The Shasta courier., 1864-07-09


Good heavensl" exclaimed Portuguese.
so ud that the mate was obliged to rap him
an the head with his knuckles. GOOD heav
ems 70 he added, in lower tone, 9 me think
| that one dog
Good heavens, Mikeel. me links same, !"
remarked another Portuguese little fat
fellow by the name of Pat Plunket.
"Pokee suppose it) doge, miki!" (good)
said a Kanaka.
at does sound nightly like dog" said
the mate, as the barking became more dis
tincr. g Perhaps it is Blusco, on the ice
cake"
Turning the boat round with his steering
oar until her bows pointed in the direction
Of the noise, the mate now ordered us to pad
die ahead We obeyed, and tho boat shot
forward with an easy speed. The barking
sounded nearer every moment. until at last
we were quite convinced by its peculiarity
that it emenated from no other throat than
that of Blosco
But where was he
This was the question that now rose to our
lips. We could hear him plainly. but could
see nothing of him. BY the sound of bis bark
we should have judged that he stood Oh the
summit of an iceberg we were then approach
ing, and was but few iathoms distant. Yet,
visible. What could it mean? Had some
mermaid charmed the dog into invisibility?
We continued to approach. The barking
became much louder, and was now full of
frantic joy. The iceberg-a rather large one
-trembled as though under the influence of
an epileptic fit. Still there was no Blusco in
sight.
Our boat struck against the iceberg. A
pair of bright eyes cleaned at us through
chink in the crystal wall-they were the ewes
Of Bluscol The mystery was explained
This monument of ice was hollow, forming a
rude little chamber, in which the dog was
snugly ensconced
My u d ot heaven be praised just look
there - exclaimed the mate, turning to Bill,
and motioning him to look through the crev-
ice, from which he had Just drawn his own
eyes.
Bill did as requested. and beheld sight
which filled him with as much joy as it did
with amazement. Reclining in one corner of
this ice bound apartment-her long golden
hair falling about her pale face, and the
siken lashes yelling her beautiful eyes, he
saw the unmistakable figure of little Lillian.
With few blows of our hatchet we soon
succeeded in eifecting an opening in the ice
wall. The little girl and Blusco were taken
out and placed in the boat. We laid back
upon our oars with all the strength we pos
sessed, while the mate drawing brandy
flask from his pocket poured few drops of
the liquor down Lilians throat. BY the faint
pulsations of her heart he knew that the
currents oflife were not vet frozen-that she
had only sunk into the cold stupid kind OF
doze from which there is no awakening.
The ship was reached at last The mate
ascended to the deck, and took the insensble
burden that Bill passed up to him.
"Captain ~ he exclaimed. us he descended
the companion way, . have brought you no
whale, but something that | think will be
still more acceptable !"
The captain and his wife both caught sight
of their child at once and at the same mo-
ment.
My child Ny Lillian :" screamed the
mother, rushing forward to clasp her in her
arms. Then noticing her pale face and
dropping head, she sank into scat, over
come by her feelings, and stretched forth her
arms, family murnuring.
Dead, dead, she is dead Give me my
poor little dead gir.'
. Mono, she is net dead" replied the
mate. g If the proper measures can be taken
she can be restored in few moments" So
saying, he laid her upon the he'd, and assist
ed the anxious father in his efforts to restore
the circulate IN Of the blood
In few moments they had the satisfac-
ton of seeing Lillian open her blue eyes, and
of hearing her speak the word mother y
The next instant she was pressed to the lat
ter's bosom, and covered with tears and
kisses. This probably helped nearly as much
as the other operations had done 20 restore
the circulation tint upon her cheek and lip.
The excitement having in some degree
sabsided, explanation followed.
Lillian stated that her mother had left her
to 90 On deck, she thought she would Just
coup, to get q little peep over the rail at the
ieebergs, This idea bad no sooner entered
her head than she carried it into execution.
In leaning too far over the rail, however, the
ship happened to give lurch at the same
time-she lost her balance and was precip-
itated into the waters. On rising to the sur
face she felt herself seized by the neck of the
dress and the next moment was dragged safe
" to a large cake of ice. Then she perceived
that her deliverer was noble Blusco. She
felt terribly Frightened, and clung tight to the
dog. She remembered they were half shut
in by three walls of ice which partly pre-
vented the waves from dashing in upon them
Suddenly the cake upon which they were
which lowered up like lofty column. When
the eoncussion took place this lofty mass tot
tered over and fell upon the three walls of
ice by which the child and her dog were
encompassedl. in such curious manner as
to completely close them up, as thou h they
were in prison. In this position she remain
ed long time, praying and hugging the dog
by turns. until at last feeling cold and be-
mum bed she began TO crow orowsy and fell
into a dose. Had her rescue from this situ-
alton been delayed few minutes longer. we
would never in all probability have succeeded
in bringing her to life. As it was, long
time elapsed ere the natural freedom of crcu
lation could be restored to one of her arms
Many were the praises lavished on Blnsco
for his noble conduct, and although he shakes
his head and turns up his broad nose when
any person speaks to him about it. as much
as to say "pshaw, it's nothing''-still We
believe that in his heart he is proud Of his
explois.
A poetical feminine who found the cords