Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-25

went 10 the wharves TO see II i could not
get some chance on board some ship.
found this ship was on the point Of sailing.
told my story to Captain Flaton, and he
took me on board. | am we'll treated here,
but yet [ cannot help, at times, thinking of
the scenes through which have passed.
can see the sweet face Of my mother as
she brcatbcd her dying blessing; aud can
see the palid cheek and sunkcn eyes of my
father as he took me by the hand and made
me promise that | would ever be honest
and virtuous. God knows have most faith
fully kept that promise, and I 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 it, Mr.. Adam
Warren moved carefully away from the
other side Of the galley, where he had been
standing all the while.
AT this moment, Mrs. Warren came up
from the cabin, in a terrible furry, 10
search for her child.
q" Where is Judith 2
a. Here | am, mamma.
MRS. Warren started forward, and saw
her child just rising from the side Of Luke.
"What on earth are you doing here ?
e. Luke has been telling me story, re-
turned the little girl ,as her mother led her aft
"'Don't you let me see you talking with
that dirty boy again. It's horrible, Judith,
for you to be contaminated with such low
| filthy companyn
Luke heard those words, and could sec
the heaving of bis bosom, and the quiyer-
ing of his lip, as they fell upon his ear.
He arose and went into the galley, and
pulled the door to after him.
I'VE doubled the Cape Of Good Hope,
and were standing up into the Indian
Ocean. It was in the afternoon. The old
ship was under double.reeied top-sails and
rceled courses, with the wind blowing hard
on the larboard quarter. Little Judith
was on the poop, holding on upon the
weather mizzen topmast backstay. Her
father was there, too, and he was gazing
upon his child with sort Of calculating
pride. The mate was throwing the log,
and Luke Winship had been called up to
hold the reel Just as the glass was turned
and the log-ine checked, one of the men,
who was looking off to the windward, ut
tered an exclamation of surprise, and in
turning in the 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. Instinct
lively, those upon the poop grasped the rig
ging for support, dropping the reel and log
line to take care Of itself. judith, | said
was at the weather backstay but as she
saw the giant sea towering above her, she
involuutarily let 90 her hold and started
toward her father; but she was too late
The ship was struck upon the quarter; SHE
reeled and staggered beneath the blow
Judith was dashed to leeward, and the
next moment she was overheard He,
father uttered frantic cry and sprang tt
the lee shrouds. The men gazed into th,
boiling surge where the broken sea wa
whirling in one wild vortex but they dare(
not brave the mad terrors of the scene.
40 God! My child, my child crieC
the frantic father and whleyet he strained
his eyes upon the place where the girl wa
being tossed by the foam.covered sea,
light form brushed past him, and plunge,
into the flood. 1t was Luke Winship.
80 Cut away the life-buoy!' shoute
Captain Flaton. Cut it away quick
Both of them Down with the helm
Give them surge to leeward Cut ava,
the boat lashings All hands on decl
here Who'll go in the boat? Spring t
the head braces
"All hands were quickly on deck. Th
mate was the first in the steamboat | wa
the second and five more quickly followed
We got out the oars, and the falls wer
= eased carefully off till the boat touched tn
water. We unlocked and started off, an
as soon as we were clear the ships bea
yards were braeed sharp up, the mainsai
clewed up, and she was laying-to with he
main-topsail aback
Luke struck out boldly for the littl
, girl, and though the sea heaved him abou
: most iearfuly, yet he reached her just a
she was sinking. He caught her by th
waist, and with a strength which was surel
surperhuman to him, he held her head abov
water. Tho angry surge had swept of
eeward, and the boy and girl now rose an
I
ie'l upon the posoms OIL tne long waVe'
both the liie ouoys were driven past then
Y Luxe strength began to IAN hlm' but stl
e he held the form oil the insenslole Juditt
lie began TO waver' ana twice his head san
e beneath the surface OF the running sea
! but as he arose the second time, the boa
had reached him, and | caught him by tn
q collar OF his jacket. lie was fairly inser
/. sible when l touched him but bis gras
o upon Judith was IKE death'grlp' and 500
!. they were both safe IN the boat.
IS -, we reached the snip IN safety Mr.
c warren had tainted but the husban
i caught the form oil bis daughter and rushe
IS to the cabin whittier Luke was also col
r vey'ed, and ere long they were both brougt
/, back to consciousness, Mr. Warren presse
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