The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-12-07

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SHELLS for homo-and ws ulled back \ ThtP
schooner. thAs
My hrst receive atle- this was TO KEEP befi4si,
the bret re again; try 20 &c sight OF tbs sipt
GEd ell Finch out aud ou', a. ought TO have,
done at once, what was afo. am rn.,st his crows,
or else to lot Sir Charles Hyde know of Il, aiBv
make him bold offer Uf q passage TO Calcutta
However, soon saw this wouldn't do; AID r.
gular puzzle found myself in, bstwixt inc ND
ing ~ stick TO the islAnl anil catch Foster i b,
came, and wishing to know how the Indiana A,
stood on her course IL he didn't. Jones mus
have ?, ld my thoughts as | 'cint upon the caJ
stan. iotkint, ON Whitewater Island to1th q
horizon, aud back again; for ho s;erfd Z
AID ta.d in q low " ace, Lieutenant Collin r
there's one thing did MT tell YOU sbolt that
Land before, bgcausc, as | said, | wasn't e.
first sure il vas the one the M
meant; I. may help TO decide yo'
sir, SAID he gravdy. "Ah p | sad. Ter
that island, he went on, his ordiuarily dIrn
face IA pale as death, " th re is enough COLT 2
this moment to buy halt OF an English coun'.T--
ay, aud bette than gold seeing mat only ovt
man knows the spot VIII re II Is, and he wcu~
rather sail round the wool without a shirt TO ! A
back than touch one iilns Of thc--hells drosa :
looked at Jones Ia perfect amaze As he sdie.E
70" mny fancy now, NJ Collins, whether
man IF the hind happ ned to got wind OF thfs
he would not stir heaven and earth TO reach ~
place Bui rather than that gold fhoull a
into living han.s, said he fercelv. " - I
'c1if Jrr Mtm ny myself -uy, alnne-,lunsNI
and shuidet see mel to run through him ~ "a
gave anu her lance TO the island. For my tar !
drew a long 'realh. What he mentioned b ,sl
all at OnCe relieve ed NY mind wonderfully; for
this war Muster Foster cue, rs | now saw 4
must have been the whole voyage over. VIII, II
he wuulo I've just ~ sure not 10 spread the thi
widely, rs he would B." to rot re some tim.
he could. On second thuughs, It want ~
plain how the rest OF the crew might work ~ 4
IL, on the least II king: but inclined ~ | IN
rlly was 90 loo. upln the best side Of the m,
ter, you needn't wOldcr at my mixing No ~
mild ~ ] did. The ,hort and hc lon , VI Il Va
that, In an hour or more, Jones aud m
self, with JaCubs and four other gid htn IN
--ant, sone~hat to my annoy alce, MIR. Rn1
lock, who persisted N ming--were publ
inr ack fr he isl-Hd; while the sch ne, ~
dai ear" OF Westf D 4 and Smell Az was h u ~
ons Wiud tu stand up across Tho Nine Degree
Chana,l, which the Iudamdn woIld no dous
tHke as the safest course for Western In 'ia "a
all went well, aud pr'sirg | had ,'OiRd
correctly VII, ue miA5od her 40 lon:. In hi
case tire, Of four uiy' "a mn't cn'l dn Tail ID
brn,. Der up; ami on hr-t lighting her 1T
horizon, thy could easily cLuugi OF p a
schooner to her s,icks, keeping her st' M ~ .
~ T. let the ship pass without noticing the lot
! Ct 80 small II Graf whereas If they didn't N
| hi ut oil, Ia that time, they were to bear
! b, fore tire wind again for the ILa "
| OF all things, and every circums',i
' Tin" considered agreed with Wei
SS',oA I, ,,, lest no. Il come ac.oss hsr aeasl
| II we could heln II.
Tor our own part, II the boat, we wera fu'si
| prov is:oncd and aimed for all the tim we - Al
need not 20 soak Ct what tho i,l lnl it's II
| iofdcd and sl.et itching the sch er s,nN
hcclinu of 20 sea, rouni the deep end ut it, Y.
cruised clu'c along, not for the beach til, tin =
| but seeking for cove ~ the rocks whsfc -
| boat could be hauled mp Out Of ,i,ht, AMI -
| rom the surf AT high water. This We wcrD. 4
very 'ong Of finding behind some h'Ocks ~
| broke the force It the surge. here ,ha -
| green trallrIs from above ere i alnn,t down y
| the awecd and after help ng them lii
1 90 hide her peri, fly, the Who'll Of "a scrsm u
ashore. The first thug was TO pnst a 10 'N-'u1I
on the highest point, the sharp lit le peak rcr|
! to the rcci'sidc overlooking the rprin,, and q
| level ground b"twte on the other side nF
| l,uU green Vsll'y, fll Cf bush In tie midt
| was the flt-topp Il rise towards tho brO~u ~
\ ter, fem which l anl the Planter wa'cf =
| the schooner 'oiicning for an hour or two,
| she reached the tue se.i-rl,un, and less'g
ell 20 spcck ny that tlmr, the m
had pitched little canvass tent on
J 81 pc opposite to NJ over the lOluw-JOr
\ evidently teiug auNiuus to keep clear Ot
| sIot which somebody else hal picked out belo
| hand in fpt the highest ground was botw
| us ana il; and on coming down through A.
| thictct to our quarters. nltcr n stroll In ~h,
GuilWk shot q couple e r, sc-cOlpred par's ~, u
| declaring them 10 bc splendid eating va. ~
Jones had bud TO send over the otheI 49, N
! water.
woke up in the tent perhaps ~ h.,
before midnight ~ | judged on loohf
| through the opening NJ the Btas a.
| sEonc in the dak sky through the nor
| east end OF the valley above the :
| Where Jones had gore at til, time l dil'
| Know, Til suddenly | caught zig { Of hi, d.,
| figure standing Oh the r.e at the back Of "
| post, and went up To him. Jones WIS ccrtS
/ " strange mixture, for here hal
/ been oil round tho low sid, OF
island by himself, yc, t,uad | i'm leaning ba
| headed on the barrel OF hia riUsk t, Ii 'eni
| like deer he assured me solemuly he thoui..
he had heard voices for the last hour on 1
| other side, where ne had1't beep, and Rked .
| it would 30 with him to see. Then dog
| came our lockout fiom The peak, rolling throu 4
the bushes like u sea COW; to report his no h.;
| ing seen ~ yihing aud 10 say they'd tOrso:t'
| relieve him uluit 50 rousing up Jacobs, str
\ them both back together while Jones an
held The opposite way for the o'her height
/ moment we cot 60 IL, hire W. he same Il
1 blJttcd-out horizon as we had hId all aster
/ us The night heiOrc, the same strange unnatL
| y, leness cast oil the face OF the sei.
Everything was still, and Jones drew a brox
| like one relieved. Nothing after all, | Thu,
| sir ~ said he but 10 my mind there was sol
| thing Il long sight more awful in the lo"k
i that uiaccOuntahle white water bearing do
| like STOW upon the island, as II were, WIN ri
| wrinkles and oldics tO be seen family in It b II
and there back toward the glazing breadth OF
| and the floating streaks ia the sky above.
| pecially when lac told me he thought 1t
owing 20 millions upon millions OF living th'I \
in it, that made the same show there
| different sessoI in the year. for We, k or u
| a tim,-the appearance of il getting e3s o
tinct every uight. However, l htd bes
&c grow uneasy again abort the IN II
man, and the schooner too, as w,h
doubtful OF thc FLOWS CONF :" IN" LAIN
/ All on the contrary, a | aid 10 Jones, II
saw he tchoOuor, and WestwOod tiCnt man
as told him, why bo'h she, the sh p, and
selves might possibly get the linl.hng-stl
altogether. "lho muie think OF II, sal
"tho more foolish II seems 10 be here instea
aboard =" "Nhy IL Is, Mr. Collins, | d,
know, replied Jones, ''yot feel a sure tb'
men will land her, b il heard them in
woods; ard It wasn't aware how one cr.
| breeds another for my part, / shouldn't 4
here at present, sir. Many a might all
has the Thought OF this place weighed
me, lest there was something new dol
| in IL; hut what's buried here I'm res,lvei
man hall stir up, ii | can help IL, sir =
tie after, az We got up and went down g.
| beach, al of a suiden-like u thing he cOulI
| ayoiII-Jones began to give me same aa'Ci
of what happened here somc years beiI
| which, according to him, he had got IRONY
| shiImate OF his that died. aud must 81 n
made the blood creep 10 me TO listen 10 II. 1
| At the beginning Of the war, no SAID
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