Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-01-04

| found an unexpected footing on a rock con-
cealed by the waves in about three feet Of
water; the depth around for the present
matters not. He remained for few mo-
ments motionless on the rock. His name
was again called; it sounded from within
/ the cave.
/ Extricating himself from the rope, he
made an effort to swim: found that be had
more strength than he had thought swan
forward through the darkness up the cay
ern be struggled-sank-rose again
/ heard his name called louder and nearer
made one effort more-felt the sand. the
smooth sand, under his feet-staggerei
forward -reeled-and fell exhausted into
the arms Of his wife
and his sister?
The ladies were both there, sir. The
cavern was about fifty feet in depth, slop-
ing upward toward the back, and partly
filed with weeds, stones and sand. Here
Mrs Clement and her sister had been
driven to take refuge from the rising tide.
They had landed from the boat on the
rocks, at some distance below the cave, in
the hope of finding pathway or outlet,
by which they would escape up the cliff =
After long and hopeless search, they be-
thought themselves of the boat, and to
their extreme terror, found that it had
been carried away by the rising tide. which
now partly covered the rocks. They had
ust time to climb into the cavern over the
fallen rocks under the arch, when the wa
ter, sweeping in, closed up all entrance to
any but, swimmer. Although the tide
was fast rising the ladies cheered each
other with the hope that they should es-
cape Fortunately the darkness at the
back of the cavern was sufficient to prevent
their discovering how high the water usu-
ally rose.
As you might imagine, Mr.. Clements was
some time in recovering his senses. His
wife was kneeling beside him, chafng his
brows when her sister, starting up called
their attention to the rope by which he had
descended. We were pulling it up; and
he shook his head as it disappeared over
the arch of the cavern. Well he knew
how useless it would have been for them to
use it. 1t matters not, he said, they
(meaning us)have gone to -. We
shall have boats here soon we are safe
quite safe, and so on, endeavoring to keep
their spirits up, while he we'll knew that
in the darkness the chances were that the
boat would never find the cave.
Two hours, sir-two long hours passed
on in this way, and Mr.. Clement had given
up all hope. The water kept rising and
rising, till at last the waves broke at their
feet, and each instant threatened their
destruction, The ladies were almost dead
with fear and cold, when large, heavy,
Dutch-b built boat-you don't see such now
swept, with scarcely sound. under the
arch into the cavern, her brow close upon
the spot where Mr.. Clements and the ladies
were. They did not hear her till she was
within the cave; and no wonder, for the
oars were muf1ed, and those who were in
her were as silent as the grave. 1t was
part Of the cargo of French smuggler, w.
ing few miles off, that her crew assisted
by some of the fishermen, were about to
land, and they had taken shelter in the
cavern, having been alarmed at the ap-
proach Of a boat up the coast. Fortunate
was it that Mr.. Clements prevented the Ia
dies from calling out for assistance from
| them
Why I should have thought that even
the smugglers-
Not they, sir. not they; and Mr.. Glenn
ests know it. Desperate men like them
would have left the poor things to drown,
or have murdered them No, Mr. Glenn
ents knew better, He tried a last and
dangerous chance, but it was his only one;
while the men had their heads turned to
the entrance of the cavern, watching the
boat pass the sight Of which had driven
them into it, he lifted the ladies gently in
to the end of the boat They couldn't
hear them for the noise of the waves =
there was plenty Of room for them. and he
drew a sail over them, and was Just Step
ping in himself when one Of the men turn
ed, and he had only time to conceal him
self under the bows Of the boat before she
was again moving silently out of the cave
with, as her crew little suspected, the ad-
dition Of two to their number since she had
entered it.
They went about quarter Of a mile
down under the cliff, and landed boy,
who disappeared like flash up the rocks.
A dead silence ensued; no one yentured
to speak; the men rested on their oars,
and the boat gently rose and sank on the
waves. At last the silence was broken !;
something dark was hurled down the cliff
at, short distance from the boat. It fell
heavily on the rocks. God forgive him.
he's tossed him over. muttered one of the
men. And so it was, sir. The poor man
on the lookout was asleep near the top of
tho cliff, and we often hear of these men
rolling off in their sleep. There's always
a reason for 1t. sir. They were going to
land their cargo, when they heard a gun
in the ofing, from one of the kings cut
ters. The alarm had been given. Not a
moment was to be lost; and straining ev-
cry nerve, they bore out to sea.
They were about two miles from the
shore, when some of the men declared it
was lost job, and that they could go no
further. Mrs. Clements was quite sense
less with cold and exhaustion. but her sis
ter listened eagerly to what the men said.
They had some angry words, but the mean
ing of their conversation she did not under
stand. There was little boat astern of
the large one, which they drew to it, and
entered one by one the last man calling
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