Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-03-25

mlSeraoiy III the dark. Hafk! 4 bOVe
the voice of the wind, the tumult OF
the waves she hears a duh reverberat-
ing sound, heavy, booming-the thun-
der of the serf on a rock-bound shore
She knew the rocky coast we'll enough
to realize the danger. A long promon-
tory formed one of the horns of a bay
which was almost sure to be fatal to a
ship once entrapped in its embrace
No skill, no seanlanship could weather
that fatal point if the wind was blow
ing strong ashore. In such a bowling
storm as this escape would be impossi-
BILE.
AS long as she heard the tramp of
men overhead the hoarse cry of the
officers Of the ship, she had some sense
of human panionship, felt not al
together lost and desperate. But when
these sounds ceased altogether and the
motion of the vessel became easier
when she heard in a momentary lull
the splash and beat of oars-when she
realized that she had been abandoned
to meet her fate alone, she became al
most frenzied with fury.
The coast of that portion of New
England with the frowning and dan
gerous reefs, has been the scene Of
many fearful marine disasters.
The morning sun succeeding the
night of the storm, when the water
was cauldron of seething foam, and
the fishermen's skifs were drawn far
beyond the reach of the waves, has
shown on many stiffened corpse,
hurled in the darkness from the decks
of the struggling ship. Peaces of
wrecked wood, kegs, sodden bales,
trunks, hen-cooDs, etc., strew the beach
the morning after these terrible au-
tumnal gales, and the fishermen are
early on the scene to CLEAN the strange
harvest. The courage of fishermen in
assisting the crew to escape from their
reef-tOrn vessel, and i'm finding for
them comfort when rescued, is unpar-
alleled in any of the coast Countries
The resources of their cabins are at the
disposal of the ship-wrecked sailor,
and, as they generally express it, ''tis
share and share alike"
The abduction of Pet Barnlee had
been witnessed by a boy, who gave the
alarm as soon rs the yacht had left the
shore, and great was the the indigna-
ton of the villagers at the outrage
VIII Burton said little when told of it.
but there came dangerous look in his
eyes that meant little good TO Colonel
PaDgborn. When the storm came I'D
he feared for the safety of the yacht,
knowing the drunken state of the crew
and the dangers Of the coast and be-
fore daylight, he was ON the beach at
the dangerous point above described.
The first gray Of dawn brought num-
Der of fishermen to whom he told the
eft ~ nf oh II
And I've come down here,n he al
ded' because / expect to see a wreck of
the yacht washed ashore; and if Colo
mel PangborH is on it alive, [ am going
to kill him."
The words were hardly spoken be-
fore small boat hove in sight, tossed
about like nutshell by the waves
Even as they look it was sWamped,
and few minutes later half dozen
bodies were washed ashore. One of
them was Colonel Pangborn-past all
fear of vengeance at the hands of Will
Burton. Another one of the crew was
alive, and the efforts of the fishermen
soon brought him to consciousness.
where is the girl that you had on
board >" demanded VIII.
IF there was girl on board she's
there yet, replied the man; "for none
has been taken off,
Look, look ~ cried one of the fish
ermen, there's the yacht, and she's
struck rock. She'll go to peices in
half an hOurp'
Will Burton sp"ang into boat with
ont word, and commanded them to
push him eff They tried to dissuade
him from the hazardous attempt. for it
seemed impossible for boat to ride
the turbulent pillows. But be was
deaf to all their advice, and they
watched his slow course with bated
breath.
Several times his boat threatened to
capsize, but at length he reached the
yacht, which was already beginning 90
go to pieces. Springing on the deck,
he made his way to the cabin, guided
by the screams of the frightened girl.
a key was in the lock-he turned it
and clasped Pet in his arms.
A rush of water through a fssure
warned them that escape. if made at
all. must be attempted at once. They
embarked in the little boat just in
time, for they had not gone hundred
feet before the yacht went to pieces
Slowly the boat neaFed the shore, and
safely until past the breakers, when
a monster wave overturned it. But
Will was an expert swimmer. and
when they were thr9wn upon the
beach. although senseless, they were
still alive.