Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-01-18
woman, hold my jacket That viii help


wlthered moss heaped agains: It's sde.
The lad thanked God for il, anl framed
and smoothed it into pallet, on which
he carefully lad the three little cnes.
viii you not lie down, too, irY asked
the courteous, courageous little girl
'Iwant my supper wa;;ed the boy,
and the tinniest began TO raise feeble
cry.
The lad took from his pocket some hard
biscuit soaked with sea-water- nau,eoys
enough, but the children were too hungry
n be nice There was not much, and lie
divided it oil among them.
viii you not lave some of 1t, sir?
4! oh no, my dear! Lad my supper
long ago.
So the biscuit was al eaten, and the lit
tie fellow stopped crying.
&Now you must say your prayers said
the r protector.
The poor little laas began dutifully
tumbling ont of her moss bed.
You can lie sill, dear l will pray, aHh
you shall say Ameu.
Will God listen when we are lying
DOWN.
Yes, tonight lie will
Then, kneelips beside the brave child,
he uttered ieverent petition: We
thank Thee dear Lord. for having saved
rs from great danger. aud pray Thee TO
make our lives worthy Of being saved.
This was the simple burden Of his prayer.
ending with the onnipotent Our Father
Then he sat down to wait until the
children should fall asleep. He weu'd
then, he thought, sli away to find tbeir
parents and the other survivors, should
there be any. and perhaps to get tne rest
and rsfrcshment he go sorely needed.
Eut the unconscious childish selfshness
was not yet satisfied.
so coid,' wailedNhe boy and piteous
little cry. Baby cold joined in chorus.
1t was in vain to pile the moss around
them.
'1want my BLANKET was the clear de-
mAnd. At last, the kind lad, stripping Of
his Jacket, spread it over them and tucked
II IN, Slu lneu thSy NSiS Soh7hod. Nti'-
ering as with ague, lie crept down bes de
his trus,y little friend, % he somehow felt
the bravo girl to be, try ne to get warm.
1t would not be :ong. lie thoaght. before
the children would fall asleep. and then
he would warm himself with exercise,
and End help at last. Once when all was
still, he ventured to move but this time
it was his patient little friend who pleaded
in very wakeful voice: Please, sir,
don't 60 away. cannot get to sleep. and
am 50 frightened So he stayed.
It was Ike dream 10 him, that wei'd,
dark hole in the hill side, looking FORTH on
a patch OF cloud swept sky. 1t seemed
that he must suddenly wake and find him
self in his own berth in the good ship,
soon TO sail fairly into harbor. Vet withal
there was q clear CONSEQUENCES Of tho
children's steady breathing, Of the fact
that cold AMI hunger, and weakness. iiHe
murderous reptiles, were sucking away
his very life. Then came vision Of has
passage In that ship.
soene on deck a fra Iile woman with
gentle. holy face. and he, her son. sup
porting her. Before them, very glori-
GUS sunset, with that strangely, swe't tiy,
clear and mellow ligh. banding the hori-
zon which makes us fancy that heaven
opens there. The two are talking with
the vivid sound of dreams.
It grows cold, mother; you must go
below
Stay q moment, love. shall soon be
where suns never set. feel 80 peaceful
tonight know that all is we'll. When
you meet your father. tell him to wait
patiently till God shall call him to join
me in that happy place. And you, my
boy, will keep the same hope in your
heart; will you not? But play that be-
fore you die, He win gran: you to hnve
lived so that some poor souls may bless
you
The vision changed a shotted ham.
mock dropped into the sea. and boy
flung prone upon the deck, crying,
Mother, mother, how can l live all
aloneT
He did not shed one tear now. There
was rather smile on his face as he MUIR
INJURED, Thank God she went before this
nightp He prayed again the prayer she
had enjo:ned upon him, and addei this,
that his father might be comforted.
One of the children awoke, and began
to cry, 'Motlerr He reused himself
again, though numbing frost seemed soak.
ing into ell his frame. He soothed the
child, and even tried to lull it off with a
little story, but the words ran one into
another, and that effort came TO nought.
So passed the weary night. At length,
when dawn had taken the horror from
their sleeping place, he told the children
TO lie still, for he would 60 to find their
parents, and so left them with kiss.