Litchfield enquirer., 1865-01-12


 not among them. A wild cry. in which his soul seemed to escaps its poor prison, arose. and the sailors found him dashed down upon the blanks in a death like swuon.
 IIuuls passed before he was again conscious Hearing the last sense to depart at death, was the first 10 return. The w!nd p'pea through the cordigp, q measured step was pa- ;ino the deck above every thing seeme pea' C. tnl and prosperous Next came viSl"ni but u bni 1t Was 0li ltarlslar, and not the brother of his affection, who whtched hy his barth. He remembered now, he reasoned, he un,ief- .i;,o'l tue calamity that had hapnene'i. as fully as wheu some time after hs had drawn from his rough nessmate, wlo teStine't his Sorro" by his fears. the Sad particulars. Grace lover, the bra,e, handsome sa,lor, a pattern to all, yet modest .,s deserving. whose uneoAp!a'hhg endurance ha SD lightenei the burden "t their piisations thus far, would be nnnoered with the ilalcyones crew never more. lie went aloft To assis; in shortening sail. anu Was seen to plunge from the ioremast head lnlo the sea and though the ship Wns hove to, and the utmost exer,pn made to reeover hini, the waves, Ike hungry beast come forth rom h;s winter lair. deynured their prey. " aud howlel insatiate still Leagues behind us If eating, deal 7 was Edwn's thought. and the Same ,:;rk, renlorselrss waves seemed to dash over lliui. and almost to take away his shuld-ring breath.
 Bat ,h+. Edwin of to-day was not the Edwin of yesterday. The mysterous Upholsterer had during his absense reftted the house of his ,aber:,aclv, and whatever had btel worn. and dus'v and wearisn,ne. had given place to what Was hosptable. fresh and fair. Berravsd, n,uurnfnily bereav.i he was indeed. and 1t was the satl,iest reflection that it might have been l,s morbid depression which had broken the spirits and unnrrved the arm of pJur koi- in and so l-u to the fatal accident.
 There di recur to his mind the question whether hls friend an' brother had not thrown away h.s hf. in despair; but this Was a thou .ht tn,i terrible for in ',ilgrhee. le hai f.ile to observe the look of mortal drtermi nation tn latter wore at leaving the cabin or he woul.t we l. compelled to believe the result is not mp s.ibIe T, I've iur Giacle' e's sak Was her brother saprem desir.. H. felt capable ot enduring any sui ring with which human iii lure has at any ii na successfully striT!lSu. An all powerful n,tiv. w,s set b't"rs hm.
 Oi the .l..y foll.Ni ,g LyI>t nes loss, E l. win, for the first lime sin :. they le short II pruvisiors, Was present With the r'st ot the crew To receive his raions. He iuOketl like a spirit, clothed just sufficiently in our nature to read 1T him recognizable to those VII" ha'l known him bet ,re V mt and distress had made hm their pray hat he spoke, anl even smiled laintIy in retura, for the kind wo ds and pitAing Regards of his comf'.tts
 There Is nn extra rAtiun.' the Captain said, resar ling with Iook of suoiued Inquiry the faces of the crew and addei, to be divided ;siiso,,g you.
 X auck exchange of sl.nc.s among the prnap,p s'ishL' gesture. and Jack Hard spar ,rivalca,, a ster, responded Please you y5aU IAe pxtrt rs,iain.
 The Captain took the undivided biscnit. and gay. 1t to F. Twin with hls own hands. wlri.. his ace rXtIe.sed as plainly Us any words. Noble fellows 1 knew You would say it 7 and the Il overcome by a Variety of emotions. crept s,lUds back to tha cabln. Favure, by .l cloudlrss sky add propitions gales, ihe remainder of the v"yage was ac- cympl,shrd in less Ii re tl.i.n they had dared to expect. It was d joyful morning on board when tie ves-nl enterei tl. N1tFr1ss. and came io uucnor in the harbof at New York. Not altogether i,ytol 10 sllrilking iron a f.:y tuas wsa .A.iore him yet ;h,n.kial was Elty,H to | hs ftefi-s. ti,ul iI,d saved him l., cansDle stti s;str t, aea, when she sauui kno E x '''@ shanld he ,npt4f i5 l4its is A&a iaiuas / how ,sl..i.ss tiii gri,4 that iilsst alaw
 It Was declded that Harsispir sh'7I7s. iitlSe T note tu Mss Grattan iruai her bro'ner, re questny her to conic on Doara, "here the latter should await her. Tine wan itlls s9ilor boy watched his messengers put off in a boat fur the shore, and lurhing away, walked amid ships, where the cargo consisting oi silks auu similar merchandise, was Ueing unladed into lighters that ha run alongside. In an effort To forget h,nself, he slruve lo be inter us,ed in the labor of the lIghter-'Len, us box es and bales We're sevrraly .ilschArged. Was it but an echo from his own heart he beard ? it sounded so like a human grOan Again and after an interval. yet again. 1he busy workmen d,i not heed II, but 1t wts no fancy of the listeners. It seemed 10 proceed fron behind wall of stores upon witch the
 men were engaged. Some one had been accl- tlrntaly injured in the rrnnval. Dropping oil his hands aud knees Edsin crept within the narrow. dusky space, ani discovered at tue rx rune end tue figure of Il man cuiieI upon the pIalilss. The a,,iiti,lal light aff 'rded by the renluval of anotter Case. helped hlm tu identify the shrunien, conrulsed face as that
 of the dear friend whom uii believed to have
 been lost In uid ocean. With what mixture l O! iIliZ@tlle!it, ilcTttu'ly. Joy' ah" i"dt, th0
 lad who doubtless had been saved ty this
 svlt sacrifice saw Ruihn Lydst"ne conveyed
 from the dungeon. where for days fle had been
 inmure,I, It IS impossible to describe. The latter had ou striking the water, caught by the cl.ains and cung there tlil an opportunity
 WAS afforded, when he climbed t0 tho deck uI seen and s-creted himself among the iner- chandise. Tnt act, concsived iI moment ot godllke benetcrnco. perfectly accomplished it's r,l,i. But long be.ore the voyage ended. Ire heroic ssIlor, truln conhDeffIent and star valion, had fallen into complete lethar2y, which but for rellel would soon have resulted in death.
 Miss Grattari came on board. having met the messpn.er on tue quay. Unconsclously. the old saliur h.i prrpated her for pr"cise,y wkat she had tu nlee'-thr two beings dearest to her reduced by want, but s'lii alive he deeu,iy that the news of her lover drowned cou d best be coinmuhicated by Elwins own lips. 0 lite bewiIdelin5 Il was To the young ldy. therefore. when. ns sh. stepped upon the vessels deck, her lrn,hrr. hhigiiig i'iS arll : arul,.ui her. exclaimed Over and over. amid tears aud wild laughter. that RDllin was not dead-nc. no ,ha k God but that ile owed bim his lf., and they must love hinl hundred tines more. than ever they hal done
 Ctf Ter Oracle $ loving care, both Rnllln and Edain were in a short tune restored to health In tn. ,n.,i, t.u,e, the lla.cyone had made a trip to the Y est Indies. aud return'dto port,
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