Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-24

and his friends urged him to marry, and sub
side quietly into a great proprietor. But Cap
tain Grenouille had an account to settle, which
was his thought by day and his dream by
night. Captain Beggar must be paid to the
last farthing The must be rewarded with in
tsrest upon interest this was the only con-
dition upon which he could rest. After a
glance over his farms, and second at the
lady recommended for promotion as Madame
Grenouille, he set himself to look out for a
vessel which should rival his lost beauty. All
was ready towards the end of January, 1914; ;
and for no other reason than that alb wds rea-
dy, he set sail in quest of his enemy, in the
midst of what was little less than gale of
wind and at the tail of the storm there de-
scended SO thick a fog upon the channel, that
Captain Grenouile, by this time dismasted
and'water-logged, found himself driven about,
the sport of the winds and waves, without the
possibility of ascertaining his bearings, or
even knowing whether they were close to the
land, or had dozen miles Of sea-room. II
was intensely cold, and the air was so thick
that they seemed to breathe sponge. All day
they could only just recognize ono another's
faces but as the night fell down in darkness
and horror, even this last comfort was with
drawn. The strain of the ships timbers was
so great, that there was the strongest possi-
bility of her going to pieces, without the
agency OF fanything harder than water but at
two hours after midnight sudden shock was
felt, and after some wild eonvulsions, the
groaning vessel seemed to be settling down in
deep water.
"out with the long boat 20 roared Captain
Grenouille through his trumpet, and the o ider
was not given moment too soon for the
ship, after furious plunge, went down. like
stone. yery nearly sucking boat and men
with her into the abyss. The proximato
eause of the catastrophe had become obvious
as the long-boat was leaving her side for in
addition to their own crew, numbering nine
men, eleven strangers tumbled in in the dark.
It was case of collision. Both vessels, being
near their iast hour at any rate perished in
the shook and both crews saved themselves
in the same boat.
con,a;n Grenori,,e vbo had bson tba last
man 60 o,,, h;o sh;n tbreu h.mself down sul-
J., al a;,an. a., .ba ho,to,, of tho boot Ie,v-
;nu ,ho ,.s,r of hol;no 70 tho rest who had
soT,o a,eonltv in I.or;na bor odoat Not n
vord was ex,.bancea amono that sulIsn crew
an ,ha rrov I;obt Of tho dawn brol,e unon
a. ID stou,;n, .1s,t tba foc b,a o,oorad
cau.a;,, crano,;I,o Who bad ser1, into do,.
,,,,.,, IA. o,oa 40, st,t tbar, ara;,. ,ha,,
rnbbad them verv hard onened them once
,ora and s,o,od r;obt forward Rr, be had
,,,,,,as ~. an, s,honto,, ,rl,;o, to,,rtod
n5 ,r,,;o,, ha a, tirst s,,,,,osod 20 ho tho
,an, :, = dra.n,. .nd ,vhon ho rocoon;ved
go, p.rror in I;,ho and l;r,h ncon;etlv
hafora hin, ba snrano mn with !,
49,. Ia ootoh;no an oro from ono Of lila
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But the Ten Anens. s",iO'S "ere up aS
promptly IN 'aeien0e VI 'neir captain e1ety
right hand OH pOaro WAS III 'iie "ir anu ere-
ry punoh Oh hns ofs sia'peu ou.i"sS' ~
two leaders, howe 'e'' aOous!V'neu W .n''A III
the midst oil peril, sooh oaiiio W 'heir pe"'-
r, .,,, :, -,
- of a.. donor,aa Ytunger. Cantain Gre.
no v. '"o u'p"N
nouille growled'
"Havo you any biscuit X persisted the