The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-02-18

bending underthe keen gusts, his long
white locks saturated with spray. Mary
turned suddenly toward the rocking ship.
Where are you goingn said the mother
family
Back, to get some covering for father
I and YOU
t Young woman said a seaman standing
t by, 1T may be death to do that-the ship
: may part any minute
: But she gave no heed to remonstrances,
though they came fast and clamorous; she
, seized on the rope, which still hung from
D the ship, and by superhuman effort,
! climbed to the deck and went forward TO
the sieerage. 10 a few moments she reap>
peared, threw over on to the rock bundle
of clothing, and again slid swiftly down
the rope. She had brought her fathers
cloak from the berth where he had left it,
: and blanket, which she wrapped arc und
her mother, saying;-
You see have come safely back, for
God was with me, mother dear.
Before half hour had passed a loud
crash was heard, and a mountain wave
swept away the whole of the forward part
of the vessel!
AS the day wore on, and the fog lifted,
i the ship wrecked beheld desparlngly the
hopelessness Of their situation. They
were cast upon perfectly barren rock,
4 separated from the land by many rods Of
r.
;, an instant: al sea, no sail was in sight, and
o on the shore no signs of human life. They
o were on the coast Of New funndland.
s But the mother aud daughter were alb,
: sorbed in a fearful affiiction which was
e coming fast upon them.
e On that desolate spot, the husband and
e father was dying. He bade them good by /,
: with failing yolce-he gaZed on them
y last look--the breath ceased on his lips -
l. his white face grew rigid, and his spirit
is dwelt where there is no more sea- nor
t hunger, nor cold, nor death.
J When the first wild burst of grief was
: Ger, Mary left the lifeess form with her
mother, and searched around until she
J found wide fssure in the rock, some
What sheltered BY ~, q ag 1edge.
y She then gently took the body from her
l. mothers cunvusive embraces, and with
the assistance Of kind sailor, bore il and
AS laid it there. She kissed once again her
e fathers lips, chilled more with the tem-
d than the tonrh of do |,
p smoot he'd the thin hair upon his brow, and
r wrapping his cloak more closely around
is him, turned and left him forever. She
rs herself was trembling with cold, bat she
'r thought not once of rohbing her poor d ad
d father of his winding sheet.
Rest thou, old saint, with thy cross upon
t, thy breast Though thou lest not deep
at in the dear bosom OF thy native land, but
,r where biilows dash around and the wet
/, sanjs drift over thee-though thy low ed
st ones may not come TO weep above thee,
d though no living thing be near thee but
n the wild sea. bird, dipping her white wing
'e in the surf--God's angel has marked the
II spot and when enrth's graves are opening
e and the sea gives up its dead, thou shall
Y, arise from Thy cold, hard couch on the
=, wave-lashed ruck.
t, Soon after Mary returned TO her moth.
J. er, a shout from their companions told
,r hem that the despaired of help was al
y ;, hand. On looking to the shore, she be-
ID held four or five men, pointing three hug e
th New fuundiand dogs to the rock. A soon
h as the noble creatures caught sight Of The
sufferers, they sprang eagerly into the
n surf. How stnrdily they breasted the
u! wayes--how gloriousIy they leaped for.
y ward 70 the rescue!
b, One after another, the shpwreck ed
Ie were lashed to these gallant delivers and
id carried SAFELY TO the shore. 10 The lind
a. inquiries Of an aged sa lor, who, at eacl
le return Of the noble dogs, had said, 'Now
L! daughter, Mary simply answered, Mo-
10 yel,' and remaiaed holding on her lap the
r, almost IpaniDate form of her mother. A.
p length the mother seemed to rouse her.
ell self, and opening her faded blue eyes
I'd those eyes into which Mary had SO often
,g looked for hope and encouragement, she
70 said: will ihry, darlington my cbild's
le sake, the good God may give me str engtl
ct TO pass through the troubled waters
a. Mary assisted to lash her carefully tc
in one of those mute deliverers, and with
~ arms elias ped about and partly supporting
y her, she accompanied her far out into ihe
ID surf, and committed her to the angry deep
ID Aud there stood Mary Conway-around
ID her the wild sea--her black hair on th.
,. wind, her lips parted, and her cIasped
y hands ontstret ched before her--yet all un-
as needing sea and wind, fvr her heart wa.
~ mother. She saw those aged limbs float