Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-04-28

ing agains. each other with Q force that
caused some oi them to he rent assunjer.
|6tsanke besutifui mountains are these fash
ioned Nv the hand of nsture--monument
of the frozen mariners that sleep below.
There il goes again" said old Blu
Butler in . whisper.
'.Wha,e" asked the mate.
That barking noise. replied Bill But
Ter. I've been hearin' it ever since we
left the silir, SIR"
The mate leaned upon his stearing oar
and listened. - 81
III is . seal !" he sail.>
Z Big your pardon, sir" replied Bill.
:. 'bas never heard seal bark like that. I"
Coed hesvens.' exclaimed .. Portu-
gees go loud that the mate was obliged to
rap him on ths head with his knuekles,
me hiak that one dog"
..Good heavens. Mskeel. tink'e same. +"
remarked another Poringees-a little fat
fellow by the name OF Pat PIunker.
yIsss'it does sound nightly like q dog"
said the mate. as the bar king became more
distinct. ''Perbars it is Blusco on the
ice lake, = - Y1AC
3 Tuning the boat Ground with his steer
ing oar. until her bows pointed in the d.
'rectisn OF the noise, the mate nox ogdered
~ to paddle shead. We'cbeved. and tie
boat shot forward with easy speed. The
barking sounded nearer everyymoment. I'M
I'll at last we were convinced by its pecu-
lisrity that it emsnated from no other
throat than that OF Blusco. - fa9iifs
r,-.; Bat where was,he?' 10y
This was the question ahat now rose to
our lips We could hear him plainly. but
could see nothing of him. By the sound
VI his bark We should have Judged that ne
stood ON the summit OF an iceberg we were
then approaching, and was but few faith.
oms distant. Yet notwithstanding this.
no Blusco was there visible. What could
it mean? Had some mermaid charmed
the dog in to 1hdivisibiii,y? h-aD OF,
We continued to approach. The bark
ing became much Ion ter. aud was now full
of frantic joy. The iceoerg-a, rather
large on.--ilembing though under the in
faence of an epilep;ic tit. Still there was
no Blu>co in sight.
Our boat struck against the iceberg. A
pair OF brigh, eyes cleaned ont through a
chink In the. crystal wall they were the
eyes of Bluscol The mystery was ex-
PaineI 'rhis monument Of ice'was 'hol-
low. forming rude little chamber, IN
which the dog was snugly ensconsed.
My Coil oh heaven be praised just
look there" exclaimed the mate turning
90 Bill, and motioning him to look into
the eresics 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. aud the silken lashes veiliug heisbeau-
tifal eyes. he saw the unmistaksble figure
OF listle Lillian - ~ a . Z 4
With a few blows of our hatchets we
soon succeeded in effecting an opening in
the Ice w.di. 4 rhs litt.e girl aud sBiusco
were iaked out and placed in the boat. We
laid back upon our oars with all the
strength we possessed, while tie mate
drawing a brandy flask from his pocket,
poured q few drops of. liquor down Lii
ian's throat. By the faint puisations Of
her heart he knew that the currents of life
were not yet frozen--that she had only
sunk into that cold stupid kind ola doze
from which there IS no awakening.
The ship was reached at last The mate
assembled to the deck, and took tire insen-
sible burden that Bill passed up to him.
"Cspiain," he exclaimed. as be descen-
ded the companion way, Il have brought
you no whale. but something that will be
still more acceptable"
The captain and his wife both cangbt
sight OF their child at the same moment.
"My child! my Lilianl' screamed the
mother. rushing forward to clasp her in
her arids.a;sIhen noticing her pale face
and dropping head. she sank into her seat
overcome by her feelings. and stretching
forth her arms family nurmured: go.
"Deadt deadi She is dead! Give me my
poor little dead girl!'
Mono! she is not deadl" replied the
mate, III The proper MEASURES can bets-
ken she can be restored in a few NJ orhehtse
So saying. he laid her upon the bed, and
assisted the anxious father in his efforts to
restore the circulation of the blood.
In fes moments they had the salts
faction Of seeing Lillian open her blue eyes
and of -hearing her speak the word moth
err" The next instant she was pressed to
the latter's bosom, and covered with tears
and kisses. This probably helped nearly
as much as the other operations had done
to restore the circulation tint upon her
cheek and lip - lSs'Ifssuo 1fgr
I Tht excitement having in some degree
sHbsided. explanations followed:
Lillian statedshat after her mother bad
left her to go on deck, she thought she
would just 60 up to get . little peep over
the rail at the icebergs. This idea had no
sooner entered her head than she carried il
into execution. In leaning too far over
the rail- however, the ship happened to
give fnrch, at the same time she lost her
balance and was precipitated into the wa
ters1 On rising to The, surface she felt her.
self.seizsd BY the neck of, the. drssyp and
the next moment she was dragged safely
on large cake Of ice. Then she perceiy-
ell that her delisersr v. . noble Bfusco. J.
She felt terribly, frightened. and rclung
close to the dog. She remembered that
they were half shut in 10y three walls OF
ice, which partially prevented the waves