The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-12-14

| ing and frightening before you, till you count
| oil her sails, and saw the light betwixt them,
with the breeze always strengthening OF that
side the island, and Of course making it tho
safer for her to pass 1t to leeward. the blue
surgoe rose longer to the foam at their crcsts,
till ones eve got confused between them AMI
the spots of surf ripping grecnish over tho
tongues Of reef; in fact, it wasn't far of being
lOw-water at the time, and the whole was TO be
seen better from the height than elsewhere,
stretched out like floor that the breeze was
sweeping across raising white dust where tue
blue melted into the iht-brown tint OF the sea TO
leeward The breeze came so fresh shat she cv,
hauled down her skysils and iOre-royal Falling oil
% 10 10 lcowafd OF the islinl. A. the sIue
moment ] made out with the glass that she wa
actually tho Scfingapalam, and also that sh "a
got lcadsman a. work ~ the chains. Five
minutes more, and he'd have gone time enough
into the distinct brown .rolorcd swclls, to sand
Iast the deep end without h'lp from The glass,
saw thu sun sparkle in tho spray from her
black hoNs; sh' made sllin forge ahead " Ia
her whole beam on 10 IT'S; when. urv' moment,
AS if she hal teknn n sudden yiy anl broirhsl
to in the wind she came fairly cnl on,
showing tho three piles Of canvas in on.
Wild boiling oil the truth cropt on mo
rs sprang on the peak waving my arms
and ,tamring like luuatc, ~ If they
could hear M. The next instant she hal fail
en- little over, her iOrc,op-mast and main-tO.
gallant-mast gone out Of their pieces at the
shock, and the heavy blue swells running to
her highest side in a perfect heap OF loan
while the spray rose in white Jets across her
weather bulwarks at every burst ~ them. The
Indiaman had struck on rib Of reef, or else
spit Of sand, near the very cl % Of tho Who'll
bank had II been only Il. GA vrrr--as | hal
reason 10 believe aitrrwarls-'he ed have goni
clear over 1t. As soon as the frs. horror
Of the thing was li,ilo past, | loJkh,
without worl, TO Jones', aud he
to M. "Ihe poor FLOW, have come at
last, certainly" said he, in a serious enough
tone. "Mr. Collins, he aided, ''ths moment |
act foot on ground here, felt sure something
would come of it !.!-"Gct the men down AZ
once, sir aid, "and let's pull out TO the ship
| why, SIR answered he, 'ihe breeze is
likely TO keep for some tim, as II j., If she's
completely gone, they'll be abb; to bring all
hands cafe ashore. II You take my advice, Mr..
Collins yoIll hold all fast, anl how no signs Of
our being here at all, in case Of having some
thing OF U.hcr TO manage yet that may cost IA
harder" II didn't need much thought TO arc
this, in fac; and in place OF going down, ten nil
nutcs altrf We were all close amongst the bushes
on the slop" watching the wreck. WHAT was ut
the bottom Of all this ! didn't know: whether
Captain Finch had really got wind OF Fo,,er's
scheme, aud been playing with some hell IA no.
ton hs heart failed him to carry out, or h w ii
wa; hui what he was to make Of his was The
question.
Wen, toward afternoon tho wreck seem Il
| pretty mach in the same state, thoIgh by thi,
time they bad evidently given her up, for tho
| boat were beginning to be ho.';cd out to leo
| ward. We couldn't see what went on there, till
one Of them suddenly appeared, pulling out for
the island, about three miles of; then the largo
launch after it. There were ladies' dresses to be
padr out in both, their clolks AMI shlwls
lutiering bright TO the breeze as the
boats dipped in tho short swells; and they
| full louT or tlay frpt - Il iii
near the broad beach, on the level ,il,, where
| the tile was ebbing fast again. making it a
| hard mat cr TO pull the distlncc. Two more
boats cane of the ship, iillcl full Of casks AMI
| other ma tcrs, save the crews the rc't of tho
| pa sen ,rtr aud men no doubt watiu; for the
| launch aUd jo'ly-boat TO 90 back anl take
| them a.unrc-ior soon after, they both could
| he seen rounding the point on their way out.
On coming within hail OF tbs fresh boats, how
ever, they apparently gavc in, sinco We could
see the two of thf u, to our great ,urprsc,
strike round. and make for tho beach again
with their shpm Itos, in spite Of sign lis
nom tho wreck, AMI shuts oven fired after them.
The hrc'2 hy that time Jagged, leaving less of
tscH a''ti u the ships hull in the dead water
from the other reefs, AMI che hal fallen over
| n'lin g. J. .gN lrl--l proof Of her sticking fast
where size rack without much fear of parting
very soon Ia such " nthcr; bat the sun was lso-
H.. down, and thi being the first sign OF fOul
ola, w. h ii opscrvcl twas plain at all events
| wc shouli have to look sharp about ~. w,
| kept close up h" hr..hf hollnd our coli Junk
Irl biscuit, wI-hi'., down with a siin clulkor
lII look q every ~ ~ To his tools. To my great
satisfaction. the Painter, who h 4 wItch, Il lycry-
thing srcHu.nHly u pure hfWildcrmnnt, woke up
our ui it whuu 10. knew how matters ,toni and
han led iis dou'l -h,rrcl as Good as u G. cucumber,
puttiuL in two huila,- above the small shot II
bud got for tn iigls UHi ramming d0wn with
the air ol a man summing mp a couple Of bills
INST IA rascal % ltttfDT Far "a IA ri |
must ray | Wa, loHrcr Of coming to feel il
wasn't sou.' sort oi drGn, owing to Jones'
broken story; I'll tue thnu. ht Of trtp was to all
likclihoo' On tho very i,lind below, with the
rest Of The ladies, amongst act of all sor $ Of
lorrmast men thrown loose l.. ON commlnl--l ~
of them, probably futiiIns, with some hand in
the mattcr-lt came OH ms like lire n on,s vi
tals. Meantime w sat there patiently enough
for wanl OF knowing what vast do iiJs', or
which way We had best keep to avoi bringing
matters to head worse than they yet wcr1.
The night came out Of the dusk a tine s.ar.
lipht to seward heyOll the reefs where the In
dinman lay, the hi IN sid, of the island, gloom
ing back against the deep blue glis,oning sky,
i'll you didn't see hos large it might be; whls
the water hung giimmcring oil to lcewLm from
the rocks. The ships crew hal kin lied a tirs
on the long strand near the boats, and we h,lyl
their noise getting loader and louder above
tho sound of tho sea plashing upon il
evidently through their milking free with
liquor. Jones being no doubt well ac-
quainted with every part OF the ground,
he proposed to 20 over and see how things
stood, aud whore tho passengers might
be at the same time, as Mr. Rollock was moro
likely TO como conveniently to speech of them,
both for explaining our bein; here AMI putting
hem on their guuti, he agreed to 20 too.
One or other Ut Ihcm was TO hurry back as
quickly ~ possible, while the men and myself
wait,C in readiness for whi'cger might turn up.
Hour at cr hour passed however, till | was
quite on, Of pI'ence, not to say uneasy beyond
description. All was still, gave below toward
the waters Ell ,,c--,hr s,imcu's voices at times
mi Sing with thl washing hum of the surge on
the sand, hen rising over il in the chorus of
ior,cusjlc song, or sud len Bit OF aqutrrcl.onc
uproaf; Notwithstanding Nlich they began APP
prcntiy 70 settle down TO SLEEP. At last the
Planter came sAirting round the hill through
the trees, qui.c ont oi breath, 10 say they had
discovered the pot where the ladies' hal no
doubt ben tIhrn 10y thsir friends, a, Clpain
Finch hiws Il, with one Of the ships Oil crs
and two or three cadets, were walking about On
the wa'rh, I'll of them armed. To judge by
this, aul lh. ir, Of the other gentlemen bein,
-tlll appi rI iv CA th' wreck, Finch mistrustcl
his m'r. it' cL the Platter thought it
nr'tcr % .uI. Is tasty shot thrOu IA him hy
going l.nr aal, to f.ll the truth, thought
10 b-I rI.a.lt To wIlt l.l daylight, when we
h VI ., /, 90" f,a. ct ,.ADrt; OF possibly, as
vi Wet Co. h"a'ru W"'' Ia. rIsc, the schooner
N rlt Il az 'u sigh. "W lare is M. loa's
| IN ugh asked ; 81 wa "A | found h. hll
| ruiro5.I Tor ihe hr,t tim award the will for