The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-12-08

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reach the magazine inevitable destruction mus
issue Nor could that catastrophe be much Ion
ser postponed. The devouring element had a.
ready gained possession OF all around, ard ever
now might be eating lis way ravenously tow.
ards 1t Besides if paused moment longer
the fire would reach the comanion way, and al
) hope of escape from the cabin be cut off
Had it been only my own life that was endan
gered, L would not have hesitated in periling i
TO the utmost; but when / remembered that {
dozen gallant fellows from my crew, as well a,
a score of others from the rescued sufferers
would be involved IN my own. fate / could moi
doubt as TO my own duty. These reflections
however, bad not occo pied more than the in
slant in Wlich | had been throwing open snc
cessivey the doors of the state-rooins. Alas
sill were empty. With heavy heart / wa.
about to mount the companion way, when no.
iced that a massive curtain at the further enc
| seemed TO divide OF a smaller cabin aft of ILL.,
one I was in. Without 4 moments DELAY
rushed towards it, hastily lifted it aside, anJ
there beheid sight never shall forget.
| his after cabin was much smaller, but ia,
more luxurious than the other, 1t was adorned
with everything that taste could suggest 0,
wealth afford Ottomans ran completely around
it, forming a kind OF divan At one side was s
harp, and beside t some music was scattered
on the floor. But after the first hasty survey,
saw nothing but group of two beings before
/ me. One of them was gray haired man. APP
parently about 95, dressed i'll The gentiemaIi,
costume of former day. He was bending wild
iy over the aimo1t inani,nate form of g. fair nlr
| reclining on the cushions. Never had [ seen "A
being WHO looked more beautiful than that pale
| bait ialnting creature seemed at thas moment
! One ARA supported her on the diyau, aud the
| other was thrown around her fathers neck the
blue veins just descernabe as they stole along
| beneath The ivory skin
Her head rested on the bosom Of her parent
and the hair, loose and unbound streamed in
dark, glossy ringlets over her snowy shoulders
At The noise made by my entrance she started,
iased her head, and l could see through the
| tears that giistened ON her lashes. one of tho
| sweetest hazel ayes | have ever looked upon
A quick fin h shot over her face, crinsoning i
like a rose leaf as she behold a stranger and
| half starting TO her feet, she essayed moment
to speak. aud then stood with half opened lips,
| gazing almost wildly upon me.
For Gods sake fly = cried, s'the ships on
fire IN every part-we can barely escape by the
companion way-in another instant she will
blow up-why hesitate For Heavens sake
come"
"Oh sir, God bless you for this kindness
there then is hopeP' exclal med he old man
but Isabel has tainted he continued. Go,
ny, will die with her. he said in voice of ag-
ony, vanity endeavoring to raise in his enfee-
- ~NA'AA
daughter.
looked into her face The transition from
calm despair to hope had be n too great and she
had indeed tainted. Ii was no time to hesitate
Hastily raising the beautiful stranger in my
arms called upon the Old man to follow, dash
ed into the front cabin, up the companion way,
and my utter horror fou.d the flames had
jnst crossed the entrance. For a second pans
ed. Death was behind, destruction perhaps be-
fore. Laying my hand on the old mea shout
der, urged him ahead, huIr.edly threw lha
shawl OF the fair girl around her face aud form
made a bold desperate push for life, and in an
other instant, amid the cheers ct my men, had
gained the quarter deck. The boat shot to The
side, and u dozen arms were extended to receive
my burden. 1 carefully gave il in charge of he
nearest, almost slung The old man aier--nAaa
spriIlging with boorla Gne stern sheets
waived my arm aud shouted. ''Shove off
board-give way-and ifever you pulled before
pull now, for your lives my NEIL"
i was obeyed. With one soul they bent their
brawny arms TO the task, and while the ash al
most snapped beneath them ma lie the boat whi,l
from the quarter, and then sent her with the
velocity OF sea gull over the deep. Not word
was spoken. The old man sat beside me in the
bewilderment Of gratitude, astonlshment, and
only halt dissipated frght--wilile the form Of
his still lnanilnate child was extended, unaided
for, he moment. by his side. Ii was, indeed,
no time for delay. Every man knew he was
pulling tor IFS or death The other boat was
neatly d mil ahead, skimlling swiftly along
from the deserted ship. Far of Oh the neon
Hght horizon i@y our schooner, wish all her ex.
qnisile ;raceiy reflected in The wave beneath,
and seeming, with her thin, taper rakine masts.
Like some aerial vessel floating half way between
sea and sky. Down TO the right was The burn
ln2 ship, presenting vast body OF lurid fire
that reared ;iion. her sl0es, streaming out her
ports, Cd lied sphaIiy mp her niasts, and leaped
in huge masses straight Into the sky Now,
and then, as her guns became heated, they
went of with roar IKE thunder. Meanwhile.
the dense smoke gathering in q thick cloud
above, hung like a pail over the consuming
ship. For some moments the flames appeared
20 die Ill part Always but all at once IL stream OF
intense tre fhat almost blinded tae eyes, ieaped
perpendiculaTiy waid 1Ioul the dcct 5; the ho-
rlzon for mics around illuminated with q
light more vivid than that vi ths brightest noon
day part OF the forema3t, lifted bodily Out
shot like an arrow almost cable length On high;
a concussiol enstled that made the boat sbiver
like a reed, and ROCK moment tIightfuliy ABOUT;
and then a stunning oar followed, shaking the
armament to ito center, aid sounding as ii a
thousand broadsldes had been discharged az
once. For moment, as the burning fragments
sailed alOft, talnng Oh every hand about, wiIilc
The boat rolled 10 aid fro upon the agitated
swell, we he'd our breaths iii momentary ex
ted f-t< 4r-t ss#es91... .
The Lord have mercy on us all ~
"a nien r said The rescued rather by my side
Bal We were again most mlraculousy pleserv-
ed. The ofiug we had gained, though not sui
dicient toiihsuye safety, proved great enough to
relieve us from inevitable destruction. Had any
OF tie falling tinbers, however, struck US, we
should all have gone down together. As it was
it was one OF the narrowest escapes / ever had
made, and when gave The command TO the
crew to give way again--for At thai terrible ex-
plosioh they had as one man paused "a gush
OF thnkfumess and devotio.! wenG up from my
heart to the great author Of my being, who had
thus a second time preserved my lie.
The dealenlng uproaf, however, recalled the
sense OF the fair gal at my side. Bat wIi not
describe her grautude, ard That ot her parent
herself wGom they persisted III considering the
pieserYer OF their Ilves. Suffice 1t 10 say We
were soon on board the captainS deliberately
resigned his own Cabin TO the strangers, aud
then had leisure to learn some particulars con-
corning their history. They were easily tod.
Mr Thornton, the father Of Isabel, il veal
Thy West Indiaman,and Nas just returning IRON
Great Britain with his daughter, who had been
there for several years obtaining her education.
Before the Letter OF Marque Aalled,s she mad be IA
fitted up by Mr.. Thornton III Il style bprd ring
ON easy luxury, with furnItvre lntehded primer
pally for his mansion house III Jamaica, out az
this moment a message afIlNeu' soHcAtlis ny
presence with Mr. Thornton. As entered the
cabin. he frankly extended his hand, and pre-
scented me to his now biushing daughter-for
what woman, be she, who She may, could stand
unembarrassed in the presence OF one to whom
she owes her life? l had many moments OF
pleasure, bat never felt them as thcn felt,
when Isabel Thornton extending her delicate
hand to me with BEL sweetest smile and uttered
her thanks.a' Il a
f.g+
"But how said !, to change The subject, did
it happen, my dear tliss Thornton, that you
were in The cabin when the rest has escaFed ~
eli he general alarm We were forgotten, fer