Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-09-18

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= l Needed not the Dangerous sea which even
when we touched tbe steamer, lad Slightly ,
rolled Down ~ these swlHl DIP hssihe swell
woRl not he very strong, unless itlshould in-
crease 10 ten-fold fury ah9ve, But il had
.teen increasing, slough ! bad mol noticed j..
and the motion Of thewater begsn 20 be. fell
IN these aliysses, Spadenly The steamer was
slidkeu end roeked byt tbese gwelis.
Atthis the hlieeas forms We're shaken and
feik The hesps % people Tolled aSsdnAerl--
TRaf demon on the, table seemedyseinake ;
spring directly towslds me. | ned, sbtjekiag--
All were after me, | thought fasied ouf
with no purpose bul TO escape. lsoughtt Il
throw OF NY peightsaid rise.
n assg III. cvDld moi Is isoSeuei--i pniie,
at them with irantIc eAeTtions, but could moi
loosen them. The iron fastenings RAD gfowr
stiff One Of them wrested or in my con,
yulsiye efforts, but the other slili kept me
down. The lube, also, was lying down still
I'm my passage way through the machine
rooms. l. did not kaow This until had ex.
hausted my strength, and almost my hope, in
vain efforts to loosen the weight, aud stll the
horror OF that scene in the cabin tesled uper
me.
Where vas Rimmer9 The thought flashed
across me- He was not here. He had re.
turned. Two weights lay near which seemed
to be thrown of in terrible haste. Yes, Rim
mer had gone. looked up; there Law the
boat tossing and rolling among the waves.
rusbed down into the machine room to gr
back so ns TO loosen my tube. had gon,
tthrongh The passage c9relesSly, and this la,
there, for It was bnroled from above as
went on. / went back in haste to eStrical,
myself could stay here no longer; for If oil
tie gold Of Golco6da was in tie vessel,
would not stay in company with the dreadfu
! deaJ.
Back--fear lent wings 10 my feet. I hur
lied down the hold once more, retraeed ~
steps tllroagh The passage below. lwaIke
tbaek to the plate in whiohl descended.
twas dark; o new feeling Of horror she
through me; looked up The aperture ie,i
closed!
heavens was il closed by mortal han6s
Had Rimmer IN his panic Aight bliudly throw
down the lrap-0ooy, Which row renlembere
TO have seen opon when descended? @
/ had some fearful being from the cabin, tha
I demon who sprang at me- J-.
| l started back in Ierfor.
A But could not wait here; must 20;
must escape irnm this den Of horrors.
spfang up The ladder and lfied To raise ID
door. ltfesiste my efforts. / put my bel
met head against il, and tried TO raise It; ttl
ruug Of The ladder broke beneath me, botah
= door was not raised, my lube came dow
through il aRdbept il, partly opon tot il We
a strong lnbt; and kept strongly expanded b
lhe,eloSe wound wire
setzed,a barof IRON and tried TO psy
open, trsiset IL slightly but tbeIe was D
way 10 get it up further. | looked. aroun
and tound some blocks; with these | raiSe
the heavy duor little, placing block in {
Keep what had gained. Butthe work wo
slow aad laborious, and had worked a grea
whiie, before had raised il loHr inches.
4 The sea rolled more and more. The sub
merged vessel fell its power, and rocked
Suddenly il wheeled over, and lay upon II
side.
ran around TO get on deck above 10 III
outlet, knew it was impossible, ior the Tub
/ would not permit me TO 60 so far, apl then
wopld rather have died athOusand death
than, have venlured again so heaf the cabin.
| retnraed 10 the fallen door; sat dow
in despair and waited for death. saw n
4 hope Of escape. This, then, vas 10 be m
end |
fl But the steamer gave a sudden lureh; agsi
acted upon by The power Of the waves, sb
had balanced upon rock, in such wa
that slight action of the water would III
herup.
She creaked and groa ed, .and labored, an
then tnrned upon her side.
rose; elung 10 The. ladder; pressed III