New-York tribune., 1884-03-23


and after middng long spell of wakefulness, fell
asleep Dead tired must have been to slumber in
such posture as that was not fresh from n
sailors lfO remember; three years of shore going
ease had made me as used TO comfort rs if / had
never quii tod il for wet and stormy watches and
briny mahogany and now. rs before, fell asleep.
with perpendicular wall for a mattress and my
shirt sleeves for blanket easily If had stepped
from the StGfhm0res forecaste. where. as IN any
other ship n man would learn 10 find comfort
able bed in the foretop under the Ice of the
long boat with one of the pigs for pillow. But
one had o. ly to think Of Aunt Damaris and Flor
ence asleep IN that hut under boats sail to guess
what shipwreck and WEAKNESS will do for the most
delicate of U.s. My sumber this time no longer
dreamloss | think / must have passed through
half dozen of Nightmares. Ny recent look round
aud all the wild thoughts which had come into my
head ont of the dark island. and the loneliness and
the stiffness, had capsized my mind, aud, maybe
taking advantage Uf my being asleep To right itself
II tumbied and hOundered and la5Ored 50 that If |
didn't screech out, as man Will who dreams hoI-
yby. It was / darcsay, because | WAS rendered
breathlcSs Ivy the halrstrring visions that passed
h6foTa me- What was their nature, dye ask 7 Or.
II was just a caldrcn of hideous things all boiling
and sinmering and popping together IN IT, coming
up in tho froth and goAg down. like potatoes cook
ing; delrious echoes of my recent waxing Thoughts;
lust as il yOu shnt your eyes after looking at
flashing light, you'll Il score of ghaStly fires
burning in the darkness one after another and
coming up again. too, when you thOuSht you ilad
/ was in the throes of one Of these visions when
hand was laid on my shoulder; the touch was in
accord with part of my dream that made the grab
of human tiugers "A sequential thing: and such was
the elect of rpon me that sprang like "A harlc-
quin to nay feet with loud cry. My shout was
re-echOed by Florence, and Aunt DaInaTls rose
6My God. Mr.. Seymour, sir. collect your mind"
SAID Cruf voice at my elbow; and, rubbing my
eyes furiCusly turned and confronted the bOsun.
Thore was still little flame left i'll the lamp and
the gray of dawn hung like pale mist outside the
door, against the cliff side. Mr. seymour" ex-
claimed the bosun, doubtful whether | was vet
awake. But Was wide awake now. and asked
him what was the matter. His voice tTembled as
be said There's brig brought up of the island
Hhat" shouted. lifting my arms and keeping
them appraised.
GAY" 10 cried in a hurricane note. as ] live TO
sneak IT, there's II brig brought mp of the entrance.
bailine her to bring We the news. Oh. ladies, we'll
be honiew ard bound now hurrah! hurrah"
Jumped to the door, but was arrested by shrek
from Florence. Don't leave Us, Jack don't leave
Us take us with your
HeaveH only knows whether IN that Wild moment
my darling imagined meant to dash down to the
brig spring aboard and sail away TO Bristol alone
Bat never thought to ask Tan to her side,
taterro"f and tunbled myself into INV own coat
while Aunt Damaris fought and struggled with
her lOnilet and cloak and the bosnn IN the door
way stood Ioaring out: " 1t was } i'm Bailey who
spied her first We all lay last night close To the
gg-near TO where you ladies was sttln' yesterday;
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and sped her. Then he kicks us all round in hls
excitement, to rouse Us up singing oct that there
n aS DrS s d" We sea a, & close uu to ne and bac
acu the faIntncss in the hcaSt she lies with her
tau-sail. and fOre-sail clewed up and port anchor
down. waiting for daylight, allow, 10 send a boat
ashore She's small brig bout two hundred tons
Hor f0re-topgallan -inasts gone an reckon she's
III ballast, by her height o side"
Cut along TO the others" bavled TO him. See
fbe zig to- h@r-noi hold on with the gigl Get along
a l.. L. ham, N.ill Ip with in a itiv
and off kc ran. / tremblcd With excitement, and
had difficulty IN in!speakins Fresh as was from
cance Of the bosun's news, unless it was
80 regard it as continuation OF my hOr-
ribic visions, to be, rendered by di:ap-
20 ntinent the most dreadful of them all. Within Il
few moments Of the bo'snn's departure had my
sweethearts and her arnt's hands in mine in hot
pursuit of him; hot IN spirit, | mean, though,
fLaLks to tho old lady, our legs We're miserably
slow The light of the breaking day thrilling
into the gloom aud Frightening fast along the pure
and clOudless sky above the cliffs hut their shadow
was still upon their slopes and the darkness in
the water yielded so slowly to the dawn that one
would have thOrght 1t down through this
craggy hollow that the hag Night vanished when
the flush Of piuk in tho east warned her that her
reign was over. Carefully we had TO pick our way,
for fear Of tall. Was II my their pulse that
thrubLed in the clutch of my fngers7 We had no
word 10 Say to one another; the moment @e were
clear Of the hut could see the men standing in a
group on the br-ak water, with their faces looking
toward part of the that the trend of the horn
Of cliH on our left made invisible 20 us: and they
riyeted nay eyes The bo'sun had lust iOiued them
in tine 10 hear hail from the vessel as | might
Judge by his holding up his arm and bawliDg out
some answer: but what II was could not catch.
IL few minutes we were among the sailors, and
then we the brig.
looked at her. breathing fast, siT holding the
hands of the women. The rim OF the sea was just
showing above the water, hngng q glorious, spark
ling beam through the rosy mist which the calm sea
reflected from the sky that was burning with rose
aud gold above tho uninary TIL the yellow reached
the zenith, where 1t sweiled into blue; and that
beam seemed 20 come like a flaming wand out of the
TO show us tue Drg, lyluQ within muskef
of the shore heavlng very softly upOn the exceed
ingly light swell and sending to our ears the sound
of the appiug of canvas. and the music of running
gear tauteued and sl1ckened IN blocks by the foll
ing Light she was and clearly III ballast a round
bowed clumsy old tIm{cr- wagon. with a big DOW.
port stump maiutOpS gallant mast, her sails han
ing ,u the Glow lines. and evidence in a fragment OF
standing jagged above the top
mast crOss-trees of her having been in mess OF
kind or other A couple "f deck house
showed above her bulwarks, and over betwixt tn,
nain-rigging and the fore deck-house was knot OF
heads, with fellow standing up, holding on 10
shroud. To understand the feelings put INTO me. al
by the sight OF her, yOu need 10 he shlpwreckeC
upon an island in the middle of the biggest ocean II
the world. to have passed many hours IN bitter, de
even daring to dream Of d rescue 10 find all at olc
succ0r at hand One the effect of il upon TIN
women for several minutes Aunt DsInar and M
darling stood staring at the brig without speaking
and | seemed 20 feet them thinking in the tTebIO
aud the spasmodc clutchings of their fingers upor
mine; then. If it had taken her that time to
understand the meaning of the vessel at anchor ou
there the old lady let go Of me, easped her hand
above her face, anc uttered dozen wild, extrava
giant exclamatIons of rapturous delight, which il
Print would look sheer iinbecility. though, Go,
knows they at appropriate 60 that moment a,
a prayer is to a church. She threw her roun,
my neck and hugge1 me without kissing. left me u
grasp the bO'sunis hands. shook hands with seyera
Of Che others, all tho time calling out and thankin
God, and sprlngng about la her old Joy, and hnall,
threw herself into Florences arms and stood apar
with her. both heartily crying; which was tho bes
thing they could do for the heart will be dan ger
ousy full al such moments these. All this take
time TO relate, but It happened quickly; aud frou
me Zoo the wonder aud almost paralyzng Joy tn
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