Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-02-21

lHFN ltaltN HluIt lHaN wv N"N"f"'''' 'l'
sight Of the devoted brig, however, which
was now lhshed by the spray that broke from
the towering rocks, took away all thought Of
themselves, and with quickened steps they
has,oned to the shore. Their. mus, have been
shrieLs Of agony on boaid iha, dOomed bark,
bu, the roaring voice Of the tempest druwned
them ere they reached the ears II ihoss on
shore. There mus, have been prayers too, -
bu, these we're Tor tho ears Of One Who CON.
mand, the tempest. and he never fails to
hear.
The brig was setting N t.'ccsiy upOl a
large reef that made ou, jos, to tie south
ward Of tho cliiT, aud furIhrr to tho south Of
which still, there was kind of opening, sey.
cral rods IN width. which made in from the
sea up to the beach. Bidding his wife and
daughter take the end of the Inc, and b.
ready tn haul IN whenever they felt . strong
prll upon il, the old man started ont over the
reef. From rOck To rock he clan.bercd, and
but for his minute knowledge Of every crack
and jui, he must have been washed olT ere he
had GOT half way out. ba, though every step
seemed bot the mex, one to death, yet he
struggled on and ere long he was uron tie
outer extremity Of the reef.
On came the brg-nearr and nearer 10 III,
place Of her dcsirueiion--and a, las, she
struck Again and again did her heavy stern
dash agarns, the rocks, and a, length rs she
lifted upon 4 breaking, dlshirg swell. .hc
came down lur the lasi time With fearful
crash her ,imbess were rent asnudcr, and lh.
i-iaicd bark soon iound her grave
That sturdy old watcher upon the rocks
saw the struggling forms Of the crew, as they
grasp,d the ,ha,,eriag fragments far suPPor,
ard with an eagle ESQ b, aa;cheI fo' h.s uP.
por,uuI,y to reader hi, aid. A, length u
c,np. Two men, who made oa, TO rsich ll,c
bows after tho brig Gnl struck, bad secured
,hcnsulyc, 70 pies, OF tho bend which bad
spli, from the culaa,5r 10 ,hs forward chain
plates. AID together lhey wcrg struggling
with ID; waves bu, alone they could 90,
have saved themselves, for they were being
dashed pas, ,h, r9,'' of lle ref upon ,iic
sharp snI cr,rred roc, .eyoad.
q" Noa or n,ycr," Shouted the I'D m-a, IS
thc piece uf wreck Was nAr.rg past, and
With igryenl "GOd help me ." he le;Ped
from the rock rs fsst touched ,hs Coating
mass jos, IS It va, curling over breaking
wave, and falling quickly upon bis breast, hs
~-.sy1E 1r IlsutI-s '. t,- s''.' .s..a. -.fs'
brlc.l himself fgr the issue. The surg,ug oi
thc wreck cav1 Tia required pull upon lha
line, which wls ll,hsI around h', body, ani
in a uon,a, more the hs'5,; women o. shore
were polling With all their might. Each
time. As the soul rcgh,ci piece Of wreck
settled into tn, trough Of the sea, d,d i tend
uoarc, tie open space towards the clear shore,
and. Q, the cad Of dNe:n minutes Il grated
upon the smooth sand
b. the time the rah reached the shore, s.y.
er4l ashermen, who lad heard the signs
guns, arrived upon the spot, aud more dead
than ,liye ,Ac three mcn--iho savior ard ,he
sa,cd-vsro taken to the eastman, cot,
where warm Gre and careful attention soon.
restored them To animation. Oh Storms was
the frs, oar 10 return 10 CONSCIOUSNESS sut %
he sav the two men whom he had SAVED no.
wing with he. he fell upon his knees and
thankrI God liiAi be had done hstgiy. Bot.
be- finished un, h, payer, for o, 'uc Grs'
tones uf bic voice sounded through ,hc room,
Doe younger Of 10: two men whom be- had So,
we'd spr,ug from hi, halfaneonsc.ous sa'' and
ragel aLlu, hun. Fox a mom1n, De sal.d,
aal then ,oucring forward TO ahcr, the old
man kael, be fi!l ugon that aged bosom 'at
mlrmured
Father, fillcr-omy father" Head
no more
Oh,, b.m, ben, upoa Tia, SPOT Tie.
mother and ia, dluctHer kEol, by the father
aal the tDn, and together their almost burst
ing hearts -, forth their thanksgiving.
The clock struck twelve The utD YEAR.
had gone! Around the blazing FIRE were
drawn the chairs, bu, they were al filed !
and from amid the thousand and ono answers
,hl, the restored Robert was obliged to give
to h!, mother and sister, they cleaned a kno~l-
edge Of the manner in which be was saved IN
the Indian O;,lu six years bsf5's.
The Nrw YEAR had dawncd, and though
some there were who lived no, TO s'e IL, yet
within rha, humble cot all was calm snd
p,,cefl loy. Sa more did the Old man gaze
in sorrow upon ,ha, meInenIo Of bis supposed
loss, for the boy Of hi, love was returned to
him, and now was joyfully Oiled THr EMPTY
CuMs.