Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-08

with such depths OF woe and despair
within his bosom, when the white faces
turn upward to the light, and the sea
moss tangles in the floating locks, and
the coral insect builds where rest the
mortal remains of those who 60 down
to the sea in ships"
For the first day Or SO | was confined
to my state-room, very i'll, and dreary
and hopeless. On the evening of. the
second day / came up on deck, Diet err
mined to obtain a breath of fresh air
Lying on a pile of rugs, with book in
my hand, not for the purpose of reading,
but rather as an excuse for silence, .
familiar voice fell on my ears. Tremb-
ling and agitated, I turned my head,
and saw standing at my side-John Van
deleur! He putt out his hand, but |
motioned it away; dared not touch it;
[ felt that it was more than could bear.
He stood gazing upon me for mo-
mento 2lH e sr'4t 4 sj%Aa l.t@ s19ge4
f., Chow came you here?" L faltered at
last. .,t....s, ,,,..-r-a-..,
: A spasm Of pain crossed his white
face. .d i.t -
"She!!'' he muttered savagely-"S She
is here-on board! For the sake of spar
ing you the pain Of chance encounters
/ was going to Europe. But we meet
again, and on board the same vessel
There is strange fatality in it, Jessie"
That night / was awakened from my
sleep by the rushing and roaring of the
storm fiend. the hoarse commands OF the
captain, and the shrieks and prayers OF
the terrified women. / arose, and throw
ing on wrapper, I aroused my mother
and together we sought the cabin. 1t
was scene Of terror upon which had
never before gazed, and which l hope
never to witness again. The loud roar
of the storm without nearly drowned the
wailing and amentation Of those within;
I glanced towards John Vandeleur's
wife. She was standing cool and self
possessed, leaning against the piano her
great dark eyes full of scorn at the dis
play ofterror around her. Just then the
captain, death white and agonized,
rushed into the cabin: .,.u..
"Save yourselves!" he shouted. eve
have sprung a leak. and are going
down." ~ sw 8 - ca
! There was a rush forward, and Selling
my mothers hand, I.dragged her after
me in the wake of the crowd. The life
boats were soon launched, but all, save
two, were instantly. swamped, and these,
filled in a moment to overflowing, dart
ed Observation-Disclosures capped wat
er. and tossing from ,billow TO, billow,
were soon out of sight, leaving some
half dozen standing upon the deck The,
shipwas filing fast with water; in short
time we would be beyond the reach of
human aid. Still clingng to my moth
er's hand, | glanced hOpelessly pponthe,
group; gathered together, Six Of US all
told. and two Of them were John Van
deleur and the woman9whom he called
wife. Inoted his, presence = with
strange gladness; ho'nfatter | what hap
pened. we were together. At that aw
full moment, face to face with death and
eternity, found no sin in the love which
overfowed my heart forsthisman 4
And so, crouchlng upon the deck OF
the doomed vessel, we watched the
morning break grey, and dreary, and
awful gIeanaing IL pom hat vase If gA-
er, and the Slpunan beings gawaitirg
death At daybreak we saw Che vessel
could hold up no, longer; and spars and
masts, and all available objects were Sc
cured; to these frail supports each awe
stricken creature was dashed. and. was
soon floating upon fheMaters =
6 The storm was over, pow vthe waves
were still, and the stysshone Blue and
bright. At last. with 9 great noise, the
noble ship..went doHnx md the cold
dark waters closed over 1T forever
A shudder passed over us, as we clung
to our fraif supports, and realized then,
with death standing beside us, upon
how slight a tenure aour lives. hung.
And SO we f1oated for hours, and hours,
and hours. ooking back, now, upon
that time, it seems like an endless age,
in which We moved slowly over the
shining surface Of the sea. I closed my
eyes, at last, hardly conscious of what
I was doing. S~4'' sac y ''9s % sy.'!7Fo
, When | opened them again, | was
drifting slowly along, and John Vande-
1eur. s wife was clmging to the spar be
side me. How she, came there never
knew! An evil light shot into her. bold
black eyes, asgthey met mine ! - =.
II know ALL" she hissed,l transfxing
me WITH neI WlCkeu gaze. % AIM AdIS
vo. ~ 5.ge wa hnE ~asy fssq 81 ,ai-t,b -
She drew from her bosom something
that shone and scintillated, in the sun
light It was daggerH Great Hea-
vens! Face to face with death as we
were, what need to hasten the dreadful
end! glanced about us. We had
hoated away at some distance from the
rest, and were quite alone upon the
water. The fires Of. madness burned in
the woman's eyes. -.
eff perish, . she continued in the
same mocking tones, you shall not sur
vive to marry John, Vandelerlr!!"" l,fa.. ~,
Iefelt the hand of death at my, heart.
She raised herself on one elbow, and
poised the shining blade, before me.
Just then floating fragment Of the
wreck struck her on the head Il sa "
the naughty face grow suddenly CHASTITY
and the red blood pour like rain over
her beautiful features; then Iknew nc
moro aofs 9sa*a1ni H2 laA gU 3aG iJoY
~ ga kl# bds# Alta X 21t1#ai n,* .ia..
We were picked up afterwards by a
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