The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-03
Skipper George safe thoughtful mo-

At Portugal Cove" he continued,
looking over the water, "they didn' know
about e'er punt, an no more they didn'
at Broad Cove, nor Holly Rood for we
stald three days, an walked an sarched
all over. An so, a Thursday morn agen
we coined back home 1t was cold, but
still. So when we coined round Peter
port Point, (thatFs it over at the outside
o. Blazun Head, yonder,) every man,
Almost, looked over his shoulder, thinkun
mubbe they'd got in; but st WASH, so
They hadn' come, nor they hadn' been
hard from. SO my mistress, an Milly,
an George, an ], an this maid kneeled
down after I'd told 'em how r was, and
prayed to the good Lord.
AM so we wal ed, an didn' hear from
the four poor boys, not for good many
days"
Skipper George stopped here again for
while,
"Awell, sir, then there coined word
over that some men had abin found at
Broad Cove it WASH, known who they
were; but we knowed So they got Mr.
/ Worner's boat, and crew of 'em went
round, and Skipper Emery Ressle, and
! Skipper Izik Ressle, (that was Milly's IA
ther,) and Skipper Izik Marchant, Che
was n Skipper then, however) but a
many friends COED in her-I couldn' 60
that time sir.
CT was about go down she coined
in. Never a word nor a sound She
looked black scemunly; and no colors nor
flag. II was they. Sure enough It was
they.
" \ man had sid a punt all covered
wi ice and hauled her up and when he
coined to clear away the ice, there was a
man, seemuly, in the for'ard part He
called the neighbors and sure enough,
there 'e was, and another one along wi
un; and both seemunly a-kneelun and
leanun over the for'ard th'art. They
were the two brothers, John and little
/ George, frozen stiff, and two arms locked
together. They died pr'yun, sir, most
likely; so it seemed. They were good
lads, sir, and they knowed their God
$50, then, they thought there WASH
no more"
The fisherman here made a longer pause,
and getting up from his seat, said, ell
be back after bit, sir" and walking
away from Mr. Debree and his daughter,
stood for little while with his back to-
ward them and his head bare.
/ The maiden bent her gentle face upon
her knee within her two hands. The
moonlight CLOSED her rich black hair,
glanced from her white cap, and gave
grace to her bendcd neck. At the first
motion of her father to turn about, she
rose to her feet and awaited him. Upon
/ him too-on his head, barred of its hair,
above, on his broad, manly front, and on
his steady eye-the moonlight fell beau
tifully. Mr.. Debree rose, also to wait
for him.
Skipper George came back and took up
his broken story.
Bumbye, sir, when they coined to
the after part Of the boat, there they found
young man lyun in the starn-sheets, wi
no coat, and his-and his-his poor, low
un arm under his brothers neck and
the tothcr had the jacket rolled up for a
pillow under his head, and suppose he
died there, sleepun upon the jacket, that
his brother rolled up for un."
The voice of the father was very ten
der and touching; but he did not give
way to tears.
$50, that young man had done his
part and sculled 'em safe right along wi
the tarrible cruel gale, aw,y over twen-
ty miles or more, to a safe cove, and his
hand-wrists We're all worn aw'y wi work
un at the oar but he never thought of
cruel gate of ice right afore the cove
and so we made no doubt when he found
that, in dark night, and found he could n
get through, nor he could n walk over,
then he gave hisself up to his God, and
put his tired arm round his brother; and
so there they were, sir, in short after that,
Git could n ha' been long, there were
four dead men in their boat, awaitun, out
side o. Broad Cove, tull some one 'ould
come and take their poor bodies, and strip
aw'y the ice from 'em and put 'em in the
ground, that comes more nat'ral, IN a
manner, sir
"They did n find e'er oar, whatever
becomed of 'em, but they found their poor
guns, and the two orphans had their names
cut, John Barbury, and George Bar
bury, and one of 'em had Pet for
Peterport, and could' cut no more, for
cold and death.
There was three guns cut and one
had james Barb that poor Maunsell
must ha' cut, poor fellow, afore the dead
ly cold killed un So the kind people
that found the poor boys, they thought
James was respectable young man, and
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