The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-12-06

though, as we came up, one sturdy
fellow shouted III am ready mates,
IL you're goipgi remark that ellie.
tied no response for every one stood
stolidily gazing out upon the vessel.
just then, in the duh haze seaword
a blue light shope out over tho water
like dull star but still no one
moved. Ali at once, the old maa BY
my eide laid hold Of my arm, and
whispered Give me Alif', SIR aud
before | hardly knew what his objcc,
was, climbed by my help into the
boat. mi iaIfaoHo iiia fe+.t,.t
'"Now, then, you boys" he shouted
wildly, II cant stand this +; stand
aside and let scmc of the old ones
come" o
The spell was broken. Women
were hastily thrown aside, and boat .
crew was soon made, up, amidst the
shrieking and wailing Of swccthcart'
and wives who ran about the beach
wringing their hands. 4r.b %.
s'"Hurrah for old Marks |" shouted
a voice at my elbow, and the GROVE
loudly chcered tho old man. Ther
oars were shipped aud all mad,
ready. the oid sailor seising the steer
ing oar as he stood up in his place
with life belt on and his hat blown
ofIr-looking mol l'r than ever,
"Ncw are you all ready ?" he
shouted. lisn 49ns .l.s.
"No, nc" was the cry, and iu the
hush Of expectation, two men rose iu
the boat, dashed of their life-belts
aud amidst nhalf muttcrcd groans
leaped out from their places, aud ran
up the sands to the bank, whore they
disappeared.
D 'Two more u shouted old Marks,
aud for a few moments, so dread was
tic peril. not soul moved then two
stout lads came rushing toward the
boat, pursued BY an elderly mana
perfect giant. sas
"Stop them r. he roarcdi Eyer
shan't 60, LADS" is2l i5a3T edl
He came up to them by the boat
side as they we're climbing in, and en-
deavored to stop their progress !. but
in his turn he wasiseized from behind
by couple Of men, and the two new
comers were in half a minute equip
ped for the dire struggle before them,
and in their places. lsWD odt
o2''Let me goi" shrieked the man,
but the others clung to ! i'm as the
signal was given the ''carringe hacked
down into position, the time accu-
rately chosen, and with a wild "hur-
rdh r. hoard above the storm, the
lifc-boat was launched. l8r u.a
My attention had been so taken up
that l had ceased to look upon the
man who was struggling to regain his
liberty, but just as the boat was
leaving its carriage by-stander was
driven violently against mo, and the
monibht after | saw figure dash
across the intervening space and
seize the side of the boat, and then
came the roar of tho storm aud the
dash of the spray, while for a few
moments the life-boat was invisible.
Then short distance off she, was
seen rising upon a wave and then dis
appearing again into a dull haze
which mingled with the coming night,
soon shut everything from our gaze
but the foaming water. .ae
''Over seventy, sir,'a shouted a
voice in reply to IA query. "Old
man 90 wars man. Been in many a
storm, but this here's awful"
Awful it was, for SO wild a night
had not fallen upon that part of the
coast for many years; and as the
folks upon the shore gazed in the di-
rection the boat had taken, they
shook their heads and shouted in
each 6ther's ears. 5esa "a ,s,.,.
ao There was a long and awful pause
only broken by the shriekiug of the
Wind, and then came loud shout
HHere she comesI", and in another
,minute, obedieht to their steersDani
the rowers timed their strokes to o
second, so that the boat, heavily la
den, rode in upon the summit Of Z
giant wave so far that twenty willing
hands we're at her side, and she wa'
running the sands, and fifteen shiver
ing, half-drowned fellow creatures
lifted out and hurried up the shore
l'.Ncw, my lads" cried old Marks
con the truck with her, and we're Of
Iaeaip." "'| 'o p ieea'9A
The boat was soon mounted, an,
every man at his post, the father o
the two lads taking his place BY th'
lsIde of the coekswain, for no amoun
Of pcrsuasiou on either side could Of
feet change.
There was another cheer risinI
above the storm, and the gallant ereV
lwerc launched into tke Serf tina
seemed to curl around the boat a
lthouoh 10 gil il ip an instant. II ros