The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-04-22
WnEtHED.

From Harper'- Weekly.
at is an awful night T. l said, shudder. .ng
all over, as heard the Of the surf, the
hideous wailing ofthe wind, END, the fash Of
the rain against the window. We li7ei op
the Cape coast. in the pretiiest village eret
Graded on its silvery sands or baihed, in the
b!e.sed sunahine-thrico blessed her pse NJ
the fearful storms that darkened onr hcri+cn
at times Ny husband was out iu the stem;
he was the favorite physician in the village,
because he was skillful, never pressed for his
paw. and endtred stormy nights and other
hard.hips like a good natured hero.
could not GO to rest tb;s terrible right
while Angus was away. 1e -as always my
Angus, though he was The Doctor' to many
Others. | sat covering over the fire, with
my infant nestled in my lap in all the sweet
peace of babyhood. wishing and longing for
my husband Ny heart was sinking with
fear. vas sorry that he was physician
If he had been "a farmer, teacher. clerk
tradesman, or mechar:r, he might have
been in his bed now. and so 7 vainly regret
ted that what might have been was not
Very foolish | wa, ike many others. 4 last
| h.afd his steps, and the outer door opened,
and the blast blew him in. as it seemed, end
with difficulty he shut the door. He ceTnc
VT stairs, aud exclaimed, .'Nptpin bed, Mat
t!ee 1t is past midEtght. lay that little
man a:~ay, and make haste after him. You
should have been asleep two hours ago
Angus spoke cheerfuily; but there was n
ticrior In his voice, as if he were frightened.
and did not wish me to krow ir. ! look ed
up at hi: face. 1t was pale-as if lie -ere
dead
What IS i, Angus - said J.
VIA, is it? why. the hardest storm .iat
ever Blew grent gnns on our coast"
But something trtui'es y9u; Angus. Is
old Mrs. Pratt going TO die ?''
! No, not t.i she is hundred years old.
Make haste, Matte, and go 70 bed Dick
will wake and cry presently and the Storm is
! bad enough without his stormng:'
| still looked into his pale fare; and at that
moment dreadful sound struck my ear.
! Angus started to his feet.
| "Iou heard it.. said he. ,
! 1t was the gun OF a ship driving the
! breakers, almost at our very doprs, for We
! lived close to the sea, and on the most dan,
/ gerous part OF the coast.
.'I saw her in fash of lightning just
( before | came in.'' said Angus. She was
/ driving right on the rocks. TO to bed, Mat
tie, dear, and will call John and go down
for Higgins and bort, am see if anything can
/ be done"
! Higgins and bort were fisherman, and had
boats and ropes, and great many t: ings
! that might be needed in such n time as this.
Angus said !, "don't ask me to go to
| bed. Can sleep while those poor creatures
are in peril? Can forgot that you might
| be OF. board that ship p?''
Ny husband called John, our man ofall
work. again put on his storm garments, ana
silently kissing me and the baby, he went OFT
| Again the booming gun sounded. 1t was
| much nearer now, or else the roar Of the
storm was somewhat husied / warmed
some milk for NY baby. Tor l knew ] was too
much frightened to nurse him. He walked
hungry, and l fed him. He slept again, and
! tried to look olt into the pitchy darkness.
heard only the roar and crash Of the storm
! All is over with the ship, said TO myself:
aited for my husband, ard for the morning
and longe,i to hear again the sound OF the gun
l waited in vain for all. The morning seem
ed indefinitely postponed. Il was early
autumn, and the weather, though chilly
would not be fatal 10 the poor sailors, as the
cold often is on our tetribl. shore. Day
dawnsd nj last, and when i, was light enough
l examined the beach ~ith my husbands
spyglass. After a.tine l made out the ship
wedged In amoog the rocks, and the waves
rising like hills and mountains over aud
against her. Meanwhile my husband and
others were on the shore, should have been
with themsbut for my baby. .s
A barrel was sen. ashore with q line wedg
ed in at the burg hole when this was secur
ed, hawser was fastened to the line ant
drawn ashore by means of it, This hawsel
was drawn away from the breakefs as mucl
as possible, and firmly secured. One by ont
the men ventnred npon this support. al
came safely TO the shore but tb. Captain. HI
Vas he last, to leave the ship5 and By some
means he lost, or never gained, the suppor
of the hawserJ zand his itetess tody wa'
thrown ashore, at some distance from tnt
point where the men were received. A .youD{
man. who had beeA the last 10 leave the shil
before the Captain, was passing to.a,1d frt
on the beach in AN, agony of anxiety, wher
the body was thrown high apon the sand
almost at his feet. With Wild cry he seik
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