Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-15

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that horrld night, when the sea snatche
her darllngs from her clasp. An agony q
pity oVercame her as She -thought thes
people could probably see her there In safe
" while death was believing for them
one sat down moment and coyerue fse
eyes; the sight and the memory v>rt 70,
nich tor her; instructive PRAYERS rose 4,
her ilps Tor the safety of the wretches driy
ing on so surely TO destruction; before sb,
knew IL she was praying for that poo
mother with the little child In her arms
was praying with all her heart for ,ba Ii,,I.
| child ~ i'''''
VI sudden, as she sat there with he,
| eyes closed there was a shock as ifihe Il ,
lad fallen and the earth had risen IN ma.,
| IL; she sprang 10 her feet, and saw that m,
wreck had struck, had struck and parted
ana Wild, wild wall, a chorus OF desnai,
rose higt above the beating of the waves
hir. charles waded out to where tbs
| phsetoh stood up TO its floor in water. on
one side OF the yard, and handed her his
iong spy-giass. As she steadied IL and ga1ed
with aching eyes at the horror, there eame
| one oi those brightly throes al the tide when
( the Wooie sea seems TO be heaveh from its
| oedT<he parted wrec!. heaved with II. far
iar ~ cry like the ghost OF the first cry
WAS ncafd sweeping out and away, and in
another moment there was nothing TO be
seen, neither wreck nor people; they were
Us utIer'y gone as i they had never been.
n long swift searching of the sea. ana
then Mrs. Breston leaped from the carriage
to the sand. climbed the mound, ana ran
down the beach as fast as the flrions ,vind
that swirled her clothes about her wouId
ALLOW.
'licn't you see il? she cried 10 her bus-
oahd, breaking IN among The knot OF men
VINO had oeeh vainly trying 10 launch the
ne boat. Il have hardly lost sipht Of h
ihere Il Is, ts the left; il /, coming in fast
as y some great monster were rnunjno
under Y. Here take the glass AMI van
VIII see. IL i a little child, dear and III
mother has bound it to cradle. ma il II
tossing on the waves like those tubs h TIE
yarn. oh, thr Nea i giving nS back some
s1tiin2 for what Il stole away"
Mr. brfnton returned the glass III \ few
SECONDS, while she stood trembling. ana
theh' "lthoht word, sprang into the life
oo''' HS' ~ IaSt, it rode triumphant over
the rollers II seemed 10 Mrs Brcnton as
u She had endured scarcely more when her
own chhdren were born. n sha uai,,t
there ia That awful interval. SHAKING win
excitement. breathless, uncertain wha,
the moment would bring forth. And when
th' bo't> head came round she dared nor
'Io9h, tul Sse heard her husbands CHEEKY
ha'''a' ana presently Ia little slender wall
tpAi went 10 trr heart. She ran down tle
beach IN the tack ofthc recediDU W,
reg1rdlc~> OF H"r drcuchn., >trcts..n',t.',.
her arms, and her .h".H-.,,I. f'''n -
ashore g. thc h..a pushed up IT, ANU put
iuto ther, great ter months oid bAby, wet
to the skIo. CRYING faintlv with fright ana
cold and ready'io die nom the exposure /
had 1t continued longer. She did NOT .rny |
to lsoR AZ it twice. bU, ran bact 9" the shell /
ter of ths sAnd nii-, >uatcHcd OF its salur- I
Ated clothes aud wrapped it in her own |
thick lhawi rolled over and over till it was 1
swatsed llks Ia Indian baby
Tsen she PUT il. face under her chin to
warm r IN her neck. rocked il to and fro.
iarrd itup - gtze at IL again aud 10 kiss
IL. aud the child opened pair OF great
wilc dtrk eyes, and looked 10 her face aud
laughed lilh heaven come down bodily
Mrs. BseutoA could have been no happier
than shc VA, that moment. She ran back
70 the phri"u aud established herself and
waited for her husband while the child fen
asleep III her arms; aud ,he built castles
ior The little beings future If no one should
turn up p claim him, and She watched the
duin2> in he inn yard, where Mr. Charles
was -ti.i Inspecting his losses and cracking
JOKE, with hi, suborduates.
The barn floors have fallen out. SIR
cried one OF the h p>tlrrs the horses are
~ up still. and are hoidiu. on by their
io' legs
wi you have them hold on by their
ed MIR. Charles.
'''. "''n' " re doisg Sir. And we
Gel lt! get it, cried Vi, Cbarl.. cheer.
fully. '''''' c''ee'-
The fires in the kitchen are all ol,.. Str
called 4 maid The waters over Ia,
stoves
Where good cook keeps it. BUT build
your tires up stairs yictual- must be cook
ed sail Mr.. Charles, shuftiing on through
the water. \ he went. he stopped and
picked up something. The little white
chickea" " said Mr.. Charles, in Tone Sal
vtHi could have cuvicd, holding It out on
hf- broad hand. NV God the little white
chickens drowned, aud lie burst into
t.Ar,. he wa> ~obbing like baby when
Mr. hrenton came running up The sand
and into The Phmcton. The good gentleman
t""N ~ tie situation It once. and the horse
>pla>hed round hy Mr.. Charles
Here. here" sal Mr. Brcnton, leaning
ont ana >IapPing the weeping mans shoul-
dcr: take th~ and repair losses, and he
pushed ms wallet into the mans hand
More than this has been given me TO-. r
Charles, and out Of our abundance wc iIL i
help one another Aud he drove w. lc.y-
iug the man ready to 1T down in the water
with bewiidermen, and 10y.
My dear said Mr.. Brenton to his wife,
a they went their homeward way, it
seems a dreadful thing that such loss and
tragedy can bring JOY with it too. And yet,
siLce not soul OF all that ship load has
come to shore alive, that little white bed
beside our own will never be empty again,
please Cod