New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-31
WOLFGANG;
CHATTER L-BryoRr rRE GALE.
Or,
THE WRECK E A \.

Aoupd 20 Copenhagen, hsu eb~reu the NOrth o.a, nav
inc ei, the sSrsrts Of Dover two lays behind
The eomaander Of The shiP Was yoasg man no;
over eigh..nd-twenty, and his name was MAURICE
LssIER. He stood by the all, gazing off upon th7
horizon 10 tie eastward, ana anon raising his
hand above tins head 10 feel there was any wind stir
rD,. and as often casting his eye alof how the
canvas han O. As he stood thus hs Iaate aPPr0Acheo
and spoke 10 hin:
"Wbst dye think Of sais, Capt'r ?"
al think Se'se IN for a storm, fu' the MISTER re-
pEeS. sAnd tell YOU what it is Griffin" he adeed,
after sweeping the horizon again with his eye, ''Vhen
n eou.,. u wa, be an earne stone None Of your broad
Ocean cuffs with nothing bat water 10 hatct wind
FROM but we II have n ri ght fresh from some VI those
ulases where they know how.to make things bow
"Tsen you think ell have hard one % said
GrBu.
"Aye,s answered tae csrtain, with alrpcst a shud-
der, 81 feel it il KY oues"
Ia the meantime G. .pein Lester had beer watching
the ses and sky before, and he fancied that tue
sxps Of the storm were growing more aud more pal
pablc svery moment. Pie sun was going down IN a
thick bank, giving 70 the whole western horizon
dull, purplsh-red, bloody hue, with here and there
epets Of a darker dage like openings, through the
fsyy clood, looking upon fearful biacKness De-
hing.
- DO fes now IL lOo.t vi sh'iV oe''N
n. csptaip raising his finger toward the point where
the setting
Ave- returned Griffin, al have been watching
ahose dssk places"
Ard others noticed the same thing, and spoke of it,
100.
Server o'clock came and went. Eight o'clock came,
and tbc fret watch was set.
"Drn't 10 below" said the captain, ar the men Of
the lss dog watch left their stations. This calm can
last = great while. You had better batten down the
haics-s now while there is nothing else to dos for
40 re there will be need Of having them close before
lhe coming of another day"
The men had had no thoughts of going below, for
shey could soc and feel and they not wholly g
porani Of what was coming sothey went to work aud
secured The matches with thick tarpaulns; and when
th was done those who had particular station col
leeted abou. the wheel. Another hour passed away
and another. Ten o'clock came, and still not a
breath. TIE ship lEy upon the water, like dad
shing with ropes and blocks and sails rappng and
aapping ss she swayed to and fro by the lazy swels Of
thc sea.
"What does it mean 7" cried Griffin, a, the boy
struck FIVE bells.
"IIark p said the captain, almost instantly.
susss YOU II soon see. Did You feel that l-Ha and
shst1'
Twas puff Of wind, and light flying of spray; or,
perhaps was a spit of rain. AT ali events the puff
was felt; aud the drops of water fell upon other
cheeks than Maurice Testers and other ears than his
heard che dull moaning which came over the dark
waters So other ears heard the which followed,
and other bodies quvered beneath the shock Of the
norn-giant when be came in his might
Axe--,he storm had come. 1t came with wind and
rain and with an angry heaving of the sea. 1t
with darkness like Erebus, and with the voice of
thunSer. The gale continued to increase in fury ss
the long night passed away. When the morning came
the scene was of awful grandeur The wind was
bowling with terrific fury; and the broad sea was
lashed into huge mountains, that oamed and tumbled,
and leaped along the bosom of the deep, seeming
every moment ready 10 whelm and engulf the frail
bark that struggled within the demon grasp.
When Captain Lester had observed the signs Of the
morning he feared that the storm would continue
through the day and 80 he told his men. the sky
wore q hue of horror and rain driving down,
minghng with the flashing sea- At noon 1t was still
Worre.
Al length night shut in again. and not sign yet of
the passing away OF the storm The rshtfni howl
ing of the tempest seemed rather 10 have increased
than abaied. The men gathered upon the quarter
deck, cinging for support 10 she RACKS and ras3ior
the hie-nes swayed much that they were AFRAID OF
them--galhered near 10 the light Of the emnaoie-
lamp as they could, though even from sucn feeble
beams they might lind some comfort But not all
men had been swept away by the storm. Near
score were lett; but how many shall the Light of
another day
Ats O'Clock, Captain Lester went below. He took a
chart of the North Sea, and having spread upon the
tsble, he sal down TO examine II lie wac thus en-
gagged when Mr.. Griffin Came down; but he did not
look up until he had finished the calculation.
"Aow is IL - the mate asked, he saw his COM
manasr lay Down the dlviders.
IL have been making reckoning, and find that
We have bus little sea-room ieii. lhe course We
have wade since has been, rs near ~ can
calculate, north-westby 80 that We must taye
been driving toward the coast Of Northumberland.
think We have plenty OF room 10 stand On until mid
nixnt; hui We eallnot stand on much longer. Ii the
gale does aoate by thai time, know not what We
Oh. II do .
The csylain started up from his chair and woold
probably have walked the cabin, but al that
mone pt heavy sea caught the ship, ana gave her
pnch forward which caused him " catch ais seat ~
quickly as p9ssible. As the ho0d tad gone
from che deck aad the vessel had struggled up IRON
the shock he looked lsto his companions fnce, and
sa,d IN . yo,c., made tremussus by deeper emotion
than he had befo re manifested;
(srsfin | have something upon my mind more than
you know; ana AN anxious 10 Communicate H. 700.
1 n,u.t tell il new tor have strange ioreeodng OF
coming IN. Somethng is 10 happen that wil Dear
0r,at calamity 10 sue OF am not creaking-i
an only reaalns whal the Unseen has written IN my
.onl Howeyer YOU siiall hear my story. You have
heard that my parents " ere boah lost at sea
Yes" sud the mate ~:
seal
81 have heard 50, SIR"
"Aye-so it WIS l w9s boy then. ihey were
on their way 10 Copenhagen, a. we shooiu DC now.
Ny faIher commanded tue sn,P-s1s was eaAou sNe
Cara Jane. Sac was nngied I1f my moths' ~"
sbe WAS a s;auncb nozzle er.ft. Was al school then,
sh.fN