Litchfield enquirer., 1859-02-17

uooi, dii "Hile WI SHOW. lWaSu they two,
 sir, but twas my nevy Jesse and another
 Haven't they comed ? e said. Dear,
 what's keepup they :? ... 7 "Jesse had abin out, too, wi Izek Maffeen ' and Zippity ,Marchant and they were over to ' backside O Sandy Harbor together on'y our poor young men were abont three parts of a mila further down, mubbe Sc, when it comed on to blow, Jesse and his crew made straight for Back Cove and got in, though they were weak-handed, for one had hurted his hand wrist-and so in about three hours, they had
 got round by land, and thought the tother poor fellows would do so well. What can us do , Uncle Georgie ? 'e said for he's proper true-hearted man, sir, and 'e was amos cryun. , First, we can pray said the minister and so
 he said prayer. I make no doubt I was a.
 thinkun tco much over the poor young fellows :; and the wind made a tarrible great believing
 down the chimley and all round the house, and
 so l was ruther aw'y from it more and ought
 Then the Minister and 1 and Jesse started out
 My mistress didu' want me to go but l
 couldn' bide; and so, afore we'd made much
 wy up harbor agen the wind and growun dark,
 (though 'twasn' snowun,) we met man comun
 from tother side, Abram Frank and e said
 last that was seen of our four was, they were pulun in for Hobbis's Hole, and then some
 thun seemed to give way like, wi one of lem rowun, and then they gave over and put her
 aw'y before the wind, and so as long as they
 could see anything of lem, one was standnn up scullun astern. That was my James, sir !') A very long gently breathed sigh here made itself heard in the deep hush, and as MT. D. bree turned, he saw the sweet face of Skipper
 Georges daughter turned up to her father,
 with tears swimming in both eyes and glisten- ing on her check She had come up behind, and now possessed herself quietly of her fathers hand
 "So we turned back, and the minister wi
 us, ('twas cruel night to be out in,) and the
 wind almost took and lifted us, and sot us down by the foot O the path over the rudge
 but when we got atop here, and it comed a. thwart, it brought us all down kneclun, and we could scarce get over to the door. The poor mother got up from the chimley-corner and came forward, but she needn' ask anythin' and there was pretty young thing by the fire,
 (thss girl was little thing. asleep, but there was pretty young thing there) that never
 got up or looked round 'twas Milly Ressle,
 that was troth-plight to James. They was to have been married in week, eff the Lord will ed ; and twas for 'e's house we were drawan out the timber. She just rocked herself on the bench. She's gone, long enough ago, now, sir
 So the Minister took the Book and read
 bit heard un and 1 didn' hear un for 1
 was aw'y out upon the stormy waters wi the poor young men. o {! what night it was
 it's no use blowun and beowun and freezun,
 and ice all along shore to leeward
 "Well, then, sir, about two hours O night
 there comed Hull, and then there was push
 or shake at the door, and another-and anoth-
 er-and another-(so it was, and we all
 thought and then the door banged open.- Twas nawthing but cold blasts come in, and
 then Hull agen for second or two. So
 shut too the door and the poor mother broke
 right down upon the hearthstone. We had a
 heavy time of it that night, sir but when the
 door banged open that time, this child, that
 was little then, lyn opon the bench sleepun,
 made sort of gurgle like, when the first
 sound comed to the door, and when the flaws
 O wind comed in she smiled, and smiled agcn,
 and laughed as eff body my be sayun booty
 things to her in d'y time. Jesse sed it, and
 plucked me by the coatsleeve, and sid it, too. "Well, sir, night passed 'ee may be sure
 we didn' sleep much on'y cat maps and once
 or twice failed into kind of dwall, and start
 ed, thinkun they was speakun to me. Mornun
 comed slow and cold, colder than night. So
 they neighbors con ed in at mornun and sat
 by and now aud agen one 'ould say they
 were fine young men and after bit another
 'ould say James was brave heart, and how he saved boats cree years ago, scullun them into By Harbor and so they said how he be- gun to teach iu Sunday School Sunday before j; ; and how brave 'e was, when they sid the last } of un scullun aw'y round over the point and over the by, for t'other side or for Belle Isle,
 or some place to ieeward. So they said James 'ould take lem safe, phase God, and we'd hear 5 of lem some place over the by in dy or two r Then they said they wondered ef the young : men could keep from freezun their hands, and said mubbe they wouldn' git touched, for they , was all well-clothed, and James 'ould keep up their spirits, and brother IzIk's little George was merry boy, and great play game for the rest and my Maunsell and 'e's tother cousin, John, were steady young men, and wouldn' l give up very easy but they were both quiet, r and looked up to James, though John was but 3 good bit older. ...........,..ra e r Wull, sir, the day went on, cold. cold an g blowun heavy, an the water black an white, wi white shores, an slob-ice all along an n more, agen, an heavier, to leeward, sartenly. Q We couldn' stir hand or foot that day, nor 7 next but the Lords day came in softer, an g we got good crew an stout punt to sarch D for the four poor boys that had been three days e missun, and old Mir Williamson, the clerk l. that is now, sir, made prayer over us before e we elaVed. When they came to put off, they e left me stanGdn make no doubt but Jesse Q Unnamed to spare me but I called un back foI said, why should be settun wi my hands e folded or walking about, lookun out over the r water, and may just as well be doun some T. thun like father for my sons an form broth e CTS orphans