Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-06
VOL. XIII.

AIM perhaps 'u Ane" thd1 tAey were
lost in this sea p
II have heard so, SIR"
"Aye-so it was. l was boy then. They
were on their way to Copehagen, as we should
be now. My father commanded the ship-she
was called the Clara Jane She was named
for my mother and she was a staunch, noble
craft. | was at school then, in Troy and
when knew that my parents were dead
was well nigh mad with grief / fancied then
n my first hours of orphanage, that my heart
would break and / think such would have
been the case if they had kept ME to school.
But some of those who cared for me came to
see me, and it was finally arranged that l
! should go to sea. And prospered-prosper-
| ed SO well that, when was twenty years old
they gave me command of a ship.
"'Fhe man who owned the ship | first conf
manded was named Thornton. He had daugll-
ter named Carrie-one of the sweetest, purest,
and lovliest creatures that ever graced this
poor life of earth. She was four years young
er than myself; but even when / first knew
her-and she was not then more than fourteen
she was woman in intellect and grace, though
a child in simplicity of love and confidence
Mr.. Thornton did not object to my suit, so
loved her with all my soul, and was blessed to
know that she loved me in return. 1t had
been arranged that we should be married when
she was twenty years old,-that had been our
plan for more than two years, Mr.. Thornton
having set the bounds himself. 1t lacked two
months of the time, and l had arranged to re-
main at home until we were married. But
Thornton had heavy ship freighted for Co
| lou III, 10
could find no one to take his place but me,
aud he asked me to go. could not refusr; but
asked that might be married first. MIR.
Thornton shook his head, and said no. But
he had another plan which he said would be
better. He had been planning to visit Co
penlagen, where he had two brothers in busi-
ness-they were in company with Iim-and
he said he would take the next ship, and bring
Carrie eut with him, and we should be marri
ed there. finally consented to take out the
new ship, and Mr.. Thornton, with his daught-
er, was to meet me in Copenhagen and there
we were to be married, and all three come
home together. The evening before sailed
spent with Carrie, and when left her felt
that was leaving my very life.
We'll" continued Lester wiping his eyes,
/ NGUl tO NOHEHHdrcI. IL
then heard that the American ship, white
Fawn" with William Thornton and daughter
| Oh board had touched at Dcver and that al!
were safe and well when she left. | waited
another week, and then l crossed over to Ham
burg bat | could learn nothing there. Next
| went to London and there learned enough
to assure me that the ship had been lost! j
sent my ship home in charge of the mate, and
spent four months in searching after the lost
ones but could gain no trace of them. Not
even piece OF the wreck could ! finL-not
mark of the ship nor of one of its crew. /
came home with sad and heavy heart"
Maurice Lester stopped a few moments, and
bowed his head upon his hands, for his feelings
had almost overcome him. In a little while
however, he looked up again, and added, in a
touching tone,-
~Ah, my dear friend you do not know what
have sufftred-tongue cannot tell it, nor can
pen write it. That blow did break my heari
broke it in the rending of its tendoresi
cords, and in the crushing of all its earthly
hopes DO you believe in dreams?'
The mate started, not so much at the char
acter Of the question, as from the sudden man
her in which it was put.
"Weil,,' said Lester, in lower tone 81
have had dream repeated many times but
never has it come to me so directly and vivd!y
as within the past three or four days. Carrie
! Thornton is not dead! l know she is not )
she has appeared to me repeatedly i'll dream
and calls upon me to save her! Tonight, a.
stood all alone by the mizzen rigging, trying
to peer out into the thick gloom, l heard her
voice as plainly as you now hear mine, and She
called out for me to save her. Of course what
| followed was mere fancy, though even that al
fected me much l thought / saw her, stand
! ing not far off, upon a huge sea, with her arm
stretched imploringly towards me-saw her
then, with my eyes open, as have often seen
her in my sleeping dream -"
At this point the captain was cut short in
his speech by the cry of "LIGHr-Ho !" from the
deck. They hurried up and found the mel
crowding forward.
.'What is it ?'' Lester asked.
II think it is light, SIR replied Parker
"Here, sir-just stand here Now turn your
eye about four points upon the larboald bow,
Wait, now, till she rises Ha-there there.
see Did you see it, sr?"
Yes-he had seen it; and he knew it must
be light upon ltl0 SIlOfc UuI II "tho a ShSs''
way off. He watched until he had seen it sew
eral times, and then he remarked TO his mate
that it must be lighthouse. The light was
bold and distinct, and evidently at a consider
able height above the sea for, had 1t uo'
been So it could not have been seen at that
distance. After ii short consultation, during
which reference was had to the chart OF the
| Northumberland coast it was decided that this
light must be upon Dorton Point. Tt
4 the north of Dorton, as the captain knew
from the chart, there was snug harbor, o
easy entrance. These things were settled.
As soon as it had been determined where
the light was, Captain Lester made all posi-
bic haste to determine his course of action
Had the thing been practicable, he would havt
laid his ship to but that could not be done
No one even gave it a serious thought. 81
it was determined that the ship should stanC
on, at least till something further was discov
cred.
! At halfpast twelve the gale had moderated
considerably. The light was now to be seeI
very plainly whenever the ship rose, ard th
' captain and his officers felt sure that they wer
: right in their calculations.
aAt all events" said the former, "we hav
! no choice but to stand on, at least"
;. He was interrupted by cry from the bow
Y that made every soul stir with horror:
"BRBAKERs! BREAKEKsP y
d Captain Lester leaped forward, and in yer
!, few moments he was satisfied that the warnin
g had not been u false one for he could no
h only hear the awful roar of the breaking sea:
s. but he fa cied that he could see the gleamin
e of the white foam as it few high in the air
e As quickly as possible the topsail was take
d off. and the anchors cut loose. The ponderou
J. grapplings plunged into the Kissing sea, tn