Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-15

nust turn Dack. III L only knew
which Way toturn back, says he, an6
b 'ssn ballooing and callin. Ned. Bu
there was no answer.
i can't remember what | did or said;
.hen think of that time the sam
.lTeadiul feeling Comes over me that |
h I'd then, when my boy was drifIint
o u alone IA that little boat 10 sea. |
{ iOught ne must have got feyonO |
nearing before We missed hini, anG /
there was no chance hat he cuuid row |
against the tide, tired a. he was. Theu |
Inn began to row again, but in an un |
certain sprt of way, stopping ever! |
low and then TO shout. Once
'hnught there Was AN -u-wer, but ait.i |
that we rouldn't hear a sound.
A. list he gave up calling, and ] frli /,
hen there Was no hope Of ever fiLdi. z |
>e', or getting a -bor-.. jun >a.d n
Vas going to- try nj d get me SAFE oln,
1rst. and then start out asaIn " ith M
lu-band aud other men To help him
had tu own thai il Mas The hest PLAN
out II made me shuddPr tu think what
uight HAPPEN 10 Nd in the meahtime.
| IOn I know ho~ long il Wis after ".
Io-t the b@t-h Seemed Like hOurS-but
at last we touched shore.
'Un how glad | was Jim landed
and walked little Nay; then he Cain
back aud said he thuug ht we were near
he end OF Sandy Point
How near Was to your home"
asked.
~ hy,' continued Mrs. Wilson, 'it's
on this side the river, nile or two be-
low hire. Was thankful To he even
/ tHnf haFsa u1I : Il u..fn
letter leave ii.t il. ai N. walk along
the shore L. OR iai.G4ig, aud 80 tn the
house. Ii Was "A long, wet walk, hut ]
AIS willing Ia try i'll. 81 j IN m.lle'i
he boat np, aud we started, rs We sup
passed, toward The shuT' Keeping cl ,-t-
60 he waters edge 10 guide Us. Bat
pretty SOON the ground began To ge
very soft, and Sandy Point is all peOblv
tnd hard. jim got down on ni- hands
and knees. aud ielt. and presently he
aid: We're ar the end oi the darnrd
point; the shores in the other dn g =
tibn, 80 We must be Il II ON the same
side tine river. It's that there point
down by the fat, confUund ii!'
on | never felt 80 done out in all
my life AS | did wh,n he said that
We were within II lie # thu Sc,
farther than ever from nome, aud my
boy gone. just Z, uldn't help il;
nurs, uut crying. ana Jim stood Ut me,
not knowing, / Isuplose, what TO dc
lueXt.
But pretty soon he gave a shout
and that Was answered by anOthpr
quite near. storped crying and lis
ten q; sure enough, there MIS- the.
l-ourd OF oars and the gleaIn of a fight
Through the log. Then l heard nay
husb nd's voice; called and NJ an
lswered, and soon he'd come up beside
u.
Esquire Greene was wi him, and
they said they'd beeu out since seven
I0'clock looking for us. But where's
Ned . WAS tbs first h'ns almost the
tCaptain said. So tOld him all about
il, and begged them to go and find my
boy. | suppose | talked in wild kind
OF way, for ! heard Squire Greene say
ing they must :et me home first "a
quiet rs possible, for was cold and
nervous. They would take me to our
Ian ling, th. y said, and then ,tat ont
to look for Ned, and Jim was to find
his Way back ~ Captain MOUre's.
We'll they put me in their boat end
started, the two men pulling steadily
together, and only stopp ug sometimes
10 ca = ed!' 'Nedv But they got no
answer. i never felt the current so
strong here heard Squire Greene
l>ay; 'oue man L should think could
hardly row against it, My husband
didn't answer. guess he like me, v its
thinking Of our little boy out alone in
the current.
so We went OF for some time. was
too worn out to think; only Was con-
scinus that my feet aud Il,nbs were
getting almost numb " it'll cold Tnere
seemed To he water in the boat. and
the two men spoke anxiuusly toy ether
she'll last if We hurry i heard Squire
Greene say. and they ro~ed faster and
faster. Suddenly the boat bumped
against something in the dark My
husband held up the lantern and cx-
claimed: Thank God, he's safe! L
reused myself, opened my eyes, and
saw beside Us our boat, and in the bot
tom OF ii my Ned, fast aslepp.'
But | should think it would have
been farther down by that time il it
Mas adrifl'
YES, but said Mrs. Wilson, 'it was
stopped, and by what, do You think :?
| Why, good many years before that
there'd been n little vessel wrecked i'm
the inlet. III tell you, it Was that
Very wreck the Captain Was tell ng yun
about the other night. The time oi that
great storm of 1885,. We'll, it all broEe
up, but dart OF the hull was washed in
past the fats aud when the wat. went
down it stuck in the mud cut in the
Itniddie of the river. 1t was covered 1T
high water, but at low tide couple OF
heanis stood up out of water. Ii Was
always great buther to.the boat, Tor
II WAS right in The main channel; the
fOlks around here often talked of get.
ting il away somehow, but they never
did and IFS always seemed to me since
hat it wns just pul tn re by Providence
10 save our child. For, wuuli you rs.
iieve, the boat had drited down onto
IL and lodged bet Heen he two beams,
not fast, but just kept there till we
came up against it, mi it WAS Il e.
Lords guiding that brought Us tn il,
Tor they had been trying TO keep
away from where they thought the
wreck was.
NOW says the Captain, as soon a
he found cur bUat was all sound, ~ g
must get right into our boat. Quick,
Nary he says TO ne, there's not d
no nent to lose. This ones leaking
fast; IN q minute she'll go DOWN. IL
didn't realiz. till afterward the new |
danger we'd just escaped: but they
hurried to bring The boat, alongside,
and IN the dark almost Tilted me from
one to the other. Then Ned woke up,
wondering " hat it W s all about, anu
L had my boy in my arms and my
husband rowing toward home.
we left the old h0at there in the
river, and soon through the fog we saw
freight. Squire Greene shouted 'Aii
right 7 and tn re came fioui the shore
a real hearty cheer in answer In an
other minute we'd Landed beside
great bonfire, and the nelghbors wer,