, 1870-07-19

want CT wai ,e elder boy, the - oceac-
bor1,, ss the 'r- proudly calls hin. bore his
troubles witho,.. rnu1mnr, but the little one
cried necessarily for water. The c1aw were
not quite ~ brave As they might ha7o bean,
talking Of .. giving in" and 50 o. II felt
annoyed says the captain. whose no,nly !
words we must quote; got up and said,
Look hers. an not It al sanguina thks
life shan hopo, and IS long Is haze the
least hope viii work; and Auy oue thst will /
not do the same, expect them to Eghtan the
boat z giving up our company. and when you
~ q, all done and gone, my wife and myself
have looked very angry, for it had the et7ect
Of stopping their tnurmura for that time
On March - q new danger threatened them.
4 large Rh1Ik m2de come determined rushes
It the ooat- The Captain m.le him shear Of,
frat By nrn1Et blow from = looso thwatt, ,be,,
with poke from the steering oar.' On Mar:h
Is they drained the water-brcaker Il gave
them pint-and-a-haH Of muddy water. THIS
xas their last. Nothing remained but TO
drench themselves With salt water; tho little
boy had TO be watched necessarily le>t he
land uas sighted; At sunset they approached
it near enough to see that there was an IN
broken line OF heavy surf along ii. The Cap
lain, always true to himself, would have hal
the ianding put Oh till the morning, when the
light would have given them better chance.
bat Ill we're against him; the mother cried
out that neither she DOR the child could live
through another night; and the attempt WAS
| made.
'sAe soon II We got On the back Of the surf,
my wife said, Turn buck ! replied, Toy
| late, Mary, Give way, men. life or death
In the forepart sat ths two children, the
younger still CRYING. the elder, who held him
in his arms, comforting him With '''1Iush!
Jimmy, darling, plenty OF water in few
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after; the Captain waa to attend to his wife.
| In the first breaker the boat was upset.
The boat turned upon US, and We we're =
rhort time under her. The Captain got out
first, next one Of the chip boEs. then the
site, then the other boy. Tue boys
the boat. At the forepart Of the boat
was a seaman. - Immediately afterwards
lad hold. and was just At my wife's side, reach
ing to take hold Of her, when the boat turned
ever again. We we're then all four thrown to-
gether. Eay wife and The boys keeepiag fass hold
Of each other. told them to hold faat, aad
was behind them swimming and pushing them
in before me. Not mora than one minute from
this the boat either turned again Or fell ofI tho
sea npon me, giving me a fearful blow, which
ter MT feet touched ground between the seas.
then Rhifted my position, got before them,
dragging them IN As the Sea came, and holdins
them against the drawback"
The seaman does nothing but save himself
though the Captain catches hin, by the waist
band Of Lis trousers, and holds on till he b.,
to ioosa his grasp to secure lis wife. Ther
be secs tall 4.gure. perfectly naked, passing
along the beach. It must, lie thinks, be
| native: to biz surprise it is tile mate
"a Them" his wife, dead or alive, being OF
shore. II thought for the frat time sbou
my children. They are Lust, I suppose, say,
the mate It was too true; they were lost
81 The Last We knew Of them WAS our poor bo,
singing tie llnee, Teach me to live, that
may learn TO dread the grave AZ littls IS N,
bed his last words and the child crying 10
water when the boat turned over" A mos
pathetic end-d1uWned At the shore after 81
hundred miles in an open boat. Tie goo.
Captain and his wife got safely, We rejoice t
say, ~ England, After variety Of adventures