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


r.. -oaro 70. we parted from cur Charley,
"a ca the Eag,-;he blitbes,, brightest, bra
Id tbet ever drew breath. /, who have
b;s mother. as De Gays, these fourteen years.
10 r;oht f. boast OF hun; but all our island
Iva him. He wss but just six cen upon the
L.i. IF the great storm, when | and all of us
%.rgbt in our hearts that we should never
fra Is see another day; the whole Atlantic
j mo az Cur feet, and the southwest wind, In
asunbroken fury, pouring upon our lowroofed
A,regs-the fir-t opponent, save few mast
H., s5;n5. that It had met for 8 thousand miles.
I5.a darkness and the noise were hidcous but,
,o-se still. the pauses. when the powers of air
med 10 be gathering strength for some more
t-nerdous effort, and when the lightning
we'd ;or an instant the long line of white
IA phuddering Cliff and the black mass of
g...ers rising in wrath, 70 overwhelm 1t. We
= zen were eli up, and in the parlor the sup
Ur able5was yet spread there, at which, tour
hours before, we had sat, and laughed, and
.s,ap. listening to the rising tempest, not with
n. a selfish sort of comfort, God forgive rs |
10 think that We were cafe and warm on land.
ere is & strange difference, Observable IN
H.. al. circumstances, between hours, whatever
,t.y may be, devoted to wakefulness and those
ryan - rest. Between twelve o'clock, for in
.srca tc tie lady of fashion, and three O'Clock,
# ~ tappen to be awakened ct ouch time
/ al b5tzesn ten and one to persons who live do
n..tic. Gqier lives, like ourselves; quite apart
| fr,,, The contrast which the gayety and bright
no. If tie ore. end the loneliness and dark
| o-sa which The other, must of course present,
t5-y seem Uerio6s Of two separate existences,
ol.s Of which is not without certain terror for
| ma WseneverI have CHANGED to be called up
| A. riyrt from illness Ia the house CT ofner
eause, al.aough | soon get my brain III order
| for working purposes, am long time coming
. m}self; the business that L have seers IN
.rcb lines set 20 DO has always appeared, IN q
measure, we. rd like, the familiar places unnstu-
ri and my friends themselves what the Scotch
. e-H "uncann7." / think most people will
6.l wha. mean. Or this night of the tenn
l. i, gre were ali excessively terrified. 1t was
| bny before The candles could be lit, 1.-THE wind
/ p. ID - everywhere y and when that was done,
w. we're tho more frightened with locking at
s.. .se-s' Lees. Poor Janet-but fourteen
tt-a-7i-h her brown hair hanging about her
| shCu.t,rs. and her large eyes starting out OF
tarti Herbert-,hirteen-very pale, with
h5 r,-, n ret IN sn artificial smile, poor little
/. ~. While Lis teeth chartered with horror.
Sta} Alice. IA iits Ct tears and screaming, so
C o lard even through that tempest, and
b. tn n.a.as pictures OF AFFECT terror. Pres
| Hitg ne rouse Was LCCAiIS W oLu ~
| Lac q -r.t. IN rushed Master Charley, dressed,
AID ~ J. his q 'engarcy cap on
Nov, g.-s' cried ue, who will shut the
fore dor AIR me?"
-Goo5 ~ rs, C7aTleg," exclaimed, "you
hre not surely mad enough to venture out in
slch "a night IS his ,"
Z" Yes, -naotl r, am; why not?
Ia such night this
4 Ni.a the sweet WIND I'd gently kiss the trees,
Did Ie>slce '---
"%e read 1t. you know, the other night. lam
l gtirq a.,er Jees.cn-Pi oebe Taylor, that is
! o. sla vii &c crowned else. / am certain that
Ills sprirg tide, vi such gale to help it.,
viii more than reach their cottage, and the old
nan con never carry her aSay without help
lie spoke &c TIE bedridden wife of super
animated fi-Lermsn, who, in defiance of the
warnings Of his companions, had set up his
Old boat by wy o g house, in the corner O.
ilr b4y, jasi above high-water mark.
Directly Charley meotioned this, we knew
at once TIE danger to which this aged couple
piG5, already b. exposed, Tor it wanted but an
tus or 50 % ful tide bet the dangers OF
rescue were not less.
"Remeaaer, Charles" cried /, "that these
thee children have nobody to look to for pro-
tec:ion in the world, save you
o., yes,' laughed he, gsily 4" there's Her
tert ain't there Heib ers? Besides which,
yol vii not get rid of me so easily; you will
se1 re again anon, bearing the lovely Phoebe
"a my arms
Auemendors crash, occasioned by the flying
open Ct the hail ioor, and It's being jsmmed
teaius. the va by the blast, announced the
logs departure. Then We felt deserted in
ts1d. The two maids were blown down in the
Passage, II their attempt TO shut the door
s-4a, md the ruah Of wind into all parts of
tie kolse became 90 violent, that l was in
Elementary expectation of its lifting The roof
q. Our only comfort seemed to lie gazing
s; he lisht-hease. We had been inside it but
i-w days before. and it was in manner
cheering 10 know that there were living beings
there ihen engaged in their usual occupation,
aud even counteracting to some extent the
awful effects of the storm. In The mean time,
walking edgeways, as he afterwards affirmed
IL cdr to offer as little resistance to the wind
as possible, and absolutely feeling his way, foot
g foot, our Charley had reached the path tina,
SLds down TO tue beach.
Here, away from the trees, and in the open air
I was net so pitchy dark, and the gusts being
Oead against him, only rallied him to the cliff
WITHOUT oauger of sweeping him off from it
W ca, had II changed to point or two more
|7l."Art, It would have done ct once, like O
mile The tunuit below him sounded so near
aud awful, that he seemed to be descending
mo the SEA sip, false turn, a sprein Of
Tue hand or ankle, would now have been certain
eeaIn 10 him. There was light still burning
~ lne wooden hut, however, which guided him
HrisAI' and gave him epirit for it told him that
ne was rot too la.e. he found the old man
s''Ag ~ hls wife, with whom he had fully
-1ag uP his lalad to die, since he could moi
5@'e her. de tzd attempted TO do so, however
~ me poor woman was partly dressed, and had
57a hited on to chair. She was irving, as
lAsles entered the hut, to persuade her hus
OAhd TO leave her 20 her fate; +" but. since il /,
a 9pF time to die, Phoebe" said the old man
seem TO have lived in this world long
i ~ tTo young lovers, charcoal.burning to
100 Together after the French fashion, were
nan so noble spectacle as that of this
ST., couple. There was no doubt whatever
- - Ice realty Of their heroism, for the spray
a. sn'.-tising tide had already begun tc
ibo S5s&'nst taeir refuge, and they knew thai
"a ~ must pe very near indeed. Charles
a., o'o man together had to wade yer,
to lore hey got poor Phoebe to the foot O.
P4lo' Up which, with such a burden. they
G.. fuile unable to make their way. But on,
pig5.ey was not the only angel abroad tia
~ me two coast-guard men had also be
su' tnen OF the periious situation of tn,