Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-03-22

Mere Was the SOutiu 81 oars anu the !
5Ieam of Light through The log. Then
heard M husbands voice l called and
be answered, and soon he'G come up be-
side US.
esquire Green was with him, aud they
said they'd been out since seven o'clock /
looking for US. But where's NedE' was /
the first thing almost the Captain saids 4
So | told HIM all about il, and begged /
Them to go and find my boy. l suppose !
talked in wild kind Of way, for l heard
squire Green saying they must get me
home first az quick as possible, for was
cold and nervous. They would take me
to our landing. they said, and then start
out TO look for Ned. and Jim was to find
his way back to Captain Moore's
"Well. they put me in their boat and
started, the two men pulling steadily to-
gether, and only stopping sometimes to
call 'Nedr 'Nedr But they got no an
swer. Il never felt the current 81 strong
here, heard Squire Green say; 'one man
I should think could hardly row against
it, My husband didn't answer. l guess
he, like me, was thinking Of our little boy
out alone in the current.
$50 We went on for some time. l was
too worn out to think; l only was con
scious that my feet and limbs were get
ting almost numb with cold. There SEEM
ed to be water in the boat, and the two
men spoke anxiously together in low
tones. Pull harder, Wilson, she'll last
if we hurry / heard Squire Green say,
aod they rOwed faster and faster. Sud
denly the boat bumped against something
in the dark. My husband held up the
lantern and exclaimed: Thank God, he >
Safer reused myself, opened my eyes,
and saw beside US our boat, and IN the
4 81; 10 Oh
but I should .hink it would have been
farther down by that time II Is was
adrift."
stopped, and by what, do you think
WAY, &c good nina many years oeiSrs 'n "a,
inlet. I'll tell you. it was that very wreck
tns captain was telling you about the
other night, the time of that great storm
of 1S5-Well. it all broke mp, but par
of the hull was washed in past the Hat
and when the water went down IL strci
IN the mud out in the middle of the river
tide a couple OF beams stood up out d
water. Il was always great bother L
the boats for IL was right IN the mail
! channel; the folks around here oftel
talked Of getting il away somehow, Blu
|, they never did and it's always seemed 4
me since that it was Just put there b,
Providence to save our child. For
! would YOU believe, the boat had drifte'
} DO an onto IL and lodged betw Ten the tvs
bans not fat, but just Kept Their
, till We came up against il, and 1t was IN
Lords gu ding that brought Us to 1t, 10
, they had been trying to keep away fror
l where they thought the wreck WAS
/: Now, says the Captain, as soon as
E found our boat was all sound, we mus
' get right into our boat. Quick, Mary
!! he says to me, there's not moment
' loose. This ones leaking fast in q ms
e ment she'll 20 DOWN. didn't realize ii
afterwaid the new danger we'd just e.
Q capped; but they hurried to bring th
e boats alongside, and in the dark almo
lifted me from one to the other. The
= Ned woke up, wondering what it was a
o about, and had my boy in my arms an
II my husband rowing towards home.
d I'VE left the old boat there In the rive
d and soon through the fog We saw fireligh
] Squire Greene shouted al, vightr an
J. there came from the shore real hear
a cheer in answer In another minute we
= landed beside great bonfire, and Il
], neighbors were all round vs.. When veg
D home il was ~ O'Clock, and il ever va
d glad to be in this old kitchen it was the
& I've never been in boat since, ev,
e in the day time, and a misty evening a
Il ways brings To my mind that night in Il
i fog"
z On going TO my room that night loo
ed from my window. hoping To catch
4 glance of the river. But the moon h;
n hidden behind a cloud, and thick, viii
i fog was spread, like ciammy shrou
q over river, sea and land. In the dal
d cedar wood tree-toad croaked predi
: tons Of coming rain.
And l knew that at tho inlet the dar
1 sedge was shiyering in the rising en-
: wind, while the water flowed through Il
1 darkness out to sea, where huut Il
d wrecks Of vessels lost on fogsy nights.