The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-05-27
OUR HARL Ely.
From Titan.

y II n II
From Titan.
H. reo,g ago. wa parted from cur Charley,
- g. the East-the blithest, brightest, bra
LID tbot ever drew bres,h. /, who have
bis mother. as he Gays, these fourteen years,
rigbt II boast OF hun; but all our island
l-cvs him. He was but just sixee upon the
,;.ft IF the great storm, when and all of rs
.s-.,bt in our hearts that we should never
Ire TO see another day; the whole Atlantic
.,ng AZ cur feet, and the southwest wind, In
\. unbroken fury, pouring upon our low-rooted
r,rsgs-the fr,t opponent, cave q lew mast
l-.s ships, that II bad met for thousand miles
T,.dsrkness and the noise were hidcous but,
go-se still, the pauses, when the powers OF ar
.a.med to be gathering ftrength for some more
,-nerdous effort, and when the lightning
:, z,d FOR an instant the long line of white
"A ehudderiag cliff, and the black mass OF
v..srs rising in wrath, 10 overwhelm it. We
= zen we're eli up, and in the psrlor the sup
n. able was vet spread there, at which, tour
ftp7, before. we had sat, and laughed, and
-.-g. listening to the rising tempest, not with
m. 3 selfish sort Of comfort, God forgive US !
+, mink that we were eafe and warm on land.
p.ere is g. strange difference, Observable un-
T.. al circumstances, between hours, whatever
,.y nav be. devoted to wakefulness, and those
| zen - rest. Between twelve o'clock, for in
60 d. Tire iady of fashion, and three O'Clock,
:, h. bannen to be awakened at euch time
"a bstyesn ten and one to persons who live do
M tic. c7isr lives, like ourselves quite apart
i'm tie contrast which the gayety and bright
ne. of tie cre. and the loneliness and dark
,oss which the other, mast OF course present,
ta.S seem uerioGs Of two separate existences,
- r. v,hica Is not without a certain terror for
,ha tn he "a llah mr.
a. r;,pt from illness in the house CT other
ca4se, al,nough | soon get my BRAIN III order
h-wrrkiDr purposes, am a long time coming
:, ms #. the business that ] have been in
.rcb lines set 10 do has always appeared, IN a
measure. We nd. like, the familiar places unnatu-
al and my friends themselves what the Scotch
.U "urcenuT." / think most people will
tt.l wha. mean. Or this night of the tenn
Dst We were all excessively terrified. 1t was
ouy before The candles could be lit 1.-THE wind
p. ia - ever7where; j and when that was done,
". we're tht lnore frightened with locking at
..e-s' r.a.- Poor Jaret--bus fourteen
tt-,.-7i.h h,- brown hair hanging about her
sh5uit.r,. and her large eyes starting out OF
u.lrbd bert-ihirteen-very pale, with
[ Is rss. Il rat in an artificial smile, poor little
+ by. wh,la his iee,h Chartered with horror.
4 Sts'i Alice ia iits CT tears ana screaming, so
o. 70 arG even through shat tempest, and
bsl tn a.a.3s pictures OF ahject terror. Pres
y,he he ho4se was rocking to and fro
lac a t-.a. IN ,u-se1 Master Charley, dressed,
aad nih his g .eily2rry cap on
Nos, g.-.s' c-ie3 &c. who will shut the
itr. DO. at,- ne2"
'Gyo5 ,v-rz, C7aTleg," | exclaimed, "you
are not surely mad enough to venture out in
.--h night - his ?"
i Yes, inolI =, an why not?
On such = night this,
Wien the sweet wind I'd gently kiss the trees,
n Dd Jcssca '--
"8e read ii. you knew, the other night. am
l going after Jees!ca-Pl ebe Taylor, that is
l u she VII be crowned else. l am certain that
/ Ills sprirg tide, vi such gale TO help it,
l sill uoEe than reach their cottage, and the old
nan cen never carry her a%ay without help"
lie spoke ct ire eedridden wife of super
animated f-Lermsn, wbo, in defiance of the
warnings OF his oompaGions, had set up his
cd boat by wy Of & house, in the corner O.
iar Bag, lls' above high-wster mark.
Directly Charley n.eotioned this, we knew
d orce TIE danger to which this aged couple
must aire,dy b. zpcsed, Tor it wanted but an
1 t'ac or 50 &C tai tide but the dargsrs OF
Rescue were not less.
4 "Renen3cer, Charles" cried /, that these
t:ee children have Nobody to look to for pro-
t..'on II the world, save you
II %, yes laughed he, gsily; q" there's Her
teri; ain't there HeI bers Besides which,
you vii not get rio of ME so easily; you will
seo ne again anon. bearing the lovely Phoebe
Il my arms
II Auemendous crash, occasioned by the flying
o2en q tae hal ioor, aud It's being jsmmed
t'aiLst The va by The blast, announced the
le5s depariare. Then we felt deserted in
tsgd. The two maids were blown down in the
passage, IN their attempt to sbu. the door
aaia, Ind the rush cf wind into all parts of
lie tolss became 90 violent, that | was in
Elementary expectation of its lifting the roof
j C. Our only comfort seemed TO lie gazing
St ne lighthouse. We had been inside it but
f-w DAYS before. and il was In manner
chserng to know that there were living beings
there hen engaged in their usual occupation,
l-d even ccunteracting to some extent the
awful effects of the storm. In the mean time
Eslziny edgevays, as ne afterwards affirmed
o cd TO offer as little resistance to the WING
g possible, and absolutely feeling his way, foo
o. foot, cur Charley had reached the path tina
NlLds down to the beach.
Here, away from the trees and in the open air
i vas net so pitchy dark, and the gusts bein,
aea1 against him, only rallied him to the cliff
Srhout danger of sweeping him off from il
Acl, had 1t changed to point or two NOR
Sls.Ear!, it would have done ct once, like
&l1e. The tumuit below him sounded so nea
ald aFtll, that ne seemed TO be descending
,l'o the SCI slip, false turn, sprsin o
tae hand Or ankle, would now have been certain
eea.h to him. There was light still burning
u NE wooden hut, however, which guided hin
SS.llJ and gave him apirit, for it told him tina
&c |as not too lsse. He found the old MAJ
s't-g By his wife, with whom he had full
--15 up his mind to die, since he could nc
fa'7 har. he lad attempted to do so, however
ne poor woman was partly dressed, and hat
g. hited on to chair. She was trying, q
-A5les entered the hut, to persuade her hus
r,- -1 70 leave her 20 her fate but, since it i
~ 11' une to die, Phoebe" said the old man
seem to have lived in this world Ion,
49, '@o Young lovers, ai-burning t,
So -.I together after the French fashion, wer
nan so noble 3 spectacle as that of thi
-. couple. There was 10 doubt whateve
% - -ee realty of their heroism, for the spra
ra,'- kui.-rsing tide had already begun t
i5s :. Sssslnst taeir refuge, and they knew tina
ar3 ~ u must &c very near indeed. Charlie
1 a., nc ola man together had to wade yer
ia oilere hey got poor Phoebe to the foot G
80 PA.1' up which, with snch burden, the
e. quNe unable to make their wsy. But on
nigb. vas not the only angel abroad tbs
ho1., 'ne Two coast-guard men had also b,
~ lnem OF the periloua situation of IN