The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-07-28

Hoatlng round the Beltry Rock"
.'Mayhap it was a cloud or a porpoise, f"
says I,seeing she looked very much frighted
about it.
"Twan't cloud, boy, she said, nor a
porpoise, either, twas the Black Earl; but
don't talk no more about it. l should not
have minded so much if your dad had not
gone out fishing. and the clouds look very
linked.
''Sure enough there was such a gale that
night as never heard afore or since. was
a sleeping in the same room with mother,
when | wakes up, hearing powerful noise
OF wind against the window. | starts up,
and sees mother kneeling by her bed,
whats the matter mother? saws l.,
BILL says my mother, rising from her
knees, and catching hold of my hand
I've been praying for your father-I
knew twas the Black Edarl I seed. Lor
have mercy on US both! know my dear
man be dead corpse and so he was,
sure enough. He and his two mates were
picked up, three days after, at the, foot OF
yonder building"
chats the coast-guard station, is it not?'
| said to him, looking at the building he
pointed out, and wishing to change what
| knew must be a painful subject. do you
often have any Struggled goods landed at
EIruin?"
Very few, indeed-they keeps such an
uncommon sharp look out, nowadays :;
when l was boy deal of business used
to be done, and they say as how the great
people at the castle were not above trying
it on now and then"
''When do you last remember any goods
being Struggled on shore?' l said, seeing,
from grim sort of smile, that he had a
good story if he would but tell it.
Two years ago, come January, was the
last time as ever it was tried on ; mayhap
sir, you wonld like to hear about it?
Though part seems rather sad-like' here
goes.
"Two years ago come January next, a
ship, looking like collier coming from
Newcastle anchored in the offing it was a
clear frosty morning with sharp breeze
from the east, which prevented many from
going out fishing. About twenty of us
were gathered round the benches in front of
the coast guard station yonder, when we
seed this ship letting down her anchor.
Z" What ship be that?' said !; faint the
( Tilda, what brings Goals to the Elruin
wharf jack says tony son, cut home
and get the glass, and let's see what we can
make of it.
Just as Jack come with the telescope
up comes Lieutenant Barns, who commands
the station.
What do you make oft, my man?'
says he,
s'' Make of it, Captain? says l 1--WE alters
calls him Captainy make of it? why moth
ing at all faint the 'l'ilda though she
seems to be a collier.
g 'Assalvage case, perhaps said he, but
we shall hear all about it directly, as they
are letting down the boat, see
SIN few minutes the boat was at the
shore, and a man with thick ser ge coat
and very large buttons, jumped out and
walked up towards the place where we were
standing.
docs your parson live near here,
mates says he as he came up the gang
way.
q Parson, says old John PiIer, who
loves his joke, TO be sure he does, and he'll
marry you as well as any one along the
coast, as no doubt you have heard and come
about
This sally was received with shouts OF
laughter by all, except the man with the
big bottoms, who put on a most uncommon
sad face, and pulled out a large handker-
chief, with which he began to mop his eyes.
49, faint my getting married. says he u
come about. Yonder ship be the collier
Mary Ann barley, of Newcastle and it be
along of Mary Ann barley that be here
to-day
: c.She then wants to get married, 'on ly
it's not to you, said old John; and that S
why you put on such an uncommon long
face. Well, | be sorry for you, mate, that
| be,
" Mary Ann barley who was the below
ed wife of our skipper, George Hatred OAR
!, ley, and arter whom the ship was named, is
dead, dead as red herring, said the man,
with voice fullsof anguish, which made old
John look ashamed of his, former jokes. No
mates without any more trihing with my
feelings, which are such as | can't express,
tell us where your dear parson lives be-
cause our shippers mind be in such state
that he says nothing but the consolation
your vicar can give Of whom he has often
heard, can do him any good.
''Ihis compliment to our minister, the
Rev. Mr.. Coles, whom we all loved and of
VIII ON we were not little proud, and the
expression of deep sorrow on them mans face
turned all our sympathies towards him, and
we all volunteered to show him the way to
the vicarage.
In less than half an hour we saw our min
isters tall thin figure coming down the vii
lage with the man with the big buttons,
and in another ten minutes he was on board
the vessel,
In about an hours time the boat landed
Mr.. Coles again, who, as he passed us, stop
ped to shake hands with the Lieutenant,
who had again joined us bringing his own
glass with him.
Most interesting case, said the vicar.
never saw man more completely pros
trated by grief; poor fellow ! his wife dead
just three days-only been married two
years! | never witnessed more sympathy
exhibited for any one than the whole crew
expresses towards him to see it was quite
charming The man with the large but
tons is good, honest, sailor-like fellow,
with the tendarest of hearts. | was deeply
interested in the particulars of the young
woman's death, which he told me. He end
ed by beseeching me to persuade the skip
per to bury his wife, as the crew can't bear
a dead body on board ship and the skipper
he says, is always sitting and crying by it.
could not help agreeing with him that it
was no use in keeping the poor woman
above ground
" And what have you settled to do ?said
the Lieutenant turning his glass into its
| case,
Why of course the thing was rather
irregular, but as all the men on board
seemed very anxious about it, / told the
skipper poor fellow, who seemed as over
come by grief as auy man l ever met, that
if he liked, l would perform the last rites
over his poor young wife this very afternoon.
At first was told to expect, he would not
hear of the funeral taking place anywhere
but at Newcastle, his home, but after some
persuasion he yielded the point, and the
thing is all settled SO, as | must tell the
sexton to prepare the grave by haIf-past