Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-12-21

throws harpOon. Our fishing line was q
formidable size. |. was made Ut rope. twIs
ted With wires OF st,ol, - as to bear a strait
oi 0O tuns. IL took ABBA. two hours for tn
grapnel to reach bptt IN. bur &c could til
Wien 1t struck. oit,a wlG. % the bow
anu eat on the rope, and cYuid leel BY tn,
quiver that the grapncl was dragging on ID,
bottom two miles under ~. But IL was very
slow business. We hid storm and e4lms,
and iogs and squalls. S,ii. wc wrrked on
DAY alter day. OGcc, un the l1th If Au-
gust, We got the cable up and had it in full
sight Tor tive minutes, long. shiny monster.
fresh from The oo1c Of tho oceans I'D, but
our men began to che,g ~ Wildly, that il
seemed 70 be frightened ami suddenly broke
SWAY anu went down into tic sea. This ac-
cidslt kop. vs. at work tWO weeks longer.
but nnaliy, IN The last night o. August We
caught H. u Z had cast TIE ssa!nei thirty
um-s. /; Was lItIc before midnight or
tulaY n!glt t,.at Te hooked Eh. oip.c, and
II Was a h.l,e ALTER ll.dnisit Sunday nor
ning TAen We got It Un board. " ha. was
thc ziety OF those - hCurs. the strain
On ~ man life was like ;Ag strain on
tae ole Itself " aeE i. finally appeared it
Was midnight IL, lishIs OF ,.c snip. and
N tie boats around llr bows, as they flashed
IN the faces Of Tie III, g., -h-Wel thcm eager
y watching Tor the cable - appear Jn the
water. At length II w. brought to the
surface All waJ we're a.IsAt4 81 pI.rlacA
crowded lOrnaIl o. zee 70. Yet u5t w..l
was splkCa, only lhe voice. -. ,ac uih -,ss iu
command were heu.d gNng orders. Al
i,lt a. ID lie ani death !1rE go The issue.
Il ADS Only when a. aas .lusglt Uy.l jlr
Dow aGd Ja o., -,vs !'.. i,. B.. dared %
oieaihe. Even thtu lAty hardly believed
taei eycs. SJl- c.cFt J"ail % .p irel u.
Il, tp De -ltc Il wss tAcr-. t.,u Nr cli-
ri-d j. along TO the electric. a. rom. 90 -,-
At our long sought l5r treasure Nas alive o..
dead. y lDW minutes It -- ..-r. aLl g
til . ths lsitling curiel. lyl.a .c.
lFcc Then did the feeling long pent up
hurt iurtG. aJmc turned away tls!i LC-ts
Ali TtVt Uthcf- br.ke INTO cheers, AMI
the ,rY rau up from man 20 man, and VS.
heard ioWn in be cngiu, rJlns, deck below
deck, and from the boats Ju the wafer, and
the g. l., waIlc rockets iisutCd up -nc 4arG
ness Ui the s,a. luln WIKI tLl.k.U. hearts
Ec tlrua. ,ur ..ss. a.,..l &. lne 8, ,-.. Bar
-l-H tha wind -c and fIr 5t A-c.- uc
were exposed t. ali tAc dangers ol s.sfm
a-- N- -A-tft+ataaH AAs AA ANAa 80 aaa.'4
iu.y %! Tie silc, rs ! at iu tie ti-c,ucian-
rom, lash Of light came Up from =
dep winch having crossed ta Ireland came
'-c1 - i4- l1 Lid .ctan, telling tiat tao-l
-l tlaI % me, wl1m ! lad !,l. 30 ,.e bank
ID the Hld-.u, were well aud ieiloaiHs a-
Al.h iHeir @,h-, and ttgiT Y1ater.. This
~as -. O. saiaVci ID C.f ie.m o., sa.
bidding me Keep heart and ayle. iac ui.-r
Eastern lJIc hoIs,u rrJ-d.y a.JsI Jlc
-ilim, .- d size knew tAlt Iht 5Is. ,l.i
w-.cl VS. % Joan Two hemisphere tuus 90
ler Stern an -o, on Saturday, lr, I'm ai
September. wc brought 1ar or ri "ri.c
safely to ,tr -l-s-
Wl,u / ;lI.k % Gru al. 90. .al, ol
;a So n the Grlt Eastern. .H-.. Ctl-.
4 nm Ill OF tIe loruh.c and ui t. officer.
Mr. Cu--.- (Who with tlc,s sail .m w.th
as. o.; arly 30 u,aris Content. u.s a...s
waI- O. ihe Gull oi s.. LaHE,ucr, o. help
DO islIns the new cailc.i ana 80 the ul-
ocT- Vi o,he. -h.!s .4y heart i4i L-tr,
m-n ue..l ,Tei deck J. llYIol us.l,
them el., i- j. because lrgq ala to m .1r,
th j! rank. a-- to iI.i 1l -.lf7. Even ,lc
sailors caugl. the yuta1.Hsm oi ttc enter
Prise. ami we4, eager o. -La-c in ,s- honor
y. tie achievement. Brave, s.l.w-s- m,n
they Wtre-at -ymg ga the ocean and il tic
storm l! ta.- sort that utre carried the
lag oi LuE,-Ll -,1UnI tne filt,. s-c
tha.a no+ a. they drr-.rI thc shore end uf
the beach At Hearts Content, huS-ins it 10
their .I-"nY arms az Il /. were sap"r-ck-
tl child whom they had Itsc-td .rem tic
dangers u! The sea. God hlc-s ''gU fl
Such Eci.l-men, ~ 11iei, is the story
,Lc telegraph which y0u wished 90 a,-i. ].
ha- been d ing. hard struggle >-N 80
years ui a--i1Gs wa.chIcs and c"a-,.c--
tllA I.tgu my heart Aas been ready '1 sank.
Many times, when wInL.rH. lr 90. .- -t-
90 NeHi uti-anJ, ~ t1r l,iuc- .a. or .a
TIE decks 'l slip. 90 ilrS, storm. ri-1.--
alln-, az from homo uly. alu -. .'.I-gl
mys.l .f I-duc-s aud folly go sac '1.. t.-
peace ul uy family, ana gl. th- htp.- %.
lic ir which might prove ai;t. SD ug- @
dream have seen my cimI-ni.ns orc
aud au- .L,r falling bY NJ side. AMI feared
tiat l. .e., mis sAt not lIyC 10 see lac md. Aud
Vet one hope Las led ue on. and .-ye
prayed thlt might uot taste 10 iat. uI
tbs WORK was accom-, .i-4,i. iAal prayer
i .us swerei, and now, beyond a.i ..snlw-
lci..s,rt- {, men, is thc lttlI. . % -r..I-
tu.I, 90 Nl-.irltv God
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lHls We ann % sS''4'' N~'
tween ireland anu Ne"'ouuu''. "r'i' ''.,s-
never iu.r,r. more than scond ia o., u1..
tom Of tie s-a. 10 those Who feared hat
Iney Itt Di 1i,G ~ " VA u' l - "ou,-
iit,Ir hltI.r than tLe now one. but that i,
because i; has been down longer, ls ume
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