St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-11-12

as, after she had changed her dripping
garments for dry ones. she sat down ut
the table with what seemed to me al
most ficndiSh Indifference.
Eat lou must eat - she cried.
''Who knows what IN hour may bring
forth If You have to swim for your
life, will You have any chance if you
start exhausted ?"
! saw that she was right. and we
Snatchcd IL nasty meal together as best
we could. just as we had finished, Il
culver ran through the ship: the mo
tI"n changed Z: she began to roll hcavi-
~. The sofa on which we were sitting
b!Oke away from its taSteningS. and we
were thrown violently from one side OF
the cabin to the other, in the midst of
an avalanche of all the mOvahleS that
were unfIstencd. or had broken away.
As soon us we regained our feet. we
made for the deck. | Thought that the
last moment had come, and desired
only to see daylight once more. We
had parted from ouI anchor, and were
drifting rapidly away toward the dark
brlstling cliffs to leeward.
The sight seemed to restore confidence
aud courage to Jenny. $50 forward -
va; screamed in my ear go forward,
$"u and the steward, and get the lower
sail on the foremost black Jem and |
will steer the ship"
Jenuy's voice inspired me the pros
pect of doing something to avert our
fate gave me new strength. stumbled
forward, holding on to anything that
came to hand. The steward stood at
the door of his caboose, having famed
himself into Il secure position pipe
WAS in his mouth, and Il black bottle in
his hand. He looked at me with lack
luStre eyes. Come along. man., |
shouted i'll his ear ; come and help me
get up sail.
"What's the odds - he replied in IL
Sullcn voice; ''what'S the odds , Lets
he happy while we may "
The man WIS drunk. | east Il de
spalring glance behind me when the
poop. raised high in the ali 10y some
towering wave. seemed almost I" touch
the sky. Jenny Was at the wheel.
shading her eyes with hrI hand, look
iug anNinu>ly forward. All , what
could do among all this heWildcring
maze of c"idagr and rigging, all >hak
ing and rattliny in the wind who
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Sometimes hung over the boiling
abyss: sometimes found myself pressed
against the rigging. Looking down at Il
prrcipicc of water hrucath me. Loose
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TL.S.,;I How ant vitb , tremendous
,,,urt and Threatened ever, moment to
Tear its,lt tn tattrrs but. sriliur :,
ram, slid dawn tn th,. deck with th,
,,nidit, th,t t,,l, every mnrs,I of skin
~ NV ankles and nrttinr hold of :,
,,nr th,t / s,w rnntrnIl,d th. move.
,,'.ut. ,t. tho s,u h,,l.d II in h;t Ia,
III. ANA suC' c,',,r" /" NAMING r.r>' "nr
side of the sail. The other offered les
difficulty. Jenny waved her hand tn
umphamtlH from the poop. The >hIl
began t" m"N" trough th" water. ne
longer t" DRIFT helpless and t"Il"rn
We should clear the hradl'ind thdt now
l""mrd :" "min"usI\ upon u.s. 'l"Irh'
my There IKE some hungry Ahiila
awaiting hl> prey.
craMlcd back I" the poop. ana 'rh
ny rewarded me with an rnc"lilagln!
/ grasp "t the lEII'd You dld iha
beautifully. she cried. "\"w. II The
/ gale m"drlale>. aS | think II will. an'
doesn't Nrcr round more 1" the west
ward -
~ SIT" spoke, we shot past I'll" hcau
land. and gained clear We" "f In
coast hrN"nd. he sun WAS Slnklii:
low. and showed t"r Il moment blood
red streak between tW" angry clouds
The lurld light II cast upon the ice
irownin% cliffs WAS something appalling
They ran along for miles. as tar as tn
eye could reach steep. imarr'>SIh
heights. with the Suri heating an@rli.
against them. and tying up III clouds "
spray halfway I" their summit.
As the SIM went down. 1t came ON t
blow harder and more from the west
ward. he line "t ellis To lecWal
lo0mcd nearer and nearer. lhr sa
ceased To draw. he@lnnlhG I" shake an
flap with Il loud noise.
"Shc will 90 II" nearer the WINE
| Willie, cried Jenny. knitting herh
land we drift continuously To lcrwar,
Iou must haul that sheet tighter. W u
lie ; its our only chance.
waS running forward t" my w"rl
when block, detached from the II!
gimg by the wind. struck me VlolentI
on the head and fell to the gr"un
imScn>ihle. When ! came t" mH>'l
my head WAS aching violently, aIlhouH