, 1869-05-16

lights, but soon towed hin oct q rsasc xssa ssa
" Vow, What With ,wo wounded men and four
aitcT anorr bit ot consideration, 4 wa decided
u risk the opening Of the fore-cahtn nAten, anu
make the four men 80 down enc at nme' MG
tor numao!t. : sake. keeping tue prisoners "1'
30 ve tooE lie four, with thelr hands l.shes; snd
ses@ " q e. ~a s ~ 1he
he .asn oDs foT 1ssnsd sIS ,s sp safs e ,en
Ied, bnt I served him The same, when |
sns1 ass stopped 81 ri game A AID began
spt % ,s srs Re .ei e go1s t1s to .snd @ her
Dut sending down WAS one thing, and making |
then faf tas
put pistol . the fellows ear: and at the same
ma1.ine spike, when he went down shaEp, and the
othet8 followed j.. |
last chap ) lead must ha1e rel, i bat mar pa.
W feit saiet. though none the !ess Competed to
And 70 de day. wore away-not = long tss at
| alLfor rather dread.ng tht night M S - d di; i Il
s sue 70 Sc xo MAKE az tser
AZ one tine was for taking to tne biggest OF
Mssnous pspsissous, It vas ike running to meet
death, and Has obliged to give up thai idea for,
| aucn tlue as lhey conld oyertake us aud run US
! down. ....-,
after making the 6est arrangements tie could 1o1
the watch, We waited patiently for any new dan-
gers that might beta1l US. Even 3tr Bell sick a.
he was, Insisted npon taking hta turn at Watching,
md having now plenty OF arms, be sat with his
sister By hiu to guard the tose-haieh, Miss Bell
going from time TO time to The side. and Keeping
] 80 rfx -Irh 3SNrHn f}FS1ad
too she came to NE, and talked about our position
| In whispers ard somehow or another she seemed
Ss sss 70 ns q
the render rercies OF the scountrris who had setz
| ed the shin,
We haA two or three false Alarms during the
night, hut that vas ali ; AID the next day broke,
| dntiE rs al haif-fsnshed: sad now II scelnei
s ehs " We mqst IS ss1aes ,an pa n, n ne n,
Ir. Eard said he would 20, and he turned to-
thing, lat shc never ;oofei ata way u IN; aud
af1eT maklhg our arrangements, We lifted the tar
Tine % handed Up 10 lie .one T III Of presetyel M
winc.
movement In the pe1t Cabin and then there csme
4 nutteriug rs OF some Que waking from drunk
en- sleep, and we all E1ale up our minds thai, bar.
Ine7er expected 70 zee him up axain without )
!
aud after dropping the ta1patlh agatn. the penvi-
I E4ous In moderation were serted out and no
", of nv a. Fl as
TIded, roT We heard nothing Of them al that day.
Though ne Excpt the horizon a4ain aud asain,
~ sse f e ssa ia CO.
sl 70 herself xhsn e she tnou$ht 40 one could see
tn1t MAS looking
CHATTER XVI
Now you might have thought that, unler al
circumstances, these four passengers would have
e snsk y spss sa ~ 1 1sssstns g. s.. II T. n "
ia. Nss ii; and tbough aiss lei never sheTed
sninSins that shs DID moi quite dislike Tie young
doctor.
Tnas evening We had m ambassador nom the
fore-cabln In tho shape Of the fat passenger who
brought message 70 ssy thar they wanted rstet
below. We let him come up after they, had
could DO was 20 pass htm on With The message to
; WEE, who swofc out something. but would give NO
further ansxeI: wnlle as 70 going back ne & mes,
:, was strengthened, so Mr.. Ward ssld but / only
thought ot the inea.-tns and biscuit
Night nCatn, and We set our watch. wondering
whether Ne should get through II alive, for it waa
! like living over one af those volcanoes, thought
night be N sSoso It any tune 5n
was good dea. worried and as forthem as hhl
been wounded, theS seemed suffering az much
7 IL ne. -..-.
= nom pleasant dream Of home, But he rrporte1
ali right; snd with Sam Brown and Mr. Bel fol
= = nv mates, NC began tie second watch.
= lta.d Mr. DeI, hut rally it vas hls sister, fol
= tic poor chap seemed to ne to BE- sinking, though
With the hraSest OF hearts he fought against ali o
! ! ii bcea taking cneertuu5 to Miss Ben ahou
shea suddcay she stse m ny
E slowly U nom the cabin ssyllshs sam Bow
nj 1Af
+ the wheel aad the vessel fc11 o nefoEs The Wind
/, whats 'hat:" whispered Miss Fen: aGd d
= slowly making itseu known was an enemy whict
q | bad never counted Upon seeing. and roqidn>
!, help giving groan, as felt Thai now We shaul.
L Aectdent. Of done on PURPOSE, I could not tell
q hut The ship was on Orr. and the smoke rising in
steady column rolslng slowly up, while bad aasd
~ shout, Van, cloae1y followed b5 Brassey and tn
o other two, came over he Poon On to TIC decE H.
+ plaee besore ~ M: our IT. cncms % seeming quite sma!
II now t'eore this trouble. Rnu besides what wa1 th
e use Of having struggle for xha& would proaanl
be burned TO the waters eige tn the course q Al
d Into The forepsri oi DC Slip. leaving the null
0fH' Sad IL pan A @ fef he asl thing tney d
ID VIVA TO loosen the men In the lo.ksle, When ou
they cane sens aaa s.Tase ens only to ssan
II up through the tarpaulln- which now began t
{, for, taxing no notice Of U.s. they began IN hut
Z ned sort ot Tny, TO draw bucketa Of water an
l. throw over Il; chen the men got 70 one q q
!; and then panic seemed to seize them N
i throwing do.n the bucfeea they began tasa
s.. q M tse snsans .ssd they eosa
E, hands Oh, some fetching rum and blscu1
5 up out 81 tue cabin, and ~ IN hnltts
u losf, and they might expect the ship to blow
se Lena hand nezr. and We snall save her yes::
ID md for the next quarter Of an hour no one woui
1t have thought there had heea a M iaetlny a ior r..
ot was an enemy to both paEtiea; and bucket Atte
c bucket was poured Into the burning hole, b.
With 70 more effect than II the buckets had bee
- Tie nre and smoke came rolling up, nnt r.siu
shaes x'na sna ssW II aS .us
Il at once, making tae danes roar again; aft dr.
ono and then another threw his bucket tato tn
10 nc, md beEan running below for provisions
It 1 think III. Wafl vas the last nan to drop h'
IL and riscn in column Of hfe 70 icf the rgrint
he and then began lcan!nE from rope % rope, an
FL 70 ~ ~ nc a ~ Sne e fa e.
ID 70 much golden oil, without ripple upon II an!
r; Thny soon had one boat lowered, and were bns
cd over the other, getting IN ererytning that the
L. shorght would t. useful we all helping; and
t;ne f tste esse q + the e oase
r telling him 70 push on and lar 10 he kept bae
-four o. bis party; and heiped wtsh WIN
directly afser, aud knew Whist he Ind been dotu
,r Letting oose his hirds and there were the po<
o little things nuttertnR about and nter.nE EtTanl
Eo cries, as they csrclet round and ruund the 1ae
It eotne only to scosch themselyca and fall In: bu
he 81 be said, It was better to set them free tha
he leave them there IN their cages to b. burned
lie Al last the beat seemed 70 contain all thst cou
q BE- rus IN, and van's foar men we're Waiting. Wne
| n
he hack, saying ladies nrss; and crossing % vae
W. MIH Bell was kueelne beside her brother. I
caught her roughly round the waist, nfted he
NJ and na!c toward the side, when she shneked o.
I'd .best 70 ID the ooAt, 1nlsa'I hsd half sat
I'd when IKE ~ supposed she did. seemed to Sc
IT ,ncse vas short scul1e, aud l ha1 the raau.
he blrd tight In my arms; while before any one cou
"a np i n
nd told rs to "buTn and be -
% both noats ruwtng slowly away plainly to to set
en- e:cht 80 u., one 4 fair delicate woman. lefs
Of hnru rrou that ruastng fnrnace Of ship
p cnAF7Ex xyrl
1donv care who the man may he. but II IS
N, hard struggle for any one to see TWO rosds open
ed HIN, the nrst lesdlug to life and the second tc
re- , horrible dea.h md lor him to force himself
All 6oS in s-sutac c to bla,ne niil smith. II v
ing only natrr's nrst law; when san SAYS to ne tu
"a ore wenl, aed SIRE hls ntsd - nod J. ssswa, $. Va.
"no as; M and nc .o9s nenaef na. oa me Tn
14s s..Come aicrg. matey.' ents Fill: and he taxes
nc two zone As 10! NJ: Tomns, he x1s 70 ,aken
With his poor r.ris, that he dtn1 seem 70 car
,r- BIT aboct Ss.cit, TIL g1cs u7 to him, ana saN
.se "Estar yca tes'es tt. and make the 'ssa 70
ase aNake the boat, my MIN. he says IN = puzzl
Ell, sort tt way. NO; don't think could make