M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-06-05

lhe steamer was shaken and rocked by the
swell.
AT this the hideous forms were shaken
and iell. The heaps Of people rolled asun-
der, That demon on the table seem'd to make
spring directly towards me. fled, Shrek
ing--all were after me, / thought. / rushed
out with no purpose but 10 escape. sought
to throw of my weights and rise.
MY weights could not be loUsened-I pulled
at them with frantic exertions, but could not
loosen them. The iron fEtenings had grown
stiff. One Of them wIested off in my con-
valsive efforts, but The other still kept me
down. The tube, also, was lying down IN
my passage way through the machine rooms.
did not know this until had exhausted
my srength and almost MY hope in vain ef-
forts 10 .Oosen the weight, and still the horror
Of that scene in the cabin rested upon me.
Where was Rimmer2 The thought flashed
across me. He was not here. He had re-
turned. Two weights lay near, which SEEM
ed thrown off in terrible haste. Yes. Rim
FINER. had returned. looked up; there lay the
Fboat, tossing and rolling among the waves.
rushed down into the maChine-room, TO
60 back, so as to loosen my tube. | had
gone through passages caTelessly, and this
lay there, lor it was unrolled from above as
lF went on. went back in haste to eItri.
cate myself; could stay here no longer; for
ifall the gold in Golconda was in the vessel
| would not, could not stay in company with
the dreadful deadl
Back-fear lent wings TO my feet. ! hur-
fied down stairs, into the lower hold once
more, and retraced my steps through the
passages below. | walked back into thu
place where l had first descended. 1t wa
dark; new feeling of horror came owe
me; looked up. The aperture lDas closed
Heavens was it closed by mortal hands
Had Rimmer, in his panic flight, blindl.
thrown down the trap.door, which nov
remembered to have seen open when | de
scended9 or had some fearful being from
;he cabin--that demon who sprung towards
me-?
started back in terror.
But could not wait here; must 60;
must escape ItUm th;O don of horror. sprane
up the ladder, and tried to raise the door,
1t resisted my efforts; put my helmetet
head against it, and tried to raise it; th'
round Of the ladder broke beneath me, bu
the door was not raised; my tube cam,
down through it and kept it partly open, 70
it was strong tube, and kept strongly eIpan
ed by close-wound wire.
| seized bar Of iron and tried to pry /
lup; | raised it slightly, but there was II,
way to get it up further. looked around
and found some blocks; with these raise
| the heavy door. little by little, placing
1 block in, to keep what had gained. Blu
the work was slow, and laborious, and / ha
worked long time before had it raise
fur inches,
The sea rolled more and more. The sub
merged vessel felt its power, and rocked.-
Suddenly it wheeled over, and lay upon il
side.
ran around to get on the deck above,to tr
and lift up the door. But when / came
the outer outlet, knew it was impossible
for The tube would not permit me togo S
far, and then would rather have died
thousand deaths than have ventured again I
l approach SO near the cabin.
| returned to the fallen door; sat dow
: in despair and waited for death. saw n
hope Of esca ping. This, then, was to
n my sad end
1t But the steamer gave sudden lure
e again acted upon by the power OF the wave
le She had been balanced upon a rock, in su,
= way that slight action of the water W
l. sufficient to tip her over.
g She creaked, and groaned, and lahore
1i and then turned upon her side.
Re rose; clung to the ladder; IpresSed I
], traD-door omen. while the steamer Law wi
s her deck perpendicular to the ground.
l sprang out, and touched the bottom of Il
= sea. 1t was in good time; for momel
after, the mass went over back again.
h Them with last effort, twisted Il
j. iron fastening of the weight which kept n
= down; erked it. II was loosened,
'e broke, it fell. In a moment began to a
= cend, and in few minutes | was floating {
y the water-for the air which pressed dow
o for the divers consumption constitutes
h buoyant mass, which raises him UP from Il
ID sea.
e Thanks to heaven! There was the strol
D. boat. with my bold, brave men! They tt
a. me rising; they saw Inc, and came al
H. saved me.
e, Rimmer had fed from the horrid see
III when entered the cabin, but remained
o. the boat to lend his aid. He never we
6, down again; but became sea-captain.
ne for me, still 60 down, but only to vess
I'D whose crews have been saved.
II. 1t it needless to say that the Marmion v
SO never again visited.-Putnams Magas
at for April.