The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-13

Lord H. urges them to stay when agar
and again they urged the necessity o
leaving. "Only minute min.
ute," pleaded he, when they at last
seemed determined to be gone. Ht
had caught sight of white object thai
looked like woman's form, fastened
to cft mast with q yard and reefed
sail that foated apart from the larger
parts of the wreck. Look RI said he
directing the mems attention to this
object, "can we not save her! If we
rescue only one our labor win not be
in vain. Willing to make every ef-
fort where there was hope of sue
cess, they succeeded by great care and
labor in picking up the apparently life
less body of woman, who with stiff
fened clasp around it, was lying upon the
mast. While they were doing this the
rest of the vessel went down with its
dread full burthen of life, and buried ii
beneath the mad waters. The boat
men Piled for the land. and by the
strength and dexterity almost inspi-
ration which emergency calls forth
reached it in safety. Lord I'll. had,
ere this, looked upon the face of the
insensible being they bad saved from
a watery grave. It was beautiful as
the vision of Alaster's dream, though
pale and inanimated Applying the
restoratiyes they had brought, he
watched for their effect with the in
tense anxiety an alchemyst may be
supposed to feel, when bending over the
crucible into which he as thrown his
fortune and his dearest hopes. In a
few minutes she sighed deeply. Grad
ually life returned and she murmured
some words in q strange language
strange even to Lord FL, who had
heard and knew many He endeavor-
ed to lull the unhappiness or fears she
might feel under such circumstances,
by assuring her in several languages
that she was safe and among friends.
Whether she understood the words or
not, she at once resigned herself to his
management and care. On landing she
was borne to the Castle and supplied
with every needed comfort. The
apartments of the late Lady Fl. were
assigned to her, and one ofthe young fe-
male servants for maid. A nights repose
seemed to restore the lady to health
and animation. She rose early and
was dressed in the garments selected
from her maid s holiday wardrobe.
Meantime Lord Fl, had been consul
ting with his housekeeper, an old retail
ner of the family, as to what should be
done for and with the lady. They could
not under the circumstances decide
upon anything without knowing some
thing of the 1ady's wishes, and for this
purpose the old woman conducted her
to the parlor. On beholding her res
cuer, she ran towards him with an ex-
preston of radiant Joy and seizing his
hands kissed them with childish grace
and simplicity, uttering some words of
her own language in accents thatseem-
ed to thrill his soul.
'.0h, there are looks and tones that dart
An instant sunshine through the heart,
As if the very lips and eyes,
Predestined 10 have all our sighs,
And never to be lost again,
Sparkled and spoke before aa then ~
SO did he feel when he listened to
that wondrously sweet voice and meet
the glances of those deep eyes. The
mysterious stranger was from that mo-
ment the arbitress of his fate. Though
no worded language at first served as q
vehicle of thought, she seemed to un-
derstand readily, to have an obseryant
mind and retentive memory. She
seemed at once perfectly at home and
showed remarkable familiarity with
the whole house and grounds.
Her host at once commenced instruc-
ting her in the English language, in
which she made rapid progress. but
neither to him or any one else did she
impart any information about her past
life. or any limitations OF her hopes
or plans for the future. Days and
weeks passed away and still all were in
as much ignorance about her as on the
night of the shipwreck. It was mat
ter ofmuch wonder that she neverallu-
.deto that event, and so evidently tried
to avoid the discussion of it by others
that they had ceased to speak about it
in her presence Lord Ell. spent much
time in her society, instructing her,
listening to her play and sing, and
conversing upon various subjects. She
hung upon his tales OF the lands he
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