The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-04-18

On becoming more collected found nv
boat half flied With waller, riding lie
short heavy waves, aud every second
! expected 10 TO under or b. capsis~i.
and ~ drown. this not occurring, be-.
gan to look abou, mc. | found The cord
hy which l was tied pa,.cI over ry
shoulder. managed ,o ee, i, N nav mouth
and gnaw il aparf. Iii, ioose;.cd my
, bands. 80 that IN II few minutes I freed
myself and sat up. With an old cup
ihai found in The boa, bailcd out the
water, and then breaking up on. OF ,hc
seats. managed the it'll. affair 30 a, TO
'hip no more of the waves, and in this
way rode ou, the storm and the night.
liy morning the wind had somew hat
snRsidod, bat - exhausted was hy fear
ard iMigue. tia, WAS forced to Ii, dow n.
and was soon sound asleep. When A.
wakencd the sun VA setting. and as far
rs could see on either side was drea.
ry waste q: waters. Strange a, il may
sound, was greatly relieved. feared
nothing 80 much as falling into the hands
Of that terrible mol.
The full moon came ou', masking the
scene light almost Us day, and gentle
breeze sp,ineing up, took my coat, fas-
tened 1t on the broken seat, and with this
for a saiI, driiicd rs near as could max G
out by the stars. in north c.is,ierly di-
rection. ] knew sooner or later | must
strike the Canada shore, but how far
lad been carried in the storm. | could
not of course determine. Through that
long night l!oatcd on. saw the moon
go down and the Stars fade into the cold
gray light Of morning. and then the sun
came up with the calm clear day, but no
land could be soen--no,hing hut the
glmmering water. imagined once Of
seeing a sail in the dim distance, but if
on" it Immediately disappeared. ALvu,
noon noticed something floating near
me, anl on padding my boa, alongside
found il bale Of goods carefully corded
together. fastened it almost without
motive to my boat, and again lying down
was ,oon asleep.
was awakened by shout and start
lns up, found ! WAS running close to n
wooded shore. and number or men star
ing in wonder at my appearance. In
answer to my request, on, Of them wad-
ed in and pulled my boat to land. |
learned to my great satisfaction, that |
he'd reached the Canada side. within a
few miles Of -. 1t was supposed that
] had been shipwrecked, to which my
goods n, once gave coloring, and sccur-
cd for me Kind reception. On open
ing III, bale, next day. | found it filled
with costly silks and velvcts, and so ad.
mirably packed, the water had little
damaged them. This had probably been
lost from some wreck in the late storm,
and noting the address with intention
OF repayment some day, sold the con.
tents. aud with the proceeds made my
way TO New York, where | after my
mothers death, joined an expedition tit
ing out for -, in South America
In this new home / married, and engag-
cd in merchandise. There lived until
| learned, few months since. my iuno-
ccncc of that cruel deed had been made
known by tho confession Of the real Grim
inal."
When he lad finished rcooun,ing lis
strange escape, the lawyer rising. abrubi
ly. caught him by the ann, and pointed
to the open window. They looked and
saw Il gaunt figure. with sunken eyes,
pale checks. and long grey hair, in the
gloom OF the evening, move silently a.
long.
"Tlat.' said iLe lawyer, "is Mr.
II. Since the night Of the Grim
malls conit ssion, his intellect, never very
strong, has been complete wreck. E..
cry evening he wander. 10 the lake.
II stormy, no cntreaiios can induce
him TO seek a shelter, but. hour after
hour, he PAGES The shore, as if every mo.
ment he expec'ed some revelation from
lis troubled waters"