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


the animated master and preserve of thel
all. Ny husband was beside him. A fishe
man brought piece of sail, and they lai
the body ON it, and four men bore it to OF
house. The young man gave some direction
to the sailors, and then followed the sa
cortege. 1t was miserable end of my SUI
pense, but was relieved. The rescue
crew went on to Plymouth, after they ha
been provided with dry clothing and break
fast by the villagers, who supplied their wan
with great kindness, and afterward gathere
up their coffee and oranges, as they cam
ashore. with as much diligence as if they ha:
been a bill of sale Of the Cargo. "a. =
A strange feeling thrilled through Id
heart as they brought the Captain of tn,
Midas to cur house. I did not feel as if ,
corpse were being borne over our threshold.
ANGUS said /, "he is not dead :"
He is dead, NY DEAR" said my husband
so'emnly, at the same time drawing me away
The men placed their burden gently or
the floor and then they fingered, as if lott
to leave.
'' His friend and I can do ali now,' snid
Angus, very thankfully; land; Higgins
you and bort must go and see if yoh cam,
save some Of the cargo that will Be driving
ashore. They will call us pirates or Arabs
if it is appropriated, as The cargo of the Mary
Anne was" t
Men don't consider it stealing to pick up
d bag Of coffee or a box of oranges on the
sea-shore," said Higgins. They would not
take a cup of coffee Or single orange out OF
a shop for tlieir r,eht hands"
IL know" said Angns "but you must teil
them that somebody owns that cargo"
g.. ~ o,,A no.
they all went away.
The young man had held his hand On the
Captains heart. in the vain hope to discover
warmth or motion.
Angus" said ], ',will you not put him in
nv bed2 There is fire in my room, ard
we must try to bring him to life ] am srre
he is not dead "ss-.-
Angus seemed out Of patience with my IN
reasonable pertinacity; still he made avery
thorough examination of the body, but failed
TO discover any signs Of life. Then ne turn
ed to me and said, MY dear, will do eTery-
thing Just AS if were as sure tlat he IS alive
as | am that he is dead
He calledJ Ohm, and assisted by the young
man. whose name was Wilson, they carried
the Captain TO my room, where they took of
his clothes ara laid him in my bed. Two
women came in. | gave my little Richard to
one and employed the other in pre-: caring the
breakfast: and | devoted myself, with my
husband and Mr.. Wilson, 10 the endeavor to
resuscitate the drowned man.
We raised tie head on pillows al the back
of the bed. and let the legs and feet lie over
the irnnt siGe OF the bed in pail of warm
water laid flannel cloths on the ches; and
stomach, wrung out of hot wafer, or hot vine
gar, or hot s,irits, for Lnsed all in turn, and
Mr.. Wilson and John rubbed the apparent
Iifeless no iy. All the time i felt sure the
r ,fJ.ain vas alive, and | was impatien, that
rQQli not make Angus believe it too.
!" iIy poor Matte" said he, the wish is
father to the thought
Mr. Wil5on hardly spoke !; he worked inces-
sanity, neTer stopping TO take any thing
but wine and water, when he whs nearly
fainting with exhaustion. Some o. the time
ne vas rubbing the body; again he was in
fating tie lungs with ;he bellows; and then
Ne was Eome,,;,.s s-:.L 3D.. ----- G-i---i
spirits At the end OF six hours he SIT down.
ard seemed departing. Ee..rt With his face
buried in his hands, ard then he rose, and
fang himself on the bed beside the tody. He
c!'.sped the cold form. TO his bosom, aud e1-
claimed:
"Oh. nv friend! how can ever tell Annie
and Lizzie that | left you to drqvn
Then lie t1eft long and bitterly, Ny hus-
band led hin. out Of the room.
:. 1t is all ove-, Mr.. Wilson, said Angus.
"Take a m ,rsel OF food, and go TO bed you
are worn out We will do the rest
While they were gone Out | examined.
probably for the titeth, time, the space over
III. heart. There was Z scarcely rerceptibIe
warmth ran dovn s'airs to til my hus-
band. He was sanding by Ar Wilson,
whose arms hum Seside him as il they were
palsied. -.r
There is wa-r.,h about the heart"
cried.
Wilson sprang 10 his feet as If ht had been
electrified. Ny husband looked at me with
tender reproach, a. much as 20 say, . fonr
hone is false and foolish;" but he did not
sn,,.k. and we went IN stairs. He examined
the heart with his hand and his ear, and then
bade Mr.. Wilson do the same, saving, "Taere
is Hfe" r..
Hope seemed to have animate d Wilson
with a new lif.. bat nv husband would not
GLOW him to do aay thing.
~. YOU will take some toast and wine
then f5l may work again, Mr.. VII son, said
Angus.
brought the food End the y oung man
ate, and then they agaif; "egan their labor
Of love- The warmth at the heart Increased,
and then there vas q faint fiu:teriag, by the
first struggling Greath Of our patient.
never saw such Joy as that of the young
MAJ, when he knew that his friend was alive.
Soon he was breathing steadily. He was not
as much bruised as we bad supposed at first,
and he seemed strangely we'll when he became
conscious. He took cup of hot wine aud
water aud said
Let me 90 to sleep, Wilson, and ] will
wake as good as new. Al, hands are safe
you saw, and | can afford TO turn in and
Sleep till to morrow or next day"
He smiled good dnatured, happy smile and
went to sleep.
"Now, Mr.. Wilson," said /, ''can't you fol-
low such good example n
He lay down on couch in the room with
his Captain, and wen, away 10 my baby. as
happy as could be. Why cannot we be as
happy when all our friends arc alive and well
and saved fr I'm the endurance of sorrow, day
after day, rs when stranger is rescued from
death! How near and dear these strangers
seemed 20 us, though we had known them
not dav! We sent word TO Higgins that
the Captain was alive, and he and bort came
up: and with quiet joy shook hands with us
seeming afraid to speak above their breath,
lest they should awaken the sieepers. They
spread the news, and the next morning a
great many came to offer their congratula.
tions. r-
The CAPTAIN tried to rise early, but has
head failed him. a.L
'The moro haste the worse speed," said
he. al meant-to see home and wife to-day
tu. they will keep till TO morrow" =
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