Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-02-18
WHEN COWED.

This matter must be between us two alone"
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WHEN COWED.
As the steamer moves grandly out of port
and plunges her nose into the White-capped
seas which the half-gale is tossing up, there
is no fear aboard, even among the children.
Is she not stout, staunch craft and her offi-
GERS brave men?
BY and by, when she has crept further
away from shelter, there is a longer run to
the seas and their power to toss her about is
more fully realized. Then, too, there is
something in the voice of the gale which
carries warning of danger; but no one is
afraid The children crowd closer and the
women look a bit anxious, but the deck
hands whistle and sing and rollick, as II
stout ships were never shattered by wind
and wave.
In an hour looks of anxiety have taken
the place of jest and song. Braces are
brought to the gangways, loose freight is re-
slowed and men look out to sea to find
dark, ominous cloud seemingly creeping out
of the wild waters and ascending the Wint-
ry sky 1t climbs up inch by inch. 1t is
not ragged and broken, but a dense, dark
cloud which means more than an increase OF
the gale.
It means a snoW-stOrm!
There seems to be sort of eXultatiOn in
the scream of the wind as this reinforce
ment appears in sight. A new sound strikes
the ears of the frightened women and chill
dren. 1t is the swash and dash of water on
the roof over their heads. The waves have
become emboldened. The steamer has be-
gun to labor as she is held up to her course.
There is creaking and groaning and moan
ing and complaining, and now and then the
low of cow or the neigh Of horse on the
main deck carry such apprehension in the
tones as to make the human heart beat
faster.
Now the black cloud opens to discharge
its arrows of vengeance. Scarcely sending
down an advance flake as warning, it sud-
denly pours from it's bosom such smother
of snow that daylight is lost in moment,
and the eye of an eagle could not penetrate
fifty feet into the smother. Now there is
wild delight and vengeful exultation among
the elements. There is tiendish scream
to the gale as it sweeps down with renew
ed violence-an angry, batf1ed roar to the
seas, riding down after each other as if they
would leap clear over the ship-a seeming
spite in every dash of spray against the
quivering upper works.
An on and On-actual night shuts down
and living gale sweeps madly over the
foamy waste-and the sea is lashed to such
fury that it bellows and roars and raves
like ten thousand mad and terror-stricken
animals. 1t is now that women and chill
dren would 60 to their death without lifting
hand to save-with only long, lingering
wall of despair as the waters seized them.
1t is now that stout hearts are cowed and
awed-that brave men feel helpless in the
presence of the mighty wrath.
If the vengeful elements drag the good
oh RI har Urayp npn S0V of her that she
struggled long and bravely. Ifguided safe
ly into port, there is praise and admiration
for the bravery of each and every man. 1t
is forgotten that, with blanched cheeks,
trembling limbs and fainting hearts, they
were but feathers in a tornado.
COURTING BY FIRELIGIIT.-UncIeD Davy
was giving the boys some advice in their
love-making affairs, and one of them asked
him how the young people did when he was
sparkling. "rhem was great times, boys"
he said in reply, "great times. We didn't
have no gas, no kerosene, nor neW-fangled
notions, and we done our sparkin' by a
plain tallow dip, but most frequently just
by the freight. Fireight is warmin' boys,
and fiickers just enough to make girls
ewes shine and the peach blossoms glow on
her cheeks. It's mighty soft and purity,
too, and kinder reaches out and melts two
hearts together in way none OF your gas
light knows anything about. Sometimes
the fire shined up little too powerful in
places, and the young man would get up
Without sayin' anything and put a shovel
full of ashes on it. Then he would cuddle
up in the shadow and she would cuddle
some too, and it really didn't seem like
there was anything else in the whole big
round earth to be wished for. Purity soon
the fire would get obstreperous again, and
the little flames would twinklein and out as
if they wanted to see what was goin' on, or
had seen and was laughin' and winkin'
about it and havin' some fun, too, and the
young fellow would reach for the shovel
and the ashes and cover the bright blazes
all up. And sometimes--remember, now,
only sometimes-the girl would get up and
put ashes on, and then-wel, boys, when
the blue birds came in the spring, and the
fishn' worms crawled out of the ground,
and the boys set on the green banks Of
the little creek waitin for bite, and the
| johnny,jump-ups nestled in the sunny plac-
es, there was a weddin' in the old house,
and the purity bride wore apple blossoms
in her hair, and the awkard young fellow
| blushed in his store clothes and tight boots;
and when the winter came they sOt by their
own fire. and the shovel and ashes was out
of a job"
A CHARM AGAINST DIsEAsE.--Many
people fall i'll of disease simply through
fear of it. The imagination has a powerful
influence on the human body. One can
very easily imagine himself to be catching
cold, and will really catch cold at the sight
of an open window, when if he did not
know the window was open, or was not
afraid of its effects, he would escape the cold.
Doctors understand this secret, but they do
not impart it to theirpatients. Most inval-
ids, real or supposed, would be angry if a
physician would say to them, "nothing ails
YOU, only you think So" They prefer to
think themselves sick, and in time they
really become so, for nature, though she
struggles hard, cannot stand everything.
Too many drugs will finally destroy her
healing power. These people who love to
have a lot of white pills in bottles, and
little book, all kept in some handy place, so
that when some friend who has eaten too
much dinner says, "Oh! am fearfully
nervous" they may run for the little book,
look for "nervousness," and administer so
many pills of bryona. When they have
headache, instead of dieting or eating more
moderately they take several drops of some
nice poison. They trust nothing to nature,
but call in il doctor for every little ailment,
when fresh air, exercise and strict temper
onco in eating and drinking is all thaVneed