St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-25


against the darkness It's il made of gold :;
but the third signal of distress tlarcd
AWAY. and still no hrlp seemed nrar.
when suddenly the old brig SLOWLY ga
rc"ncd over. Il wave leaped on the poop.
swept away the CLOWN" ashes. and all
was once more. in darkness.
"Dun't he scared. my lads :" the Skip-
Dcr shouted: ..onIy les oct III, uu the
maimyald. Steady there; the boy
first
I'm another minutr we were M on the
ward. and in 1iir ton such of lis ;iS were
in reach cuttiur away the ramS of Sails
that still huun tn the ward and heat
ahoul >harplv enough to have norrrd
IA man from his hold.
1t WAS bitterly cold. the. ind seemed
10 90 tIuc,Inh one. and in :: clrini.
dullcd. ulIulh WAY. rot thinkium th,;
it WAS not much uSr in ON. ncttinu i'm
there. for tlr, tide was flowing and the
ship sinking more and more over ur
one side. She fell nvci 20 much at la>i
that some of the men had their feet
within Il foot of the water as it seemed
to leap un 10 snatch them from the,
quivcliug ward
EIrTN eve WIS strained towards
where we knew the shore tu lie. but not
Il light WIS IN sight nothing but the
black night. with the dimlv-Sreu white
foam of the waves tossing on the sands
We knew that ANY minute might he
our last that the rnrcrniur over of the
ship only Il little more would dash IL
all beneath the waves: hut there WAS
not a man there. without hone that tod
l l.:
tighter Than ever. till ;ht rising it'd.
made Us climb up to the next lard
and then there was one mere refuge
tn" t"p@allamt and after that. if no
help came. | could only tell my self
with q >lIddrr of what would follow
Vt last came Il fit of despair for had
they seen our signals from the shore
there would have been help for H. hy
this time; and NOW there was no pros
prct "f any one seeing u>. even if We
held on till day break fur vino WuuId
MAKE. out Il cluster of men cIiuriug to "A
lar.I At this distance from the shore.
and amongst all lhi~ boiling surf?
The men. fnr the most pant. bore il
well. and with hardly il murmur: bot
the poor lad have mcitinnrd. meeting
with such u mi>hHp on this his first voy-
age. after holding ont >t"utl for hours
like 4 man. hrnk, down .,t Ia, iuto tL,.
hn> and cried hit1rrI, and loudly tr,
his mother PRAYED that it miuhr nlra>,
tod to let him see his uooI mother
once aglim only once again.
There vl> not = man there, than did
not >tl ..amrm to thu, poor hn, : pray
rr Lmd then whi>pc!cd a word or two
of comfort in their rough way. There
WAS no laughing nr haltcrinr. and for
IN, part. rlr. lad, words brourhr mn
the recollection of my own mother.
buried lone since in = row,t,, rhur,h-
wand. and the old d:iy. 80 littI, h,.r,Ird
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