90 in
the boatl Out Of the way, sir Ill go, and
will teach you your duty-l0Wcr away cried
h0 to the crew, six of whom, good stout fell
lows had stationed themselves in tho boat,
at tho same time the captain jumped to thcrail.
mo eir, hold on; ] I'm not afraid TO lose my
ilfo in The performance Of y duty, and espe-
Cially Ia u duty Of this kind merely spoke
Of the hazard to remind you Of duty you viii
owe to me # / En- lost,-~Capt. Arcott-my
mother,'-and a tear stood in thgs noble fol-
lows eye.
Enough, Mr.. Mason, enough, know all
you would say,-she shall DO cared for, I've
wronged you, and here's my haud.-Go, and
God bless you. Your duty is THERE mine
ID here
Lower away my fine fellows, and don't
get swampcd alongside ; lower away
rotrndly-now's your time, just as that sea
leaves yoi-lct CO. and the boat dropped
into the sea on the crest Of Il that
bore them some distance from the ship,
drenching the crew and half filling the boat.
Bail, two Of you, and give way the rest
said Mr.. Mason, Selling the tiller, and
turning the boats head into the sea.
God bless you, Mason, you'll save him
yet,' said the Captain, apparently much
relieved as he saw the p%rOmptitude and
decision which Mr.. Mason exercised in
his emergency
Such Of the ships crew as were left on
board, now assembled aft 10 watch the
progress ofthe boat, and to catch a glimpse
oflittle Ned as he rose now and then on
he crest Of a wave. That faint, heart
sick and dcathlikc feeling that ever per
vadcs the heart Of man when he looks on
bis fellow beings danger, and is unable to
obyiate it, was stamped on the features Of
all-not u breath, not a whisper, for d
long while escaped them, but with eyes in.
tcngy fixed on the boat and Ned, they
gazed.-The gallant boat breasted the
wave MS if determined for herself to save
her little guardian, for it was Ned's boat
that was manned to save him.
1fhe can but hold out a minute longer,
whispered one.
ooh, he'll do that sa 7 he's game, mas.
sa Ned is game to the back bone,' said
black Sambo.
G. Arcott had seized his spy glass and
descended the mizzen rigging as far as the
top, Immediately after the boat left the ship.
and there seated on the boatswain's locker,
he watched the fate of his boy. As may
well be imagined, his whole soul, and APP
parently his life, seemed wrapped in the
issue. His check now pale and his breath
restrained as he beheld the boat with her
brave crew sink down into the trough ofthe
sea, and his body would stoop Unconscious
ly, to accompany the act now his body
would rise, and his check flush, and his
eye brighten as the little boat rose on the
next wave.
Acw more strokes more, my brave Gl.
lows, and he is. saved"
ooh my God he's gone, when almost
within their grasp. No no !! they have
him; they have him 7 and the over-cxci.
ted Captain fell back for an instant on the
locker from which, in the enthusiasm Of
the moment, he had risen, and his glass
fell with a heavy crash on the deck.
'Hurrah Hurrah 7 burst those on deck
and was born over the wave far to the lee.
ward, with a joyful shrillness that seemed
to wake the very deep.
Hurrah! hurrah 7 echoed the boat's
crew as they stood with barred and per-
spring brows and hcaving breasts over
their rescued pet. Oh twas a scene for
a painter, those hardy, red-shirted seamer
standing over little Ned with tears of JOY
in their eyes, u~nmindfi ofthe oceans rage;
danger-why, what was it to them I they
risked their lives daily let old Neptune
roar, what cared they? They had their
pet-they had him, but not safe-he was
yet to be takeu on board, which was moi
the least dangerous part ofthe feat. Mr.
Mason after seeing Ned placed across
athwart in as good a position as possible
seized again the tiiler, and the tiller boa.
was soon riding over the waves like
sea-gull. His skill alone saved them,
for several times was the boat nearly fill
ed with water, but he watched the sea
with an eagle eye, and was soon along
side.
Capt. Arcott seeing the boat safe. undo.
the lee quarter, now descended from the
mizzen top, vowing to himself thai he new.
er would step foot on board ship again un
less he was well provided with life boat
and buoys.
A rope wal thrown, and Mr.. Masor
with little Ned in his arms was drawn Oh
board. Ned was Immediately taken h
the cabin by the Captain and steward am
was soon restored.
Mr.. Mason took charge Of the quartz
deck, had the after yards filed away am
braced up, the tack and sheet aboard, ant
soon no one would have known that any
thing unusual had occurred, unlessthey no
ticed the self-satisfied air worn by ever
one, or had seen the frequent glances di-
rected to the cabin doors. Soon Ne.
made his appearance looking a little paie
after his dive, but a smile was on his Iii
and a tear in his eye as he grasped thu