Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-27
THE WRECEER'S son.

THE WkECkER'S Sun.
pcKY POINT was a dangerous place at
lines, and On this particular night espe-
80 Its great ragged rocks protruded
heads above the wavt s, threatening
TO the ship that might be left to
mercy, while the white, foaming
n dashed on the rocky beach, and the
whistled loudly overhead. Itneeded
pamans eye 10 tell that storm was
ing. Standing on one of the highest
8, TWO men were looking out to sea.
il general appearance betokened them
rmen but it was evidently not their
patton that brought them out on the
b in this storm.
Is the fire ready to build2' asked one
hem, turning to his CONF anton.
Yes the wood is under cover AID won't
wet. Amt it pretty near time to light
We will do it in few minutes" was
reply.
silence ensued for while, when the
who had been last to speak spoke
in:
30 this is your last wreck, is it Jas
Ees, jim, this is my last wreck, and |
extra sorry. You see when my wife
+-,ou knew hcr, d delicate, weakly
OF thing she made me promise 10
Charley, our only boy, and have him
cated. She wasn't like me; and if
was Fisherman Onslow's girl, and
On the coast, she was a delicate
han nevertheless Well, she wanted
boy TO have better bringin up than
yet here, so | sent him away to live
get an eddication. And now, after
3, he's couiin' back t. see me, and Pm
TO have Rocky Point forever. OF
BE he'd be asham d and mad if he
y bis father was the cause of ship
a4d death, just to get him an eddi
n and arm money for him. But I've
thinkin' over it for years and come
be conclusion that If | didn't do it
oe else would, and as it's pas in,
Ftuck at it,
hats so, Jasper" said jim; if we
Z draw the ships on the rocks, some
Else would. But amt it time to build
re nOWY
es, light up. I'll stay here and look
e scene scarcely needs an explana-
There was but one good place To
near Rocky Poiat, and that Was just
I'D the rocks. 1t had be, u customary
hit watch fire ON The rocks on wild
Is, to warn away ships from destruc-
but there were rumOrs III strang'
kes on the part Of the inhabitants Of
ty Point. The watch fires were some
built at the wrong place. 1t YVES no
mmon thing, on a Stormy night, to
fire blazing on the beach at Point
or, while the rocks we're dark as
and when ships went ashore on
~ Point people SAID some hard tai lgs
the amiable fisherman of thai place.
per Wilton passed up and down the
his wreckin' is hard business" he
cred to himself, but 1t brings hard
Ugr--nany night I've woke up
egn v bite drOwnin faces and corpse
ng their drippin' arms at me. But
lone il all for my boy, ami It's nearly
How much hke his mother hat laet
Pre- he seat me look d.; delicate AID
ly but ne needn't night tn world
Is bread and butt r; I've done that for
u the storms, night after night IL !
put my hands in deal me 8 pockets,
zen for him. Ugh Thought l saw
lace st now
pm over the $40 my water came the
ia SQUAD that ANNOUNCED ship IN
Fss, an i a MON ut latcr the walcn. IRE
D bea' h fla ed np. Now for work,
Pred he ulan as he battoned his pea
around him closely aud turned to-
the blaze Suddenly he slopprd AID
his head ia u listening p'siii N.
,, thuad, red the gun again, and
vas all Il Thoughts | heard some
alin me" he said in hoarse
per; wonder what's in me To-
SEE the white faces all around,
e alked rapidly on.
The b ach several men we're stand
Mixing to eaca otner The ire shed
nge, terrible CLEAN f,rs ,ne distance
NE rOaring waters, tut beyond the
and sky was darker than ev
re she liz" said one OF the men 70
pointing TO a dark speck on tht
here d. you think she u striker
The rocks, l expect, was the rough
ust be in bad humor to light said
AN, sith cssei 81 laugh; and th"n
nIn to ok at III. ship again IL was
mer, and the pract,ced eyes 81 the
ers snpn saw it wa. badly crippl q.
nom OF hr guns VA heard every
inues rbe light OF the fire showed
n'l'aes family as she roll, d In the
sea
ell be on the outr rocks soon, said
enough: scarcely thirty seconds
shtrt Came a Crash rrm the noble
~, tll"s.d by wild C IS ~ de-pAr
" out the boats, adj |, Is 4 e II W.
We any 1T th-m, III 'uted Ja-per
20 with the next MA D
ou re mighty squ. au,i,h all II sud-