The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-08-06


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in blood and Then held Them np ~ The
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lie then stepped over me, with b light
laugh, and ~ entered my cthin-inr The
knife, ! know.
Now was my chance, # ever Ills baCk
WAS scarcely turned, when ! bounded to
my feet, and made tor The Storage. II
WAS a short hut exciting race for life,
Two seconds took me 10 the stccrage.
door, two more to the foot Of the com
panion ladder. ! sprang up, but had sue
cceded In placing only a few steps behind
me, when | slipped and fell TO the bottom,
while at the SAINT time | heard an oath,
and the cutlass few past, and stuck in
the bulkhcad not a yard above me. The
mailman, seeing | WAS escaping, had
thrown it and the fall had saved me. |
drew out the cutlass and hurried on deck,
Seeing that the maniac had now given up
the pursuit, | paused for a minute to take
breath, aud bind u handkerchief around
my head IL wasa very lovely night not
a cloud in all the dark sky, In which the
stara-so differently arranged from those
in the lar north-wore shining more
brightly, think, than ever yet had seen
them,
But had little inclination to gaze long
at the gorgeous scene; my thoughts were
all on the fearful danger | had lust escaped;
and, whether from excitement or loss of
blood, | could not tell, but | felt as If
about TO faint. After leaning against the
bulwark Tor u short time, the cool night
air revived me, and | made haste to 90 TO
the captains cabin, to maze my report,
ana get assistance, This report wa never
made, Tor Just rs | was about to descend
uark hgure glldet stealthily past, doomed
for one moment on the bulwMk between
me ana tho starlight, then disappeared,
and the splash alongside told me that the
unhappy engineer had thrown himself
INTO the sea.
Man overheard" | shouted, and the
cry was re.eohoed, fore andaft, from every
part OF the vessel. | rushed past the nan
at the wheel 10 where, In the stern Of the
ship, two little brass knobs, like door bell
handles, told the position of the life buoy.
One was pulled, q CLEAN Of light sprang
up, then the other, and the blazing bea,
con dropped sullenly into the sea. The
captain was almost Immediately on deck,
and the ship was quickly being put about
"Man the quarter boats, aud lower
away with u win, 1t ia earnest, my lads
he added; at is Door Wheeler !" for the
men were used to being sent away after
the life buoy on many q dark night, as /
species of drill. "A bottle of rum to eacl
boat, with an additional one to the boa
that picks up the officer"
They hardly needed snoh encournoe
ment, for me boats were manned M,
lowered AZ If Inv magic and ware 400,
swiftly leaving The sbin heard thoncI
| hardly seen. and dashinr ON towards N,
blazing beacon. that lloaied nearly a mis-,
ter Of a mile oil. Tho buoy seemed 10 h
PLAYING a little game of bo'noon with n,
al one moment pickering and shinin
paily ON The summit of A wave. and m
ncxi thinning down and hidipr from s,gt
behind il. Zen long minutes p.ssci AVA,
and then The lipbt an The LCa buov Jiss1
peared-it bad burned out, or been pI
out-and we continued to gaze at III
place where the boats had been seen.
quarter OF an hour, then five minutes, an
nov We could hear the measured thu