Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-17

ioHh' th's hh'P Whp VI" WV P"'"'
sailing ! told my story TO Captain
Flalcn, and no took mo on board,
am well treated here, but yet ! cal
not help at times, thinking OF th'
scenes through which passed, ! coI
sae the sweet face Of my mother a
she breathed her dying blessing anC
eau see the pallid check and sunkeI
eyes of ny father as he took my hauc
and made mo promise that / woulC
ever be honest and virtuous. Goo
knows ! have most faithfully KEEP
that promise, and | always will"
Little Judith wept rs though sht
hal her self suffered all she had head
but she was not tho only Que who had
heard Luke's storyi for MS he closed
Mr.. Adam Warren moved carefully
away from the other side Of the gully,
where he had been standing all the
while.
At this moment Mrs. Warren came
Up from the cabin, in terrible furry
IN search OF her child.
"Where is Judith T.
"Hcre l am, mamma"
"Whut on earth are you doing
here 7"
Luke has been telling me a story
returned the little girl as her mother
I'd her ait.
"Don', let me see you talking with
that dirty boy again. It's horrible.
Judith, for you to be contaminated
with such low filthy company.
Luke heard those words and ] could
see the heaving Of bis bosom, and the
quivering Of his lips, as they fell upon
his ears. lie rose and went into the
gally. and pulled the door to alter
him.
We doubled the Cape Of Good
Hope, and were starting up into the
Indian Ocean 1t was in the after
noon. The old ship was under double
reefed topsails and reeted courses,
with the wind blowing hard on the
larboard quarter. Little, Judith was,
OH the, po>p., holding fn upon tITua
weather mizzen topmast backstasl
Her father was there, too, and he was
gazing upon his child with sort OF
a calculating pride. The mate was
throwing the log, and Luke Wiuship
had been called up to hold the reel.
Just as the glass was turned and the
log-line checked, one of the men, who
was lookin of to the windward, utter
ed an exclamation of surprise, and in
turning in the same direction we saw
one OF those solitary mountains OF
water, that seem as though they had
been months collecting, rolling down
upon us. Instinctively, those upon
The po, p grasped the rigging for sur
port, dropping the reel and log-line
10 take care of itself. Judith l said
was at the weather backstay but as
,he saw the giant sea towering above
,er, she involuntarly let 60 her hold
,nd started toward her faith her; but
,he was too late. Tie ship was struck
,pon the quarter she reeled and stag
,ered beneath the blow Judith was
lsshed to the leeward, and on the next
moment she was overheard. Her
ather uttered a frantic cry and sprang
O the lee shroud. The men gazed
nto the boiling surge where the brok-
N sea was whirling in one wild vor-
ex, but they dared not brave the mad
errors of the scene.
20 God! My child my child !"
ried the frantic father; and while yet
e strained his eyes upon the place
'here the girl was being tossed by
be foam. covered sea, light form
rushed past him, and plunged
ito the food. 1t was Luke Win.
lip.
"Cut away the lite-buoy - shouted
'aptain Falton. Cut it away quick.
10Th of them Down with the helm !
i've them a surge to the leeward !
ut away the boat lashing =! All hands
d deck here ! Who'll 60 in the boat ? :
prlng to the head brace y ,
All hands were quickly on deck. I
lie mate was the first in the Stern I
Dat was second and five more s
lickly followed. We got out the +
,rs, and then the falls were elsed :
lrefnlIy off till the boat touched the a
ater.i We unlocked and started 4
+ aud as soon as we were clear. the ]
lips head yards were braced sharp n
,, the mainsail clewed up and sine h
AS laying.to with her main-topsail o
Jack. 6
Luke struck out boldlyitor the little