The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-06-17
NO. T..

med O. rao q smgNsltr between Nor-
iaux ana BRISTOL as They'd hssnl
ag and ail asfce that Nlr t3ahrel
eea'a newer hasc haa 10 10 y ih lbea
before ilta lae Is hcd have known
wha. place q sau3-dretr voui hc
Ser a woman ail everybody made
excuses tor Gabriel eud everybody
was down on lRiih - there things
I lsy q wes raw anil chill vhsn Tic
last ueigbb8r lrhus. thc sky vas black
as cloak, uot a .sf 70 be sceu, The
sind hsd edged back ,o Tie east * tin
aBd eane 10 wet and will from the sen.
and irnge1 with ils thunder Oh. poor
lJilc Failb. nhai might wha.
hg f3r hrr
{ wtH, back and sat down by Dan
and tei 60 keep lis brad coal Faith
Fer Was un walking The klehcn.d floor
till late, ha, az length be lay down
acro the Ioot 0f mothers bad. a. il
expecting q b called Tie lights
we're pm oui, there was no noise IN tie
tosp, every one sleF,,--evcry ous, ex-
cep, they watched Ike me, on that tcr-
fible night No noise IA tie town did
say Ah. hni there Was I Ii came
creeping round he corners, Il poured
u'bing ap lhe street, il rose from
everywhere, q voice, voice of voc,
the heavy booming rolc Of tie sea- |
ho.ed oat bui J, was pilch-dark, light
bad lofsasga tlo wfll, we were be.
leagurej by blsekue II gscw cold.
cr, as ifoac leh a fog fall, and the wind
mounting oNiy uoW blew q gale
It cddied Ia cloud q dead aud whirl-
ing leaves aud sent big torn branches
dYin. aloil, i took The house by the
lupr corners and shook Il 10 loosenipg
the raiiers, and felt the chair rock
under me i mmblcd down tlle chin.
ncy as If il would tear the life out Us.
And with every fresh gush Of The gale.
lhe rain slapped against the wall, the
rain that fell il rivers, aud went bc
fore tho wi.d in sheets, and sheltered
as ! was, the torrents seemed TO pour
over ne like cataacts, aud every drop
pierced me Ike needle, and put
my fingers in my ears 70 shut out tho
bowl OF the wind and The waves.
couldn't keep my thoughts away from
Failh Oh. poor girl, this wasnt what
she'd expected As plainly Is II /
we're aboprl-7hip ! felt the scene. the
Anrr7tg feet, the slippeg Geek, The
1oarse cries, the creakins coriagc, the
hyayng and pluneins and strainiDe,
and lhe wide Wild aiaht Aud ! WAS
beuiug 81 thoec dreadful lines with
them, two dreadful ljncs of white froth
through Me blaekpcss, two lines where
lhe horns Of breakers guard the har-
bor -all night long hrtna aF thais
ritn them, my life in my teeth, and
ehill, blank, sbiyer.ng horror before
nc. My whole soul, my whole being,
was fixed 10 that 6He spot, that little
vessel driving on the rocks il seemed
as If a malne took possession Of me,
/ reel "a as | walked, | forefclt the
sliyering shock, waited till she sho'ld
strike And then thought heard
cries, aul ] ran out in the storm, aud
down upon the ca0seway, hai nothing
met me but tie hollow night aud tie
roaring sea and the wind l came
back, and hurried Up end down aud
wrns my bands ID an agony. Pie
lures Of summer nights flashed upon
me ard faded, where out Of Tie deep
blue yaul.s lhc stars hung like larnps,
great and golien--or Where soit films
just haziug heaven caught the rays,
Gll all above cleaned Ike gauze faint
y powdered and spangled with silver,
or heavy g,tl heat, slipping oyer 81
lent valer through secuted airs, un.
der purple skies. AGl then storms
rolled III aa rose before uy eyes, dis
tincf fr moment, aal breaking
such 81 ld seen ihem from the Shoals
in bfoad daylight when tcmpesluous
columns co5pel taemaelycs up from
ihc green gulf aad battered in foam
N tac shuddeGng rock, I'LL ! but tbat
os day, and tls was midnight and
mgrb forms a III heard tell II
tl-r oil Capc kaee, when greet steam
ers went down uih hui oue err, and
the waters crowded them out of sight
storms ohefc OF of lie wilderness
0f Uare8 that ia- and wide wasted
white ar 1nd,a single one came plough.
ing On straight to tie mark gathering
is grinding masses mast.high, posing,
plunginy. and saamping and crashing
them into b0ft0mi,s pii5 of des.ruc-
ton, t0tas ghefe waves toss and
breakers gore, where, hanging on
cresis thst rlip from unaer, reefs in.
pale the bull, and drowning wrelehes
cling to the crags with auhening hands,
and the sleet ices them, and the spray,
aud The sen lashe aud beats them
With great tlroie Is and sucks them
down to death and right IN tiic midst
Of d all there burst a gun, one,
another and 20 more. Oh, Faith
.Ulhl ! cried again, aal | Ian and
lid my head ID the bed.
How long lia ! stay sos An bour,
or mayl. tao Dan vas still dead
wiiA sleep, bot mother had no more
closed aa eye than /. There was no
rain now tle aild lad fallen, Die dark
hal fitted; / looked OUT once more,
and could ju.t see dImly tie great va
iers swinging 10 TIE river from bank
70 back | drew the bucket fresh, and