The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-09

cat length the year went by; the
wedding day was fixed, and Flora was
resigned to her fate, until one morning
she saw her father spring up from the
breakfast table, crush his newspaper in
to his pocket, and, with n troubled face,
leave the house
INSTANTLY knowing that it was some
thing he had read that 50 moved him,
Flora sent q servant out for paper,
and glad cry bry broke from her lips,
for she read Of the rescue from wreck
of the brig-of-war Greyhound, that had
been caught by a gale on lee shore,
and would have been lost had not
young man, dwelling upon the coast,
put out alone in a small boat and pilot
her into haven Of safety
The paper furthermore stated that the
daring pilot WAS none other than Nor
man Ernescife, who had been supposed
lost over year before. but who had re-
appeared at his mothers home only the
day previous II also said petition
was to he sent TO the Admiralty, asking
for a commission in the navy for Nor
man. he being man of education, and
already having proved himself a Skillful
officer in the merchant service.
That day, when Mr.. Hastings re-
turned to dinner, he was confronted by
his daughter, who coolly informed him
that she had written to the baron, and
broken her engagement with him
"The banker pleaded and then Storm
ed, but Flora was firm, and her father
swore he would discard her if she mar
ried penniIesS, common sailor; but to
his surprise Norman lErncSclilfe sud
denly appeared before him. from an
adjoining room, and said firmly, but
with respect
"'Mr Hastings, am not penniless,
nor am common sailor, for | have a
fortune that will match your own, and
my pareuts gave me a good education
and taught me to be gentleman
lit was the word fortune that caught
the bankers ears, and he said, eagerly:
lyon have fortune, you sayY
"Yes, sir
"'And where did you get your
money!
al will tell you, sir. The vessel that
was left upon that night of the storm
did not 90 down. but was wrecked upon
a small uninhabited island, and | es-
capped with my life.
Upon that island | found the grave
Of poor seaman, as | believed, and
near it | made my home, expecting that
my fate would be his, for, believing that
the boats had been lost, and not caring
to live were Flora dead, was despond-
enh and made no effort TO save myself
81 am not somnambulist, Mr., Has
tings, and yet one night | awoke,
through pain in my fingers, and to my
horror discovered myself in an open
grave, the earth of which | had dug out
with my clasp knife and hands, until
my nails were torn TO the quick
"'The moon was shining brightly,
and beneath me | saw, not coffin, but
several small boxes, one of which-af-
ter | recovered my nerve for was I'M
nerved at thus waking and finding my
self there, opened.
1.-the boxes contained gems. jewelry,
and gold, and | knew that | was rich
man, for the treasure had lain buried
there for many long years, ard was the
booty, doubtless, of pirates, who had
never returned for their ill-gotten
riches
"'Hope coming TO my heart once
more, | set to work in the morning TO
build me boat from the pieces of the
wreck and after long weary months of
toll | succeeded in building a craft, with
which ! set sail from the island, and |
reached my home just in time to save
vessel OF war
"Such was Norman ErnesclifIe's sto-
ry, gentlemen, and the sequel is soon
told, for his treasure was discovered to
be worth a quarter of million, and
the baron went back home a disap-
pointed man, while good luck still
logged Ernesclifle's footsteps, for he
was commissioned junior lieutenant
in the navy, and two years ago married
Flora Hastings but here he comes and
I'll introduce YOU" and Charlie Beau
champ presented the hero of the quar-
ter-deck yarn to the young officers, all
of whom gave him the welcome he de-
served, and Norman Ernesciffe became
the "sea-lionn of the sloop-of-war.