The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-10-17
VOLUME XVI.

the pumps. i Will steer the ship And
in truth she did, all the long hours Ct
that fearful night. She stood at the
wheel, using her entire strength to keep
the vessel up into the wind. The rest
of us pumped, pumped until it seemed
that our limbs would break. Nerved
by the fearfulness Of the situation we
worked with full force all the time, and
much to our satisfaction found that tho
water no longer gained on us. Our
hope and prayer was for the morrow,
because when daylight came there
would be chance for help. Before
dawn our hearts again sunk. Nature
could no longer stand the test, and our
boy, who had been making manly eff
was he both in mind and body that
blood commenced to ooze from his ears
and nose. /, myself, the moment my
efforts were relaxed, grew faint. | felt
almost unconscious of what was going
on around me. 1t seemed as if the fatal
hour were come. Death no longer was
a dreaded visitor. His presence would
be almost welcome.
".But Belle, who had been steering
all these long hours and had shouted
out words of encouragement to us. now
left the wheel and hurried to my side.
Don't give UP yet, husband: we may
be saved. 0, for daylight With these
words she grasped the handles and
vigorously commenced to work the
pumps. l followed her efforts, and
leaving the schooner to drift we gave
all our attention to the pumps Soon il
was dawn. 1t was with feelings of a
new lease of life that we continued our
work. Occasionally one would stop and
glance over the waste of waters to search
for passing sail. Again and again
disappointment greeted US, but suddenly
my wife looked up, and, gazing mo.
ment, cried: "A sail! now we may be
| savedn
81 looked up, and sure enough white
sail was above the horizon. Our flag
was at the masthead and we waited
with strange feelings to see if they would
see our condition. But. no! No change
was made in their course and once
more we turned to the pumps with ach.
ing hearts. All but my wife were dis
appointed and gloomy. She, however,
put on a cheerful face and, working
harder than ever before, sad, Now we
must pump until we see another ship.
| IA little later another vessel hove In
sight, and our hopes for second time
grew as we came nearer together. The
vessel passed us in plain sight, but no
indication of our discovery was seen.
On, on they went, directly away. II
seemed for sure that we must go down.
The fates were all against us. Our
chances for life were but delusiop.
| What did the half-hour following the
last disappointment | scarcely know.
My wife's feeble words of encouragement
came as if in a dream. How rapidly
through my mind passed recollections
of home, which are so dear to man!
Little would / have thought one year
before, when we were married, that a
short twelvemonth would bring about
such a situation as that we were in.
Then | would determine that Belle
should not drown. and would force my
self to greater efforts.
j" When it was announced that an
other ship was in sight could scarcely
hope; too strong was the belief that like
the others she would pass on her way
without seeing us. But Providence had
not so ordained, and soon we saw for
sure that we were seen. The huge iron
steamers prov was turned and the
black smoke that poured out of her
stacks showed us we would soon be
safe. / then got all the party into the
boat and waited for the ships arrival.
| wanted to put force on board to
pump her and keep her afloat until we
could get to land, but my wife said if
| I ax,l -
left 1t would have been of no use,
though; the leak was too large. The
poor Ferris! 1t was too bad to lose her;
but. thank God, Belle is safe
when the master finished speaking
Captain Lund was in tears. never
saw him so affected in my life. All he
said was, Thank God l did save her.
If she is representative of your Ameri-
can women you have won a fortune in
knowing her worth. am an English.
man, but tell you frankly 1 don't be-
lieve there is woman in all England
that could have done as much
The officers then returned to theil
duties. but later in the day were all
introduced to the young lady. She told
us that she was but eighteen years Of
age, and came from Ellsworth, Me
She spoke gravely concerning theil
narrow escape, saying little in regarc
to their losses That was of little con
sequence; both had their health. ant
could work together for a living
asked if they had any money. She said
Ten dollars in change is all we have
This got noised among the crew, ant
all with generous impulse wished tt
contribute something to help the coupl'
out. We gathered forty-five dollars be
fore Boston was reached. Superintend
ent Furber of the Boston & Maine Road
hearing of their condition, sent then
free passes to her home, and to-day tn
couple reach there. believe. - Boston
Globe.