Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-05-27

come comparatively faint, aud oven the
fashionable resorts olihe gay aud wealthy
seemed almost deserted.
Among the tide Of human beings that
ebbed forth from the city, one hot and
sultry Angus, morning, were William
aud Albert Lindsey with their families,
each ignorant OF the others destination,
yet both journeying TO the same resor,
of fashion, a noted, and ireqaentcd wa
teripg place. Tho journey was per
formed without either brother taking no
tice OF the other, and with the same icy
indifference, Accommodations were Sc
cured by both at the same hotel Not
so, however, with the children T; they
pnrtook not Of their parents animosties, 3,
but were inseparable during their jour
noy, and afterwards, in their plays,
promenades, their games and romps, their
bathing, boating and fishing excursions
Fifty times a day might the clear, sweet
voice Of little Freddy be heard, calling
TO his father for sympathy in his joyful
frolics With his cousins,o or for expire ssons
of appreciation which he thought they
merited. In this way the stubborn man
was constantly called TO notice the cx-
celieneies Of his brothers. children, and
was brought within tho sphere of their
gentle, loving inhuencc--so that gradu-
ally, there was awakened in his heart a
stiilcd aud dormant love for them, rcm-
niscences of his own boyhood came up
before him and thoughts Of his sainted
mother, and Of much else that tended to
soften and subdue.
One morning, after Mr. Lindsey had
started of on an early eide with his li,tlo
boy, along the hard smooth beach to q
distant light house, it was proposed by n
few at the Hotel to sail across to the
same place, and give them tho surprise
of an unexpected meeting. The propo-
si,ion was Immediately acted upon and
Mrs, Lindsey having accepted an invi-
iaiion to join the merry company, they
started, and after short sail, landed
near the base oi tho lighthouse, spent
m hour or so in fun and frolic, aud then
set of again to the hotel, one party by
land, and the other, by water. Mr.
Lindsey and his boy arrived first ; and
then at The earnest solicitation Of little
Freddy, he walked with him to the land
ing to watch the arrival of the boat Ii
was about the usual dining hour, and one
after another came in from the recrea-
tons and employments' Of the morning,
until nearly all the population of the no.
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upon the piozzas, or at the landing wait
ing the coming Of the boat. Some con-
gregaied there to meet friends, others
from idle curiosity to know how many
fish the boat had taken, others merely to
pass away the time until the dinner bell
should sound.
Soon tho little skin was deserted at
distance, gliding like bird over the
bosom Of the flashing water,rapidly near
ing the shore, until the breeze every
now and then bore to the ears Of those
who awaited her, the sound of song and
laughter from the happy hearts with
which il was frcightod. The group at
tho landing soon made themselves per-
ceptibIe by their waving ofhandkerchiefs
and tossing up Of hats, in frolic, some
we leone Of the boats return, and their
signals were instantly rociprocated by
cheers and like ilutering Of handkor-
chiefs, from the boats company, and a
sail was hoisted to expedite thoir pro-
grcss. There was a brisk breeze, aud
Ihe little boat, already under sufficient
sail, carecned over, 50 as to take in wa.
Ter, when the ladies', alarmed, shrieked,
and started from their seats-and in a
lwinkling, the boat was keel upwards,
and all were in the water. For a few
there was dreadful stiffness
in the ne eighborhood Of the accident, and
hen one after another of the unfortunate
company rose to the surface, each strug-
CLING to gain hold upon the capsized
boat.
On the shore, all was confusion; those
pn the landing ran hilher and thi,her to
find boat, while from the parlors, piaz-
zas, sleeping rooms, and kitchens of the
hotel, from It's bowling-allcys, and It's
stables, and all the adjacent grounds,
there rushed crowd of human beings
down towards the shore. Those who,
an instant before, were listlcss, inactive,
and iounging, started up, as if quickened
with new life, and "a boat capsized y
rang upon the summer air with startling
emphasis. To the landing, to the boat-
houses, to this place and that, here, and
every where where it was deemed proba-
BILE boat might be found, or might not,
they hurried confusedly but not boat
was at hand, not canoe, not scow,
even and there, of in the water, strug-
gled wives, daughters, sisters, husbands,
Sons and brothers, all holding to The boat
and dashed hhher and thilher by the
moving waters.
What did Albert Lindsey , Alas, he
could do nothing First and foremost
among those who ran in ques, Of q boat,
despair srlzed his soul when none was
10 be found. The pailor of death came
over his face, large beaded drops stood
on his contracted brow, a numbncss, and
iciness shyefed through his whole frame
aud his eyes ran wildly over the group
around him.
My vile my wife can't any Of
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