Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-06-05
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speak Of the quickest movement possible, 4shcn'
numbered with SO much armor. But this move
ment Of mine was quick; l rushed upwards; /
sprang out on deck
1t was Rimmer
lie stepred forward and clnt1hcd my arm
He pressed it with conYuls sc grasp, and point
/ ATTEMPTED to go there lie stamped his
foot and tried to hold me back. He pointed to
the boat, and implored me, with frantic gestures
to 60 up. ,.,.
soul irving to express itself by signs lti aw-
full to see these signs when no face is visible,
and no voice is heard. could not see his face
plainly but his eyes, through his heavy mask
glowed like Goals Of fire. :.
Il will &c l exclaimed. sprang from him
He clasped his hands together bot darcy ros
follow.
Good heavens l thought, what fearful thing
is herel What scene can be so dreadful as to
paralyze the soul of practlced diver. | Gains
to the cabin door. / entered the forward saloon
but saw nothing. feeling OF ctntemPt came
over me- Rimmer shall not cone With me
again, ! thought. Yet / WIS awe strhck i'owfr
in the depths of the sea there is only silence
oh, how solemn! | paced TIA long saloon which
had echoed to the shrieks {. taa dtownlng pas
sengers All there are Thoughts which some
times I'LL the soul, which are only telt by those
to whom scenes ofsubhmity are familiar. Thus
thinking, | walked to the after cabin, and en-
tered.-
Oh, God of Heaven
Had not my hand clenched the door with s
grasp which mortal terror had made convulsive,
/ should have fallen to the floor / stood chain
ed to the spot For there before me stood 1t
crowd of people, men and women-caught III
the last death struggle by the overwhelming
waters, and fastened 10 the spot, each IN the po-
sition in which death had found him. Each one
had sprung from his chair ct the shock of the
sinkin ship, and with one common emotion ak
had started for the door But the water OF the
the sea had been too swift for them. lo then
some wildly graspiEg the table, others the
beams. others the sides Of the cabn-thcrs they
all stood. Near the door was crowd Of people
heaped upon one another-some on the floor, 9TH
ers rushed over them-all seeking, madiy, to
gain the outlet. There was one who sought to
Chamber over the table and still was there hold
ing on TO an iron post. So strong was each con-
vulsivc grasp, so fierce the struggle OF each With
death, that their hold had not yet been relaxed;
but each stood and locked frantically to the door
To the door-good God TO me they were
looking! They were glancing at me, all those
terrible eyes! Eyes in which the fire of life had
been displaced by the chilling gleam OF DEATH
Eyes which still glared like eyes OF maniac,
with no expression. They froze me with their
cold and icy stare. They had no meaning, Tor
the soul had gone. And this made it still more
horrible than it could have been in life; for the
appalling contortion of their faces expressing
fear, horror, despair, and whatever else the hui
man soul may feel, contrasting with the cold ana
CLASSY eyes, made their vacancy yet more fear
full. He upon the table seemed more hendlsh
than the others; for his long black hair was dis
sheveled and hoated horribly down-and mus
tache all loosened by the water, gave HIM the
grimness of demon. Oh! what woe and tor
Iurel what unutterable agonies appeared in the
lesparing glance Of those faces-faces twisted
into spasinodic eontortions, while the souls that
lighted them were writing and struggling Tor
needed not the dangerous sea, which even
when we touched the steamer had slightly roll.
led Down in these awful depths the swell
would not be very strong unless it should IN,
ere Ease with ten-fold fury above. But it had
been increasing, though had not noticed it, and
the motion of the water began to be felt in these
abysses. Suddenly the steamer was shaken ~
rocked by the swell.
At this the hidcous forms were shaken and
fell The heaps ofpeople rolled asUnder That
demon on the table seemed to make spring di-
rsctiy towards me- l fed, shrieking-all were
after me, thought. l rushed out with 10 pur.
pose but to escape. l sought to throw of my
weights and rise.
My weights could not be loosened-l pulled
Mt them with frantic exertons but could not
loosen them. The ircn fastenings had grown
stiff One Of them | lad wre3.Qd off III my cor
vusive efforts, but the other still kept me down
l'he tube was also wing down still III nay pas
sage-way through che machine rooms. did
not know this until l had exhausted my
strength, and almost my hope, in vain efforts &c
loosen the weigh: and still the horror If that
scene IN the aa.iu rested upon me-
Who're was skmmcI! The Thought flashed
across me. lie was not here. He mad return
pd INo -vaiohtG ny WblfA ,rgIuCH
thrown off in terrible haste. Yes IiHlncr mad
gone. ] locked up there lay the boat, tossing
and rolling among the waves.
| rushed down into the l.achine.room to go
back, as to loosen ny tube. ! had gone
through passages carele ly, and this lay there,
for it was untouched from above as | went back
in haste to extrcate aysell: | could stay thero
no longer, for if all tie gold Of Golconda was in
the vessel, l could not stay IN company with
the dreadful dead.
Back-fcar lent wings to my feet l hurried
down the stairs into the lower hold once more
and retraced my steps through the passages be-
low, walked back to the place into which '
had first descended. 1t was dark; a new feel.
ing Of horror shot through me; ! looked up
The aperture was closed.
Heavens was it closed by morta, Aan3T-+-
Had Rimmer, in bis panic fight, bEndiy thrown
down the trap door, which ! nov remembered
to have seen open when / descended u hao
some fearful being from the csbin--that de,nor
who sprang towards Ine--2
| started back IN terror.
But / could not wait here; ] must 90; must
escape from the den of horrors. l sprang up
tho ladder and tried to raise the door 1t resist
cd my efforts; put my helmeted head against
it, aud tried to raise III tho rung Of the ladder
broke beneath me, but the door was not raised {.
my tube came down through it and kept it part
ly open for it was a strong tube and kept strong
ly expanded by close wound wire. <
| seized bar of iron and tried TO pry it up,
raised it slightly but there was no way to get it
up further. | looked around and found some
blocks with these | raised the heavy door little,
by little, placing n block in to keep what had
gained. But the work was slow and laborious,
and had worked long while before ! hac
raised il four inches,
The sea rolled more and mure. fhe submerg"
ed vessel felt its power and rocked. Suddenly
il wheeled ever anG laid upon its side
Iran around 10 get on the dc ok above to try
and lift up the door 3ut when came to the
other outlet knew it was gi impossible, for the
tube would not permit me to 20 FAR, ana ksseIl
| would rather have dIed thousand deaths than
have ycntured again so near the cabin.
L returned to the fallen door. Isaw no hope
of escape This; then was to be my end
But the steamer gave a sudden larch agaiv-
acted by the power Of the waves. She had beer
balanced upon rock, in such way that a
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