Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

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.l1soTg CAPTAIN DARRELLs WARD.
ft9le 0t lirGA7f stTs r ----..rlt1s'H- grBis.
ylsss msd' saian2A TRUE STORY. i'sier
1s ~ lTHiRrY years ago was second mate of
the Warsaw, lying in the port of Auckland,
. g the next Season, touching at the Sandwich
Islands, we received on board as passen-
- I,gers- q, Scotchman,. who had been for
sg Sn9 lh1 11asGs st q firR rR1 x SG9eIes aSeI9s
David Cameron had recently lost his
Yife who had long been in delicate health !;
and, clnsing upNsll bis affairs, determined
u Tup0n aFchange of residence, with view
~ Of pushing his fortunes elsewhere. He
had been seaman in his youth, and was,
E>8 ofpourseT sbleltoI adapt himself easily to
? such Recommendations as we could offer
- himin q vhaler. He was tenderly at
sybO tached to his little daughter, whosoon be.
came q fayorite with every one en- board.
s.t o. 1t needed not the assurance of the
5 stricken widower to satisfy us that Jessie
had been in the hands of an excellent
Eine mother. She was an interesting and in
bra dteIigent child, and had made the most of
si 1s her opportunities in, q situation where
yS n educational advantages were necessarily
hrn very limited s-o4 t.,-i.-.- % =
7sr,os Thrown into daily contact with her, as
-alW I was, it was not strange that found
-, strong attraction drawing me to her. She
-, was study to me; for could not help
Contrasting her, every hour in the day,
with little sister of mine, about the same
.sAH age, whom I had left at home. 1t was
D'"' true, Maria was q bright and pretty child
. To7 and sOproudand fond of me, her sailor
brotherl She believed that Priam Oar
4o7o rel was the incarnation of all that was
b;sr grand and noble in manhood But she
S. had nothing of the quiet selfreliance to
,S, be observed in this child, who had been
si4,as tsncIr Ih11,s-s s veil as in the tbo1,
~ sand little gfRces and arts required In So
ciety, she was, of course, the superior of
sNOyesstel sgsnsror; but in, st strength na and
:" . been Several years the younger : y ai4%
When nnear the French Rock, we en-
5ssd Fcppntered 2 gale Of wind which exceeded
MOO IN, violence anything which l have ever
- = experienced, before or since, in the Pacific.
But our little passenger was quite at home
on shipboard, and appeared TO have little
fear or" uheasiness. She remained on
Hdecka nearly all the time, until the wind
sommaRd sea increased to such degree that
her father was compelled, by fears for her
sbon safety, to order her to, keep close in the
s0n'~ The old warsaw, owing to her stiff
ness, was a very ugly sea-boat in gale.
70 ssGAhd on the second day of the blow, all
her storm canvass having been torn from
ssa . the bolt-ropes, she lay, wallowing at the
n mercy. of the elements. It was found
quite impossible to bend and set any new
.stils and our situation became really
III iint We lay thus for several hours, occa,
insh sionally shipping the top of sea, but no
sias9 material damage had been done; Toward
- night we were favored with Iull, and ad-
-lll :. vantage was taken of it to set new miz-
zen staysail, that we might have some
thing to keep her head up to the sea- +
isoii An hands Were above the deck at the
time and myself was ON the mizzen-
1afr stay, half way up the mainmast, doing
has the last work work OF bending the sal san TO its
strongly manned, and every one In readi-
s5d ness, waiting for the word to hoist away"
Fufe nal was just about to slide down from my
perch; when great wall of water came
- o. roaring down upon us, and knew, by
the feeling of the ship under me, that she
would not rise clear of it. On it came 3
'44i II elung involuntarily to the stay, hearing
5'slgm confused cries of "Hold on p "Look
= sb51 outP ftmet us with shock that seemed
% .haiato have driven in the whole broadside of
t7iioT our stout craft. s,.tf3it.H .,ste4 -et s3a
si9dio taItlcombed in nearly the whole length
9niil3a of the ship, fore and aft giving no one
1asni time to escape, or to do anything but to
cling instinctively to the nearest support
All below me was raging gulf of water,
IzO i'm which menand inanimate objects were
promiscuously dashed about. had
enough to do to retain my hold where T.
n insight I felt that my fate would be de.
ldi 7Oi cided in another minute or tWo., 1t must
be the same as that of my shipmates, who
we're vainly stretching their hands toward
Emefar sqccer, while here, and there cry
rang in my ears, breaking the ceaseless
roar of sea and wind. We were all to die
together, unhearQ OF the SIMPLE record
attached to our names, !" Probably found
: y } Jered at tsea'~b FIIEEI = 7r5-l
But, shivering IN every timber of her
o ancient fabric. the Warsaw rose again tri-
umphant from what seemed her death
struggle with the elements Her bare deck
came into view she shook herself free OF
Q(f theI burden; for nearly all the bulwarks
were swept away on both sides, as well as
everything ofa movable nature. But not
human being was TO be seen, as, still
,isJ clinging in my elevated position, / looked
about me. An had been swallowed up
and gone to their final account z1.i Il
had no time for sentiment; indeed l
lE7n ,-nthink the leading emotion in my mind
was one ofastonlshmenta at feeling the ship
still buoyant, for had no idea that she
could ever rise again. slid down to the,
deck and watching my opportunity,
- Oh Sdarted below into the. cabin. Everything
was afoat there; for the companion way
had been dashed into splinters, and the
ii'1' sea had poured down in a cataract.
7saoi stood in the doorway leading into the after
q ~ cabin, drenched and shivering. looking up
Te1 at the now opened hatchway, and won
dering how long it might be ere should
be inRulfad fort 10 Ia that boarded