Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

crashing against each other with force that
caused some of them to be rent asunder.-
Strange, beautiful monuments are these fash
Toned by the hand Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
the frozen mariners thar sleep below.
I" There il goes again, said cid Bill But
Ter in a whisper
What =. asked the mate.
j" That barking noise, replied Bill; Eve
been hearin' it ever since we left the ship
sir."
The mate leaned upon his s.eering-oar and
listened,
III is Il seal, - he said
Beg your pardon, sir, replied Bill; but
! never heard seal bark like that"
Good heavens = exclaimed a Portuguese,
- loud that the mate was obliged to rap him
oo the head With his hnuckles. Good heay-
ems " he added, in lower tone, 'me think
that one dog
Good heavens, Mikeel me tink e same
/ remarked another Portuguese little fat fell
low by the name Of Pat Plunket.
Pokee suppose itl doge, a nnki !" lgood
/ said a kauaka.l
''lt does sound mighty like a dog" said the
mate. As the barking became more distinct.
Perhaps it is Blusco. on the ice cake"
Turning she boat round with his steering
oar, uati her bows pointed in the direction of
the noise, the mate now ordered Us To paddle
ahead We obeyel, and the boat shot for
ward with an easy speed, The barking
sounded nearer every moment, until at last
We were convinced, By its popularity, that ii
emanated from no other throat than that of
B,usto,
But where Was lie ;"
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 his
bark, We should have Judged that he stood on
the summit of an iceberg we were then APP
preaching, and was but few fathoms dis
tant. Yet, Notwithstanding this, no Bluseo
was there visible. What could it mean p
HaG some mermaid charmed the dog into in
visibility?
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 epieptic tit STILL there was no Blusco
in sight
Our boat struck against the iceberg A
pair OF bright eyes cleaned at US through a
chink in the crystal wall-they were the eyes
of Blusco The mystery was explained. This
monument of ice was hollow, forming a rude
little chamber, in which the dog was snugly
enscouced.
Ny God Oh, heaven be praised just look
there" exclaimed the mate, turning to Bill
and motioning him to look through the crew
ice, from which he had just drawn his own
eyes.
Bill did as requested, and beheld sight
which filled him with much Joy as it did
with amazement Reclining in one corner Of
this ice-bound apartment-her long golden
hair falling upon her pale face, and the silken
lashes yelling her beautiful eyes, he saw the
unmiStdkable figure of little Lillian.
With few blows of our Ratchet We soon
succeeded IN etfeCting an opening in the ice
wall The little girl and BIusco were taken
out ami placed.in the boat We laid back
upon our oars with all the strength we pos
sessed, while the mate, drawing a brandy
flask from his pocket, poured few drops of
the liquor down Lilian's throat. By the faint
puIsations of her heart he knew that the cur
rents Of life were not yet froZen-that she
had only sunk into that cold stupid kind of
doze from which there is no awakening.
The ship reached at last. The mate
assembled to the deck. and took the insensible
burden that Bill passed up TO him.
Captain " he exclaimed, as he descend
ed the c0mpanion-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
meut.
Nv child! Nv Lillian >" screamed the
mother, rushing forward to clasp her in her
arms. Then noticing her pale face and
dropping head, she sank into a seat, over
come By her feelings, and stretched forth her
arms family murmuring -
Dead dead. she Is dead! Give me my
poor little dead girl -
Mono she Is not dead ~ replied the
mate. 4" If the proper measure can be taken
she can be restored in 2 few moments" So
saving. he laid her upon the bed, and assisted
the anxious father in his efforts to restore the
circulation of her blood
In "a few moments they had the satisfaction
of seeing Lillian open her blue eyes. and Of
hearing her speak the word 50 mother The
next instant she was pressed TO the iattcr's
bosom, and covered with tears and kisses.
This probably helped nearly as much as the
other operations had done to restore the cir
culation of blood, for there was now a deep
carnatiOu tint upon her cheek and lip.
The excitement having in some degree
subsidized, explanation followed.
Lillian stated that after her mother had left
her to 20 ON deck, she thought she would Just
20 up 10 get a little peep over the rail at the
iceberGs, This idea had 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 precipi-
sared 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
safely on TO large piece of ice Then she
perceived that her deliveTeT was the noble
BIusco. She felt terribly frightened, and
chung close to the cog. she remembered
that thew were half shut In by three walls Of
ice. which partly prevented the waves from
dasning in upon Them. Suddenly the cake
upon which they were standing came IN con
tact with another ane which lowered up like
a lofty column. When the conclusion took
place. this lofty mass Jottered over, aGd fell
upon the three walls Of ice, by which the lit
tie girl and her dog were encOmpassed, in
such i curious manner as TO completely close
them up as though they were in prison. In
this position she remained long time, pray
iu- and Eu--ius the dog by turns, until at las.
feeling coid =ad beHumbed, she began 10
grow dr0v sv, and tell into a doze. Had her
rescue from TINS situation been delayed a few
minutes longer, we would never il all proba-
bi.itF have succeeded in bringing her to life.
A. il was, "a long time elapsed the natu-
raj freedom of circulation could be restored
/ 70 one of her arms
Many were the praises lavisAed on Blusco
+ for his noble conduct, and although he shakes
. his bead and turns up his broad nose vhel
1 any person speaks to him about it, as much as
! T. say '.pShaw, its nothing still We believe