The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-12-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIM
sAILoR'swooINe
a SEA STORY.

the MAhOmetans herded together anlohBs theih-
selves, forcing the two Englishmen to keep on
the other sde Of the island, as they had no hre-
arms , whila the old Hindoo merchant and his
nativs eor,ant got n tent pitched on
the higbcst point for the women, where
6hev were no more seen than before, and
A "a, hoistcd on stick all the time
for = signal TO ships-pOor simple devil As
Jones said with laugh. Every day he offer d
the Arab crew more of tho gold and Jewels he
bad with him, to make for India and get him
brought of; till al last some Of the Arabs came
round to the mate and his companion. wanting
them TO take the boat AMI 20 instead, Otherwise
they would Nil 10th Of them at once. The two
men accordingly had provisions given thein AMI
hoisfcd sail ON the boat before the breeze I.
eastward. they had almost dropped tho Island,
when All a. once the one in the boats bows step
ned att 10 him that had the tillcr, and said II
struck him The A'aDs couldn't moan well to TN
IIindoo and his wives, in trying 10 got clear Of
the Others All hs companion did. Jones said
was TO ask Il he was man enough to 90 bacI, i,cc
them boldly, and offer to take the passenger and
his harcm too, when some craft or other might
come back for the Arabs, since they weren't sea.
men enough to venture first in the boat. 81
tell you what said the first TRY the two
largest breakers Of water there The water for
use next after the open one was tas;cd-lnd IT
WA s1h. "Will YOU stand by me! the second
man said, after a while. The other had dOs
with him Of his own, that had swan ashore from
the vessel after the raft he landed upon, AMI 1t
was sleeping on the boats low at the MON mt,
near him; the dog lifted its head, rs they spoke,
eyed the two, AMI lay down again with low
sort Of growl. "Ay answered the other TO
the last | Wills long NJ you stick by me-
They hauled over the sheet, laid the boat Sharp
on wind, and a. son "a n was dusk began TO
pull hack toward the island, where they got
ashore in the darn before morning
Here Jones stopped, turned slldenly round
70 the glare Of the white water p.a'hing upon
the beach, and said no more. "Why, Jones, ="
said !, lis that all yoI'vc TO tcll?-Whit came
Of them? For COTS sake ycs-whlt WA the
upsho,i" I'll, enough to show how on, bad
thing breeds another, rs slil sir, answered
he Probably in the cnl, thou,h--at any rate
only fancy the rest lisa horrible dream 10 me,
for a-a-sJual came on when that shipmltc
of mine got 80 far, and we hal to reef lopsaiS.
lie went overheard oil the yard that very
night, said Jones wildly. The man must have
been there, said In pointed way 10 give
all the paricullrs--he wa, the mate, himself
Mr.; Joue-,' He made no answer, but kept "a.
ing out TO sea. And how long was this a;o1'
nked. ooh" answered he, "ycars enou sh
ago, no doubt, sir, for both Of rs to be chill IN
ifyoa were born, Mr.. Collins and he turned
his face 10 me "a CHASTITY as the water toward
the horizon he was looking Mt before lat least
hope TO God II was so-the man wasa poor
creature sir, bless YOU and very oil, it Seems
TO me-twico my own age AT the time, Licutcn-
ant Collins! Al all events, though he wen, on
rambling In a strange wav that mllr me think
hs was going ont OF his mind, "ho remcmbero
we'll enough tho first time ho s,w the whit,
water COMING lOWnuIOl the island, he VA
huntinI--hanHsg- -ihrOugh he bushes nnl ~
and down, aud came ~ upon the era {. "llUui.
Ing. said. lr., yoi dilnt know how il
lived, or whore il k'pf, but every nj III II was
on the lookout there Ticrc was no unr else,
save the grl lccp'n; over beyond in IA, hut;
and the IMAM almost ftnci,1 tue wi'cr of Tia, sea
wa CONT g down to the rocks AMI the beach
like the Almighty himself 20 show lie was clear
Of all that hal happencl--ii hc could hut haV,
finished that brute, i"Nityi1s ,.k' tho yef,
devil he have been happy. hr fcll llitk We,
said he, sinking his ypic' to- whisper. "Nhof
he went back n day lilht, the woman WIS dyinp
--Ahc hal born a what was M Innocent ~ Oh.
wns, poor, .Nect, young hca'hen.' And il
hadn't guessed pretty well before that Jones wa
the man he'd leen speaking Of his glitiorin
eve, and bis stride from tho beach would htv,
showed II; apparently he forgot everything ha
sides at that moment, till you'd have ~ Isll
his mind gloaled on this piece Of his history
"The woman" ! coulln help saving, "wlnl
woman! Had the rest left Won in the boat, thcni'
Jones looked uIOn mo firrcely, then turned
away; when all on sud lon such a long ungdr, h
ly quaver Ola cry cams down through tbs still
mess, from somewhere, I'Dit In tho island thIi
at first didn't know wi Il to think, unless on,
Of our lookout men hal met with an accilen,
and tumblcd down. Twas 50 dark whclo they
were, however there was no scein.; them, With
ont looking for himself Jones iac"l me, silver
ing all over. 'Whnt Is that Mr. Collinss wills.
pered e,catching my arm with u clutch like
death, IS there anything yonl'r-hchhl--
sir ?" On the Hat head Of tn crIs nor.h-w. ST.
ward, black against the pale .,limmcr over the
very spot where he hal s.oll hIll-uu.hpur bo-
fore, to my utter horror, there was some creature
or other sitting rs IL IL ior * / toward the sea
sud Just then another Wild, uuiGeriu.g, ed living
sound came tyIlcn " enough from it.. like
thing that would nrNvrcnl. |. wasn't humh
voice tha.--my very hra'n spun with IT, as |
glanced 10 Jones. "Gl.d h,aypns." [ said.
H,ctay But now think of IL; y,a-tis the
bowl Of a dog 60 nothing ys,.' "Ei,ht-tcn
year, slii Jones, hhIrscly, "w,thpIt fIld, too
and enough in that we'll "a have p ionnl VII lie
gang Of men Tor twtuty sea s. Sdd II ba an
earthly b -, s.rE' Tie stuc h gt.c m a.
the nom M was more tri 'h'iul ,hnn lushi else,
but | mentio i,l what WJslwJul All had
observed TIL day before. BslIca well knew
what he infant. Jones WAS stealing sNif " up
the rising ground 20 the shoulder Of H. | Jaw
him get suddenly on level with the creature,
his mus ket aiming for it-ihcrc was a fash anl
a shot that left the height Is bare a. hciore-
and next minute, with short viii nprfing
bowl, the animal few down the hill, while 1
heard Jones crashing through the bushes after
it, till he was lost in the dark. Such q terrible
notion 1t gave me Of his strange story being
true, whereas before ] hal almost fuicicd l.
partly craze of his, from having lived here
alOne-that for a momant or two il seemed to
my mind we were still In the mills Of il. !
hurried back to our post, aAl close upm nom
ing Jones came over and lay down ~ him'elt
without word, hlggard and CO. red with
sweat.
All next day the horizon on ev,ry sid, VS.
clear Of a single spn X no signs either Of ship
or schooner, till he ,il O wish We were uut 81
1t, hoping the Scringipi'in had after Ill kc,
the old cOursc tug BJmIry, Ia spite o. "a. /
found Jones hHi warned iha m'a not 10 get
our water out Of the tank IL b'ns pO. ,OnrI
In way lit TO last for y'ar, as the p'rl'cs kn',
how 10 do. For our parts, We hil 10 ANS,
ourselves the bcs, way We could, waiting e.
the schooner 10 come downagIjn Cor Us, Wh.rh
was the only thing look Il for nov. TlI
night the white appearance Of the water tonpth
aud windard seemed a good deal gone. save
where II hung Ike u haze in the erection f.
took of the island he stars ,holc on AMI Il
two or three nights more | foInl from Jon.
there would he nothing of j., which | hoped |
should have TO TAX, on his word
Al davbrcak, however, oIr rnA-o col all
OF asudlcn hc scau hJN,ing 'AH a,.,GA for %
sail in sight, and wlyil, h.s h.' Tor IL
TO come, No sooner hrl W. hu..cl ~
accordingly, than a sail On lH %, ma.
out in the southeast h Il down; AMI th.
schooner not being likely thcr'aNny q certain
hutter In IOe a. once SCI i dOHn Tor the Ia LA
man AT last, on her way far past the il lnl Tor
the open channel d irg broad d,ylj II, TO-,