The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-07-08
.Fur tie Eups anh Girls,
RTE LITTLE HERO

clustering aud cold. with every appearance
of storin.wh-n three men stood On TIE beach
near Cape Nav. watching a pilot boat that
Law at anchor in Ike oflinr. Her dark and
graceful hull her slender, mas's. with their
iaun.v air. and indeed her whole general ap-
r.ar,rrc. would have fnrrillv recalled to a
land>man the Lieh melted tlolouch-brr''-
4, her bow rose 10 meet the huge wave tina:
ra.nc rolling in. the tall mas,s swung ba"k-
warl slowly. describing curve against the
l.al,n coorcd ky: then hc>itatinc for an
instant. they pitched suddenly forward head
long. as if to prcci tatr themselves into the
deep. simultaneously. the enormous hillow
came boiling and kissing past the ruidcr, 10
break. 4 few moments after. in thunder on
the shore: while tlic li4ll: craft rose dripping"
like, water fowl after dive. her hull "is-
TENN. in the twilight away back to her very
mainrhairs
Isn't She beauty 2 said one Of t'Ic spec
ta'ors
Little Billy seems TO have 4 hard time
h,;linr ont. The waves pitch him So
TIE lad Alluded to was in small cookie
shell boat. attacked l'v = rope TO the stern OF
the schooner. At every pitch of the latter.
the li-,,. >ki.i SWING ahou:: row hoa:inC
loosely. now hurry;n" after the large craft.
.tv" >a .hc first speaker. Eut he has
30. ~ learn lis craft. and the sooner the bet
tc.. for lis nothing to depend or lnt l..
either for !,,s mamma or himself But what's
that 2 he su,!ltnlv cried, as the piIot-boat
shot al"al Of tie skill, which Immediately
turned hroll>i.le to the waves. 'Whcw i
w." painter amt l.ohc The bo: Il be
,,row ned -
The ro;.c had inlcc1 Parted Instantly al
three. a. ii Is one impulse. rushed into the
wafer, only awalin! to the imposs'i!i:y Of
reaching the lad. when t." spent breakers
came washing 70 :hcir waists. They looked
ut cah other in di,nav.
n, has no oars. nor even a sail. If he
cou!! lear us. we mi ~. tell him to get her
to the winl,' said Tie principal speaker. IL
chance if he thinks oft But in this wind
hr would nj hear the angel Gabriel. There
Lord hr' p rs, he's gone
As h" spoke. mighty roller came advan"-
ing from the oGing. towering higher and hl-N-
rr as it approached the boy. till it seemed to
the spectators as if TIE mountain Of waters
would never cease accommodating. When it
reached the little shiti' II HING suspended for
= n,omcn. and ,hen ru<hcl downward, Ike 4
troop Of wolves on It's prey.
l,u. willie the lockers on hold their brca':'
in horror. the la'l. will, quick sacar:.y. hal
wrenchcd LIT Of board from the lining Of
the skil. and hurrirdly snatchins up his coat.
hal fast"rod Mo rarn,onta 70 II. With this
jury-mast he had mansccd at the last mo-
ment, to bring the skitf's head to the wind.
90 that a: the very instant III" spectators ex-
pectci to see his boat hurled bottom upward,
they hcEcll it mounting the wave gal
lantlv. as storm-biri breasts the gale.
We'll done. Billy shouted the principal
speaker. anil carried away by the cxcitemcnt
he gave voice to hearty chcer,in which the
c,!.rr- .jn;rc'l.
The lad's born sailor said one Of the
other. when the first burst Of Joy had passed.
~. 7 \ I y y, l.,y y
Iravc LITTLE fellow di.'. cvci; if his poor cd
mother didn't look to him for her living. We
must launch 4 s'.rt-loat. ioarl the craft, and
be after HIM IIc can, live long with that
rg.'
The plan Of the speaker had Suggested it
self simultaneously ~ NE o'horS. But some
tim" was necessarily occupied in getting a
surf boat into the water, and during the in
t,rval III" skilr had nearly disappeared in the
darkness and distance the IN! having sue
rc",lcl in getting his little craft before the
wind. as his only Glance for ;'crmcn"a. slf:
t..
Hes done his best, Lut its taking lin,
right ON 10 the shoa,- and in half an hour
nothing could save him. said the man who
srrcrc'l.a> he stood up and looked for the lal
Pull away with a will boys. or we'll he too
LATE aft err all. la he's waving his hand
kerchct a i've. H. sees u. and saws he :
hearty vet-lc'> a trump and 10 mistake
rnll anywhere We are. look alive.
In a mc,."nt more the ii,t!c crow were on
the deck. am! as soon a. possible the anchor
was Love- II s,il% ST. and TIE schooner put
before The wind. The anxiety Of all hail be-
com" insur?or;al',. by This time: for TIE de-
lay had fern considerable, notwithstanding
every effort n haste ana in the interval the
>kiii' hal vanished Whctirr she hal only
whether She had been cap>izrl no one coul,!
tell. for al had been too much occupied ~
notice the exact moment when Size passc
from sight. Ent ;llc fears. or at least doubts
exceeded TIE iiorc<. I, was. therefore. will,
>.:.>l'ion of relief that the crew f,.!, tie
rlo'-l !: 20 ! =, ~ motion. and rs ~" waters
"hlzz'd passed their spirits rose. The very
schooner seemed 70 share in Tic general any
ic'y. No gre, hound. loo>cd from he leash.
could have s.rurg forward more eagerly or
swiftly.
The Iii hit had bow shut in The wind
sighed nionrnfiil,v ~ IN he sky wild sound
went fitting ovr-lcal. how hiding. now re-
,ealin.. few lain. stars: and H. sea was as