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


e started home, for knew they'd be
Expecting US back for supper.
When we came out of the house il was
leariy dark and there was such thick fog
ve could hardly see an arms length be-
ore US. IL il hadn't been for my babS I'd
lave turned back; as IL was, / wanted
o ask Oue of the neighbors TO 90 over
With US. But Ned wouldn't hear to it;
he Insisted he could row bach IA we'll
IS not, and if he pulled steady il was easy
-rough to keep q straight line across
80 We got into the boat and pushed /
Jff."
what sort of boat was itsn I ask
ed
Why, one Of those little fat bottomed !
BOATS, you know. never did like TO get
IN one Of them, they tip over SO easy
Well, at first Ned Was rowing steady,
but the fog seemed to grow thicker and
thicker, creeping up from the sea, till 1t
had spread over the fats and wrapped
around US SO At last could not make out
even the outline of my boy. For while
we talked a little. but after that just
sat still, thinking CT my poor sister.
Il guess nearly an hour must have
rsssed, when l noticed Ned wss rowing
slow and Tort of IRREGULAR could tell by
the sound of the oars-and
asked him If he didn't think we were near
home
Wed ought to be mother says he,
and | knew from the way he spoke he was
tired and worried. He stopped rowing
now and s.ood up in the boat.
can't make out the shore, can your
Gays he; hut couldn't see anything but
the blackness all around. / could h.a
the water tapping against the sides u
the boat and the noise of the b'eakeIs-
and tuey weren't very far away. That
frightened me.
Then Ned began TO row again, but az
he W - tired aud discouraged, and soon
c 7 can, row any more, mother, ..,. nc
the tides against as. don't make an
.nch, and can't ind out where We are.
Ned, ssysI. III could helpy.u row
little more, and we'll soon get to shore.
He didn't answer, and we sat still; but
knew ny the motion Of the boat that we
were drifting. knew, 100, tna, u was
ebo-tide, and there was strong current
| towards the sea. You've noticed haven't
| you, what y strong current there 10 In
some parts of the rivers
Ned said. after few minutes,
trying hard to speak cheerful and not lei
him know how anxious felt, you must
make one more effort, few more
pulls will surely bring US to land 81
Ned took the oars Cnce more, and pref
ty soon, to our great relief, we felt the
bottom of the boat scrap against the SAND
to land. Ned got out and began to hau
1t 'ailt our shore at all! declare IL W,
Amt by Captain Moore'sr That was few
rods b low where we'd started from
The boa, mad turned round, most likel,
pulled about by the current, and here WI
were, farther than ever from home.
"what to do, didn't know Ned wa
, tired out, and was sfrLid to ventur
, with n alone again. At last propose,
that weu try aud find our way TO Cap
tain Moore's and ask some one there 4
row M over, and this time Ned. poo
! child, was glad enough to do il. We hx
some trouble to find the path that led Vi
through the woods. However, we foun,
il At last, aud felt our way TO the house
Captain Moore was out but Jim Lewis,
young man who worked for him wa
there. and he agreed to take Us across
, though Mrs Moore wanted Us TO sto
, there all night. Aud. indeed, II
have been tempted TO stay for l fel
dreadful nervous when ] thought of tn
dark and the fog aud the strong tide bu
my baby was always In my mind
kept thinking he must be crying for me
and of course I'd have risked a1ylhin
to 60 10 him. -.
IN was about eight when we LEI
Noores. - When we got TO the river Jir
said he'd take Captain Moore's boa
across to come back In. and proposed, a
10 was more comfortable. that i shoul
get in il and we'd tow ours. 81 we start
ed, our boat fastened behind, with Ne
Ia 10. Jim hadn't been here long, ant
didn't know much about rowing, and mel
Their Ut us thou nj how muo b harder tina
would mako the pulling. It's queer Ne
didn't think Of IL. but guess he was to
tired.
"As said before, it Was ebb-tide an
the water rushing out To sea very fast
never saw such black sky and the 70
that thick II seemed as r you couldn
breathe. As we put off from land ono
more, and went out into the darkness,
remembered all Id heard about peopl
heiug lost in the fog. i thought Of IN
husbsna and baby and my sister, and
horrible feeling came over me that Il
never see them again. and all the time
Was getting damper and colder and black
err
1--WE don't seem TO keep a s,raigh
line Jim said, after he'd been row In
what seemed long, long time. TIL
other boat, or the tide or something
swings us round 50. We'd ought to b
near across, but the waters as deep y
ever l knew, though didn't say so
that we were not going across for hear,
me sound q the sea, At mrs very fain
and far on, now getting lotder ever
minute. End at ebb-tide we miuht easy b
Caught In the current near thcgmouth O
the river and carried Oh. to tas breakers
Such y thing has happened.
well, for perhaps half an hour neithe
Of us had spoken, and Was so brighten
ed I'd almost forgotten about our boat
when Jim remarked il was easier pulling
Than before. Then. all of sudden b,
siopped rowing. leaned past nue. and fel
In the stern of the boat; then made al
exclamation rs If he was scared. VIVA
II ny says l, somehow knowing righ
away what was the matter. Il though
so-the boats loose, by George, snd tn,
Lord knows wnere she is now
1t seemed IA IL tDat Was too much
I felt all c"nfls, d, and think told u
nal lac must nnd my boy-hc must turn
back. II 4 only knew which say e
turn back. says he, and began halIooing
and calling Nee. But there was NO An
swer.
I 81 cant remember what did or said
when think Of that time the same dead.
ful feeling comes over me that had then
when my boy was drifting out alone in
that little boat 10 sea. / thought he
must have got beyond hearing before we
missed him, and there was no chance
that he could row against the tide, tired
AS he was. Then Jim began 10 row again.
but In AN uncertain sort of way, stopping
every now and then 70 shouf. Once VI
thought there was On answer, but after
that we couldn't hear n sound.
AT last We gave up calling, and felt
thea there was no hope OF ever finding
Ned or getting ashore Jim said he was
going &C try and get me safe home first,
and then start out again with my hus.
band and ether men TO help him. had
To own that was the beat plan, but IL
made me shudder to think what might
happen To Ned in the meantime. l don't
know how long il was after we lost the
bo~t--it seemed Ike hours-but 81 last
We touched shore. -
'Oh, how glad was! Jim landed and