The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-03-29

give us n weeks delay. that ma,
have timo to 60 a.tish.ng. should
have set OF three days ago. but .b,
sen has been too rough
4 cant help that, replied the inn
movable landlord Then. seeing tn,
wife cry, he condescended to explain
his reasons for being thus iutlcxiblc
'You should not have waited til
the foul weather came on. You
should work in the right sea on, und
lay by, in the course Of tho year. o
sufficient sum to pay me-.
"But, sir. said the tenant, You
know we work as hard as ever ",
can. anl live from haul to mouth
aud the week y earnings are swallow.
cd mp in downright nocessaries.'
'Be that as it may, must have
my money, or shall give you war
ming
And he walkel of in q passion,
calling tho poor people good for
nothing drunkards and illers. Ani
forthwith hs went to ctlm liis rage
Ivy drinking few glasses Of liquor
ut tho nearest cafe.
II would be impossible 10 describe
tho sccuo Of despair that took place
in the scaman's dwelling.
The poor man rose. and embrao-
ing his wife aud baby, left the cot
tage, and having knocked ut the door
OF several neighb1ts he had soon re-
crnited hali.a>dozen determined fell
lows as poor as himself, who we're
half snrpriSel ut his bo,dDcss, YET
willing to follow his example, how,
ever fraught with danger, provided
1t offered Il single chance OF SUCCESS
against twenty chances OF death
They now embark in one Of those
little nu,shells called fishing boats,
hired for the purpose. and about as
i'll put together ts their house, aud
letting in as much water as the latter
let in wind aud off they set impc!l-
Ell by that heroic sense Of duty anil
of the sacre luess uf debt. which
must surprise many u banker who
has failed, bnt which induces these
poor people to risk for others the
dangers thoy would not have face |
for their own profit.
The poor womiu had likewise loi.
tho cottage, and watched the few
planas that were holding her whole
happiness.
The boat was soon ont ut sea II
was just Mt tho moment and in Tho
season Of those fearful equinoc,ial
tidep, when the sea seems 20 threat
en- to swallow up the earth. The
waves were tossing abont as if III
fury, and dashiog against each other
like tho onset Of two contsnilng
armies.
But no sooner dill they feel the
boat within their grasp than they as.
sailed it stem aud stern, aud dashed
it sides till it, keel began to shake
and its ribs TO creak. Then down
came the Wind "a il to help the
waves, and snapped tho mast aud
tore away the sail.
1t WAS moving sigh to watch
this warfare Of the elements against,
man, but which WAS fortunately half
concealed fro II the seaman's wife by
a mountain of thick waves. which
only allowed her t. surmiss the dan
ger to which the craft was eIposel.
And DOW the sea rose higher and
higher, aud kept snrgiuy round the
vessel. The waves rose above the
sides Of the boat and showered down
their foam that was caught midway
by the gusts of wind. till at length n
billow, taller and blacker than all the
Others, overspread the deck like a
black pail, and the death cry Of six
men was heard amid the triumphant
din chorused by the waves AMI the
winds.
Then, by ono Of those strange ef-
fects Of chance. the waves seemed to
grow appeased by this human sacri,
fee. The wind fell and in short
time the sea became ne smooth ani
polished as sheet OF silver.
The seam ans wife had remained
on shore until she had lost sight of
tho vessel. and then returned home.
little thinking that the boat had been
upset so short time after. On the
contrary her heart felt lighteued at
tho sight OF the stars now peeping
forth from tho sky. aud she waited
moro hopefully for her husbands re,
turn.
The landlord waited also.
A week after a bill was stuck mp
on the house near the harbor. bear.
ing the words, "Te husreY fors,onT
( To be lot with Immediate posses
siou) A lifeless infant, wrapped in
n towel, lay exposed near the door
amid small lot OF furniture for sale
tenants death not having discharged
the debt /; while u mai.woman sat
on tho ietty, at tho worry spot where
tho seaman wife har seen the YES
sci for tho last time.
Aud every day al the same hour.
this poor desolatc creature woald
come aud tako her seat at the same
place, in spite OF the rain or the cut,
Ting winds that blow in her face.
with hor hcad bare, and her eyes iix>
od on tho horis IN, scanning each bill.
low that rolled toward the shore, rs
though it would bring her the be-
loved yhiect that MAS Missinfy