Nebraska advertiser., 1867-01-10

20 ms hands. At last ne suddenly look
ed up, and said: aa SIT
"suppos'ng we alter her course to the
northwest. Mr.. Brown g''
I don't know what II vas; / sannOl
hope 10 make you understand the feeling
in my mind that followed those words il
was sense Of relief from a horrible
nightmare. wss ashmed Of The child.
ish pleasure felt. bat / could not help
answering, eagerly: "Cerlalnly, shall
/ give the order Z" ia 80
waited no longer, but hurried on
deck, and altered The course Of the yss-
sci.
L was clear, frosty night, and as /
looked ct The compass before going be
low. / felt strangely Preased, and caught
1nyslf chuCkling and rubbing my hands
"a: what. cannot say-I didn't know
then, but great weigh. bad been taken
off my mind. ~ sal
went down 10 the cabin, ard found
the captain pacing up and down the small
space. He stopped as came ip,a and
looking rp, saidIabrupdy- .bsssTaEt
III can do no harm, MR.. Brown. = % .
'If this breeze continues" answer
ed ewe can hold On for thirty hours OF
so bat then, I should 1think-- aq sef e
"But then-we shall find ice. How's
the wind l'i ~
STEADY, north by east"
We sat down and finished our grog
had The morning watch to keep next day.
/ was 10 restless to sleep after ii, 50 !
kept on deck the whole Of the day.
Even that did not satisfy me. / was
continually running into the tops with
my glass, bat every time came down
disappointed. The captain was as an.
quiet as myself Something we expected
to happen, but what i. was to be. we
could form no idea. The second officer.
=
I believe, though Us both crazy; indeed
oftea wondered, myself, at the state ]
was in. Evening came, and nothing had
turned up. The night was bright, and
The captain determined 10 carry on under
easy sail till morning. -
Morning came; and with the first grey
light, ! was on deck. Itwas bitter cold.
Those only who have seen them, can
form an idea Of the delicats linis of the
morning sky in those northern seas, But
was in no humor TO appreciate The
beauties Of nature. There was a mist
ow down on the horizYn; ] waited i'm
patiently for il toljft. Il lifted soon, and
/ could see the simmer Of ice. ] sent
down 10 tell the captain, who came on
deck direcGlygaeq s1s gaiu bo
''It,i no use. Mr.. Brown" be said
'you must put her about n
-"Wait one moment" said wait
one moment; lbe mist is liiing more;
it will be quite clear directly"
The mist was indeed lifting rapidly.
Far 10 the north and west. we could see
tie ice stretching away IN one unbToken
Il . .
field. i was trying 10 see whether there
appeared any break in the ice towards
The west. when the cap.ain. seizipg my
arm wi1h the one hand, and pointing
straight ahead with the other, exclainl-
ed; Fea.s s1i Ha
ssAIy God there is ship ihere.D
The mist had risen like a curtain, and
there, sure enough, about three miles
ahead, was a ship seemingly firmly pack.
ed in the ice. We stood looking at il in
silence. There was some meaning, after
all, in the mysterious warning. was the
frst lhought that suggesld itself 10 me.
"She's nipped hard. sir.'s said old
Shiel, who, with lbe rest Of the crew,
was anzOnsly watching our new discovery.
/ was trying TO make her out with the
glass, when the fash Of gun, quickly
followed by the report, proved that she
had seen US. Up went the flag, Union
downwaFds. We needed no signal 10
know her distress. The captain order
ed The second officer of into the boat. ]
watched him. rs he made bis way over
The ice with . few of the men towards
the ship. They soon returned, with
eight Of the ships crew. II was dis
NAL account they gave Of their situation.
They might have sawed their way out Of
Ihe ice, but the ship was so injured that
she could not have fcated IN hour. The
largest of their boats were stove "a the
others were hardly sea wOFthys They
were preparing, however, 10 take them
as a Lass resource. when our welcome ar
rival put an end 10 their fears. Another
detaehment was soon brought Of. and the
captain, with 9As remainder Of bis crew,
was 10 follow Immediately. t
went down 10 nay cabin. and tried 70
think over The singular fate which had
made rs the preservers os this ships
crew, could not diyest myself Of The
idea that some Supernatural agency
was connected with lhai part in The desk,
and I lrembled at the thought of what
might have been the consequence if we
had neglected the warning. The boat
coming alongside, interrupted my rev
erie In q few seconds ] was on deck.
I found the captain talking TO a fne
old sailor ike looking man. whom he in-
lroduced 10 me IS Captain Sqnires.
Captain Squires shook hands with me,
and be remained talking some time. ]
could not keep ms, eyes OF bis face
had conviction that ] had seen him
sOmeEherei Yhsra, could not ssll-
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