Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-03-05

instant, until at length, the men man
aged to get up fore and main storm
stay-Sale; and then the brig stood for ;
short time bravely up against thu
heaving sr2. Tut it was evident ths
even Should she succeed in keeping t(
the wind, she must eventually be driv
en- ashore, for the power of the in-settins
waves was greater than that of the
wind.
Boy, do you know what that light
is? asked the Captain, as he stood hold
ing on to the main rigging to keep his
feet.
Yes, sir, replied Robert; 'it is Bully
more's Crag
What is it there fo-"
1T marks the elIli..4 ca TO little har-
Dor, sir, which lies at Ia, back of it.,
And can it be entered by vessel OF
this size?' asked the Captain, while a
gieam of hope shot across his face.
'Oh yes, sir. a large ship can enter
there
And do you know the passage?'
Yes, SIR; ! have spent my whole life
on this coast, and 1 know every turn
in it,
Can you take the brig in there in
! this storn?'
'Yes, SIR answered the boy, while a
! strange light shot from his eyes.
And will you do it?' eagerly asked
the Captain.
! 'On two conditions
Name them, quickly
The first is, that you let me so in
peace; and the next, that you trouble
none of the smugglers, should they
happen to be there.
4 PROMISE said the Captain. and
now set about your work. But mark
me, if you deceive me, by st. George,
Pil shoot you that very moment
The brig was soon put before the
wind, and Robert KintOOk stationed
himself upon the starbOard fore yard
arm, from whence his orders were
passed along 10 the helmsman. The
bounding vessel soon came within sight
of the rugged crags, and the heart of
every man leaped with fearful thrills
as they were swept past frOwning
rock, which almost grazed them as
they passed. On flew the brig, and
thicker and more fearful became the
rocks, which raised their heads on ev-
cry side.
Port shouted the boy.
Port, it is
'Steady--so.'
Steady, it's
Strrboard-quickH
Aye, aye, starboard it is
'Steady-sO.'
STEADY, it is
At this moment the vessel swept on
past an eyeFhanging cliff, and just as a
vivid flash of lightning shot through
the heavens and revealed all the hor
rors around, loud shout was heard
from the young pilot, and in a mo-
ment all eyes were turned toward him.
He stood upon the extreme end of the
yard. and hela himself by the lift. In
a moment more he crouched down like
a tiger after its prey, and then, with
one leap, he reached the projecting
rock.
Revenge! revengep was all that the
doomed men heard, and they were
swept away into the boiling surge be-
low.
Breakers! a reefn screamed the man
farward. 'S6arboard-quickn
But twas too late! Ere the helm
was half up, a low, tremulous grating
of the briggs keel was distinctly felt,
and the next instant came crash
which sounded high above che roar of
the elements, and the heavy masts
went sweeping away to leeward, fol-
lowed in few moments by large
masses of the ill-fated vessels wreck
and cargo. Shrek after shrek went
up from the doomed men, but they
were in the grasp of a power that
knows DO mercy. The Storm King
took them all for his own!
The next morning a small party of
wreckers came down from the rocks |
and moved along the shore. 1t was
strewed with fragments of the wreck,
and here and there were scattered |
along the bruised and mutilated forms |
of the briggs crew. Among that party |
was Robert Kintock; and eagerly did
he search among the CHASTITY corpses, las
though there was one he would have
found. At length he stopped and
stopped over one, upon the shoulders
of which were two golden epaulettes.
Twas the captain of the hEig-the MUIR
derer of his father.
The boy placed his foot upep the
PROSTATE body, and while Il strange
light beamed in his eyes. and shud-
der passed over his countenance. he
Father, you are fearfuliy
revenged!'
The boy spoke truly. Fearful in its
and fearful in its consum-
nation, had been that PILOTS Revenge