The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-28

r furious throw at the dolphin, with what Of
e fect know not-fOr with the effort I miSSc
! my hold and fell overheard The som,
struck the ship a: the samo time. and the ol
i""allon'a> flew past me wFi!cIwa> ,.rncolin
IN the foam, heard one of my sIi,ua,c
cry out IN a voice oitcrror. a man overheard
: at In" same time that the CAPTAIN shon,c
IN Voice OF thunder. Let 20 the ton>,il hal
lizards. fore and aft
was good swimmer. and a hen coop from
the quarter deck was tossed overheard =
once. which padded toward in quick tim,
ana got hold of; but the squall blew will
great violence. and was attended with con>iJ
tFahic ram. Oicour>c lost Sinh, of the Sh;,
IN lew minn'cs,and saw with a glance N,
there was bn' slender rEancc for poor Phil
"arl:ck : and let me tell Won. >li,m,tcS. ;Icr,
are many better bcr'll> for an honest fellow
IN this life than to be struggling alone in II.
wit" ocean. with nothnr to h:ov Won mn hn,
h"n-coop. and no ship in sight, hop,
NoH may never have occasion TO trv il.
The >Gnal lasted for an hour. ard rai>cG
>ar'l commotl"n among the waves that
could hardly retain my station on the hen
coop and | wa sometimes comn|,cJ to<v,,
cow moH" sat "a'cr :!,an WIS altogether a
Grcra'Ic. or "ool ta.. ones health When IN,
weather cleared up r,i,c,. nv head as hirl
ont Of watcra> cou.d. and looked ,rc,,nd
for the Skip but no >Aip was in ~irh.. The
Ppcal:ont?> had zone on her WY r,ioiicino
and left jack Ca'imanro '~hinl,
! Eut true sailor vii never ,;csna;r- -lc
vii, never ,lousc hi. ',. 50 Iorr =, t1crr ! 4,
~'iot lc:; in th",ocAtr- anl ..l.'oaar.a< ,i,l,.
W. ron.ri, arl :no.'"~~ looked rather dark
md ,irrarv. really wished myself ON ;,,,.
ic K cf rool >hir-,ct r,ll..lrl.;I-
o~o;hy % ny AID. and r, :,~c.cd thu, nv con.
G,;..a. hou,h la! enough in all cor.<.icn-c.
ni-i ~: been worse. ~..ll had hon
coop ~ ciinr 90 tI,rou,h .ic MAIL. ,.,1 !
"a =. :. acv.raor,iinqrv ,rqrc or n,ol l~.
be ?icnci ip b,- a ,.ro. l.c~ or come o:hrr vr.> j
in He morning. I;i<r~ic. i. woua sometime
occ,.r TO !nc In: my ,,.r> larrliuc in .',c wa.
'cr vol! ,:!alca nice tit tlit for A >ha,k-.nl
10 hat Is t,.w vessels ever crossed -h,. .,,,
where W.. the chances Of lciny >na., he'd
irna ;hc clutches %. ,..t,. were abou. on,.
va. of a l.,a-anl. i;4, ! >,,u.lr resisted ~,
.ooniy f"~c r!u.>. and inv ~,!lv resolved
to do all that nan could do 10 save nv III;
AMI ii. alter ~. >ho,,lI l.. drowned :.
vo:lN he ..o t.,u; ot n,v owr.
Tina, Wa ,onr ni.l.. >h;pna.c~. th,t
;.!~>,l on th,. l,n-rcop. l. >remrI lik,l,,t
1-..cn ni.ht~ ~llircd into onr. At,!,y';o,,.
next E,p:uin. 10 vessel was in >i,l,.. and
VS. r,:,iu. ,,urwI.t ..i ,..} All h,;nor,
io..r a..or ilour ,a,,,L. an,I ,av ,,r,.,..,
were a ,.i>m.l Is c.rr. III. wind h2I .r..1
away !, wa a Grilc..,n. an. ,;.;~. ,'t,,o., J,
/; n..,ic my >j'uo'inn on -hr raft ,.,o~, com
t.:: r. ;h.H !..::.. s.i::' }:,,zr. diminished
nv chances O.. -, ~" a> no ,.>,,l voil, coma.
to n,v rescue
!; was as near a, can ,,lru,atc. ,hau,
.orr bv,i, y. NJ. while Twas In.,r,iro
on N, h,i-caap W.: NIX .alq,I,.~r,v ,,;,r
AMI ;ll..,.i.i.r v,.,-l.,r j. v,s 'r.', I .l...,l
c.rr a,2;n ;uJu,, IN ,l.. 'r,,,. ct., .,r,:
and m,,'1v lis nj. ~ , .,;,,. l,m,.....,.. .,..
! y,, >tr,r,I -,