The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-02-18

help them Where are your two other bows
James aud BlannaeliP sAlong VII brotha
Inks two,' said. II was bowun tafrible hard
and cold, and thick; aud the minister turned
wi rs, and we coined up, pioddun through Ia.
driltun snow, and over the rudge. when Ne
opened the door, first mother thought there wa.
four OF US and 50 she said, 'James ? fors we
were all showed over; but she sid there was
only three, and I was The minister wi US two
Sc she begged his pardon, and told an our popr
boys were out agnnnnn, and she was an Old
punt tbey had. We were alkstaadan tfor W.
didn think o nawthin bui the boy when two
coined into the door, all while WI snow
7 wasn' lhry i've, sir, but 4 was my nevy
Jesse and another, Haven't they coined g =
said. Dear, what's kerpua they2'
'Jesse had abn out, too, wi' Izik Mafeen
/ and Zi7piiy Marchant, and they were over 10
back-slde o. Sandy Harbo- together; Only our
poor yonng men were about three parts of a
mile further down. nubbe. So, when il coined
on 20 blow, Jesse and his crew made straight
for Back Cove and got IN, though they Wtre
weak-handed, for one bad hurted his hand
wrist -and SO, in about three hours, they got
round by land, and thought the t0lher poor fpl-
lows would do 50 well. What can US do I'm
Gle Geoige 2 e sad for he's proper true
hearted man, sir, and e was amos cryun.-
First, we can pray said the minister; and 50
he said prayer. make no doubt was thin
kun too much over the poor young fellows: and
the wind made tarriblr great believing down
the chifnley and all round he house, and so ]
was ruher aw'y from IT more and | ought
Then the Minister and Jesse and | starird out
Ny mistress didn' want me TO go: but fcouldn'
bide; and so afora we'd made much wy up
hafbor agen the wInd and growun dark, tihough
I wasn' snowun,) met man comun tom
tother side, Abranl Franz; and Z said last that
TaS seen OF our iour was, they were pullun in
lor HJ5his's ;Iole, and then somihun seemed 10
giseway like, wi one OF 'em rownn, and then
they gave over and put her aw'y before the
wind, and long as they could see anything
OF 'cin, one was standun up sculun sstarn.--
THAT was my James, sirH)
A very long, gently brealhed sigh here made
itself heard IN the deep hush, and as Air. De-
bree turned, he saw the sweet face of Skipper
Georges daughter turned up TO her father, with
trars swimming in both eyes and glistening on
her cheek. She had come up behind. and aoR
possessed herself quietly of her fathers nand
$50 we lor1ed back, and the minister WI us
It was cruel night TO be out in.l aud the wind
almost took and lifted us, and sot US down by
we gol atop here, and it coined a!hwart, il
brought us all down kneeun, and we coulsl
scarce get over to the door. The poor mother
got up lrom the ohimley-corner and came for
ward, but she needn ask anvihin': and there
was a pretty young thing by The fire, (thjs
girl was little thing, asleep, but there was
pretty young :hing there, that never got up or
looked round; t was Milly ReSslp, that was
! ~ 30, bs,.
married in a week, ef the Lord willed; and
i was for 'e's house we were drawan ont the
timber. She Just rocked herself on the bench.
Shes gone, long enough ago. now sir!
$50 the Minister took the Book and read
bit. | heard un and didn' hear un; for was
aw'y out uEon the stormy waters WI the poor
young men. Oh, what night il was It's no
use blowun and bIowun and ireezun, and ice
all along shore to eeward
"Well, then, sir, about two hours o night
there coined hull and then there was a push
or shake at lhe door, and another-and another
and another $50 It was, we all thought,)
and then the door banged OPEN I was nav
thin bul cold blasts coined in, and then lull
agen for second or two. So shut 10 the door;
and the poor mother broke out acryun, and
poor MiIly fell over aud slipped right down
npoH The hparthstone. We had heavy time
Of it that night, sir; but when the door banged
open that time, this child, that was little
then, lvun upon the bench seepnn, made
soart Of gurgle like, when the first sound
coined to the door, and when the flaws O. wind
coined in she smiled and Smiled agen, and
laughed as ef body my be sayuu Pooty things
to her in d'y time. Jesse sld it. and pucked
me by the coaislerve, and sid it, to.
TX II 4 l.,
ddn' sleep much only cat maps ; and one or
twice hllrd into kind Of dwal!, and star
ted thinkun they was sPeakun TO me. Mornun
coined slow and cold, colder than night. So
the neghhors coined IN at mourn, and sat by
and now and agen one 'ould say they were fine
Young men and after bit anoher'd say James
was a brave heart, and how he saved a boats
crew three years ago, scullen them into BY
Harb and SO they said how h. began to leach
in SUNDAY School Sunday before and how
brave e was, when they sid the last OF On soul
lun aW'y round the point and over the b'y for
t'other side, or BelIpEsle, or some place 10 lee
ward. So they said Jamrs 'ould take 'em saft,
pIase God, and we'd hear Of 'em some place over
The BY IN dy or two.-Then they said they
wondered eff the young men could keep from
frpezun their bands, and said mubbe they
wouldn' git touched, for they was well clo-
thed, and James 'ould keep up their spirits, and
brother 1zik's little George was a merry by,
and great play-game for the rest an my Maun-
sell and 'e's toher cousin, John, were steady
young men, and wouldn' give up very easy :;
but they were both quiet, and looked up TO
James though John was good bit older.
"Wull, SIT, the day went on, cold, cold an
blowun heavy, an the water black an whlte,w
white shores, an slop-ice all along an more,