The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-06-15


He told afterwards ihai he wasn't b
afraid a0or ihai lie knew that Go,
woah save a., Bu, poor little Bcun'
WILSON, Every sob went TO my bear
Ike kuife I knew bis mother wout
be well nigh disiractcd when shs founC
cat that ho was gone. tie sat on BIZ
sled, with ouc hand tight bold Of mine
aud ihn other eluging 70 the pole, lie
was only six yean old, aud weakly
little chap at that. have wondered
many dimes since then how ho lived
through that night
After a while Il stopped raining ant
ligbleued up SO that we could sec little
bat Il was worse than the darkness.
did not dare 10 look al tie water-it was
cnough Is feel H. So clung 10 little
Benny. who had cried himself TO sleer
and shut my eyes. Your father sat still
grasping The pole with both hands, puI
never speaking The siraugest thing
was that we were not washed Of. Every
wave that came, ! felt sure tha, we were
gone; bat the ice seemed TO lin up with
Il, and though we were constantly
drenched, we managed to keep our
places. 1t seemed as II the night would
never 90. tried to make believe was
dreaming, and that ] was at home abed
in my little room; and for a minute il
would seem true. Then wave would
come, or little Benny would cry out and
the dreadful reality would come back to
me.
Morning came at last and our courage
rose with tho sun. stood up and took
a survey, bat there was thick fog, and
could see neither land nor vessel.
knew they would send ont boats from
Yarmouth, and had been praying that
they might find us. Ouce fancied !
heard people calling, and shouted and
listened til | was completely exhausted.
Then gave up and shrunk down sgain.
What with the cold and fright and hun
ger, little Benny bad fallen into sort OF
stupor. had tied one end of my woolen
comforter around his waist and the
other TO the pole 10 keep him from roll
ing Of, for the water was growing rough
er, and | was afraid ] might lei go of
him. The fog thickened very fast, and
at last we could hardly more than see the
end Of our raft. All at once your father
started up, and almost shouted
There's vessel coming Hark
Ny heart beat so loud that at first /
could hear nothing else. Then, mo-
meut after, the creaking of blocks and
the sound of voices came through the
fog, seemingly within few yards.
never thought | could shout as lond as |
did the next second. An answer came
back so near that il almost startled me .
They thought, we found afterward, that
they were running into some other ves-
sci.
We're lost | cried. We are on a cake
Of ice--three boysl
Great heavens! we heard the captain
say. Then came the order, Down with
the boats.
They struck the water in nearly the
same minute the order was given, and
then we heard the stroke of oars.
Whore away? came the voices once
again.
Herel we both shouted.
A minute after we saw the dark side
Of the boat as she broke through the Jog
and slid alongside the ice. shall never
forget the astonishment of the men when
they got sight Of us nor their exclama-
tions Of wonder aud sympathy as they
lifted us into the beat and pushed for the
vessel, which was not dozen lengths
away. The captain was rough looking
sort Of man, aud | was little afraid Of
hin, but when he heard our story, the
tears ran down his cheeks like rain.
Go down into the cabin and get some
thing to eat, and dry your clothes, he
said; aud turning to the mate who had
gone an, be cried, Put her away for
Yarmouth.
The owner was on board, aud was
standing by.
That won't do, said be. The boys are
safe, and you can send them back from
Boston, for It seems the vessel was bound
TO that port.
The captains eyes flashed as he ans
wered: You're the owner here, but I'm
the captain. This schooner goes into
Yarmouth Harbor tonight II she sinks
at the wharf I've got two youngsters
down on the Cape about The size Of them
boys, and I'm goin' to do just what I'D
want anybody else to do II they could
change places.
You know what the consequences will
be.
No, don't. And il wouldn't make
any difference il did. I'm able to take
en, and moreover, fm willin'. Head
hcr moth by cast.
ltwould take up too much time to tell
you how they al tried to make US com.
forlsble. We were put into bunks while
our clothes were drying, having had 4
hearty meal first, and it was not long
before we were sound asleep. When
awoke / found The captain standing BY
me-
Jump up my lad, said he, you're 81
most home. We're of the Cape now
aud b. Eve O'Clock you'il be il your faith
cr's house.
Your father and Benny we're nearly al
dressed sad were Wild with delight.