, 1869-04-25
TIE LONG POINT HEROINE



Looking II the GoVeFnneut char Of LAte En-,
one stes the outlines Of long, naELoN hlAad,
st'e6hlnR along The ahorr Of Canada Neat2 oppo-
ste the peiii here London District paAaea ~
low, Wooded wedGe lnlo the lake. This = Long
Point 1slxud. known aud dreaded By the nAyg2tots
Of nc inland sea which bA.setz It's yeadng ehore1
And toseea lnto fantassie shapes ii aaud-ht4pa
The eastern end IL some twenty miles frhm tho
Cao1dA ahore. hlle on tha west It il only sepA-
Is "The CUT II Is - q ssady. de.o!ais resloa,
l<oeen ~ elnall ronds, with 1feazy u4cts Of fen
land is ridges covered with low growth Of pnt,
oA4,besea atli GtreA IN the mldat Of which, N II
season, the doRMood puts uQt its white lloiAoma
Wild xrApes frlll over The AAut- dulux Ana fe&toon
the dwarf trees Here md tacre ast almost In
penetrAh,e sWAmps, thlcl-set With Whtn cedaEs,
t1tErt"sxtcd and cuhtortei oy the lake WtnilA and
broken y Tie weight Of snow and leo In w1nset.
Ise1 s5eua: eeooa con- tad even dee5 1as Ea1ess
The Epassely wooded rat2rk The shores Of IT.
dnefs and tens arr tenautsd ~ n!nks And musk
e1sttm extremity Of the ilaad, the keeper Of
which y now III solitary inhatAtant
~ FoaItsxn scsn aso another her, !ndEa1a4 sn1fed 7ed
Decker, Who dwcli on ths soath side of the Island
near IL Westerl5 termination, In miserable to1zd
spes1sns na.t1e:s ths 81 .tins of shlea ks soa o
sofh nes,nsn n ~ .fRPs5s = eh1nssa
nnld-eyed, patient. Jou1g woman Of sone twenty
ak yeass, kept hst hut and ch!ldfen - tidy as cir
cuMstsnces admitted, ssslssea her husoand u
FtNtNNA
him % hl1 trapping e1Cur2ionA
On that lonely coast Ecldoln Visited In EuMsneI.
.nd wno! GU % fso ha1nan e 1 aI;s o9 "a y
Tic recognition from The world - the mlnlb and
Wili-lowt with whom they Mezo tenants IN CON-
mon, bat for circumstance which called into e1-
efcase unsuspeeled qualities Of generou. courage
and heroic sell alc7tnce-
The dark, ssoruJ close q Soye.nhsr, 81
Of one alone haze special interest for u About
that time the schooner Conductor, owned BY John
Mcleod, Of the Provincial Parliament see1dent
luseE, entered The lake from that r!ve5 oqEua ior
She 5ons.a aas hy !'aasa eDsa In G.ee fe
Ell : Highlander BY hl1h, and >
sAi1ai And Experienced navigator, and stz s sail,
ora. At niRhtf4lL shorty altcr leaving the head
Of the take one Of those terrific sioEtns; w.ta
which the late autunnAl n4ytSatora OF ha- SEA OF
the Wuu.a' a-e all too familiar, ofcttoof than
The weatl.er naa lntensei, coid lor the beAson7 40
the air n4s Oiled with snow AID sleet: The chilled
water nia1c Ice rapidly, tocuIbsraas the scnooaef,
aud loa1lig down her decIs and stxr7nR: a. s M
on by the Gerce blat3, cioudux the Haol. Amos,
phere With fruzcn spray, or what the sailass call
o,ees iea .ois seast is.:a b9Tias se3ess be.
fore the wind yet In the direction Of ~ place Of des
tin2tiou, ahe SCHOONER sped tafoasa the aa5knsss rs
Al last near midnight, running closss tnaa hSt M
! crew SUPPOSED 10 Tie Canadian shorc, ane slacE
IN the uules bar oil Long Point fsla2d beat hcar.
ily across T. aud sunk n deeGer water netHeen II
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merged, the n2srs rolling III heartily, a1u aash!ns
over The i.Sg1na,, to whlca The cseT petooE thea,
r he plt;icss Nases and scor,Ectg hy the showers
! OF sicrl ttliseu before the w1nt they waited !ol
.uormug. Tie allow, lreallul hour Wore Away,
md 1t lci.ktl the dubious ald uoaottal gFa5 o.
/ MOr1iI;y II ten. CT succeeded u tue utter aaft
nes4 ol night
| All.f.il ECKER ctanced at that time 10 10 In he
hut With Aonc bur her yo4as eA,atv1 e Ass ~ ~
lett tile s.le adult occupant oI Tue aanA saf'
the ielt-kcsper, nj IT. lower end, some liteel
mics til. Looking out NJ daylight on sue be2cs 4
ffulf n1 Etf door ehe BAW tho shattered boat Of th
Conductor cast up By the waves. Her experience
of storm ard disaster On that .laasc5uus c1as
Eeeded nothing Uerc to couvtnce her that some
where In her Ncighbefhood h11uAn life hAh been
| Or still vas, IN peril. She followed the southwest
erIy uentl III the iAhAnd for little distance, ahl
reer.nE through &c gloom Of tie stormy morning. g
what seemed to ho human forms clin91ng to IN
rigging. The heart OF tho strung WOMAN aanl
within her rs sue gaze upon those nelpeas fellow
CREATURES. ~ neaI, Jet 70 nnappspschAble*
She hal no hoat, anu none could hare liFed o.
that Wild water. After monents reelection. sn
went hack 70 herdwelllnR, put The smaller chllhre
In charge Of the eldest took with her N iron kes
; | lie, TIN tcspot and matches, and returned 70 u
Leach. at The nearest po4ns 70 The vessel aud
abundant on the coast, kindftd great 1re, N
. constantly walking back and forth between 1t an
tho water, sitoye y intlnats to me osnssIs ti,
! AS tic wrecked sailoEs looked shorcWErt
, | md raw through the thick haze Of sno'
. M ,aii nxuro oi tho wonan poa4lng 70 aud i
before IL faint hope took tho pAce ot the utie
+ ,,est alr which had prompted them TO let 20 the
,, opened aoa rioscd Lbout them like tho Jaws {
death. hut tho t1a5 Noro Oh, bringing no sbstt
mcnt Of tho storm that tors through thu ssa
, etx1R, and clutched at md tossed THEM ns
= ratncd, and drrnched them With ice-eod spray
:. pitlicss, unftleutlnR horror OF siRhs, sound al
truEu! At Lass tho deepening RlooW TOLL Incl
n u Il ht11r Mill Otput nNlcr
. Al tay long Abigail Bccker had fed l,er dru N
:. . her strong vutce cooJl not reach thcm-so thEo
themEt,c IN Into the tuti, anil trust ~ rruvldcnt
+ and her 1or suceor: In aauclPation OF tat*r q
had her kettle toLllnR over tbs fftw0ot, and b
Il | tea ready nshle for reHfortuR warmth sud tliu
tho hAll-truxrn SURVIVOR l,ut either they dld n
understand frT u the chance of rcscue setnnl u
q aulA1l to induce thc1n g alarn!un tho tculIos1
u ea1r.y OF The WRECK. They clun1 10 It Htth Il
.t+t+rute Instinct of tIc brought face - ihce vi
= 1u the ncst; Il rud lsht Rialod scro>s thu lAs
nit. - II fur olo Instant 'A". eye
?, thr ssiHn lcokrh on1 upon tho tru
cloud IHkiAg allvantaGu OF l!is, tis sollss
watcher AAhure mule Gnu nlure ctnrt- btie wall
gu, inlo tue ~ntcr. ~ dlul. q ~s!cs. ~
struck LIlt. beach. bee,lIs4E particle VI Ire. Vi
strctrhlng out AMI drawing IN her arms, invite
~ her te-:utrs, the taluFa tu ttl!uH tncn,seLs
ilache,. Understood her. lie called !"his s.lats
the rigging of thv uthcr. mast; ~ tsour !
sh.uee VT! Try Il se tsl'"w ~, M: ~ T.
ht got or hls stiil} lr0I IL ertuAk Il >esi fur
I. moment In Silent commentator uf htA =
u u 10 not. hrd throwing a!snat4 Into !
= ie.acr, lnr1.l .c.,.. in tbs run. s~Mit.i litn
~ ~ wRs aluuort wlthta hrs reseh, wiMn tic an'!cFt
hn t,ss: ,; II na n y s1sT s'x .l. an saq S
-. : the wntcr. and. !arinz htu down " hcr u
varnsed his chti!esi hlooh win col9u. ,au M hts
.. nnn 1olInHe<', an tho tapin.n, .nttla.ly rrtor
u! ,nsi-,c,! uI1a aiding hill A. tac f.ftne' n'..t
jinrlct, caught holi ut him. hut lhr ulr'urlt
~ = .wrpt tnrn ts'th awsy, ts'ck,.i II, oash nthe
y arms. Ihr tFAsr 40 onaM tluuRc'l altar shrfu y
ot tng 10 each nthrr TIM shore. and ur tn her III
lc The r.c snlior. in,lwrd In succcAl.o.,. Aad v.
ot low .,.,s s1Irr, Captain l1acket, and hit CT,
:" ~ wrrr taktn on tnHg Paint by y l'a""nv srh.
IN AMI Abigail l'eckrr rsumel her simple iAy tit
70 1nh.at lr,at,ina that -h', hal a"nt anything I
" uanr..nary runish III win tof her tho woEl
y, utt!cu. In her struggle every day for foNt i
~ -. warmth INT her Childbirth hhc h+! ~ lclkurc
Ga !. woman / eer1ptarr. Hhc hui "nly done vi
y, ehc could III the terrible cxigrncy that
~ ~ hrnarn the dsehrJ non"t"ny q bet llte.
r. r. Euralo, Z r. Dory, who had, In his carly da
ss commnn,icd vessel On the lake, found hlns.
sholy sits, = ss , pG On sAe e Gsn1aa M s3
% IT, old hhipmatc, Captain pasls whose vesse!
~ ~ Voue sshore at a more favorable Point. Aad
l
~ the Conductor. etr-.et By the account Capt
~ norr procured alciah and drnye across the tro7
y, ~ Lay 10 the shaL.y uf Abigail Becker. Lie for
a.. footed In The bitter cold. she stood there si1 I
IN or more Of Substantial womaahood-nbt IN
e stockings, for Ene had none-a yer1table daug.l
y Of Anas s:osd- -oesomed, larse-simoed, WIN -
~ ~ atient tlut e5ts, Whose scTy smile bad cert
g g jathcs us II uae saw tn It her hard and We
NC | i.fe-F1pt Hence. She might hhFe passed for
y AH.lah1e g8ntess, or one Of those much deFeio]
z, ma:ds of honor, who tossed Gulliset from hand
M =, hand in tho co,iIs Of nrpat.lSnae. The thing
~ most surprlsc1 her visitor WIS the chlltl!ke =
y, 81 r!Ictty Ut the woman, her utfel unconsctousn
y. of deserving anything for m action that seen
ast ns son q as Ii he sn.h Il
q. generous nature, she only opened her vide +
- - | eyes Etl1l wider with aEtonishmcnt
DE ronderina ihe matter for the drst time" dt
nv nv know = DID more n Id ought TO- nor moFe'n
ph before cartaIn Dor lefk, he took the ,neasur
~ n her own md chi}dEcuA feet, and on hts rcturr
buffalo tent her box containing ahnes, stock
and such Other eomtortsh!e articles ot clotans
= Of his visit to the heroine Of Long Point which
o. t1sctea the attention Of eome mcuhera Of
arc " n ~ tnf1aEn tneF oe e.
Canada shore, ncar roEt Rowan, Vas tnatte 10
soon after she WIS invited to buffalo, where
tr:bu,ion Of one thousand dollars, to stock
farm, was E1eie bT the merchants, shlr-ows
ard matters Of the city, and she returned tp
family grateful and, In her OWL VIEW, fc1
when the stcrJ Of her adventure reached
her gold neds, With an .p2tpprta:e tascrtpt
ard rc4ucst that she would sGni h9sk re
u he1 own ns1as A. she dia 70: e snox no,
na.inc hcr Ieotus1aph taken With The mel.
her hand, and seut that In lieu cf ncs aa'osr:
In rcccrt letter Dictated a. Na:AnGhani, y
Nith h+r own han.is her little farm In the vii
nesk-eae s,eala EIase1ulls Of tae past and b