The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-31

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q the question. - ftoIs the sntden naanuer il
which il was put !
! WELL sad Lester IN loNrr tom. II NJ.
aad dream repeated many times but neyc1
las II come 70 me 50 directly md - vividIy 4.
Within WI. the past three or four days. t:yr:,
5no's'soa Is ,ot dsaa! | know she il not she
has appeared to nle Repeatedly IN tlrean, and
cans upon me to save her! Tonight, a. stood
au alone BY the mixxen rigging, irving to neer
ut y the thick gleola, heard her voice n
plainly rs you now hear mine, aud ske called
INT for me " save her.. Of coursc what iol.
rived Was mere fancy though even that affected
me mnel ! thnussht | saw her standing not
lar OIL, upon huge sea- with her arms stretched
inlaors giyy towards me--saw htr then. ~ith mt
eyes OPP n. as have often seen her ii nv dean
ing dream -
! AZ this point the captain was cut short in his
speech by the cry Of "LIGHr-mo y from the
deck. Thy hurried up AMI found the men
rrowiiag forward
What il it y asked Lester.
Il thlik il i q light, sir" replied Parker
here, sir,-just stand here.--Nou turn yoar
eye about four points upon the lashoar,l bow
J, an, now, I'LL she rises. Ha-there there -
See Did y0n see ityfir."
j Yes-he had aeen Il: and he knew i, must ha
light upon the shore: but il was great way
ON tie watched until he had seen It several
times, and then he remarked to his mate that it
must be lighthouse. The light was bold and
| distinct. and evidently at u considerable height
ABOVE the level of the sea for, had it not been
80, i could not have been seen at that distance.
After short consultation, during which refer
ence was had to the chart of the Norfhumber-
land coast, it was decided that this light must
be upon Dorton Point To the north Of Dorton.
.1s tia captain knew from personal experience.
as well as from the chart, there was snug iar
boz. OF easy entrance. These things are settled
As soon as it Ssd been determined where the
light was, Captain Lester made all possible haste
to determine his course of action Had the
thing been practicable, he would have laid his
ship to: but that could not be done. No one
even gave it serious thought So it was de.
TRIMMED that the ship should stand on, at least
fili something further was discovered
At haif-past twelve the gale had moderated
considerably. The light was now to be seen
very plainly whenever the ship rose, and the
captain and his officers felt SUR, that thew ~ere
right in their calculations
~ all events said the former, I'VE have no |
choice but to stand on, at least--p
lie was interrupted by cry from the bows
that made every soul start with hoorror:
"BREAKERs BREAKERS
Captain Lester leaped forward, and in a very
few moments he was satisfied that the WARNING
had not been false one for he could not ONLY
near the awful roar of the breaking seas, but he
iancied that he could see the cleaning of the
white foam as it flew high in the air. As quick
" as possible the topsail was taken of, and the
anchors cut loose The ponderous grapplings
plunged into the kissing sea- and the iron cables
were spun through the hawse-holes like light
ning Snap went the starboard chain and in a
moment more a shock was felt as the larboard
anchor found bottom; hut it could not hold
The cable parted as though 1t had been a hemp
en- string. and on swept the devoted ship.
I'm heavens name p gasped Griffin, s.what
does this mean. See The light is still burn
ing as brightly as ever-at least league away
and yet here are tho rocks directly under our
bows! What can it mean 2"
Maurice Lester did not answer; but an old.
weather-beassn sailor, who stood at the wheel.
and who hal looked thousand dangers in the
face, answered for him
Its WRECRER's BEACON Pye seen such
things afOre There amt no use in firm the
gun, sir. That light was put there to lead poor
lack to his death that tho coast-sharks might
pick his bones -
BREAKERS Rocks - On Me ssa,Joard
'o~ NO On tie la,|,oard ,-PoHr !"
But it was too late for mortal help The shin
lad met her DOOM She went upon the rocks
With crash that sounded high above the roar
If the elements