The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-02

choose amongst the strange notions that came
creeping ovar me. Twas pitch. dark, too and
choking hot The sole Wish had vas TOT =
helpless plight, more like . nightmare than
| aueht elle and A. for tins N II went by what
| I felt, why, might have lain then and be-
| fore, long enough for ons Of the aavrn Slsepers.
| As m, wits cleared, however, I began 10 hear
plenty tf sounds as = were, burning, and rus US
Ting, and booming In my very ears, then Ear
away again. Confused though was, q hoTid
| idea struck me a. I tried 10 listen-that Finch
| and his upderstrappers had put me ashore In
the woods, or handed me over 10 SOTO Of these
villainous blacks with Tho fled teeth; and -
Ssringapatsm must be gone, heaven kqew hoy
long Suddenly, as If TO clinch my notion,
| started for n moment at the loud cry Of bell
bird, as thought 81 first; but III next instant
| a eoft Of thick crust seemed to clear OF my
hearing. and know II was two bells' going
on deck, 40 that was still on board; after which
q regular hustle got up OF sudden overhead
| heard people running up the nearest ladder
from below; cadets shouting and Gathering,
apparently with muskets and cutlasses tho
| cfeak Of the dAvit-blocks letting down the
boats, ard the chief officers vo ce alongside.
wbst with my broken read, though, and the
want Of air and water, felt too SICK 10 give
them thought. II WASH Z long, either, befo-e
| the whole Indiaman seemed 10 DO AZ quiet as
church, except one heavy pair Of feet on tho
qurtsrdeck above; then that stopped as well,
and heard nothing but the Gull sound Of the
tide through her thick outsr-timbers. gurgling
| up ard poppling along, like TO make me MAD
for thirst. l put up my hand TO my head "a
fouf nay hair on one side all sticky, and over.
ed with cockroachos; bat though sne very
touch q their bris'ly feeles msss my Dioyl
| creep, and the vretchcs began 90 dig WITH then
| pinctrs into tho wcuri, was too woAk 20 Keep
| brushing them a-ay ~ last they swarinei ABOUT
| Il. Itmu,t haze been rather some sort ofswoon
| ,aNI xKyoko m NJ araiu when heard
a mans voice not far of, through the stiffness Of
the tween decks, relting aloud. which soon
| made out 10 DO Mr. Knowles the missionary's
| and, from the key OF il, twas evidently the
| Bible he was reading. In little wiile he
| gave up, ard another voice came in, that /
| knew sill better. 1t was Violet Hyde's-low
enough, but 40 cleIr at times, that II seemed to
come into the dark whore lay half senseless,
and afterwards could even call back cone Il
| the very words; then II came 10 stlnt, and
heard her two or three times apparently answer
ing some one couldn't hear. All at once, the
missionary struck up tho frat no Of psal n
tune, and her lovely voice slid into II, till thore
was nothing in tho whole ship, a4 II were, but
hdt-singing the cid Evening Hymn-alonc.
| Such music, 1 thought, never was on sea or
| land--when down from some opening above,
out Of heaven, you might have fancied foil a
chorus Ike the sounds Of angels and cherubs
ioinipg In at the end, once and again catch
|
drowning II in a way 20 ravsh ones oul, till
IL sank into a bush in which Won could
hear tho missi)nary's voice rise as ho prayed
aloud over tho whispers OF the ladies' and chill
dron stealing away from around the skylight--
with tho slight creak of the ruddsr now ard
then, in its case abaft, and tho tide humping
and tapping outside, from the dcadwood at hel
counter 70 the hollow plankirg amid. ships.
As for me, nj first blush thought II all par
Of nv queer visions, till somehow or othor
be gan TO revive bit, and felt for the door o
: tho place they had boxed mo up into. How
ever, 1t WA fast enough, and as soon as trio
! " stand upright, something over my hea
|. gave me a shove down again-it being evident
" ono IL tho stewards snre-rooms abstt {
the cuddy, full OF blRs AMI such like lun
a Der, " here tho hest ! could do was TO stretc
/. !. myself on the heap Of old canvass again, groar
= ing from sheer weakness and desp lration. Ju
- then beard a light stop coming close past I'll
70 door, out Of the large cabin, and gave ano'h'
groan. A dress rui,led, and the foot started
tho other side Of tho passage. "For Gods sal
! open the door" lid I, In u faint voica. "Nh
~, Who'll therci' exclaimed Msl H. do, an
,u 1 iouslv; but my mouth was so dry couldn't a
,sy sS'r her. Next momeat s9e , was 'ry'n MINI
tle or two, however, for | heard the m
nd aonarys voice still praying beside CAPITA
ho ly revived me, and sat up winking At a old
a, oflight in which Violet Hydes face seemed
a DO lowering brighter than tho lamp she had
20 nor TWO hands, AS she stood and gazed at n
Z between wonder and dismly while the ste wa
70 mold the door only half open behind her, PEE
ar ing in at me with one eye like follow watc
/. ing hyena in cage. miss miss I" sal
n be, trying to shove the door to again, ''tah
n csio-he's pirate, ml'am he Is Tho chi,
a oiHcer III blow me up for II, youi ladyship /
|, "Mr. Westwood !" exclaimed she pushing
) wide in spite Of him, "what-what Is this /
/ NDu all tfnnI e. ~
are you wounded 2-whN eau be-ruu
run for fcuething, " said she TO the steward
where Is the sureeon2" "The doctors rome
With the rest OF ON, miss" said no. Will
Ibis took ho.d cf something to scramble up
bringing down bag Of cabin biscuit over me
add got on ny legs In tho midst Of the dust
1ut grim enough mus have looked, with IN,
lace like North American Iudian'-, and The
cochuoaches sticking in my hair, as | stumble
out OF the corner. The tile coskney of sto /,
ard seemed TO think me dangerous for all / saw
Of him next moment was his striped
bingham jacket vanishing round 4 bulk
head aft. 'Oh," stammered |, leaning
against tho doorpost sits Its nothing
after sll--only-a little water |" The truth
was, my brain felt 80 confused still, that really
was not quite sure how the case s.ood-whethsr
hadn't in iact bowsed up my jib too taut that
nigh, and tumbled on my head, or kicked up
some row or other-so suppose | NUT have
looked rather ashamed, which the young LADY,
appeared to notice, by the expression Of her facs
No She moved toward the cuddy, and slppod
quietly Through one Of the folding. doors.
,1iush !" said she gravely, holding up her
hnger, as she came out again and closed il,
carrying couple Of dscinters and glass
| poor Captain Williamson seems asleep-he
was removed there this evening for air" As
frank one tunber OF water after another, |
tancied the yound lady watched ms curiously
however, l had fcIcs quonched my thirst, when
my own IDEAS got clear enough, as we'll as my
tongue, to give an off hand account Of what had
| haPpened. Violet Hyde started, and her voice
iAltered as she sale, " 1hen-then you must
have been shut up here all day-oh, how cruel
OF them 10 hot, too Oh, what wonder you
what day is it, then, Miss Hyde 2" 1T is
rushing somehow or other in her eyes. "Oh,
how glad am tina, happened to pass But
your head-what a dreadful wound you must
hRNo got, Mr.. WestwoOd !" continued abe /;
something must DO done to 1t, indeed"
What the sweet young creature he,i-
tated and blushed about, for the 6rst
ume, never guessed but can't
help thinking that anything short Of an an
gel would have laughed at the ridiculous tigu 10
! must have cut, with powdered biscuit added
to the blood, the har and the coekro lches-al-
though nv worthy trends hand5pke from be-
bind the foremost had laid the bone bare, 80
that tho bleeding saved il from lump. hard
~ know how II came about, but, five minutes
after, there l was sitting on the plsnks Of the
tween decks, while the charming girl herself
stopped over me with basin in one hand and a