The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-23

No ntenoly tree IL Wetcome sneoe ~
No ssSSh.s Sresiis isspsd and played y
Along ths roadside - he passed.
ISIS there NO shaAy spot," he cried,
al hand r 70 one Who BY him strode'
"A little further down the rosd." 6.
; .Ah, werw We are all trsmps At best;
We stagger meath lifss daily load,
" Yet on We press--and hope for rest,
NJ Geo. X Cdaia Ia Bdidseia's Mesi'iy.
- s,paaR
THE STEAMER ON FIRE. Sa
HOW IT'S LIVES WERE SAVED By 1.-THE
q MAN WHO pIDN'r KNOW MUCH"
eTrrom Mr. Murrays New Book the Golden Rule
The captain stood another instant In
profound thought, during which his
Quick and fearless mind had considered
All the contingencies, and, without q
word to the three men that were with
him, he started for the deck and the
pilot-house. He summoned the chief
engineer and his officers around him,
and stated what he had Uncovered
laid the whole subject In few terse
words before them and said:
"Gentlemen, In Eve minutes the
saloons will be like an oven, and the
windows Of this pilot-house will be
cracking Have. you anything to
fEe Ant oficer, a sailor from boy
hood, whose head and beard were al
ready gray, said promptly
y .,CsptaiDs we must beach her," The
lAK a1~aar ooaonf
"It's our only course, said the cap
ttAny htPilOt," said he, turning to the
man whose eve was on the look out,
Ucan YOU beach herr" The other de.
liberated and Said
Captain, i am ready to take any
responsibility that man in my posi-
tion should take. I am ready to exc
cute any order you give; but / will
not take the responsibility Of running
this steamer, with 600 passengers
/. aboard, onto Q coast that i know moth
J ing OF beyond the knowledge have
Of the lights, the reefs, and the har-
bors. It would be mere chance IL /
rot her within half mile Of the
!, shore"
The captain actually groaned. He
cav and admitted the force Of the
pilots assertion. For moment not q
, word was spoken, while the ship went
tearing ON through the water, and the
premonitions of rising tumult came to
their ears from below, showing that
the passengers were already on the
move. He looked an instant into each
face before him, lifted bis hand and
wiped the great drops OF sweat from
his forehead and said:
"Gentlemen, what shall we do? I
feel the floor under my feet heating
The passengers are moving out Of the
saloon! What we do must be done
quickly! We are overloaded! Our
boats wouldn't accommodate half, and
besides boat couldn't live In that sea.
What shall we dol"
Not q man spoke. They felt as II
the horrorof death were shutting down
around them. They were brave, they
were calm. They showed no evidence
Of fear. They could meet death as
men should meet It.; but they could
. not tell how to escape 1t. Suddenly
the captains face lighted, with light
which was the reflection Of hope, Of
o conjecture, Of . possibility. He
,daytedI ont OF the pilot-house, swung
himself down among the crew, who
wdre busy with the pumps and the
hose, and shouted, with the concen-
tration of voice that penetrated the
roar of the storm like knife:
N1"Is there man here who knows the
Coast?u iatr. ef,.e .f.i..,-s
,se' when the captein dropped among
them the men stopped their work
and stood staring at him. Only the
old trsppef and Herbert, each of whom
stood above the forward hatch, hose In
hand, directing the streams that the
pumps sent through the swelling tubes
Downward, kept their petition. The
g captain waited . moment, while the
light faded from his countenance as
no response came, and then, rs II in
very despair. he shouted: -a'
ITS there s 2 man here who knows
Again no reply came, and he was
upon the point Of turning away, when
the lad, who Pad been kneeling under
i, the protection of the bulwark, trying
to stop rent which the pressure had
Enade'in the hose that the old trapper
and approaching the captain said -
"Who are yOu,n said the captain.
s'thxt claim such knowledge9 Are
you not the youth i saw with the old
hunter at the stable tonight? How
/. a161i1d YOU. born in the interior, know
anything about this coast ~"
.S & sssi s e8ie 5 = "a S xSSOs ls
&n,Mila q Nhere we Al and I know
~ w. a ssss s q ssss know ,Hs
lery Teach. Tor Z u1 play on
sTSs ssps = iSSisd incsedsl,usa He
an - sidsrsss., 3 Se5 p IL.
ord iha4 tbee he shouId haq6 born
whHTo b Aeid he We born Hs1d that
NJ - On that booG vliat nieht.
I'D b3dk6c0vered By the uotost scci.
dSneaE the very Instant Of supreme
Captain, y said the old tr.pper. Who
had drawn nigh, 'c.p'!, En6tsver
the lad says We can sng(lnly take for
gospel truth. 4hd III he rays he was
born here. he Va born here; and II
he saYb IL )2payks thle shore, he does
know II sndye can rely on him to do
what be says he can do; for his words
~ ruth, and his acts be like his
"Yoane man, said the esptain, have
you any other friends on board be-
s'saltin s. hss. , saId the old, man,
answering the question for the Lad,
ssthoFe ~ Henry there, who has boated
with him end carnped with him or
and on, And the lad saved his Life once,
sDd fA9Rs > earyice thst > man isn't
At y 1orqet. Yis, you may set IL
down cap'n, that Henry and me be
ssfr-S,35.I 49,. $1,000 ~. ~.~xs.