The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-01-06

OF u.s. | am not croaking-l am ouly
readiag what the Unseen has written in
my soul. However, you ehall hear my
story, You have heard that my parents
were both lost al seal"
'Nha," said the mate.
"Apa perhaps you knew that they were
lost in this sealf
II have heard 20, sir.n
"AFc--ao ID was. was a how then.
.ThCywcra on their way to Cope1hsgcn.
as vi should bo now. My m,hcr COM
mandtd the ship she was called tho
Cla7r Jane She was named for my
mothef; and she was staunch, noble
craft, was at school then, in Troy; and
whcn / know my parents were dead I
WAS toll nigh mad with grief ! lancicd
then NJ my lrst hours Of orphannge, that
my heart would break and, think such
woulf boon the case ii they had kept mo
at sltol. but some OF those who cared
for ~ came 10 see me, and it was finally
arraffod that ! should 70 to sea. And
prapcrod--prospcrcd 30 we'll that when
| w9 twenty years old, they gave me
comrand of ship.
TlW man who owned the ship which
iirst tommandcd was named Thornton
He htd a daughter named Carrie--one Of
the sweetest purest, and loyoliost orca-
turesih ever graocd this poor life OF
eartlE she was four years younger than
mystl; but even when I frat know her
--ant she was not then moro than four
toon--sho was a woman nj intellect and
grace. though a child in simplicity oflovc
aud tonfdence. Mr.. Thornton did not
obioe TO my suit, 40 / loved hor with all
my soul, and was blessed 90 know that
she bved me Ia return. IL had been ar
RANGED that we should be married when
she as twenty years old,-thRt had boon
our ulan for more than two years, Mr..
I'rosator having set the bounds himself
IL lacked two months Of the time, aud /
had trranged 10 remain at homo until we
werd married. But-Thornton had a
heavy ship frcightcd for Copenhagen, and
her captain was dying. He could find no
one n take his place but me, and he ask
ed me 20 20. could not refuse; but |
asked that / might be married first Mr..
Thonton shook his head, and said no.
But he had another plan which he said
would be better. He had been planning
to visit Copenhagen, whore he had two
brothers In businoss--they were in COM
puny with him-and ho said no would
take the next ship, and bring Carrie out
with him, and we SHOULD be married there
fHnlly consented e take out the new
shb,, and Mr.. Thornton, with his daugh-
ter, was to meet me in Copenhagen, and
there we wor9 20 be married, and all three
come home together. The evening be.
fore / sailed | spent with Carrie, ant
when LEFT her l felt that l was leaving
my very life.
"Well," continued Lester, wiping hi
eyes, 81 went to Copenhagen. | waite,
fuonth-thon heard that the Amori
can ship, White FdrR, with William
Thornton and daughter on board, ha,
touched at Dover, and that all were sal
ndwoll when she left. waited anoth
or week, and thon | crossed over to Ham
burg; but | could learn nothing there
Next | went to London, and there learn
70 ed enough 10 assure me that the ship ha
beon lost! On tho second day after sh
lef. Dover a severe storm ha arisen, an
several vessels had been reported lost.
sent my ship home in charge ofthe mat
and spent four months in searching ate
the lost onesi but | could gain no trac
of them. Not even a piece of the wrec
could find-not a mark Of the ship nc
one Of lis crew | came home with a so
and heavy heart"
Maurice Lester stopped few moment
and bowed his head upon his hands, tc
his feelings had almost overcome him.
In little while, however, he looked u
again, and added, in touching tone,-
"Ah, my dear friend, you do not kno'
what have suflered-tongue cannot te
it, nor can pen write IT, rhdt blow d
break my hoart-broke il in the rcudiI
ofits tenderest cords, and in tbcrrnshit
a ofall is earthly hopes!-Doyou Btlie
in dreams!" A
. The mate started, not so much at y
! character of the question, as from u
Q sudden manner in which il was put.
"Well," said Lester, in a lower ton
81 have had dream repeated many time
! but never has il come 10 me 80 direct
! and so vividly as within the past three
I four days. Carrie Thornton is not dea
\ know she is not!--she has appeared
= me repeatedly in dream, and calls up
4 me to save herl To. night, as | stood
4 alone by the mizzen rigging, trying,
. peer out into the thick gloom, heard IA
J voice as plainly as you now hear MN
, and she called ont for me TO save her,
OF course whatfollowed was mere ianc
though even that affected me much;
!, thought l saw her, standing not far o
. upon a huge sea, with her arms stretch
a imploringly towards me-suw her thu
i with my eyes open, as | have often so'
n her in my sleeping dream!-"
o At this point the captain was cut she
IS in his speech by the cry of "LIGHr-Ho
If from the deck. They hurried up a.
If found the men crowding forward.
Is 6Whati is itl" Lester asked.
v 81 think it is a light, sir" replied Pa
II ker. "Here, sir,-just stand here. No
[, turn your eye about four points upon I
" larboard bow. Wat, now, till she rist
!; Observation-Disclosures you s
J. il, sir"
Yes-he had seen il; aud he knew
II must be lightupon the shores but It "
le a great way of, He watched until
m had seen il several times, and then he
{. marked to his mate that it must be a ligI
in house. The light was bold aud distin
il aud evidently at a considerable heil
above the level of the sea; for, had itI
,e been so, il could not have been seen
IL that distance. After short consultati
during which reference was had %
ID chart OF the Northumberland coast, il "
m decided that this light must be upon ID
&c ton Point. To the north Of Dorton,
IL the captain knew from personal expe
ne ence, as well as from the chart, thore "
st snug harbor, Of easy entrance The
We things were settled.
d. As soon az il had been detarmir
,h where the light was, Captain Lester m'
Dy all possible haste 70 determine his cou
II lof action HID the thinO been practi