Connecticut western news., 1874-07-03

and the natural excitement induced b, 1t, caused the time and space to fly pas unheeded by the young voyagers, anc a sudden dread came upon them as having gained the blue water, they looked back toward the shore and saw hills fields, houses and orchards all blend ing, growing indistinct, and fading away in the dim distance.
 There was @ sense of lonely, utter helplessness suddenly shadowing theil bright visions and there was a world of pathos in little Jenny's sweet, low voice, as she laid her hand gently upon her brothers arm, and looking up into his eyes, whispered,-
 o Willie, let us go home. Mother would feel very bad, if she knew we had come away out here."
 Willie bent down his head and kissed his sisters fair pale cheek, as he re- plied,-
 "We will go back home, Jenny. was naughty to come off so far from the land. But don't cry, sister. am very sorry. Don't blame mel couldn't help it do love the sea so much"
 "No, we won't blame you, Willie, only let us hurry back for see, wonder is terrible black cloud coming up in the west, and I am afraid if we do not"
 The child's speech was interrupted by a groan of anguish from her broth CT, whose eye, for the first time, had been directed toward a bank of dark, murky clouds heaving up in the vest ern board, by his sisters remark and at the very instant that his vision first rested upon the black pail, chain of brilliant, zigzag lightning rose quiver- ing along it's upper edge, and few mo- ments later, there came to their ears the low, muttered roar of far off thun- der.
 The young captain had hauled his little vessel by the wind, but the clum- sy thing lay broad off under her i'll fitted sail. Besides, the wind, which she had scarcely felt while running off before 1t, had now increased so much that she heeled over till there was great danger of her capsizing, to prevent which, Willie, assisted by his two sis ters, set about reefng the sail. . | This was soon accomplished, and again the boat was steered as close as better than eight points, so that with ! that, in spite of his utmost skill, his craft was drifting rapidly out to sea. Nearer and nearer rolled on the em- louder came the fearful thunder crash ning's flash wilder the shrieking gale swept by, bowling and screaming dread notes of terror to the young voyagers. The water-which in with the land was quite smooth-began to heave up in there all around them, curling over and of snowy, hissing spray. Great round drops of rain came pattering down in the water, and pelting on the thwarts clicking noise that smote startlingly on the ears of the three little ocean wan derers.
 Young as he was, Willie retained in his mind much of what he had heard his father relate at various times, in re- gard to the management of 0 ship in a gale :; and the knowledge which he had thus gained in theory, now stood him in good stead. He had heard of keep ing ship before it in squall, and of l clumsy boat was his ship. The theory which he had learned, he proceeded to put into practice and when the first mad gust of the yelling tornado fell upon the launch, she was going off dead before the wind-otherw1se her sail would have been blown away, or she would have been swamped in an in- stant. As it was, she went flashing on l kA c4o surges, scudding away, right out into the mighty wilderness of waters.
 Ten, fifteen minutes went by, and it's terrible fury and still the brave little fellow stood there at the helm, bare-headed, his cap blown away, his clothes dripping with water, and steady to his purpose, steered his tiny bark on and away before the fierce, bowling blast.
 Once only he faltered, and that was when the launch quivered for 8 moment on the crest of mighty surge, and then went reeling and plunging, stand ing almost on end, down into the hiss ing vortex of the liquid ravine. Then, single, quick cry of horror escaped the boys lips but the next moment Jenny crept up to his side, laid her hand upon his shoulder, and spoke in a low, soothing tone, that almost instant ly called back his confidence, and elicited from his lips cry of admira- tion for his sisters heroism.
 "Don't be frightened, dear Willie, " spoke the little angel. Mother says that God watches over people that live on the sea: And don't you remember, dear brother, how often our dear mother has told us that Jesus loves lit tie children? If God watches over us, and Jesus loves us, we shall be safe. So, don't be afraid"
 Night-dark, wild and gloomy night, came down upon the world of waters, and still the terrible tornado ragged in all it's horrors of wind, lightning, rain and thunder and there, in their frail, open boat, we will leave the hapless young voyagers speeding on and away right out into the very heart of the vast Atlantic. We will bid them adieu, and glance back to their home-to their fond mother, rendered desolate in fallen upon her in the loss of her chill dren.
 At the moment when the children l urSG omDarKeu, MrS. WA1Vou uaoa glanced out toward the cove, and for a few minutes she watched them with all mothers fond pride, as she saw them sailing to and fro on the quiet waters of the bay; and then some visitors called, and she forgot her children till just as the storm came down, when a neighbor came rushing in with the heart-rending intelligence that the | launch had been seen only a few minutes previously, several miles out at sea.
 The first terrible shock almost killed her; but soon rallying all her woman's energy and mother's love, she rushed l eo.4I f.c,,, ho.. hama nnd .onardloss of