Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-11-11
|, WIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1852.

before he could reply, the Captain
shouted
Hold on there. Mr.. Vilbert don't
send that boy up there. If he should fall
and be killed it would be downright mur-
/ der.n
80 Cos eos guayde m (Heaven pre-
serve you-) exclaimed the boy as he bound
ed forward. and seizing the Captains hand,
eagerly pressed it to his lips.
At that moment a strange lurid glare
/ lit up the heavens, and every object about
the ship was as plainly visible as though
/ 1t had been MONDAY. 1t was not light
ming but seemed rather to proceed from
the murky atmosphere itself and appear
ed to roll in from all points of the COM
pass towards the ship, in undulating
waves like the beautiful corrugatious of
aurora borealis it was just such light
as one wonld have imagined to light up
the recess of the Russian forests from the
midnight flames of burning Moscow.
! On the topsail yard the men were strain
| ing every nerve to furl the sail The
/ yard arms were rolled in, and the gaskets
| half passed, when a rushing noise like the
escape of pent up steam arrested our at
tentlon, and turning our eyes in the direc-
tlon from which it came, we beheld. not a
mile astern of US. the whole surface of the
water converted into a mass Of boiling
driving foam, by the hoarse breath of the
| coming tornado Long spiral wreaths of
mists were caught up from the leaping
waves and came driving on, white as the
whirling drift from the SUBMITS of our
/ New England hills hurried onward by
I the winter hurricane
Come down down from aloft there
every soul Of ye-in with ye; and down
/ for your lives Do you hear Let the
sail go and come down !"
| Thus yelled the excited captain. and
in came the men off the yard, and down
} TO the deck by the back stays-and the
last man had just cleared the rigging,
when the hurricane burst upon the ship in
all its wild yelling fury 1 said the last
man had gained the deck--I did not
mean that for there was one who needed
not the captains warming, and still re
NAMED on the yard The man was Man
uel. the noble Portuguese sailor, the friend
of the boy Diego
/ Obstinately he clung to the almost furl-
/ ed sail, after all the others had left the
yard. Twice the captain screamed to
him after the others had reached the deck;
but he needed him not, and he was there
alone when the most terrific gust broke in
wrath upon the quivering ship.
Then commenced the most desperate
struggles | had ever witnessed The pu-
ny arm of man battling with one of ma
lures mightiest elements. In an instant
the buut of the heavy topsail filed with
wind and boiled ont forward of the yard
/ like an inflated balloon but the daring
sailor smothered it IN with giant strength
and had almost secured it Ten pounds
more, or the aid of another pair of hands,
and the sail would have been saved. But
i second blast wilder than the first. tore
the canvass from his grasp, and the next
moment 1t was rent from the yard by the
tremendous power of the gale and the
brave sailor who had so nobly periled his
( own life to save it. was hurled backwards
to the deck Stunned and confused bv
the Tapping fragments of the torn sail. he
lost his hold. was precipitated backwards
clear off the top, and would doubtless
have been killed on the spot, had it not
been that IN the descent, he fell across the
mizzen stay. which partially broke his fall
NCheI- Aii1lC L itNG Z Sudl L LDTZtL lDaJ
shrill piercing scream of agony which
broke from tie lips Of the beautiful Bra
lillian boy, as be rashed forward and flung
himself upon the inanimate body of his
unfortunate friend
Keep her square before it sir, said the
captain to Mr. Vilbert and here three
or four of you take this brave fellow into
the cabin"
The boy cluug convulsively to the body.
and would only relinqujsL his grasp about
his neck when assured him be should ac-
company US to the cabin. and be permit
ted to remain with his friend
Upon examination it was found that
/ Manuel had received no serious injury.
! having been merely stunned By the fall
and it was almost certain that provided it
proved that he had not been hurt inter
/ nalIy, he would, in the course of a few
days be able to return to his duty. The
captain had a bed prepared for him. by
turning two Of the settees together aud
placing a matrass upon them, and after
doing all for him that was deemed neces-
sary, he spoke kindly to the boy, giving
1 him permission to remain and nurse his
friend and then returned to the deck
to look after the safety of the ship.
/ The boy remained beside the couch till
Manuel was fully restored to conscious
! ness when he conversed with him for
/ few moments il so low tone that could
/ hear nothing that was said. after which
+ he left the cabin, but soon after returned
with bundle, which / concluded was a
change Of clothes. either for himself or
{ friend and perhaps for both. took up
/ a book. and seated myself at the table, with
my back towards the settee, soon be-
came wholly absorbed in the work, and
/ for perhaps an hour I remained entirely
unconscious of all that was passing in the
cabin. st length was aroused from my
waking dream by the fervent tones of the
/ BOWS voice. as he exclaimed" Que feIj-
+ ceae0 - (what happiness , I turned to
/ look at the boy aud the next moment I
/ sprang from my seat IN mute wonder, for
as live, there beside the couch of the in