The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-02-20

| trust fnyssli myself 70 the ocoan you may joif
me, os MT. ss you ehoOsr. Add tell you, ny
lads, our chances ere uos 90 desperate ss they
might be- after ALL Let US but once get doacr
leagues nom the shore ia safety, and we are rgh'
10 the track Of the trading ships Lot us fall Il
With will. add leave this shore before night"
Our objections we're overcome, II we were nd
! persuaded. and, usisr the direction OF Flanders
W conmsneed 70 collect the spsrs and timber.
which lined the shctc, aud 70 shape them into q
tsde rAit, This work was pursued uuremittinely
through the day, AMI, a,anwbile, tho hot African
sur had risen, AMI was pouring down upon us its
terrible heat. Ne would have paused, but the
lftcrn voiee Of Flsn,lcra fcYba1e us.
."work, work. for your lives !" he repeated, as
often as wS would have thrown ourselves down up
or the beach in exhaustion and despair. "Opr only
safety lies in finishing his rAlt, and cmbsrking be-
, fdrs we grow toe weak u continue the work"
We knew this was the truth, and again apd
again We reused our 6agginR spirits, and toled be-
meath TIC fsrvid rays Of tho sun. But at laat the
raft was completed. 1t Sas as large and strong AS
it lay in our power 10 kc il, notwithstan ling
rhich il was but frAil dspebdchee. II was per-
haps six feet square, aud in the centre was small
houss or hatch, barely capable Of hnljins three
persons.
&c, aboard, how," FLINDERS said, "anl be
ready to push oil when / follow you. But hold /;
Simpson, in heavens ua,nc, what sis your"
! Ay. what WAS il In truth, knew not myself
AL the day my blood had coursed through my
veins as hotly as though it had been charged with
molten fire, and now, as ! lay helpless upon the
raft, my brain seemed bursting and my eyes grew
diH and 6!oodshdt. tried g speak and answer
the question, but fearful spasm just then corvuls
cd my frame, and my hands wore iEvounsrily
clutched together like yice,
"Speak, William, what Is it ?" Watson anxious
~ asked "My Cod he doesn't answer me there
are many great yellow circles round his eyes, and
his face is almost black. Flanders, what -"
peace. peace !" tie latter st,ruly interrupted
AS he spoke he sprang upon the raft and before l
waS well aware OF his intentions he had raised ME
bodily in his srnls and dcp,siicd Inc upon the
baach.
In an instant | was upon my feet, and when |
saw that siauiers had r,gaiaoG the Tan. horrible
suspcion shot through my brain. FLANDERS, Wat
son, hold - stay :" frantic.lly sh, utcd plunging
up to my knees in water in my mad cndeavors TO
gain the raft, and in which was thwartcl by Elan
ders. "ln Gods pAID:. Stayl" a;most yelled,
as saw the attempts which the latter ma TO
shove "f. You can't leave IN here to die !"
You'll die soon enough, at all events !" Flan-
ders replied. Don't you know, Bill Sampson
that you'sc got the csas, ;sosy It's = fact and all
the doctors in Europe If you had lnl here now,
couldn't help you Yours dos, ii mIn; you
haven't six hours To lvc!"
But you can't mean to Leave hisa here to per
iSh!" Watson exclaimed. sting Eianders's at
tempts % shove off the raft " You may be mis-
taken about his having the fever and even ii you
ore not, it is our duty to sta, with him to the
last"
fcs--and bs,i'S the plague oD csirselscs. would
you II No, my lad: you don't drlud, me in that
way. t9i yoa he has the fever, al no power on
earth can save him. I've seen hundreds Of n ltiv,s
die with it on the Madagascar coast, and Ia rather
you'd put bullet through My heart tLan c, mpel
inc to stay with him half al h"ur! OF push Of,
idiot that YOU are, wc'rc both lost m !"
Il s'issd the pole he spokc, and with one
mighty effort sent the raft dozen feet Fl, m the
land. There was little or no surf to overcome, and
he continued his efforts until he had given impetus
eough to the sa " prevent its ret.rn to the sho1s
This being DONE it slowly dri.tcd away towards the
yest, rising ami falling upon the high waves until
could Sec it no lSSgeJ. But it did not disappear
from NY sight uHiii had heard ths soicc of &a:
sou frantcally imploring and bcsceching his CON-
panon to return and take me on board, nor until
each angry aud peremptory denial Of the hard
hearted Eiaaders bocue scruss the water % my
sa.s
The rah 1essened to my view, and dwindlcd to .
mere speck upon the horizon. ] stood upon the
beach like n stAt9e, ae; watched it until could see
it no longer. The fever sail burned in my veins,
and seemed to dr,oa Ray very blood but shila
fsaxed the horrors Of my irari position, paid no
heed to it. sat down upon the beach, covered my
face with my hands, AMI wept. ! am not ashamed
30 confess it-I wegt like eh:!a. Until nov,
fas:t hoh ca caspe from! ths desert prison had"x
listed in my mind but the hearlessness OF Flanders
had deprived me OF this, aud was left alone W
die In those teE moa3euis cf keen agony, / re-
called Inc faces OF all the friends had ever known
pictured 10 myself the English home which l
should never more behald. and recalled to mind AL
most every erentful occurrence of my life.
This state If mind lasted for few moments, and
then became conscious Of the fearful grippe of the
it'cI-hruu. hdNc - NNniuseu TeintfnOTiOCe OF
what followed know that became mad and de-
lirious. shouted, sang, called upon Flanders
u come back and succor ME, threatening that my
ghost should haunt him if he did not. Then ran
up and down the beach, stopping now and then to
tear up great handfuls Of the net sand, which |
hurled into the sea with bosterous pgcrriment
laughed, prayed and satg alternately until at last
had exhausted all my powers in my strange mad
nc ., and sank down upon the beach insensible.
It was at first only partial stupor, for was CON
scIous ,isat the dashing of the waves upon me had
in measure abatsd the intensity Of the fever but
this perception soon departed, aud became totally
unconscious.
y
of the time that had elapsed during ny inscnsi.
bility, had upon waking no definite idea. NY
senses came to M suddenly as ~ one who wakes
from sleep Of few hours. / attempted to rise
but found myself unable / was weak in every
limb, Still, my mini was sleag reealsl dis
tinoty every late oceurresee tacine thern step by
step fnan the departure of the Queen Anne FROM
Southampton, until the hcarcss desertion Of Flan-
ders had left n, alone gpna tSG e,St. Here, Of
c0sFse, was compelled TO stop; and so turnt d my
attention 10 the place where the return Of my senses
had found M.
The place where ] wss iyiag WAS, quickly dis
covered. ships bsrsh aAj this discovery. coupled
with the rocking motion which influenced all the