Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-20
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: see the sweet face of my mother q,
Y she breathed her dying blessing; and
. L can see the pallid cheek and sunker
} eyes OF my father as he took me by
$ the hand and made me promise thai
L would ever be honest and virtuous,
t God knows L have most faithfully kept
that promise, and always will
| Little Judith wept as though she
had herself suffered all she had heard:
but she was not the only one who had
heard Luke's story; for, as he closed
, 1t, Mr.. Adam Warren moved carefully
away from the other side of the galley
where he had been standing all the
while.
SAT this moment, Mrs. Warren came
ND from the cabin, in a terrible furry.
in search for her child.
Where is Judith p
Here am, mamma
Mrs. Warren started forward. and
saw her child Just rising from the side
of Luke.
"'What on earth are you doing
nere?'
60 Luke has been tellingme story
returned the little girl, as her mother
led her aft.
Don't let me see you talking with
that dirty boy again. It's horrible
judith, for you to be contaminated
with such low, filthy companyi
''Luke heard these words, and I
could see tie heaving of his bosom.
and the quivering of his lip, as they
TELL upon his ear. He arose and went
INTO the galley and pulled tho door to
after him.
eve doubled the Cape Of Good
hope, and were standing UP into the
INDIAN Ocean. TWAS III the afternoon.
The Old ship was under double-reefed
| topsalls and reefed courses, with tho
wind blowing hard on the larboard
! quarter. Little Judith was on the
poop, holding on upon tho weather
lnlzzen topmast backstay. Her father
was there. too, and he was gazing on
his child with q sort Of calculating
| PRIDE. The mato Was throwing the
log, and Luke Winship lad been
called up to hold the reel. Just
as the glass was turned and
| the Longtime checked, one OF the men.
who was looking off to the winward.
| uttered an exclamation of surprise and
| III turning in tho same direction We
| saw one OF those solitary mountains of
water, that seem as though they had
| been months in collecting, rolling
| down Upon us. Instinctively, those
upon the poop grasped the rigging for
| support, dropping the reel and long
line to take care Of itself. Judith, I
said, was at the weather backstay; but
as she saw the giant sea towering above
her, she lnvoluntarily let go her hold
and started toward her father; but she
was too late. The ship was struck up
| on the quarter; she reeled and stag
fTny Il han J, Il
dashed to leeward, and on the next
moment she was overboardi Her faith
er uttered q frantic cry and spranp to
the lee shrouds. The men gazed into
the boiling surge where the broken
sea was whirling III one wild vortex,
but they dared not brave the mad ter
rors of the scene.
o God +! Fly child, my child y
cried the frantic father and while yet
he strained his eyes upon the place
where the girl was being tossed by the
foam-covered sea, light form brushed
past him, and plunged into the food.
It was Luke Winship.
'Cut away the life-buoy shouted
Captain FlatOn. Cut it away, quick
Both of them ! Down wit the helm
Give them surge to leeward Cut
away the boat-lashings All hands on
deck here Who'll go in the boat ?
Spring to the head braces -
'All hands were quickly on deck.
The mate was the first in the stern
boat | was the second, and five more
quickly followed. We got ont the oars
and then the falls were eased carefully
off till the boat touched the water. We
unlocked and started off, and as soon
as we were clear the ships head yards
were braced sharp up, the mainsail
clewed up, and she was laying to with
her main-topsail aback.
Luke struck out boldly for the lit
tie girl, and though the sea heaved
him about most fearfulIy, yet he reach
ed her Just rs she was sinking. He
caught her by the waist, and with q
man to him, he held her head above
water. The angry surge had swept off
to leeward, and the boy and girl now
rose and fell upon the bosoms of the
long waves. Both the life brioys were
driven past them. Luke's strength be-
gan to fail, but still he held the form
of the iusensible Judith. He began to
waver, and twice his head sank beneath
tho surface Of the running sea ; but as
he arose the second time, the boat had
reached him, and / caught him by the
collar Of his jacket. He was fairly in
sensible when ] touched him; but his
grasp upon Judith was Ike death
grip, and soon they were both safe in
the boat.
eve reached the ship in safety. Mrs.
Warren had fainted; but the husband
Taught the form of his daughter and
rushed to the cabin, whittier Luke
was also conveyed, and ere long they
were both brought back 20 conscious
ness. Mr.. Warren pressed the boy to
his bosom, and promised to be afather
to him, and even the rejoiced mother
did not hesitate to look kindly upon
the preserver Of her daughter.
''It was sometime before Luke re-
covered; but when he did get about,
he went not back to the cooks galley,
but waited upon the cabin. He was
now allowed to associate freely with
judith; and many nn hour did I see
them sit together upon the poop, lis
tening 70 each others simple stories.
Sometimes Aigs. Warren looked ner-
y011s when she saw them thu, but she
dared not forbid II; public opinion was
TOO stroiig against tho prejudices
which she stil cherished, Though in a
modified form.
- = itIEHCLjtt III LIiS J io5c,iy, anu
Mr.. Warren went 10 CaicEtta. He took
Luke Ninship with Inn, and from
that morning till to-day, l saw bim not
again. Shipmajes, you noticed that
man with whom / was talking on the
quarterback this afternoon, didn't
you ?"
''Yes, We all returned.
'.And yoa noticed that splendid
looking womau by his side p
Yes, yes.
'WeH.' resumed old Ben, as he
/ brushed away tear from his bronzed
cheek, "that WAS Luke Winsliip. That
woman was judith, aud she is now his
wife. Fifteen years have passed away
since We parted at the gangway of the
/ old ship Hunter" but he knew me the
moment he saw me, aud Sc did Judith.
He is now rich merchant, doing
heavy shipping business in New York,
and IS MP here on business. He made
the captain promise that ] should go
on shore and visit him tomorrow.