Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-01-05

possible As soon as the food had gone from
the deck, and the vessel had struggled up
from the shock, lie looked into his compan-
ions face and said in voice made treInu-
lous by deeper emotion than he had bcf re
maniiestcd:
Griffin, have something upon my mind
more than YOU know; and ] am anxious to
communicate it, too. ] must tell r now, for
! | have Il strange forcboding of coming ill.,
Something is TO happen that will bear great
calamity to some of Us. am not croaking
i am only reading what the Cnscgn has
written in my soul However, you shall hear
my story You have heard that iny parents
were both lost at sea-
Yes" said the mate
"And perhaps you knew that they were
| lost in this sea 2"
Il have heard so sir"
"Ayc--so it was. | was a boy them
They were on their way to Copenhagen, rs
we should be now. Ny father commanded
! the shp-she was called the clara June.' -
She was named for my mother; and sic was
staunch noble craft. | was at school then,
! in Troy and when knew that my parents
were dead, was well nigh mad WITH grief
/ ] faLced them, in my first hours uf orphanage
that my heart would break and, think
such would have been the case if they had
| kept me at school. But some of those who
cared for me came to see me, andit was finally
arranged that should 90 to sea. And
prospered- prospcrcd so well that, when ]
was twenty years old, they gave me com
mand of a ship.
The man who owned the ship which
| first commanded was named Thornton. He
! had daughter named Carric-une Of the
sweetest, purc,t, aud lovcliest creatures that
ever graced this poor life Of earth. She was
four years younger than myself; but even
when first knew hcr--aud she was not then
more than fpurtccn-sIc was n woman in in
tclcct aud grace, though child in simpici-
ty Of love and confidence. Mr. Thornton did
not object To my snit, so ! loved her with ali
my soul, and was blessed 10 know she loved
me in return. It had been arranged that wc
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. ami had arranged to remain at
home until we were married. But--lhDrU-
ton had heavy ship frcightcd for CDpcnha-
gen, and her captain was dying He could
fud no one 10 take his place but me. and lie
asked nc to 20. | could not refuse; but |
asked that might be married first. Mr..
Thornton shook his head, and said no But
lie lad another plan which he said wOull be
better lie had been planning to via.l Gu
pcuhagcn, where he hal two LroIhcrsi IN bus
incss--they were in company with him--and
he said lie would take the next ship, and
l::ug I arrie out with him aud vc shDCld be
married hcrc finally consented to take
out the ucw ship, and Mr.. Thornton, with
a -, q
aud there we were to be married, and all
three come home together. The evening be-
fore / sailed, spcut with Carrie, aud when
le't her felt tAat was leaving my very
life
We'll" continued Lester. "ipin2 lis eyes
Il went to CupculagcH waited month
then heard that the American ship White
Fawa,' with William Thornton and daughter
on board, had touched at Dover, and that all
were safe and well when she left. waited
another week and then crossed over to
Hamburg but could learn nothing there. |
Next | went TO London, and there learned |
enough 10 assure me- that the ship hal been |
lost OG the second day after She left Do |
yer severe storm had arisen, and several /
vessels had been reported lost sent my |
slip home in charge Of the mate, and spent !
four months in searching after tie l0t ones !, !
but could gain no trace of them. Not even !
piece Of the wreck could lind-not a mark |
OF the ship nor one Of its crew came home !
with a sad and heavy heart"
Maurice Lester stopped few moments, /
and bowed his head upon his hands, for lis
feelings lad almost overcome him. H. lit
tie while, however he looked up again, and |
added, in a touching tonc,-
/ L.
what have su!lercd-tonguc cannot tell it, |
nor can pen write it, That blow did break
my heart-Dryke it in the rcndiug Of It's ten
dcrests cords, and in the crushing Of all its
earthly hopes Do you believe il drralns?"
The mate started, not 50 much at the char
acter Of the question, as from the sudden
manner in which it was put.
'Wcll," said Lester, ia lower tone, II
have had dream repeated many times but
never had II come to me 50 directly and 80
yyldiy as within the past three or four day
CulTie ThoTHtOn Is not dead | know sic is
not she has appeared TO ne repeatedly in
= dream, aud calls upon NE 10 save her =
Tonight, as | stood all alone by the nZzeu
ri ging trying 10 peer out into tue thick gloom
| heard her voice as plainly as you now hear
mine, aud she called out for me TO save her
-
though even that affected ne much thought |
| saw Eer, standing not far of, upon huge |
sea, With her arms stretched iulploriugly To- |
wa.ls me-saw her then, with my eyes open, |
u.s. have often seen her III my sleeping |
dream -"
81 this point tie captain was cut short IN |
lis speech by tie CRY OF "Ll0nT-nom from !
the deck. They hurried up and found the .
men crowiing forward.
VIVA, IL it?" Lester asked.
Il think it is light. sir" replied Parker
'iierc, sir,-just stand here--SoH turn your ,
eye about four points upon the larboard bow.
Wait, now, till she rises. -lIa---thero -
there ?---Se e.---Did you see it sir?'
les---Ee had seen it aud lie knew it must .
be light upui. the shore but it was grc4;
way u.i lie watched until he tal sccu 1t
several times and tLen he remarked to bis
mate that thrust be a l.ght-hOusn Tie i.ht-
Louse. The light was bold aud distinct, and |
evidently at considerable height abOye the /
level 1.-THE sea Tor had it not beea 81, /: ,
could not have been seen ut hat distance. 80
Al;es a sno.. CoEau.tatiOn, during which rc- |
ference was had 10 tie chart Oi the NOrtaum-
bcrlanl coast 1t was decided that tbs tight ,
must be upon Dyrton Ppiut. II tie north I
ui DuTtun. 70 tie captain knew from pers IL 7
al experience, As vel, ~ from tue chart. there
Was sLug harior, Of easy entrance. Tuese I
things we're settled.
AS soon do II lad lccn determined where
the light WAS. Captain Lester made all pos
gib.c haste 70 determine bis cours: of action.
Had the thing been practicable, lie voali .
Lave laid his slip; bat that could not Le
dsue. No one even gaycit a serious thought. !
So it WAS determined that the ship should |
stand on, at least until something further as
discovered
At hali-past twelve tie gale had in5dera- !
ted Considerably. The ligh; pas NV to 5e ,
seen cerN ulaintv ,rhet r.r thn Lii n r.l.c a-d