The Morning herald., 1876-11-20
now gave shape to the noise Of winds and

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"-In tho crisis of your fate will be near"
"Ishali 70 nsd!' jGid Brandon, aloud.
and kslstatfsd to his 6est. - w UlL
. But the storm went on with its fury, and
still his eyes saw shapes, and his ears heard
fantastic sounds. So the night passed un-
til at last the storm had exhausted itself.
Then Brandon sank down and slep far on
into the day. ),
When he awaked sgain the storm had
subsidized. The sea was still boistereus, and
fresh breeze blew which he inhaled with
pleasure. After obtaining some shell-fsh,
and satisfying hi1 appetite, he went to the
summit Of the rock for water, and then
stood looking out at sea.
His eye swept the whole circuit ofthe hori-
zon without seeing any thing, until at
length he turned to look in a westwardly
direction; where the island spread out before
him. Hele an amazing sight met his eyes,
The mound al the othe END had become
completely andlmarvelously changed. On
the previous day it had preserved Hs'usual
shape, but now it was no longer smoothly
rounded. On the contrary it was irregular
the northern end being still sort OF bill
lock, but the middle and southern end was
fiat on the srufaoe and dark in color. y From
the distance at which he stood it looked
like a rock, around which the sand had ac-
cumulated, but which had been uncovered
by the violent storm Of the preceding
night. =
At that distance it appeared like a rock,
but there was something in its shape aod
in its position which made it look like =
ship which had been cast ashore. The
idea was startling one, and ne Dat once
dismissed it as absurd. But the more ne
looked the closer the resemblance grew un-
I'll vi iask unable to endure this suspense,
| he hurried off in thatdirection.
During all the, time that ne had been onp
the island he had never been close to the
mound. He had remand for the most
part in the neighborhood Of the rock, and
had never thought that barren sand NIL
lock was worthy ola visit. But now it ap
peared very different object in his eyes.
He walked on over half the Intervening
distance, and now the resemblance instead
of fading out, az he anticipated, grew more
close. 1t was still too far to be seen very
distinctly; but there, even from that dis-
tance, he saw the unmistakable outline for
a ships hull.
There was now scarcely any doubt about
this There it lay. Everysssreofy made
| it more visible. He walked more quickly
| onward, filled with wonder, and marvellng
by what strange chance this vessel could
have reached its present position. :.
There it lay. 1t could not by any posi-
bility have been cast ashore on the preced.
ing night. The mightiest pillows that
ever rose from ocean could never naVf
lifted ship 80 far upon, the shore. 10 hln
| it was certain Chat it must have been thert
for a long time, and that the sand had beer
heaped around it by successive storms.
As he walked nearer he regarded NOR
closely the formation Of this western end
| He saw the low northern point, and thel
the cove where he had escaped from tn
sea. He noticed that the southern poln
where, the mound was appeared to be sor
of peninsula, and the theory snggested ~
self to him by which he could account 10
this wonder. The ship, he saw, must nav
been wrecked at some time long before upo
this island, As the shore was shallow
had run aground aud stuck last In the sane
But successive storms had continued
beat upon it until the moving sands whlc
the waters were constantly driving aoou
had gathered all around 1t hlgner al
higher. At last, in the course of time,
vast accumulation had gathered about th
obstacle till new bank had been forme
; and Joined to the island; and the wind
had lent their aid, heapipg up the looS
sand on high till all the ship was covered
But last nights storm had to some e'
tent undone the work, and now the wrec
was once more exposed.
TO BE CONTINUED.
! The Chinese way Of Dealing VIII