Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-09-02
Thrilling Story.

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five galleys at Seutell, and having manned
them with sufficient crews of colonists, set
forth from Iceland to what appeared moro
congenial climate. They sailed upon the
ocean fifteen days, and they saw no land.---
Mountains of ice covered the water as far as
the eye could reach, and but few galleys es-
capped destruction. The morning Of the sew
enteenth day was clear and coudless the sea
was calm, and far away to the northward
could be seen the glare of ice-felds reflected
on the sky. The remains of the Shattered
feet gathered together to pursue their voy
age, but the galley Of Errick Rande was not
there.
The crew of the galley which was driven
further down than the rest, reported that as
the morning broke, the large fields of ice that
had covered. the ocean were driven by the
current past them, and that they beheld the
galley of Errick Rande borne by resistless
force and speed of the wind before a tremen-
dous field of ice-her crew had lost all con-
troi over her-they were tossing their arms
in wild agony. Scarcely moment had
elapsed before it was walled in by hundred
ice-hills, and the whole mass moved forward
and was soon beyond the horizon. That the
galley of the narrators escaped was wonder
ful-it remained, however, uncontradicted,
and the galley Of Errick Rande was never
more seen.
Half a century after that, Danish colony
was established on the western coast Of
Greenland The crew of the vessel which
carried the colonists thither, in their excur-
sions into the interior, crossed range of hills
that stretches away to the northward; they
had approached nearer the pole than any pre-
ceding adventures. Upon looking down
from the summit of the hills, they beheld a
vast and interminable field of ice, unduating
in various places, and formed into thousand
grotesque shapes.
They saw, not far from the shore, figure
of an iced vessel, with glittering icicles in
stead of masts rising out of it. Curiosity
prompted them to examine it, and they be-
held dismal sight. Figures of men in ev-
cry attitude of woe were upon the deck, but
they were icy things then one figure alone
against the mast. A hatchet was procured,
and the ice split away, and the features of a
chieftain disclosed,spalli and deathly, and
free from decay.
This was doubtless the vessel, and this the
figure and form of Erick Rande. Benumb-
ed with cold and in the agony of despair, his
crew had fallen around him. The spray of
the ocean and fogs had frozen, as it lighted
on them, and covered each figure with an icy
robe, which the short-lived glance of a
Greenland sun had not time to remove. The
Danes gazed upon the spectacle with trem-
bling. They knew not but this might also
be their fate. They knet upon the deck
and muttered a prayer in their native tongue
for the souls of the frozen crew, then hurried
ly left the place, for night was approaching.
"DoN'r Stay LONG" 1T is rarely, indeed
that we read anything more truthfully pa
thetic than the subjoned waif, which we find
floating among our exchanges. Would that
every husband might read and profit thereby !:
Don't stay long, husband" said young
wife, tendery, in my presence one evening,
as her husband was preparing to go OUT
The words themselves were insignificant, but
the look OF melting fondness with which it
was accompanied, spoke volumes. 1t told all
the whole vast depth of woman's love-of her
grief when the light of his smile, the source
Of all her joys, beamed not upon her.
"Don't stay long, husband" and fancied
| saw the loving, gentle wife sitting alone,
anxiously counting the moments of her hus-
bands absence, every few moments running
to the door to see if he was in sight, and
finding that he was not, thought | could
hear her exclaiming in disappointed tones
not yet?p :
"Don't stay long, husband" and I again
thought / could see the young wife rocking
nervously in the great armchair, and weep
ing as though her heart would break, as her
thoughtless lord and master prolonged his
stay to a wearisome length of time.
0, ye that have wives to say-"don't stay
long"-when ye 60 forth, think Of them kind
ly when you are mingling in the busy hive of
life, and try, just little, to make their
hearts and homes happy, for they. are gems
so seldom replaced. You can't find amid the
pleasures of the world, the peace and JOY that
quiet home, blessed with such woman's
presence will afford. oh .os u ai
6t"Don't stay long, husband" and the young
wife's look seemed to say-"for here in your
home is loving heart, whose music is hush
ed when you are absent--here is soft