New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-23

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| friend 70 her sido You must take care OF me-
sa,d she with an imperious nod Of her lovely head
| al cannot 90 about with any more. nave
ALWAYS leen used to hearing people say There SIC
is and three times IN the last five minutes nave
heard them exclaim, There he is and can Stahu
! & no logger" And am sure that the ouJect'"n-
! able abe" owed two.birds of the interest he ex-
| cited to Mr.. On MaIrier.
| Whitby, which has Innumerabe fasclnatlons' mas
among o, hers the fascination of danger It's niue
mort Is the sole refuge for weather-hraen call Io'
fifty miles tins iron coast ana the entrance y"
i so narrow and difficult that many sailor prefers
to take his chance the open sea III the heaIieS'
gaze. 1t has scaur-pronounced scar-stretchhg
| far southwark and seward. a flat eXpanse "l
| deadly rock which yearly eXacts n tribute Hom
tbe endless procession nf ships that sail past H. vi
| late huoy has been set up on the outernoNt e'ee
| of it, a mile from the pier end: with bel winch
| Tolls with the movement of the waters anu "aI"S
| of craft which approach how our anu N"u
notce that the least stir of the brings one OF
| iOur hammers in contact with the outer surface oI
! the bell When the wind blows on shore' as u
| mostlv does. every vibration Is borne shorcward
and dav and night the cea>eless pulse OF the ocean
| is silnalled inland; and echoes m"urniuly over
| the cliffs tollIng the long kncll of the dead as
| warning TO the living When the rush OF the gale
| AGAINST your windows wakes you at midnight, the
soft note at this iolan SYMPHONY comes out "t the
darkness blends with the voice of the Storm an
presently lulls you to sleep again. Never I'LL Ihls
wear have known the sCaur without fresh wreck
THIS year there is wreck, but 1t is on the prach
the ntbe SIDE of the west pier. The churchyard on
the Shape OF the east elm is filled with monuments TO
sailors who have persisted on tins pcrhdiouN coast
Mnch of the room they have left Is given to the
graves of town>men and women ana children, Nho
II. o. nrl n,Vu Inc Il
and slopes Of the streets aud wards, the intricate
lanes and passages with when DOth GA to"H an"
new are honrycombcd.
TIN. cliffs arr. trracherous in more ways than one.
LAST wears beaten Path along the edge leads yon
this wear all uuwaIncl Ia a sheer prcclpcc lHeW
3ttlrmrnts which from the look rs If built of
he rock of ages. are IN places nothing more IMAM
loosely packed earth which is undermined 10y
>prugs and subterraueaL streams, and from time 10
line crlruhles IN q soft avalanche down on the
beach below. The sands, too, OF which there Is a
hong stretch, ravagrd 10y currents ana danger
,ns for natIing III all out the mldeSt weather. "
the mouth of the nard0r Is har, aud at the ems oi
the Piers have been heaped up great masses Of rock
fr the STRENGTHENING OF the per foundations
again>t the fierce shock Of this turbulent sea; an
arrangement which ENSURES also the daslug ou' oil
you brains If chance 10 fall from III" platform
above The pier, themselves, which 90 9lg1aggig
ant 20 81 from the brld.e n half q dozen angles,
are not bits of confectionery bat piers for the bard
n,es of daily life They enclose the li'tle hifh"r,
and lighthouse rises at the end of each. They
serve rs promenade too, but they are mostly de
vo,d If railing. and such railing ~ there is seems
conrived expressly to tcmpt childcen over the sue
| The landing STAIRS are most dangerous OF all;
| ,teep. worn. hollow IN the middle oi the steps
! ,lpprry and swept at high wafer from top To- bot
tom by currents of amazing force. The t.dc comes
| roaring into the hIrhor before north wind. aui
strong surf breaks Ear inside the outer lirfs al
most saw an accident aud a rescue which occurred
| the other dav. The town children. VINO need rs
many lives as a cat, have habit OF playing On these
stars and particularly un the most dangerous al
them built :acng the sea against which the sea
soiyetnrs leans up all az once ten feet aud
retreats carr yIug with II Whatever II found There
was boy Oh the stars. and the downward swirl of
the wave swept him Oh like CHIP. northeast
gale WAS biowiug a heavy sea running aud the
angle of scotch lead Oh which the boy went, stood
conveniently ready for grinding the life out 81 hm
with the next rush Of the wave. The Head was
crowded with sailors aud with visitors. Among Tue
latter was "A young fellow, VIckers by name, who
had been out sailing, aud had on the heavy fisher
men's boots rcachmg above ms knees and heavy
Jacket hr had IN the boat. Ia that costume he
took "A header from the pier a. the boys face showed
child -ank; hs rescuer dveI for HIN and brought
MIN up only 10 meet another breaker winch tore
the laI ont c ms grasp ami dashed Vickers against
the pier heal. BY that tim, a boat ha come
round and the toy who would have been drowned
three times If he had not been dragged To the
surface and kept al ,at by VIckerS was hauled mto
| the boat. while his prcserver scrambled somehow
| up tho steps, pretty well bruised aud knocked
about Ill, name Is known in America, his father
being paftncr ID the great Sheffield firm OF steel
| manufacturers Vlckers sous N Co. Thu, i the
hfh NE Edward Nickcrs hts saved; winch ~ pretty
we'll for nineteen. Coming down Just alter. l"und
the sailor, GA the pier were al oPlnlon that hr
ought to have been drowned such a sra and auId
the eddrs hat race round the ang,s Of the pier;
tut VIckcrs himself Thought otherwise He Is 10
have. | hear the gold medal of the Royal Humane
Snc,ety: "A decoration as well worth having, per
hals a. SOME OF those coveted insignia which may
bc earned 10y beng born.
Thi, il not the picture OF Whbv which onght to
be drawn any more than Mr. Du Maurers Is. and
what have been saving hardly suggests. icaT. thc
charm ] attributed To tlie place. Charm there l..
ne vert heieSs. OF irresistible aud lbrNhanSti6ic
variety for which must ask for the present 10
take nv word II is too lat, to be writing this year
about Gar-dwav wlt,riug-pidces, AMI this rambling
letter must To end. The fascination Of the
place not Ice liihcl mp III ColtIuUlhI N'h-
tence. The chance visitor might altogether fail To
! iind it. If yon are familiar with the delicious
gayatv Of rronvIllc or DIeppe yon might vote
Whthy duh but then every English watering
| place In dull COMPARISON with the French
know of nothing more depressing than The rOtuus
| mirthfulness OF Brighton aud Scarborough. The
English have not the secret of such things.
Whilby gricve 10 say. has been injured by an i'll
Judged effort to mimic It's big ucignbor to the south
An enclosed cli, saloon, a dismal eXpanse Of
asphalt and gravel promenade. with half dozen
nishts Of ngger Ministries aud fireworks, aud moth
my TO tho aluremrnts of the place They may he
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