The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-04-13

"In wait Gil hs sh'p fiods us.r
Turning fr.m ny gaze, be slunt aud och
ID hard in'c shes d'e. He s.. p,sd m,nut
%, tAssk'ny % Linseu; thea he l,ss,s
hin, that tw nh Cd thr, ugh HI, blna srect ,clcs
snd grnned on his dry, blA LIE.
'Ths ship vii never and sos," be saii
VITA which words hs turrsd Aim-p,f s,,cut to
ward his own eide Of the islaud, and left ne.
he ociy meant that ssy,ns - to a throat
but, hyc Of ,ll-omcs that he was, II turred ou'
a. COED ~ . prophecy! Al my hard worl
With Ne 6,e pscyed y, rk IN va.n; all haec va
aueneheA In n,v long before the cmbcrs hat
set light 20 we're burned out. Whether th.
emoke was scen or net from the vessel is NOR
a~sy on tho Other track, tos ton minutes aftsI
tho snpercArso loft mo. Ia less than an hour
time the last l,lin pss or the bfi,,ht topeail
had vanished out Of view.
went bsek 70 nv csverS--~hich was nov
hkelier tbsu ever to ls my grave as veil. II
that hos olirssts, With oil the moisture on the
island dried nP with rot quite 8, moch as .
tumbieItal Of fresh water left With my
strength wasted by Irving half ra,i ,ns Of foot
two days more, at most, would SEQ mo out.
II was hard enough for q man a. my age, with
ali that had lsft at hcme - make life prvci
Gus, to die such death a. was now before mo
IL was'aardsr ttin 20 have tho sting ot ccsth
shaTsned = a. fei, IL ther-by what had Jus,
happened between the surercsrgo and myssH
Ihorc wrs no hopes now that thu wandering.
the dsy before, had more falsehood tbo N tru,t
In ussm. The secret hc had let oat wa, plainly
truo enough and serious cEou. h to have scared
him into attempting my lite, rather than le,
ne ksop possession cf II, when there was
chance " the shir tcscuing us. that fecre
had fath.r's good name mixed up wi b i,--aud
here was J. Instead of clearing the villsincus
A., He,v ~ .tk
black as ever, into my grave.
II was out VI thohorrtr fclt st doing that
and out OF III, We irRinR Of my beart toward you
alfred, when thought Of IT, that the notion
came to comfort me, of writing tho Message al
the top Of the paper, and Of comn,i tirg il in
the bottle to tho s<a. Drowning mon, they s,y
catch At ;,rswF-lnd tho straw at comfort
caught at wss the ono chance in ten thcussLd
that the message might float till II was ITckJ 4
up, and that Il might reach ycu. NJ u!rd
might, or might not, have Icon failing me bv
this timo-but II is truo either war, that did
fssl conforted wi hen had cmltiei ono OF til.
two bottles left in The medicine chest, hsd pui
he paper inside had tied the ste, FER care ully
ever with the oil-.kin, and had lad tho whole
by In my 20 ,ket, ready, when felt my time
eJminx, to drop Il into the sea. Iwa.rid of the
secret, l thoush,lto myself; nni, II 1t p ascd
Uod, I was rid Of 1t, Alfred, to yCu.
The day waved, and tho sun est, all oloGdleN
and golden, Ia dead calm. Thete wns rot
tipplo any where on tho long oily having ot Ill
va. Before night clmc strengtEonod nysol
With better meal th m usual n. TO fcoj-fO
where was the use Of keeping meat and b'scui
whom I hal not water enough TO last along witt
thsm. When the itars ca ne ont arl tho moci
pse gathered tho wood together, ard lii III
dgnal fire, according to custom, on the bcael
,itsido nv cavern. tad TO hopofrom lt--ha
she fro was company - me; tue lcckiog int
,t auieted my thoughts, and the cIackiirH Vf 1
was q relief IN the silence. l don't knvw wb,
4 was, but tho brcnth'css stiffness Of tbnt nigh
aad something awful in Il. ant went nesr 4
fi.htcnipg me.
Tho moon got hiph ia tho heavens and th,
jrht Of her lay all in food on ,hc sand be'or.
ne, on the rocks that juttsi out from II, AM
On tho calm sea bcy ond. ] wae lurking o.
Misunderstanding II the mt IN w.s shining
On our little lay ut Stecpways, aud II she wa
,uckina at IL too-when l saw mans shadov
teal over the white Of the .nnd. lie was lurk
nv near me again. In u minute -, came ini
flew. Tho moonshinc p,...uiCd OF bis bluo spec
stopped as ho Passed by the rocks apl locke
about for EOs~ stopi he fouul large o.;
! and came straight with 1t on tpt0e up to th
\ ire. I showed myself 70 him On sudden,
The rcd Of the d.uC with tho pistol in my hirl
He dropped u siord, pnd shrank back at n
irht OF Il. When hc was close to bic soa u
Noppef, and scroamed out al MI, ~ lI SliiP
rSf o.v.r f;t The ships comipgi Ths ship shA
thss other notion o. killing md '.e aa'p' ai
csms 10 us, seemed never 10 have left n'n
When be turned, and went back by the way a
asd come, ke was still shouting out tLose san
W.rds. Fer Ihar'er ~ an hShr or more
n.ayd him, TILL, tho silence swa'losod up n
rlvipg-, and led ne back again ~ MY thought
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