The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-06-07

ton is up 10 that Of many OF our gTuat A. /
meTican poets or that / can feel the senti- |
ment OF the situation A. fully even as many a
sea sick girl on her Gut voyage bat still !
love To indulge myself as flr a. my slender
gina Ia ihe sentimental lihe viii permit and,
a. ] said, generally I enjoy myself at sea ve-
~ much, But this voyage was an exception
i could neither read Sleep nor think and
a. ior anything like quiet communion with
nature, !, was out Of the question in such
TpUrfurr marine pGndem0sium as th6 Af0fcsco.
In three weeks We reached Aiavo, the L.
land 20 which We were bound and anchored
In the Eoadstead While getting in our car
60 Of salt, which took US about two weeks,
things went on rather more quietly; but It
was only lull before The storm. Two days
!hut Grnm MaEa, eaE tl,ir,l man irii II Sirk, uuti
was compelled to keep his berth. This re-
ducea the mates watch % himself and Bill
while my watch was composed Of Jack and
the boy,
II was in the mates middle watch on the
fourth night after We had started for home,
that was aroused by the usual sound. or Mr.
Clark's voice, in tones Of high passion. /
heard him exclaim with An oath, "Fl have
your llfe, you villain I'll murder you r. and
then irll a torrent Of imprccadonA To this
some muttered reply was made, which, as !
was almost half asleep at the moment, could
not understand and then came quick, hea-
w tread Of fest on deck. "I1l cut your heart
out" exclaimed the mate. And I then heard
a noise OF seuilling- choking sound, and the
T., fail Of a bod y o'F'leek .---------
, AT this moment was sensible, from the
motion Of the brig, that she was rapidly fall
ing or from the wind aud fearing that shs
would come round by the ice and be taken
abAck, jumped from nay berth, aud vhils
slipping on my clothes, shouted TO Mr. Glars
I 10 mind his helm but he made no answer"
stopped only for my trowsers and pea jack
ct, and hurried up. Ash emerged from th'
S companion way, heard a heavy splash il
1 the wGtrr, over thS starbolrd quarter, and
saw Mr. Clark leaning over the bulwark ant
I with one hand holding on 10y the maintopnlaa
e breast backstAy.
, "Lowcr away the boat - he suddenl,
p cr away the boat, quick quick Bill has jump
f red overheard save him, for Gods sake 20
rIIold 90 I exclaimed, "boiay there" As N
4 Clark jumped TO the tafrail, and began i
n cast of the boat falls
b "Into the boat quick, into the boat, ,"shout
!, ed the mate, Ia hoaIse aud conVulsed tone
q stop, Mr. Clark" said /, laying my han,
r upon his shoulder, and drawing him bacI
4 from the tahrail. What shall we man tn
h boat for ?"
;, - 4Enr Rill.-Rill il aIerhnard- iuralcl
overheard ?"
"lfBill is overheard" interposed, Jack, i
a surley tone, "its the best place for him,
4 guess look at this" And Jack strctche
. out his hand in the binnacle light.
BLOOD how IS that 2"
"Why, here on dcck-and see, You ca
, feel it on the quarter deck and here is som
= hair mixed wis, it. BllS-hair, by heaven
exclaimed Jack, holding lock of bloody hal
: in the light of the galley lantern, which tn
old wooden-legged black cook now brough
e forward.
C "And see here, here is his knife all cover
y led with blood; heard Clark ask him for
n not ten minutes since.
$ mir Clark" continued Jack, sdeling u
q to the mate, with most truculent and low
ering visage and tone, ''you1l swing for thi
= IT there's any law IN The land, heard hi
% cry murder, and I've heard you threaten
= take his life more than once"
a MAN the boat! man the boat" shrieEe
;. the mate, wringing his hands, and franticall
! grasping the boat fails,
:. "At this moment il occurred TO me ths
6 perhaps the sailor might have beeu. merel
N wounded; and although the chance of picl
ing him up was small, it was worth the a
=, tempt, If only for the mates sake. So direc
= ing the boy TO hoist a small lantern in tn
:, rigging, while the old cook was to mind Ii
~ helm, and keep the brig aback, the boat WI
70 lowered, and jumping into it with Jack an
a the mate, pushed OIL. With such convu
:, siye strength did Mr. Clark bend his oar, thu
!. had to direct the whole force of the ruddt
!. against him, to keep him from pulling Jac
! round and round. Stoutly we rowed out
= the darkness to the leeward. till the light j
p the distant brig shone like fixed star,
'. small the parallax, or change in the angle o
d vision, as it rose and fell upon the undula
ing sea. Frequently we stopped and lister
ell and frequently the mates aguuizin
voice went over the Kissing waste of water
but no groan of the dying came back in repl,
There's not much use in this work" es
claimed Jack.
!, II knew that he spoke the truth and afte
|. two hours hard pullingr sternly ailenced NJ
Clark's remonstrances, and ordered the boa
:, back to the brig. As we mounted to tn
! deck, the purplish light Of dawn streamed I
cross the water. The murderer turned h
!, ghastly face toward f,e, and in a half ss9sii
|, ing tone, exclaimed, 1-~--..~
n ',He jumped overheard"
looked him steadily in the eye for a mc