Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-01
OUR CHARLEY.


From Titan.
Five wears ago. we parted from our Charley,
bound ior the East-the blithest, brightest, bra
vest lad that ever drew breath /, who have
been his mother, as he says, these fourteen
years, have 4 right to boast Of him; but all our
island knows him. He was but just sixteen up
on the night of the great storm, when L and all
Of US thought in our hearts that we should new
er live TO see another day; the whole Atlantic
raging at our feet, and the southwest wind, IN
its unbroken fury, pouring upon our low-rOoled
cottage-the 6rst opponent, save few mast
less ships, that it had met for thousand miles
The darkness and the noise were hideous; but,
worse still, the pauses, when the powers OF alr
seemed to be gathering strength for some more
/ tremendous effort, and when the lightning
/ showed for an instant the leng line Of white
I and shuddering cliff. and the black mass Of
waters rising in wrath, to overwhelm It We
women were all up and in the parlor; the sup
portable was yet spread there, at which, four
hours before, we had sat, and laughed, and
eaten, listening to the rising tempest, not
without a selfish sort Of comfort, God forgive
us to think that we were safe and warm on
land.
There is q strange difference, observable un-
der all circumstances, between hours, whatever
they NAV be, devoted to wakefulness, and those
niyen to rest Between twelve O'Clock, for in
stance, to the lady OF fashion, and three o'clock,
| If she happen to be awakened at such time;
and between ten and one to persons who live
domestic quiet lives, like ourselves; quite apart
from the contrast which the giyety and bright
ness Of the one, and the loneliness and dark
ness which the other, must of course present,
they seem periods of two separate existences,
one of which is not without certain terror for
us. Whenever have CHANGED 10 be called up
at night, from illness in the house or other
cause, although / soon get my brain in orler foI
working purposes, ! am long time coming to
mysell; the business that have been IN such
times set to do has always appeared, in a meas
ure. weird like, the familiar places unnatural
,, , and my friends themselves what the Scotch cal
.suncanny" think most people will feel whai
: mean On this night Of the tempest We were
all excessively terrified. IL was long before th'
candles could be lit, (the wind got in so every
where.) and when that was done, We were th'
more frightened with looking at each others
faces. Poor Janet-but fourteen then-witi
> her brown hair hanging about her shOulders,an'
i her large eyes starting out Of their bed Her
{ bert-thirteen-very pale with his mouth set Il
an artificial smile, poor little fellow, while hi
D teeth chartered with horror. Small Alice, Il
! fits Of tears and screaming, so as to be hear
q even through that tempest, and both the maid
Ol 1uJCSN NNAA1A- a Ac7NANtyf N-LN =
house was rocking to and fro like tree, j
rushed Master Charley, dressed, and with hi
GleDgary cap on.
Row, giris," cried he, I" who viii shut th
J. front door after me y .es
D. .'Good heavens, Charley" exclaimed, ''yo
/ are surely not mad enough TO venture out
= such night as thisi'
.'Yes, mother, am; why not =
aIn such night as this,
When The sweet vind did gsnily kiss tbs trees.
- DidJeszieR--
- a We read it, you know, the other night ! q
!, gong after Jessiea-Phobe Taylor, that is
n' or she viii be drowned else. am certain tn
Is this spring tide, with such gale to help il,
be more than reach their cottage, and the old ma
at can never carry her away without help"
Id He spoke Of the bedridden wife of suPeral
be nuated fisherman. who, in defiance of the var
ings of his companions, had SIT up his old bO
by way ofa house, in the corner Of the bay, ju
above high water mark.
c. Directly Charley mentioned this, we kne
at once the danger TO which this aged coup
must already be exposed, for Il wanted but I
"a hour or so TO full tide; but the dangers Of re
A cue were not less.
=, .Remember, Charles" cried !, that the
in three children have nobody to look TO for pr
zee lection IN the world, save you"
OF 'sOh, yes," laughed he, kAily, there's dc
/ bert; amt there Herbert Besides which, y