The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1858-01-27
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bell with him."
"There was friend with him, mate 10 a
West Indiaman, that was outward bound in
few days from Cork, and Bill, my brother,
and he had a difference; what the quarrel
began about [ did not rightly understand;
but the mate abused Bills profession ard
called him an ampbibious lubber, or some
thing like that and Bill abused the male and
wished him under the sea, with never an
air tube; and the ship sailed without ma
king it up. My brother was very sorry
when it was loo late, for amphibions lubbers
have their feelings like other folks, and
greatly shocked when news was brought
meAl morning that .1.e TesseI had gone down
not three Dl..es ,.o.a shore, and with .,rery
soul OIL board. as1 ,..aa2 hr. 's'"
There was a good cargo of specie, and
Bill was, OF course, sent for immediately.-
But few bodies foated 10 the shore, and
knowing he would see some horrible sights
he was not over pleased with the job Z; but
until they could get more divers there was
no choice 10 be made, so down he goes to
the vessel and finds her fallen between two
reefs of rock, bolt upright, with maSs stand
ing, and sails set, just as she settled down.
She looked, he said for all the world like
any ship on the surface, except that there
was hole broken in her side where she
had struck; her boats were slung almost
uninjured, coils of rope were lying on the
main deck, the matches and door above the
cabin stairs was open the wet, swift fishes
darted in and out of it, and the crabs were
going about their work already when my
brother ascended. ..t
There were six or seven passengers in the
cabin, and card ortwo that hoated about
showed that they had been playing when
the vessel struck; some of them were sta'd.
ingupright, just as they started from their
seats when they felt the shock, and had a
dreadful look, with pale parted lips, as
though cry of agony had just escaped
them; young man and girl, like enough
10 be brother and sister, were embracing for
the last time the heaving ofthe sea, scarce
" felt at such a depth, swayed all the
figures 10 and fro-without touch of decay,
and instinct with all but life was that ships
company. The captain 10 his cabin slet
his last sleep quite placidly. The sailors
were, for the most part, drowned in their
hammocks, only those whom duty uecessi.
tated their being Oh deck were washed off
and driven ashore. The darkness had been
SO deep as to renderthe best look futile, the
strongest swimming of no avail.
All these things were sad enough, and
Bii's nerves, iron as they were, where sha
king badly Wandering about that living
channel house attired so unnaturally, seek.
ing for gold in the very heart of the oceap,
it was terrible; aud yet, Master James
though you looked so shocked, ii was his
honest business SO 10 do, and far less hate
lul way Of getting on in the world than is
practiced in high places daily. Still, when
he had found what he wanted and ladened
with as many bags as he could carry, was
returning to the main deck by another way,
il seemed to him that il was the worst job
that he had ever been sent TO do--and lo
at he foot of the companion ladder; he met
the man he knew so well, and pared with
in wrath SO lately, with one hand on the
round, as if in the act Of fight. The look
upon the drowned mans face seemed 10
re proach him for his last wish so that he
dared not, put him aside and pass by, but
turned and went up on deck by the way he
came nor even after that dreadful sight
could brother Bill be brought to venture
down into the sunk West-lndiaman.