St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-01

! like the huge ghost of Il dozen men of
war us it bore down upon her througI
| the gray miStS of the rain. In Il Sor
OF dream she saw what the men wer,
doing. She saw them shorten sail
then she heard voices: then the schoon
er hove to. and the small boat WAS sen
down. There were two men and Il la,
Ill it. They pulled toward her. The,
came nearer: and now the Who'll,
world seemed to he rocking and sur
glng around her. and it appeared t,
her that she must struggle upward t,
save herself from drowning, and tha
she WAS pOwcrlcsS to act or speak
They hailed her: she gave one loud cry
and then she knew no more.
| When she came to herself she wa.
on the deck of the schooner. and tw,
or three men, weather-worn of face
were gazing at her in Il wondering way
and speaking to each other in an un
known tongue.
Il am Ailasa Macdomald.r she said
Il live ut killecna. Will YOU put m,
ashore at amy place that is near my
| home p
They shook their heads, and she saw
/ ;hey did not understand. But the skip
i'cr Il small rcd-iaced man. who hcl,
Il bottle and IL glass in his hand sal,
to her:
''Englecsh ?"
'les. yes" she said, eagerly.
" are Nou come ,! he said, thinking
of each word as he pronounced il.
She pointed to the distant coast. now
almost invisible in the fog.
NO wreck No boat down ?" h,
said. supplying with abundant gr>-
lures the missing words. "lnu com,
ont lost -
YES. yes" she said. Can Nou tax,
me ;ShoIc p
He shook his head.
Take You there! Non, Not pos
slhle. on rest here Il boat he come
back Nou take the boat, YES
They were all regarding the bcauti-
tul Young girl as though She had drop
ped from the skies and Yet there WAS
nothing rude or uukimdlN in their gaze.
One of the crew came forward WiIh
some brandy in Il cup: she >huddrlrd
ami refused it: but he pressed her lu
take it 81 urgently that she slipped
some. Then the captain touched hcr
dicS>.
"f err bad -ierl bad said he. >hak
ing his head for her clothes we've soak
ing wet.
lie turned t" the >ailor> and had
some consultation with them in this un-
known tongue. hen hr m"iI"mcd hrr
tu follow him: and although She guess
ed they wcIe French. and knew that
lhc lth'h were NOT likcd h\ the iI>h-
cih"n al her coast. >lIll She had II"
lean "i std falIh% folk. AMI she followed
hIn hraNrlN
lie took her L" the door of hI~ own
CABIN. and pointed inside. He showed
her the bolt and when III" he>ltatrd.
ne >iId win Vehement "r>tuIc:
~" ! Why no! F"Ir N"u II l.
tom N"u. e." there. and me come back
You shall give the dlc>~e> 10y this
way they :" t" dI\ 10y the fire. Yes
ny II" %" are ail;it Mon l'Icn,
sec
IL" showed her The bolt again: and
lhri" "AH a proud. hurt look IN his face
! 'n',' gave hri more courage IMAM amy
''r,'''' P'"''N'I,I"n> '""ld nave done
nv "'"' ,'H"'r the >'l'H'I '""lli II
"'> '"' >''''' III '''' eyes, a'r''>'"liI','
Is sue WIS T." 'h' ir>"'ilr'> "l huth
>"I,'I''I rIIl' 'iE'll I f'h'il schooner
Im" hi'!ht htl>'Ii qultt al home There.
ne sailors treated her MltiI th" @rrat +
I>' 'h"'Sh' 'i,'iht>> ana kin"i'>>. ne
,"N N'"ll S'' h''u seen III IN" small
'"'"' W"> N'"' I" 'il' "o'i "l lht 'ahltl
t" "a'' Ion liri wei rl"'hr>; hr hr""%i't
i'I some '"i''r ana biscuits; he brought
her, too; abundant coverings for the
"a'''i''"'h, ana th""G', he c""I" u"t
H'''N i ""'". ms "iS n'A'h eyes ANA
~, nr"" "''' ''H''"N >'"Ne" h'i "h'' L" 90.
l'''' nav Ili2 I''''''h'h "i 'hi> ii"Gal
I"' '~''lI'' '''',S meal. >h' h"i'r" me
H""i "i 'lt 'ap'h, ana urea. cola. ana
,''ait,rl'h t\"hu measure. she rolled
hc'>'Ii up III 'hr warm clothes ana
SANK INT" i dt'p sleep.
w hen She aW"k" her clothes were
thoroughly dlIrd and Sh" knew the
ulincnllH 'hcN must nave eNpclIrncrd
Ill dlN lnG a woman clothes ON board
a boat. men >ht had dressed herself.
Shc Mthl on dc'k ana II seemed I"
htr lllat sue iad entered upon Il new
life. Surely she had passed through
the agony OF death. and left all hcI old
friends ana associations behind. For
now 1t wa> clear midday: and the sun
had rolled back the laln-clond> I" the
horizon: Will" far away across the
blue sea pale. tall. white object at
the very extremity of the land caught
the sunlight and Sh"ne over the dari,
coast.
III Is the Butt OF Lewis. she cried
III dI>nay.
Y all
red-taced, ShrcWd-cycd captain said.
AllaSa turned Ia him with terror i'll
her face.
a nd " here do Won Uo ia uow Y ON