Demoine courier., 1856-06-05
The Revel i'm the M@lstrOm.

AnnS VIM VIM
Come dance around, my jolly boysl'
said The Captain. Away went the mer-
ry lars in q continued circle around the
deck shouting ill ,heit lunge were spent.
II was a drunken reyel.
'Capiain,' said the sober pilot, who a
lone refused TO join the joliication, we
must drop anchor at once. the wind
has died away, and the ship has perform
ed a quarter circle within the last hour
'Ha! ha! haf' shouted the Captain, fill
your glasses, my lads. Dance around |
say the good old ship |, keeping compa.
n.y.
The pilot rushed back with . pale AND
concerned look, 10 note the indications
Of the tale telling compass. Presently
he returned with q face iivid with fear.
Captain he cried, 'ior the love OF
Heaven, drop anchor al once till the, wind
sprirgs up. for we have entered the NAL.
$ ,rom. See with the glass. Yonder ship
has cast her
Away thou white livered fool!' scream.
ed tho Captain. MY lsds, I'll give you
a song.
He began
Away away! with the brow of care,
The devil 10 blnhsome and merry
Old boots it were if there's pleasure
there,
With plenty Of champagne. and sher-
rv.'
The pilot became frsa,ic. No one
volunteered to aid him in dropping the
anchor. Ii was a fea, impossible for one
man 10 perform. Now a signal shot
doomed from the other ship. A boat
pu, forth with q lice securing i. to the
vessel. The pilot ran TO the heavy life
boat but could not move it. In vain he
called for aid. S,ill the dance and shou,
and song Of re~velsy went on. Once a
gain be flew 10 the compass and IN des-
rair be siezed the useless helm, for no
wind filed the sails, and sill the ship
movel nishs mysterious circle. For The
las, lime he came 10 give the selemn
warning 10 the now feeling captain and
crew. He begged and prayed to- them
10 heed :heir danger, bu, danger seemed
10 have a .eacinating sound andit was an.
swered with o laugh. As they laughed,
he ws2', cYutioned them vita 'taars, dQd
threw himself into the sea. With strong
frame he swan .hrough NE fatal cuTrsH;
towards the boat put forth to rescue. and
reached in safety. Az long as line could
be found in the anchored vessel, the boa,
continued ln way towards the ship with
the drunken crew. They came within
hail-and called on them TO save them
selves. One oi'2 sobered by the sense
fof danger, threw themselves into the sea,
and succeeded in reaching the boat; Su'
The others had become s,upid. The line
was atlength exhausted. The ship cu'd
now be see slowly moving on its mar
row circle. yetahose on board put re eff
fort for. their own preservation. IL was
a f~earfuisight.
From the other vessel. every eye was
strained with an intense gaze. Ripid,
hurri ed action was there. Still tho line
wa. exanded with every species Of ma.
tarial hat could be found for the purpose
Necessity became the inventor Of ropes
never heard of in ordinary emergency.
1t availsd not 70 reach the vessel Of the
drunken ere ~. Wi,hou, power TO those
IN the boat beheld them ~has,ening on to
"a terrible grave, with the agony and OK.
element each moment increasing. Sill
thew waited and watched. Night was
coming on. Faster and faster grew the
mo,ion..of the doomed ship. AT la.s the
approaching shadows warned them 10 re-
turn. Darkness soon settled upon and
yelled the scene, and when the morning
again dawnsd, tho ship with the'drunk'
en- crew had vanished forever from sight
How feaaful 10 the watning conveyed
by such an incident. Yet the dread cir
Gle Of The fearful m~elstfom, is scarcely
more certain in destruction, than the gid
dy whifl Of intemperahce.