Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-16
Mr.. C7Ec,RY'S FAILuRE>

| The news was in every body S
mouth. 1t flew fast, as bad news
always does.
Mercantile Pharisees, in all the
pride OF solgerey, stood at the
street corners and thanked Heaven
that they were not AS he.
awe told you So" prophesicd
the retrospective prophets.
can awful snsash," croakea the
eruakers-"not fifty cents on the
4 dollar"
"Pride must have fall" moral
izcd the moralizers. "Giles Greg
orv held his head altogether top
high -
"I'li have the rascal arrested :"
csie Ehen Nabcoin, the money
render, who had "done bill" for
Mr.. Gregory the day before.
"What pity tor Mr.. Smugs,
egerybody said. "Uc's snch Il nice
young man, and now he's thrown
out of employment"
| Mr.. SHuyg, IL whom so much
sympathy centred, Was Mr.. Greg
orv's head clerk and business Hana-
ger. He had given his employer
timely warning so he now hinteG,
cnnfdently-oi the impending peril
but, heedlcss, Mr.. Gregory had re
fused to take in sail, and, in con-
sequence, WAS dashed upon tic
rocks.
The hapless merchants protest
that the hlow had fallen unforeseen,
of course passed for ro;hins with
the keen Mr.. Nabcoin- That Mr..
Gregory had gotten him to dis
count bill the very day before his
failure, to the distrlstt mind of
Ebcn, was conclusive proof of ffrand;
and AS soon as Flecccn Brothers,
his attorneys, could prepare the re-
! qnisite papers, he had the delin-
| :ueut debtor arrested and sent to
Jail.
Leaving him there for the present,
and his mother,ess daughter, Alice,
to greyc over his misf"rtnncs, let
rs follow, for IA little. Ernest Grey,
who had long loved Alice AS well
well, as we'll as she loved him.
Alice's father disapuroveI the
the young mans sgsit. He had
higher aims for his daughter han Il
yet to be won and Erncst Grey
was too proud youth 10 press
his claims when pelf, not love-
might he thought TO be his motive
He had gone to seek his fortune in
distant city, whence, after time,
seeing "a chance of bettering his
PROSPECTS in q foreign lard, with
heart as staunch as the good ship
that bore him, he sailed away.
hoping to return one day and claim
the treasure left behind.
In mid ocean great storm arose.
Nohly he stout ship fought against
it, and tor days held her own. Her
frame quiv,red and shook beneath
The fury OF the elements, like that
of some huge, tortured, living
thing. AT last leak was sprung,
VIII e increased at every motion OF
the laboring vessel. Passengers
and crew took turns at the pumps
with the energy of uen Struggling
Tor life, but still the leak gained.
slower the boats - shouted the
gallant cap'ain, when at last it be
came apparen. that the only choice
iav between the slender hope thus
aft rd.d, and going down with the
sinking ship.
The command was oheyed, and
none too So n, for the last off the
trail craft barely escaped being
drawn into the vortex caused by
the doomed vessel rs she disap-
peared beneath the surging pillows.
Ernest Grey found himself ir the
sul LIST boat with two companions,
one of them Caleb ,,Smugg. who,
too, had chanced to be passenger
on the ill.fated ship. He alone had
thought of saving any of his effects.
He held black leatheru satchel
in his hand, to which he had clung
tenaciously through the whole ex-
citing termoi!.
There had been no time to secure
water or p'ovis ons. The Only
chance of lite lay in the boats out
ding the storm, and rescue by
come pass pg vessel before death
came thro. gh starvation.
In the night tho storm abated ;
but when morning came, Ernest
and his companions looked in vain
for the other boats. They had
been either lost or borne ont of
sight.
Days and nights passed, but no
help came. Eaaesr Grey and Caleb
Snugg were now alone in the boat.
Hunger had done its work on the
third man, and Cale5 Smngg wac