The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-05
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ny cuAs. READE AND DION BoUcIcAULE
CHAI Err XIX.

| CdA6 EN- MILAN
The Sprlngbok arrived in due course
at longitude 103 deg. 81 min. but saw
no island. This was dispiriting; but
He asked General Rolleston to ex-
anime the writing carefully, and tell
him was that Miss Rolleston's hand
writing.
The General shook his head sorrow
fully.
child's hand"
'Why, all the BETTER" said Captain
Moreland; "the lady has got some
body about her who knows thing or
| two. The man that could catch wild
ducks and turn 'em into postmen could
hit on the longitude somehow; and he
doesn't pretend to be exact in the lati-
tude."
Upon this he ran northward 400
miles; which took him three days; for
they stopped at night.
No island.
He then ran south 500 miles; stop
ping at night.
Then he took the vessel zigzag.
Just before sunset. one lovely day,
the man at the mast. head sang OUT
ION deck there!"
"Hullo -
Something in sight; on our weather
bow"
"What Ia it9"
Looks like mast. No. DonTknow
what it is"
| "Point."
The sailor pointed with his finger.
Captain Moreland ordered the ships
course to be altered accordingly. By
this time, General Rolleston was on
deck. The ship ran two miles on the
new course; and all this time the top
mans glass was levelled, and the crew
climbed about the rigging all eyes and
ears
At last the clear hail came down.
~ can make it out now, SIR"
| "What is 1t 2"
at is palm-tree."
The captain jumped on q gun, and
waved his hat Rrandly, and instantly
the vessel rang with lusty cheer; and,
for once, sailors gabbled like washer
women.
They ran till they saw the Island in
the moonlight and the giant Palm,
black, and sculptured out OF the violet
sky; then they set the lead going, and
1t warned them not to come too close.
They anchored off the west coast.
AT daybreak they moved slowly on
still sounding rs they went; and, round
ing the West Point. General Rolleston
| large letters:-
| HASTE To HER RESCUE.
He and Moreland shook hands; and
how their eyes glistened!
Presently there was a strange inscrip-
ton still upon the rOcks,-0 rough out
line of the island on an enormous
scale. showing the coast line, the reefs,
the shallow water, and the deep water.
"Ease her! Stop her! !"
The captain studied this original
chart with his glass, and crept slowly
on for tho west passage.
But warned by the soundings marked
on tho rock. he did not attempt to go
through the passage. but came to an
anchor, aDd lowered his boat.
The sailors were all on the qli UiUe to
land, but the captain, to their infinite
surprise, told them only three persons
would land that morning,-himself his
son, and General ROlleston.
The fact is, this honest captain had
| got misgiving, founded on a general
view of human nature. He expected
10 find the girl with two or three sal
| lOrs, one of them united to her with
some nautical ceremony, duly witness
| cd, but such as a military officer of dis
tinction could hardly be expected to
approve. lie got into the boat in Gu.
riOu3 state of delight, dashed with uu-
comfortable suspense; and th5y rowed
gently for tho west passage.
AS for General Rolleston. now 1t was
he needed all his fortitude. Suppose
the lady was not Helen ! After all, the
the chances are against her being there.
Suppose she was dead and buried in
that island Suppose that fatal disease,
| with which she had sailed, had been ao.
CELEBRATED by hardships, and Providence
permitted him only to receive her last
sigh. All these misgivings crowded on
| him tho moment he drew so near the
object, which had looked all brightness
SO long as 1t was unattainable. He sat,
pale and brave, in the boat; but his
doubts and tears were greater than his
hope.
They rounded Telegraph Point, and
| in a moment Paradise Bay burst on
them, and HaZel's boat within hun
bred yards of them. 1t was half-tide.
They beached the boat, and General
Rolleston landed. Captain Moreland
grasped his hand, and said, "Call US II
It Is all right
General Rolleston returned the pres.
sure OF that honest hand, and marched
up the beach just as il he WAS going into
action.
He came to the boat. It had an avn
| ing over the stern, and was clearly used
as sleeping. place. A series of wooden
pipes standing on uprights led from
this up to the cliff. The pipes were In
| fact mere sections OF the saRo-tree with
the soft pith driven out. AS this was
manitestly a tube of communication,
General Rolleston followed it until he
came TO a sort of veranda with cave
opening on it; he entered the cave, and
was dazzled by its most unexpected
beauty. he seemed to be in a gigantic
nautilus, Roof and sides, and the very
chimney, were one blaze OF mother-of-
pearl. But, after the first start, brighter
| to him was IN old shawl he saw on a
nail; for that showed it was a woman's
abode. He tore down the old shawl,
and carried it to the light. he fecog-
nized it as Helen's. Her rugs were
in corner; he rushed in, and felt them
all over with trembling hands. They
were still warm, though she had left
her bed some time. He came out wild
with Joy, and shouted to Moreland.
"She is alive! She Is alive! She is
alivsW Then he fell on his knees and
thanked God.
A cry came down to him from above;
he looked up as he knelt, and there was
q female figure dressed in white,
stretching out its hands as II it would
fly down to him. Its eyes cleaned; he
knew them all that way off. he stretch
| ed ont his hands as eloQuentlY, and