The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-19

A wild "Hurrahl' greeted these
words.
But every novel experiment seems
doomed to fail, or meet with some dis.
aasler. The water in the bottle had
Deeh reuuped TOO low byfyaporisnl,
and. the bottle Sbntst suddenly with q
loud report, That report was followed
by piteous wall.
Hazel turned pale at this fatal blow;
put recovering himself. he said, 'EThai
IS unfortunate; but II was a good ser
want while 1t lasted; give me The baler;
and, Miss Rolleston, can Won lend me a
thimble?n
The tube of the life preserver was
held over the baler, and out trickled a
small quantity of pure water, two
thtmblesful iapIece Even that. as Ii
passed over their swelling tongues and
Parchea swallows, was a heavenly re-
lief; but, alas, the supply was then ex-
hnHted.
Next day hunger seemed uppsrmost,
and the men gnaWed and cheWed their
tobaceo-pouches: and two caps, that
had been dressed with the hair on were
divided for food.
None was given to Mr.. Hazel or Miss
Rolleston; and this, to do the poor
creatures Justice, was the, first instance
OF injustice or Partially the sailors
4 had shown.
The lady, though tormented with
hunger, WAS more Inagnanimous; she
offered to divide the contents of her
little medicine chest; and the globnles
were all deYoured In a moment.
And now there fortunes were aggra-
4 waited by the sight of abundance,
| They drilled over coral rocks, at a con-
siderable depth, but the water was so
exquisitely clear that they saw I'VE
hsh drifting over the bottom; they
looked like driving cloud, so vast
\ was their'number; and every now and
! then thefs was scurry among them,
| and PROPOSES and dog fish broke in and
Toasted on them. All this they saw,
vet could not catch one of those billions
1Jr their lives Thus they were tam
Ialtzed as we'll as starved. ~
The next day was like the last, with
this difference, that the sufferers could
no longer endure their torments in ST.
lence.
The lady moaued constantly. the
sailors grOaped, lamented and cursed.
The sun baked and blIslered, and the
water glared. Faf TFF "a A.
The sails being useless, the sailors
rugged them as an awning, and salt
water WAS constantly thrown over
them.
Mr.. HRzal took baler and drenched
his own clothes and Miss RollesIon's
upon their bodies. ThiS. relieved the
hell OF thirst in soma Zee; but the
sailors could moi bep "a TO ptac-
''f fn II the afternoon took Miss
Rolleston's Bible RON her wasted
hands, and reHd aloud the forty Second
Psalm.
When he had done, one of the sailors
asked him to pass the Bible forward.
He did sol and in half an hour the
leaves we're returned him; Ihsvsllum
binding had been cut oil, divided and
eaten.
He looked piteously- Mt the leaves, and
and after while, fell upon his knees,
and prayed silently.
He rose, and, with Miss Rollesion's |
consent, offered the men Shs leaves as
we'll. SIT is the Bread of Life for mems
God is merciful; think he will forgive
YOU; for your need is bitter" e..T y
Cooper replied that the binding was
mans, but the pages-were Gods; and,
either for this or another more obvious |
reason, the leaves were declined for food. |
All that afternoon HAzel was making |
a sort of rough spoon out of a fragment |
of wood. O. t-.l -f-E
The night that followed was darker
than usual, and about midnight, a hand |
was laid on Helen RolIeston's shoulder, |
and a voice whispered, "Hushl say |
nothing. / have got something for your
At the same time, something sweet |
and deliciously fragrant, was put TO
her lips: she opened her mouth, and |
received a spoonful OF -maRmalRde. |
Never did marmalade taste like that |
before. II dissolved itself like Ambro-
STA over her palate, and even relieved |
her paTched throat in some degree by |
the saliva it excited.
Nature could not be resisted; her |
body took whatever he gave. But her
high mind TeOelled.
20, how base l am said she, and
wePt; ,.
inglyi II took u out of your cabin ek-
pressly for you"
cat least, obllge me by ealing some
yourself, SIR" said Helen, ''or with n
sudden burst) l viii die ere / touch |
another mOrsel."
81 feel the threat, Miss ROlleston; but !
L do mot need it, for am very, very |
hungry. But no; II I take any, 1 must
divide it all with them. But II you will |
help me unrip the jacket, / will suck |
the inside-after you" "
Helen gazed AZ him, and wondered at
the man, at the strange love which had
so bitterly offended her. when she was
surrounded by comforts; but now ii
extorted her respect. -
They unripped the jacket and found
some moisture left. They sucked IL,
and ii was a wonderful and incredible
relief to their parcbed gullets.
a cloud in the sky to give hope of rain
the air solight, II only Just moved them
along; and the sea Rlared, and the sun
beat on the poor wretches, nc W tortured
into madness with hunger and thirst.
The body of man in this dire extre-
mityEcan suffer internal agony as acute
as any that can be inflicted on its sur
face by the knife; and the cries, the
screams. the grOans, the prayers, the
curses, intermingled, that issued from
the boat, were not to- be rdlstinguished
from the cries OF men horribly wound
ed in battle, or writhiug under some
terrible operation in hospitals.
o, IL was terrible and piteoas To see
and heArths boat load ofghastly victims
with hollow cheeks, and wild-beast
eyes, go groaning, cursing and Shrek
ing loud, upon that fair CLASSY sea,
below that purple vault and glorious
sun.
Towards afternoon, the sailors got
together, forward, and left Hazel and
Miss RolIeston alone in the stern. This
gave him an opportunity of speaking
TO her cDnff1entialIy. He took advan-
taRe of 1t, and said, "Miss RolIeston,
wish to consult you. Am justified in
seoPeliDg the marmalade any longer
There is nearly a spoonful apiece"
mo" said Helen, ''divide 1t amongst
them all. o, II I had only a woman
beside me, to pray with, and cry with,
and die with: for die we must"
ST am not so sure OF that, " said Hazel,
family, but wilma cool fortitude all his
own. "ExpeTience proves that the
human body can subsist q pFOdiRiOug