The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-01-15
Vol. II. No. 26. Whole No. SAG.

would they expect her on such a night;would
the little boat ever live OH such Il troubled wa
ter; who would shelter them if they should
ever reach the shore; this was trial but she
conquered it, and in few moments more
stool in the peIting rain and she reached The
hut in safety. But whnt was her dismay
when she found nothing prepared. They
had never dreamed she would venture OF
such dreadful night; but she urged and en-
couraged them and in fifteen minutes they
were on the beach. BY the time the iugiIives
got little distance from The land, the thun-
der roared louder than ever, and the awful
geamings Of lightning seemed 10 threaten
fire at every stroke, every wave seemed 10
drive them nearer and nearer the shore. In
vain labored their weary oars; the boat lay
and suffered herselfto be tossed TO and fro ut
the pleasure ofthe restless water.
The inmates oi'the great house were arouse
ed from their siumbers by the bowling of the
tempest, and the mistress Of that house call
ed her maid TO bring a light, but she answer.
ed not. In vain she called, till at last exas.
perated and enraged she arose vowirg to re
pay her for her neglect She procured
light, when to her amazemcnt and horror I he
girl had fled. I'm five minutes every soul H.
that house was on the search, thinking 8 be
had hidden from the rage of her mistre SO
Every corner was scanned, but she was not
Il.
the howell of old John, bur they had fed also,
and the eye of the mistress was instantly on
the water, and by the help of The vivid flashes
of lightning she espied feeble little boat oc-
cupied by three.
There they are said she in fiendish delight;
now to the boat and we shall soon stop their
troublesome journey. The tempest roared
louder, the lightnings flashed with greater
violence, but still the little boat was seen at
intervals. Five stout hearted men stood ana
trcnbled on the beach to enter that awful
conflict None dared to venture. They re-
turned and told the story; it was Impossible Ia
take them. But the order was bring them
or perish with them. The men were of that
unfortunate class who have no choice. they
knew that to disobey was next 10 dea til: ac-
cordingly three in one boat and two in anoth-
or left the shore; the former struggi ed and
struggled until within one hundred feet Of
that little boat, and another plunge would
blast all the hopes ofthat brave girl. But u
strange commotion of the element shook and
shattered the armed boat till two of the per-
SOUS sank TO rise no more, and the remaining
one left them to their fate.
Cod tempers the wind to the shorn lamhe
and he brought them in safety TO the shore.
They secreted themselves among the rocks
till the evening dawned, and then climbed a
tree and had the satisfaction of seeing their
Pursuers pass under them.
Finally they reached shelter and that
daughter by lIer amiable disposition and in-
dmstrious habits, found many friends who en-
abled her 10 support her aged parents, prov
ed blessing TO the society in which she
stood, and will very likely in the day of ac-
counts, stand among those who have come
out ofmuch ibulation.--.Netc Jersqy Freeman.