Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-05-26
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= rta8Ags GhAfs1A A104 Asxa# ~ An &3 IN 10
i, shat sss w0nsE he ahla 81 III whiss mn
{ frona 4 asgg3z ~ replIaa The boaasnaa-
: Diak YFinEag by aaaaa--~a tell, benz
q aansoular. nghaasas apseimaa Of hio alas.
a f.Lsood heasaa 30 khere is !ss exsla,m
= "a Eugene, lsaking co apcn ths asreaa
: tnisty waters. 9 ID muat kave gathers,
very suadeaIy. fag 81 was eleag ! mia
; ute ago. Wha4 10 te be flons now TAI
: is someshing 4 WIS aos prepared for, ol
sucss 4 irks Is shas.ss
II saEs locks sroableuas Capsn, Isll aifow,s
. returned Dick; bat we'ra i'm for'a, thst'l
! sartin, and / s'poae veil Aays 10 max
the best oa't.n -.~. :
. "Bus wAAEIs 10 bs asna e~~whAt d.
| Yaa advised f's aaksd kzgsna, in qaisk,
t excited sons, thai indicated some dssrse
, Of alarm. AIS
sway, al you waFsna % aksszed aboui
The Young lady, aad 1t waT'ns 80 dead
! agin Eha oxdegs grem head anaxEsxs, my
! plan would be > sl'as and easy ona-Td
. iast ran 0vbT b the kaintuak slore, and
J tie Hp.H @ E -
"So, NOS said Kagans, naaisiyely :
''shas will never dc, Diak--ahat Will
never dol waala net think ID sasa a
thing fer m0msmt We must keep in
tbs euEgsns by all EnsansR R
aRf yoa san, n re5oinsd the BOSNIAN ;
ssbut whsn IL gets GO dark as we aan't
tell eas shing fEoxa s'othsE, it'll be pow
srfal hard 10 do and sf We dou't run
sgin o bar or baak afoEa meEning, in
spiEh Of the best o. Us, it'll be she luck
lest 60 that ever | had hand in. See,
Cap'n-is's thickening up fast; We can't
sse sythe1 bank az all, noE the watsx
EnytheE, The stars 10 gstti0' dim, and it
looks as il thar war cloud all Eound
u.s."
ssI' see | see % returned Eugene, ex-
citedly. fFMsFeifui Hssvsal hope no
accident will befaH Us heTe-and yet my
heart almost niBgivss me E--goE this,
] believe, Is the meat dangerous part Of
cur joRKney-the vicinity where most of
cur boats have been captured By the sag-
ages."
| Saying this, Eugene FASTENED below,
/ where be found the otheT boatmsu Sleep
/ ing so soundly a. to require conaidsEa-
/ Bile effort, an his part, to wake thsms-
At last, getting them fairly souEed, he
/ informed them, aimost Ia whisper, for
! he did>not care to disturb the others,
that hesvy fog had suddenly arisen,
and he wished thsir prsBsass On deck,
Immediately.
Z" A fog, Cap'n +" exclaimed one, ia q
tone which indicated that be eamBEe~
/ hsadad the peril with the word.
'IIush p' returned Eugene; "thsre is
no necessity for waking the osAars, and
having scene. Up sad follow nae,
without word -
He glidea back TO the deck, and was
almost Immediately joined By the boat
men, to whom he briefly made known his
hopes nnd fears.
4hsy thought, like their companion,
thai the boat would ha safest if made
fast TO an overhsnging limb Of the Ken
tueky shore; but frankly admitted thaG
Ihis ooald NOS nov be dgne without diR-
Guilty and danger and that thsEe was q
possibility Of keeping the current.
''Fhen make that possibility eeT tain.
y, and il shall be the best nights work
you ever performed 70 rejoiRed Eugene,
in quieS, excited tone.
SsWs'i DO the best wa can, Cap'n, -
was tho response sTbuE no maa can be |
sartiR of the currena Of this here crooked
stream in a foggy night"
slowly drifting d3wn through 8 misty
darkness impeaeteahIe TO the eye-when,
suddenly, our young commandsr, who
was st&adfng nsax tia bow, felt the ex-
tsadad branch Of sd oysrhanging limb,
silently brush his face. He Started, |
with an exclamation Of alarm, and at |
the sams moment che bo&tnaA on the |
right called out:
''QRick, here, boys we're agin the |
shore, as sure as death I''
Then followed saeue Of hurried and |
anxious eanfasIoa, tbs voices Of tbs three |
boasmen mingIing together ia load, |
quick and excited Tones.
s'Push of the bow 20 cried one,
''guisk ! altogether, naw over with |
her !'' shouted another,
"Ths ds'il's ia it! she's running |
aground here on muddy bottom 90 al |
most yelled third.
Meantime the laden boat was brushing |
along against projecting bashas and over |
reaching iiGabs, and every momeat get |
ting more and moFe snkanglsd, while the |
long poles and sweeps Of the hoatmen,
as th5y attempted ID push her OF, were |
often plunged, withogt touching bottom, |
into what aRpesxsd - ha . sossy claysy |
mad, from which &heY we're oaly sxtEiea- |
sed by saeh an outlay Of strength IS |
tended still more to draw the clumsy |
craft upon the haak they wished TO avoid. |
At length, scarcely more than minute
from the Grst alarm, shsRe was kind of |
settling together, as it were, Rnd the |
boat became fast and immoyabie.
The fact wAs announced by Dick Win |
ter, in his ehakAotarlstis manRaz-who |
added, with an cath, that il was Just !
what be expected. For momshk or two |
9 dead silsnsa followed, as IL each eoR- !
pretended th@a the natter wRs aRs 30 be |
viewed in very serious Light.
"l'll get ovoT the bow, and Try to git |
the lay al the land vita Eay fsss,p p said |
Tom HaFrisg apd farthwith he set about
the not very pleasant undertaking,
Al thia moment Eugene heard his name |
pronounced by voice thAt seldom failed
TO sxaissa peculiar emotion in his breast,
and nov sent strange thrill shroagh
evegy neTvs; and hasteaing below, he
found Blannhe, fully drsaaads wtsb alighs
in Ter hand, standing iast outside af
the cabin, in the regular passage which
Led lengthwiss through the sun&er Of the
boat. l..
ssI hays heard aamsshiag, kasena,H
she said sienoRzh TO kaaw that we haze
met with al accident, bat not sufficient
20 fully comprehend It's uasuYe.S
"a a. H. II
ago, y replied EugaAes 1--WE suadealy be-
came iaEolYsd in 8 dsass fog and in
spite Of ouy every pyeeautian and care,
we have run agTound--is nay be against
the Ohia shore-~is may Be against an
island--is is so dark we eanss cell Rat
bo not alarmed, Mas Hlanahs.'' hs huv-
riedly added, tsI trust ws ahAA soon be
aAaat again; though In aay ssens, tha
darkness Ia suEEsienk Ia Hcneeal aa fKom
{ the gavanes, eysa wsEs thaY id the yieia-
ssTknow little Of indiana p returned
Blanshes shut I have Alwmy amaasakoad
aaaas sh@y a2e Somewhat ramAgk ahas Eux
theig acneeaasa Of heaxings and il aush
| Ii tbs easa, there would ha IA naaessiky
Of their hsEng very near ID Be fa&sle as-
qaaimted wish ear loe&Iisy, ja69imN From
che load voices Asard fsw manntas
ag0.n @ -
"a fsax wasvs haam saaAex issuaant, =
saia Eagames In q aapEaaAaima saaeg sshaa
/ In the exaitAmens~~n
j His werda wssa sudasnly 80 ssaFs by
sagagal loud yQiees oE alagm fnpm With
oae, Relieved hy b amiek ~ hsavy
trAmpling aSross the dank - shs 1exs