New-York tribune., 1884-03-09

| oginod that nil had suffered. Where were they,
| then Why did not the ODg-bOat hrayo IN sight
! Had they more fortunate than us been picked up
by ship' II 50, and in such weather as tins, sne
was sure to seek Us in this island. Yet there was no
appearance of a ship, Had they mistaken Amster-
dam Island for ST. Pauls Had they run past thus
! island i'm the dark, That seemed impossible; for
| the zig was the fastest boat The Others were 2
| long way astern when the night came down and
vet fast as We had sailed, we were good eight
miles distant from St paUIs when the day broke
80 that tney could not have ouirnn TINS pt 81 tnG.
scanned the great biue surtace harroWiy' IIou1I,
sixteen points of II. which wa ~ inlch ~ coni
embrace. but II wa, hinge blank IN every di'otiPn
except where the distant island dimly ;mudsed , the
cleaning blue If the sky. Bitterly Disappointed
and dec1Iv worried felt for had n, kOned upon
the long-bOat as a means of making our de5peiat"
condition known for, as have said she Was bne,
large powerfully bniit boat, and ] for one should
not have hestated in trying for the Cape or Au,tra-
liza or any other distant land in her. 20 summon help
there if did not meet with il on the road -
II was gloriously fine day, the Ky oi thAt -oiJ
and noble blue only IN these attitudes with
a few pus of pearl-hlc clouds slowly moving nndor
it: tie same light northcIy draugnt that hal
waited MS that morning 20 the island wa, abToa",
and you the water ~ inkliug mp the greaJ
binding shining silver shaft that lay upon the ,fa
nndcr the sun. till n dissolved n liquid SpaTkies
full of pr!smatlc tnts upon the deep blue oi lie
heaven, behind the 0ccau-lnc. The swell ran
gently, set the thunder OF II came up 10 ne Iro,a ING
ha,c of the c!t sat on. and from tdt noise, heard
amid a scene Of the tcndcrc-t aIurc spendor, Y0u
guessed what the roaring would be When tn
tempest RACED over the mighty world of ocean that
SlOped, as 1 lOoAed into the north. To the broIlng
Indian coasts without break of land between. II
you save the Chago, Archipelago. Oh. II va, sense
Of iufuity that made 8u overwhelming thought 10
Iuc who sat a. ca>taway looking into the brilliant
rcnotenr,s, and 10 was kind OF mechanical instinct
-as a man raises his arm 10 save hIs lace from a
blow-that drew my eyes away from ihr terror OF
that enormous cNpa.~e of blue SEA 10 GEEK mo
bo',un Oh the heights above, for the roi'f shoud
fud in turning my back upon spectacle TOO t3't
for the mind 10 receive without strain thai EIsuJ
Well, he and hi, mate were not atop Of the great
10 ItifrfFI
considering the chauctoT of the steep. aud thrr
having TO bear middliug heavy spar along WIN
thcm. / left my perch and got down 10 where l3r-
ence and her aunt wert sitting. ana touud tha' ne
men bad carried the boats sail 10 the hut together
with some Of the provisions. and were u9" walking
off with small cask of water hctWlNt then' hand-
Ing il rs if il were glass for we could not yet De
sure that there was more 10 be had when that "is
Are the other boats in sight. Mr.. SEYMOUR
asked Aunt Damars. the moment was near enough
for ncr 10 call to ne.
No sicrs of them" cried Florence. IN . tOne of
alarm What has become Of them, taen ,....;,,,,
mercy, what can have happrncd I"
"u's impossible 10 auSs.." / replied. " don't
know what 10 think They may nave mistaken rho
other island for this. They may have been rescued
They NAV all have f0unlerrd tod alone knows
why they don't hcayc IN sight. Then. >'T-iug That
I was showing too much of the dlscon~Oiatr mood
had tumhled INTO up0n that elf there, sad: liut
please understand. Miss Hawke, that SO iar aS We
are concerned their not reaching the @l1nd means
|
want to believe them safe; but u they arrived they
could NOT help us. they could do no more than We
are doing said /. looking mt the bo sun ana hs
companiOn who were mere pIgmes on tae slope
above. Indeed, their numbers III GAt prove iatai
[, us all. Think Of hundred soul, on this ialand'
How could they lee fed
ON bnt. Jack. you said that the ong-boat might
Tf rnly come V,.rV I replied cvaS.yeiy. for what
could say how could | encourage them beyond!
trying 10 keep their hope, up The facts were All
before thcm-tlc boundless ocean, our tlly rnch-
they knew our chances a well ~ A; could not 30
more than speak chccrfulIy. and animate them bY
talking of Our prospect OF beng relieved bN pass
like knife to the wild. troubled, hopeless look
mv darling gave me when with her swceth'atts :
eyes she had penetrated my Thoughts. 10 near let
sudden couvufSvc sob, 10 mark the quick. passion
ate clasp of her hands together and the butter dc,
sp0ndcnt dro0p Ot her sweet face upon her bosom.
could not bear 1t. >pring 10 teI SIDE ana heh her
TO me God know, what | SAID but If II comforted
her my eager fcyeTiSh assurances had a contrary
effect upon her aunt she burst ,uto miserable ht
of weeping wrung her hands broke ont INTO the
,trangest talk about hGrseit, VINO Wilt Hakko ~
gladly died tomorrow n her bed ~ home cou!d she
have found her way there, now having 70 perls3
fearfnlly by degrees upon desert lsiaAd, anu
foTceJ r. leave her Old bones fO lie upon those rock
without Il chance of Christian sepg ture. lnS VuI'
burst did nv darling good, by liking ber attention
upon something else than our position. C'rdspias
tile old lady. each Of us. by a hand we turned 20
with all our might and main 70 hGirtcn thr poor o1
denly Spicd her shawl floating fair IN the sky over
the hilltop from the mast which the bo sun had at
that moment planted: . -
Look. Mis-, Hawke cried !. in such tone of
clation that I was almost deceived myself BY it.
There hoat, as noble signal a. was ever made by
shipwrockcd people. See how the two seamen valnc
II , do Won observe them waving their capsT which
we could very plainly perceive, though II they
choercd not the fainteat sound Of Their voices
rCachcd us Every ship that passes this island
has a telescope leyelled at it, that h1g-thai signal
there will be as clear in tie lens nine miles diStant
it Is to rs here; and the hr,t captain VINO s'a' 10
will instantly shift his helm TO bear down and as
certain what il means
The poor old woman. drying her eyes strained
+baIn AZ her shawl. but Florence barely gancng
AT IT, resumed her seat the bit of cllt, and sat
with cla>9ed hands and downward fixed gaze and
rcnt le had SINK to the lowest gree of hopeless
ness it is possible for the living heart 70 arrive at
T0 be COnhtIcd,