Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-05-21

guide you, although we have everything Of
wind and weather against US. Let two Of
you who are the strongest and most self PCS
sessed, stand by me at the wheel, while the
rest invoke His aid who ever stilieth the
/ tempest to guite our life ladened bark
} safely through the troubled waters
q As if in derisiGn of her matchless eGur-
! age, the mad waves dashed higher, while
( tie thunder pealed loud defiance at her
I words. With paliid face and lips Gem
! pressed. she took her station at the wheel,
while two powerful men stood by to aid her
/ as far as possible. With firm hand she
raised the glass and swept the scene before
/ her, then bidding them TO have courage,
I the boat entered upon its fearful course,
! bounding onward, as if conscious of the
/ hand that guided its destiny. Her orders
were given in clear Loud tones, while she
/ stood proudly erect, her eyes frightened
/ into darker blue, until one would have
fane;ed her the ruling spirit of the storm.
! The water dashed against the side of the
Loaf, crowning her fair head with glitter
/ ing drops yet still she stood unheedipg
while not an eye in all that group but gazed
in mingled awe and confidence upon that
delicate form. Once again the spoke of the
( wheel slipped from the grasp Of him who
held It, but fair jeweled hand arrested its
progress, aud stayed The destruction which
otherwise would have followed It's swerve
IRON duty. Onward sped the noble bark,
and when darkness shut the last rock from
cur sight, one Geafening shout rose high
above the storm tor her who had so bravelv
guided us through the shadow Of DEATH
She would receive no thanks for her
self, but bidding us give thanks to Him
whose Voice ever ruleth the Storm she
retired to her state room, and was lost to
view.
Around the cabin table that night,
about an hour before we entered the han Dor
OF Montreal, We learned her history She
was the daughter of the merchant who
owned the line Of boats, one Of which she
had just saved fiom ruin. Her mother
died when she was child, and her father
had yielded to her wishes aud allowed her
to accompany him in the boat Of which he
was captain. By degrees she became &C
customed to every bend in that beautiful
river, while calm and storm alike brought
scenes OF beauty to her eye. She was now
on her way u visit some iriends in Quebec,
where her father proposed joining her to
spend the winter. \ gentleman artist
SKI tched her likeness on a leaf of his port-
folio as she stood at the wheel, wrapped in
the pilots coat, with the glass in her hand,
and her full length portrait graces the gal
iery Of fine arts in Montreal Many rough
hand grasped the snowy fingers at parting
and many blessing crowned that noble
head.
- magnificent diamond bracelet, bear
ing upon an inside plate the name Of the
vessel and the date uf the occurrence, was
presented TO her about a week after her ar
rival IN Quebec, by the passengers who
were on board at the time while loud and
triumphant were the praises borne to the
ears Of fond parent Of the noble conduct
Of TIA; irall but fearless one who had blav,
the dangers befure which stout hearts and
str NJ forms bad qua led"
- And what became Of her afterwards ?"
| inquired.
She married an officer III Quebec, and
her children still live there Ore is a no
be boy, or rather man now, aud blows the
ocean in one of the noble battle ships of
England"