The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-04-13
MESSAGE FROM THE SEA
~ Charscs Dickess.

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Just inside the opening in the reef which
made ths mouth Of the cbannel-vber |
the storm came down OF me like desn |
and jsdgment. The boat hllsd 10 a.
Instant aud was tossed head over lecls ints |
the water. Ths sea, which burst into raging |
sarf upon the rock on either eide. rushed Ii |
enc great roller up the deep channel betw,a |
tom, and took mo with Il. lfthc unde: TOW !
aftsrwad had lasted for half q minute, |
Mould have been carried into the white water |
and log. But second roller followed tAs
first, almost on the instant, and swt pit N,
right up on the beach. l had just stfet 9Th |
enough 70 dig my arms n d legs well into the |
wet sand; anil though was taken back with |
tho backward shit OF u, was not takcu into |
deep water again. Before thc third rtller came |
swocs on the dry spni.
:. When got back q the holloy. In shors, |
where hid left my clothes under shelter with |
tho stores found Mr.; Clissoid snae,y crouch.
dap ia the drye.t place, with the tirp.s!in
to cover him. .Oh !" says he, Ia :, state Of
great surpris' You're not s,cwwt! Ne"
says you wcnt GO your oou3l, allowance
After " How much shall l gel! says |
y, routing up and locking anNiou'. "four
fair half snare Of " at ~ here" ] answered
aim. And how long viii that last mep'
nys he. "Thc food, II you have sense enough |
to elo i out With what yvl may find in this
miserable place, barely three week, says Il
and the water Uf You ever drink any, about
fortnight. At hearing that, he took the
bottle out cf his pocket again, and put II TO
ais lips =! an, cold TO the bones says l,
trownng at him i.r crop. And I'm warm
to the marror, says he, chuekling, and
handing me tue sott'e empty. pt,hed
AWAY AZ ence-or tne temPtsuon 10 oresk IL
rer MS head night nave oe'n TOO much iSr
me- p ehet it away, am looked INTO the
nedicine-c chest TO gee II there was drcp OF
pepPermint' or arythng comiofting, OF tnet
'ott, inside; Only three Physic b9tIles were
s,t H. o., thrse oeLng nes'ii ued over MIN
ni-sk,n' we of thcm neio sT0nE Nhite
.wo nere iilled win stun n powder; having
sho names in printed gloherish pasted cu'stle.
Va lookng alttle tio -, 'Vuna vi i,et , spme
sr.xon divisions oi 'ho che,'I small n,sk GOV.
,red with n,cker'work. 'nilTer-b,ahdy was
written WIN pen ana INK ,i 'hI w,e.c,.sork
discovery saved m, from en,NGtihS ryseli 70
pieces. After pull att the Task which made
new mip OF nc put y away IN my nsds
brcss-pot Aeii Mr. Sl'ssoiu Watching me WIN
greedy eyes put "a! ing nMning; ,,
Al tms Mh.ie tho ram NV, wa, ru'n,ns; "s Wlha WIN,
Joaiing and the sea erashins; rs Mans
p<scod had come again. tat close against the
uPereMso, Ncmse nc was "a 'ne uryssI PaNe,
na pnmea my ,sr snars m i; oa ;,e ,aP.u''1 way
non, mn ,sS rn.' =, ,n'r'in nV ,ai sa,, ~ b,E
ipupI n % N. hall sober state Otter 6ni,hing his
Ipset by tri1es. The upset OF hs temper snow-
Lr itscl' in small aggrSyations-.f which TOOK
u notice till re suddenly bcthougtt himseit oi
lingering me by going D1IS aSaln 70 tnu o,S-
Iuie about father, which h'a bred ilhoioou he
tween us on the day when VIC hrs' saw eaen
pther. he had been younger mlA, am
afraid should have stopper MN by pineh on
tho head: Asit was, considering h3 age, and
he shame OF this qulTrelling be'wiTt US when
NO were both cast away together, only warn
ID him that might punch his head II he went
m IL di jast as weii-ana IN s''a now 10
mink that !, d,u;
Wewerc huuuied 30 cio'e togs,ner Inat "nen
20 coied himself up TO sleep (with Htowl ana
when DO did go 20 seep Swtn grWun.b no
Eohea an ..a a,',,ar ILL., dr,,nt ,.ds hars
~, nv, iii w,s IN, Zen. Uo rrounl his
VI, aaT ,.,tod In hi s,ccn. ANON m,
49, ta r,,u,tieJ tc b;n,s,,f I'he,rd as p,nin
~ aon,J to r,,bcr'. name. Th'sy.xcL / but did
|, s., .s,r,riso n,s s..;n- ib,t h. had been tax.
~, ~, 81 ,,hc, hS'orc No dr5pnod OF. But when
|. ~ Nd, y. aut NJ ~ smo q hIs mnt.e,i ,cs and
nmTI;n.. ,hn ropd. 6re bundr,l Suunj.'
L oh.n az =, and over again, with fathers name,
aor bsfc-e now after, no mixed in along with
S.m % cot cutious and lis.c ned for moro. My
ss,an,ng (.n serve me ri tht, yoa will say)
am. to nstbinr, he certain talked on, bul /
y ,oaldn't mae cut word more that he said.
When br woke M, told him plainly ho hal
an ts,hiny in bis tlecr-and nightly taken
.bsrk bs locked when he first heard Il, "What
.Sout :" p says he. made rms wer, ''hy father,
md tive hundred pound; and how 10 you coma
" coulda't have coupled them," said he, in .
b Neat hurry, i!wkat III I know hlout 1t?