Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-02-27

A feeling of contempt came to me- Rimmor sboIl
not come with me again, thought Yet 7 was
awe-struck Down in the depths Of the sea there
is only silence-oh, how solemnl paced Tho
long saloon, which had echoed with the sbreks of
the drowning passengers. All there are thoughts
which sometimes fll the SOUL which are only felt
by those to whom scenes of sublimitv are familiar
Thus thinking walked to the after cabin and
entered. oh, God of heaven Had not nv hand
clenched the door with grasp which mortal ter
ror had made convulsive, should have fallen to
noor. stood nailed to the spot For there be-
fore me, stood crowd of people-men and wo-
men-caught in the last death struggle by the
overwhelming waters, and fastened to the SPOT,
each in the position in which death had found
him. Each one bad sprung from his chair at the
shock of the sinking ship, and with one common
emotion, all bad started for the door. But the
water had been too quick for them Lo there
some wildly grasping the table, others the beams,
others the sides Of the cabn-there they all stood!
Near the door was crowd Of people, heaped up
on one another-some on the floor, others rushing
over them-all seeking to gain the outlet There
was who sought to Chamber over the table
and still was there, holding on to an iron post -
so strong was each convulsve grasp, so fierce the
struggle of each with death, that their hold had
not yet been relaxed but each one stood and
looked frantically for the door.
To the door-good God To me, to me they
are lookngT They are gancinp at me, all those
!
| fire Of life had been displaced by the chilling
geam of death l-eyes which still glared, like the
eyes Of the maniac, with no expression. They
froze me with their cold and icy stare. They had
no meaning, for the soul had gone. And this
made it still more horrible than it could have
been in life for the appalling contortion of their
faces, expressing fear, horror, despair and what
ever the human soul may feel, contrasting with
the cold and CLASSY eyes, made their vacancy yet
more fearful. He upon the table seemed more
fiendish than the others; for his long black hair
was disheveled and foated horribly down-and
his beard and mustache, all loosened by the wa
ter, gave him the grimness of demon Oh, what
woe and torture what unutterabe agones ap-
peared in the despairng glances of those faces
faces twisted into spaspodic contortions, while
the souls that lighted them were writhing and
struggling for life.
needed not the dangerous sea which, even
when we touched the steamer, had slightly rolled.
Down in these awful depths the swell would not
be very strong, unless it should increase with
ten-fold fury above. But it had been increasing,
though had net noticed ii, and the motion of the
water began to be felt in these abysses. Sudden
ly the steamer was shaken and rocked by the
swell. The demon on the table seemed to make
spring directly towards me. / fed, shreking
all were after me, / thought. rushed out,
with no purpose but to escape. sought to throw
off my weights AID rise. Ny weights could not
be loosened-I pulled at them with frantic exer-
Jennings had grown stiff. One of them wrested
off in my convusive efforts, but the other still
kept me down. The tube, also, was lying down
still in my passage way through the machine
rooms. did not know this until | had exhaust
cd my strength and almost my hope, in vain ef-
forts to loosen the weight, and still the horror
of that scene in the cabin rested upon me.
Where was Rimmer? The thought flashed
across me. IIe was not here lie had returned.
Two weights lay Goar, which seemed thrown Off
in terrible haste. Yes, Rimmcr had gone.
! looked up there lay the boat tossing and rolling
among the waves rushed down to the machine
room, to 60 back, so as to loosen my tube. | had
! gone through passages c0relessly, and this lay
there, for it was unroed from above as went on.
| went back in haste to eXricate myself; | could
stay here no longer for if all the gold of Col
conda was in the vessel, could not stay in COM
pany with the dreadful dead | hurried down
TIE stairs, into the lower hold once more, aud re-
traced my steps through the passages below.
walked back to the place into which bad first
! descended. 1t was dark new feeling of horror
shot through me looked up. Tie aperture ,cas
ciosed! Heavens was it closed by MOI tai hand
Had Rlmmer, in his panic flight, blindly thrown
down the trap-door, which now remembered to
have seen open when descended? or had some
! fearful being from the cabin-that demon who
sprung towards me--. | started back in ter
ror. But could not wait here | must go |
must escape from this den of horrors. | sprang
sisted my efforts; put my hclmced head against
it, and tried to raise it ; the rnng Of the ladder
broke beneath me, but the door was not raised
my tube came through it and kept it partly open,
for it was a strong tube, and kept strongly ex-
panded by close wound wire. | seized a bar of
iron, and tried to pry it up | raised it slightly
but there was no way to get il up further. ]
looked around ] saw some blocks; with these !
raised the heavy door, little by little, placing
block in, to keep what had gained. But the
work was slow and laborious, and | worked
long while before had it raised four inches.
ran around to get on the deck above, to try
and lift up the door But when came to the
other outlet, knew it was impossible, for the
tube would not permit me to go far, and then |
would rather have died thousand deaths than
have ventured so near the cabin. / returned
again to the cabin door l sat down in despair
and waited for death. / saw no hope of escape
This, then, was to be my end
! But the steamer gave q sudden lurcb, again
acted upon by the power of the waves. She had
been balanced upon rock, in such way that
slight action of the water was sufficient to trip her
over. She creaked, and groaned, and labored,
and then turned on her side. ] rose ! cung to
the ladder; ! pressed the trap door open, while
the steamer lay with her deck perpendicular to
the ground. | sprang out, and touched the bot
tom Of the sea. 1t was in good time for mo-
ment after, the mass went over back again. Then
with last effort, | twisted the iron fastening Of
the weight which kept me down. jerked it.
1t was looscd it broke, it fell In moment |
began to ascend and in few minutes was float
ing on the water-for the air which is pressed
down for the divers consumption constitutes a
buoyant mass, which raises him mp from the sea.
Thanks to heaven There was the strong boat,
with my bold, brave men They felt me rising
they saw me, and came and saved me. Rimmer
had fed from the horrid scene when II entered the
cabin, but remained in the boat to lend me his
aid He never went down again, but became a
sea captain. AS for me, still go down, but only
to vessels whose crews have been saved. II is
needless to say that the Marmion was never again
visited.
THE HIDDEN LOCKET.-In the unromantic town
of Mulevlle, chopper chopped into log and
cho ont look of 6no blocl, hoi which had