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

must be there if not among the rescued,
Who'll 90 with mo TO the burning
wreck
u will, my man 7 | shouted, seized
with wild ambition to aid him In re-
storing the child to ils parents, aud
graspIng his arm | fairly dragged him
TO the rail, on which leaned, shouting
Volunteer for the wreck Soyereigns
ahoyl a child Il LOTT 10 yonder burn
lug ship, Who viii follow me to the
rescue
The demand was instantly re-
spoaded to by the unanimous shout of
the launch's .crew, 'Soyereigns to tho
rescue = when turned inboard, shout
Ing, "a lighter boat In Heavens
name lot us have a lighter boat !
Iower away tho gigl' shouted
some on deck, when, pausing no long
or, l leaped from the rail into the
launch, followed by the intrepid soldier
Scarce minute elapsed ere tho Del
mars gig was down, aud five OF my
men, the soldier and myself, safely
seated on her thwarts, when an unre-
strained use Of our knives severed the
davit.takles, aud we were FREQ.
Bear her of with your oars, and
ship all, my lads = ! exclaimed, yainly
cndcavoring to find the ruddcr, when,
abandoning the search, ] graspcd the
loom of the after oar, which the sold
Ter had secured, and lent my strength
toward the impulsion Of the buoyant
craft through or over tho maddencd
blows, while from the Delmar's deck
came cheering shout
Give way, my lads, my noble
hearts, and may Heaven speed you!
We did give way, each stroke Of the
oars making the little boat fairly leap
from the brine, while the life-boat
model on which she was constructed
rendered us secure from all danger of
being swamped. And it was fortunate
for us that her thwarts, stern-sheets
and dais were ar-tight lockers. Had
they been otherwise nothing could have
prevented us from going down, mas
much as we were half full Of water ere
we had accomplished half the distance
to the wreck. =
We had made the pass"eS to the
Delmar in the short space Of four min
utes, but our passage from her to the
wreck consumed four times that per-
iod and tenfold the exertion, while in
few words the young soldier inform
ed me of the cause of his daring.
He had married without the consent
of his colonel, and the regiment being
soon after ordered on foreign service,
he in vain besought permission for his
wife to accompany him. Colonel Ross
was inexorable, until his daughter, the
young wife of Captain Clifford-es-
poused the cause Of the anguish-strick-
en- Susan, and ventured to intercedc in
her behalf. He could deny his daugh-
ter nothing so he consented, promising
that she should take Susan into her
service, by which means he would be
spared the charge Of suspending an ss-
tablished rule in her case. In this
manner had the youthful soldier and
his young wife been. spared the pain of
separation, and in turn for that kind
intercession he was now proving his
gratitude.
At length I've reached the burning
wreck, when new difficulty presented
itself. How were to board it, 10
attempt such IL feat to leeward was
worse than folly for the wreck, relieved
of its top hamper, rode partly to the
ebb, which was now setting strong,
heaving the dismantled hull into the
tough of the sea, which made frequent
breaches over her, rctarding the pro-
gress of the flames, and preserving al
most entire her starboard side.
An attempt to board to windward
would have been equal madness, and
we were debating upon the feasibility
of an attempt to board by the wreck of
the mizzcn topmast, which hung droop-
ing to the surface, from the stern,
when Hunter demanded:
How near can you go with safety,
sir
within two boats length, l re-
piled.
Then sheer in,' said he 'and | will
swim the rest
Nonsense You couldn't re-
sponded /, startled by the proposition.
Il have accomplished feats as dam
..o,,, for Ioaa YnnmentOus object.