Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-07-19

his manhood, since called forth by the
suffering aud probable fate of one who
had iorsaken friends aud home Ia
follow his uncertain fortunes,
A minute later We rounded to under
tho counter Of and received line from
tho Delmar transport, alongslde Of and
Into which one boat was already dis
charging her freight Of rescued,
Ship ahoy Can you accommodate
twenty moreY ] demanded, as my bow
line made fast TO him.
Ay, my lad, q hundrcdP was the
trumpeted reply, Haul up, haul up
at once, aud clear the track for others !
We obeyed, gaining, with difficulty,
a position beneath the gangway, when
the debarkaiion Of our freight com
menced, the insensibe wife of the
young soldier being the first attached
to the whip by which the helpless were
taken on board. Mrs, Clifford was
the second, the soldier having devoted
himself to her as soon rs he bchcld. his
wife in safety, while !, seizing upon
the first opportunity, bounded into the
Delmar's main chaius, and gained her
deck at the moment that the bcreavcd
mother was relieved from the whip,
when, recognizing me, she rushed to
my side, and grasping my arm, ex-
claimed What shall do? How shall
| discover the fate of my husband and
childH
you must be quiet, madam, re-
spondcd |, urgently. 1T is impossible
to learn anything regarding them just
now, or indeed before this gale sub
sides, when have no doubt you will
find them safe and sound. They may
have reached some other vessel ere
this. Indeed, it's more than probable
they have done so, since to my certain
knowledge but few Of the Wcllesley's
company are lost.
Bless you!' said she. May heaven
bless you for your consoling words !!
Yet opprehend the worst. Do you
think that they have reached this ves-
sel?'
Probably madam, but l will ascer-
tain, replied; and, advancing few
PAGES with the trembling mother still
clinging to my arm, was about to
ask if any one of the rescued answered
to the name of Captain Clifford, when
the young soldier elbowed his way
through the crowd, 'exclaiming: .Mrs.
Clifford Mrs. Clifford! l have found
him!
Found whom?' she demanded wild.
ly. Whom have you found?'
Captain Clifford, your husband,
ma'am-'
And my child-my Edward speak
What of him? But lead me to my
husband, he will tell me ALL.
The young soldier guided her through
the crowd in silence; while deeply in
tcrested in the meeting about to take
place. 1t followed to where gentle
man in the undress of an infantry off,
Ger lay partially supported by half
naked soldier, his countenance express
ing at once the kneenest physical an
guish and supreme degree of mental
happiness.
'Thank Heaven; you are safe, my
beloved Lucy; but where is
Edward! Oh, Father of Mercies
I came to you, my husband, for, It'd
ings ofour boy. Can it be that you
are as ignorant as myself?'
81 never saw him but once after the
alarm, Lucy, and then he was in the
nurses arms. She was seeking you
and deeming him safe with her
Oh /! my child, my child? and l am
disabled and cannot search for him!
I'm the nurses arms ! repeated the
young soldier. why, that was Susan.
Did you mean,' said he, you saw
Master Edward with my wife, Captain?
'Ay, Hunter was the reply
where is your wife? The child must
be with her.
ALAS, no, sir. My wife is here
See-she is insensible,' said the young
soldier; and as he spoke he bent over
the form l had failed to observe, ad-
ding, Il found her beneath a PROSTATE
spar, by which she had been struck
down, and, wrenching it aside, grasped
the precious burden and escaped with
it, as you sec.'
Then, Lucy, darling, our child is
lost = murmured the stricken officer,
gently drawing the crouching form of
his wife to his breast, where she faint
ed, while the young soldier, bounding