Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-30
4 NOZZLE FISHER BOY.

The 9th of October, 1857, will be long re-
membered among the Labrador fishermen.
On that day an awful hurricane ragged along
the coast.
One of the fishing vessels with large num-
Der of men, women and children on board,
was caught in the storm, and tried hard to
ride out of the hurricane. After few hours
of terrible suspense she dragged her anchors
and was driven ashore.
With great difficulty, all on board were
safely landed. Drenched with rain, blinded
by the snow.drifs, shivering in the cutting
blasts, they found themselves on an uninhab-
tied part Of the coast, the nearest hut being
five miles distant.
The gloomy night closed in as the last of
them was dragged ashore from the wreck.
Their only hope lay in endeavoring to reach
the distant huts and in the darkness and storm
they staggered on through the trackless will
derness. Who can picture that night of suf-
fering to this forlorn band?
When the morning sun shone out, nineteen
of them lay dead along the shore. A group
of three women and two children, clasped in
one anothers arms, and half buried in mud,
was found all stiff and stark in the icy en-
brace of death.
During the darkness and confusion of land
ing, family Of four young children were
separated from their parents, who sought for
them in vain, and at length gave them up for
lost.
A boy of fourteen, hearing the cries of these
poor little ones, and finding they had no guide
or protector, resolved to do what he could to
save their lives To reach the huts with them
being impossible, he made the shivering chill
dren lie down locked in each others arms !;
then he set to work resolutely collecting moss,
of which, fortunately, there was large guam
tity about, and piling this around them, lay
er upon layer, he at length succeeded in ex-
cluding partially the piercing cold.
Fortunately, too, he found on the beach the
fragment of an old sail, which he spread over
all, and collecting more moss, he increased
the rude covering until the poor little suffer-
ers, ceasing to cry with the bitter cold, de-
clared themselves more comfortable.
Through all the dreary hours of that awful
night, that heroic boy stood alone by these
children, replacing the covering when the
wind scattered it, and cheering them with
words of hope. He might have tried to es-
cape with the others, but he would not leave
his helpless charge
At length day dawned, and then he turned
his tottering steps toward the settlement to
seek for aid. When about half way, he met
the parents of the lost children, wild with
grief, coming to search for their dead bodies,
as they had no expectation of finding them
alive.
The young hero told them what he had
done to save them, and by his directions they
soon found the spot where they lay. On re-
moving the covering of moss, they found the
little ones snug and warm, and in refreshing
sleep.
What words could picture the wild joy of
father and mother at that sight ? But alas -!
on their way back, near the spot where they
had parted with him, they found the noble
boy who had saved their children's lives at the
expense of his own, lying dead. Nature was
exhausted after the fatigue and exposure Of
the night, and unable to reach friendly shell
ter, he sank down and expired Young Folks
Nears.
4 TRUE LADY-I was once walking
short distance behind very handsomely
dressed young girl, and thinking, as looked
at her beautiful clothes, 81 wondered if she
takes half as much pains with her heart as
she does with her body2" A poor old man
was coming up the walk with loaded wheel;
barrow, and just before he reached US he had
made two attempts to go into the yard Of the
house but the gate was heavy, and would
swing back before he could get in. "Wait," it.,
said the young girl, springing forward, "rll
hold the gate open" And she held the gate
until he had passed in, and received his thanks
with pleasant smile as she passed on: "She
deserves to have beautiful clothes" [ thought,
"for a beautiful spirit dwels in her breast"
GOOD RULES FOR Your MoUTH.-Never
speak evil one of another.
Guard against low and vulgar language:
Eat with thankfulness what is set before
you. =.
Never smoke, nor drink any intoxicating