The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-03-17


ished The sun at last sunk 10 a
dark, gloomy looking cloud that Ia,
along the western horizon. Th,
wind had shiitel into the north
west-in fact was going around the
compass asit always does 10 Z
hurricane--aud ,l,iisii.s. s.,,nr
about 10 the vortex. was fast breaks
'ug mp Great borad pillows we're
surging past the doomed ship. ant
all around, as far az the eye could
reach lay spread out a tossing wild,
erness Of wnter.
Al LIST the fromen we're driven
from their posts, aud the fires went
out and the engine at last stopped
Some Of them tried TO lay her to with
u storm opsail, but il was blown
out OF the bIlt ropes, with report
like cannon.
Then the first aud sec mi oH,srs
mads preparations to escape. On
tue gslIows, Just over the quarter
deck were secured two 6ne metallic
lifeboats Tue first oificer cleared
one Of them away, aud succeeded in
swinging it over to leeward. Send
ing two sesmen into it To keep it
from being dashed against the
ships side, he turned to tho crowd
Of panic stricken passengers, ani.
taking Mrs. Berry, dep ,sit,d her IN
the bottom OF the lifeboat safely.
As Mrs. Berry fell into tho boat, the
steamer rolled heavily to port, when
she rolled back again Mrs. Berry y
daughter was lropped int, her lap.
Jnst forward of the lifsb at the
third oificer was lowering large
lunch, and as the mate dropped Mrs
Berry, Guild, the ship swung hssvi.
Y TO port, aud at the same time
pitched violently forward.
The heavy lnnch swung back.
wards aud came 10 contact with the
lIfsboat, and the shock tumbled the
two seam.n overheard. Ia coufus-
ion blnn lsring lnbbsr On dsck
cast OF the line that beld the life
boat, and the next passing wave
-wcpt Mrs, Berry eight fathoms to
les ward.
As the boat rose on the crest OF q
monster wave the woman was seen
stan ling with di4hevslsi hair anil
ont stretched arms, wildly appeal.
in for aii. But alas she WAS be.
you'd all bnt her Heavenly Fathers
aid.
For Few moments the slender
wo nan in the boat was q prey to the
vii lest eOo,ions. bnt in those few
uo,nents the b rat hal drifted from
uadsr the sl,el'esPftho stea ner, aud
Sien it was agaiH borne up on the
crest OF a towering wave the fierce
blast OF ths huraic,ne haEg the
boat broalsile on. AMI almost filed
it with water. Her little girl clung
TO her feet with convnlsivs sner ~,
sui looked up at her with white face
aod eyes open wile with horror, and
then the boat sill down, down into
the black abyss that seemed peopled
with the horrors of ths grave.
Before tho bjat mounted another
wave. tue sight of the child's des-
pairing features drsl the brain Of
the uother. AMI she instinctively
grasped the ru'lle anl turn ii the
boats head aronhd.
Hour after honr tho bnat drove
before the huge pillows that raved
aud hissed behind it, aud during
that time who can ju ise the horrors
OF hei situation Around her
broad expanse oftossiug water, aud
above her the black threatening sky,
where the binding lightning played
and the deep thunder crashed. and
yet. WITH batsd breath aud horror
strick N fscs, she sst At the raii,r
aud gniisi the boat ovsr the f,om-
Aeckei blIlows.
Mrs. Berry had acquired in the
society Of her husband sufficient
kuo~ls,igs of nautical mattsrs 10
know what 81 do now. and iu her fse.
bic way sho did the best she couli
have dine > 10 kept tho boat b.
fore the wind sud sea. expecting
every moment 70 Be swallowed up BY
the waves.
I will uow change the scsas 10
the eastern edge Of the u vi. "a l ia |
board trim British fsisats tIlat WA
snugly lying 10. aud waiting fos
moderate weather ~ make her dss-
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