New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-14

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' .t.nion and on oOIiD they beheld th':
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w6eh .anblns ~eins oil at fearful rate Inc roar
~Sos With the i,UI.- ssouted the captain. "Oa with i,
ard Yet Der have the st,y..x alone expect vi" TO-
lew mome.t. NOR The ship lay with oil her canvas on
the reeled and the sSs ss n mother.
were lifted up by stout and taken out from under 'hs
ma, haste On In Goe's name make haste :" cried Ather
ton VI sgor zng Blu, even as he spoke .ne %
nsa ard behind came four bearing Mrs Ath
erton in the same manner while the negroes An' "''
Tbs,e one dee groan the merchant and then The
fell blow The which had been sect rode h te
top Of high ard the mountain OF water sucA Ie P
he buried meath IT, II b.ote over the quarter A ny
eeek fore and AFT and for few moment. n ns up from
the grasp ard then with one mighty thfoe 'he ~
Where ia NV wife my child - cried AthertOn, leaPlng
nm fom the scup1e where he had been entirely burned u
The only anrver he received like from Philips
The chief the position In Which ms % S bsS
Of the he coned to get her up to the
wa Se ope.on Bst twa. madness running
before such gale when the lee shore was not over y ~
In The mean time had been brought aud the quarter
deck hd The four men who had borne Ms Asss
Anterior only left And where was the burden e
bore Ais. was gone Agnes and Mary Lane were o'n
oh, God my wife and child Both gone both gone !"
No mast" shouted the old negro woman, Use got de
chile Mary CUB when she jumped for her Hissus
" Then cary it below. My child may be SAFE but on
the party we're s ss ssGa
Msy Lsre gone and the three noble fellows who mad
helped to bear the made mother ,u,,
az .,id bel
Good heavens NO. returned the saptsm "a 9Gat w bss
was some help for but there none save what tSd
in bis own mercy may Even change the course Of the
ship would destruction for the sea rising every mo-
mept They are conceive them to God"
With deep srosn John Atberon sank down and bowed his
ready beeu accomplished Bis own sense told him thai the
captain spoken truly and with reluctant breaking heart
GODS will be doDe"' . .
Oh John AtheOn had loved that gentle wife he bad Loved
seemed though life itself had VIII fearful shqd
could only and gloom be with him in all the long
days But length his mind turned to his chd and
Chloe, /" lie cried. where is my chldw
Here, mssr-dey's bof wild m:s9s" And thns spe.kins
the way the captains stseroom where both
the infants upon the bosom Of the surviving mother Capt
PHILIP. there soothing biz T while the ;Gf'3 S,a
cut in some way during the CTdes on dset asked
(which yours, masr J" the uttered gazing into
the merchants face
" Bress de Lord don't know, mas'r."
what! cried Phil ps, starting quickly up /" dopt you
know these infants part ~
mo mas'r doesn't How should II When dat come,
Mics Mary seed her mssus go she chucked her chile in
linking spose she'd help de dear good woman
but stead OBJ dat she got lost too But de berry mo
ment Of time dat got de children, bof OF EN-, in my arms
cohed de slap in de face and ober went When picked
Ttesf found little boh in heap rite in de ount
oh de sail what we'd had for tent an es 9uck as coud
l coched 'em up an made dive for de cabin"
But which child it that had his arm eutI asked MI
Atherton.
first uI on infant and then upon the other m
And wonder the woman puzzled There lay two
fas alike two peas srd both dressed In the same
Both the expectant mothers had worked toeetner
had asboned the for their offspring from the
and from the patterns So now the little
together dressed alike and without the least physical
distinction that Of them had wound upon
the Iieht arm.
But surely" cried Anterior" in frenzy Of excitement
"you should know which of the children was cut
Aye added Philips" you should know that -,
But doesn't know nof'n bout it, persisted Chloe AN
know is, deys boa boys, an bod jes alike"
For lille the silent but at length the captain
eyes cleaned with new thought -,
Mr. Aheron he said he turned suddenly toward that
gentleman this very unfortunate business but THINK
absolute certainty than me- theirs instructive love- My wife
know her own"
| II o the livir mother. And so II was done In, =,
Mrs Phillips upon the infants for long while
up sobbg with and he nestled closely to tn
than did the other. The womsns sympathy wa
awakened she casped the obbng wounded one TO ne
bosom said II her own child
the children marked from that hour and the livn
mother nursed them both
The the mad rolled on in crashing
the noble ship stood bravely Mr. Atheron came o
deck to cool his feversh brow He thought OF his wfe and
not the decision which had been made and YET
be- had felt his soul yearn toward the wounded child
Alas" he murmur.d II is secret yet for the instinct
the living solved IT, The secret locked up
the storm and until the gives up It's dead may not hhe'
| the truth"