Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-15
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XIV.
An EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.

An ENTRAOkblNANi
While I sat smoking my pipe it entered
bs,1 70 presently turn thOsetSo Slleat
atn,Isusn in ,se cabin on. OF it. Il was
t,ss from which l shrank, but it must
a,ne To be candid, l dreaded the ei-
Of their dismI eoyaPauionship on my
s,;,irs. Bot hos was l TO dispose OF them!
Tu-lits,ed This matter While l smoked
Sra. l though. l would drag them to toe
s,,r,s or rent in the ice just beyond the
-. Of the schooner and tumble them in
- 30. even th,a they would still be
a,;,b me. 5, 10 speak, mean they would
10 neiyhbors. though cut OF sight; and my
s,,srpess was 20 get them away from this
island altogether, which wss only TO DC
done by casting them into the sea.
7 settled nv scheme thus; First, was 10
haul the figures as best l could on to the
GgrE. tteu, there be!cg three, TO gst them
over the side, aud aftsrward, By degrees,
?, ,ransp,7t the foar a. them tosome steep
,rbsrc, they would slide of themselves 10
70 Ire ocean Yet 81 much did l dread
the undertaking., aud abhor the tnouSnt
Of the tedious time | fOresaw 1t would oc-
cDny me. that / cannot Imagine any other
s5t, # painiul sui distressing work tina;
would not have seemed actually agreeable
A. compared with this.
Nv a,ps being smoked out | stepped IN
n The cabin, ard ascending tie Ladder
threw Of he companion c)yer and opened
tb- doors aud then went - the ma tnaf
had his back - the steps-5at lay courage
tailed ne: &c was . life like, there was so
Wild AID fierce az esrnestEess 10 The eX
przSsion o. his face, % nimltahIe apic;uTe
Of horror in ais starting posture, that my
hands fsli 20 IL side AID / could not lag
hold OF him. | viii Eos stop % aualyz-
nv tear o. ask Why, since knew that this
man was dead he should have terrified M
as surely no living man eOnld; l can Only
repea. tina; the pro,Pect Of touching MN,
aaG lay;Gg him upon the deck and then
dra.giUg hin UP ttel&dder, MAS lndescrlo-
abl7 feartGl 20 me, and l turned away
shaking . # had the ague,
Rut il had 20 dous, nevertheless and
after s. ggeat deal OF reasoning AMI self re-
preach seized him oc asljten, and kick
Ias away the bench let him fall 10 the
5.cs. lie wsS frozen "a had 90 stone and
tell Ike stone, and | locked 10 see him
b7,ak, az a statue might that falls lump
ish,v. HIS arms Remaining EaissdP put aim
into az attitude Of entreaty 20 me to leave
hin in peace: bat I had somewhat mastered
myself. aud the hurry aud tumuls OF my
spirits wyre 4 kind OF hot temper; 50 catch'
leg him by the collar l dragged him tothe
foot O. the comp .sion STEPS, and then,
with initiate labor and anunbsr Of sicken'
ing psuses, hauled him mp the ladder &c
the deck.
Iles him lie, and returned weary ana
ont OF breath. he had beer q very hae
maq IN lse-Of beauty, too, ID wSs to q
.eeu in The shape Of KS features end thu
particular elegance o. his chin, despite the
distortion OF his last ulsPeakgble dismay
aai with his clothes I guessed his weight
zane hard upon 200 pourds-Ho msa1
harden TO haul up a ladder.
l went t. the cook holse FOX dom and
- rest myself, and then came back to the
cabin and locked at the other man. hi;
posture has been already described. Hc
made O very bully figure IN his coat, and
II Bis weight did no. exceed the others II
WIS nos likely 10 be less. Nothing Of his
head was visible but the badness on thi
I'D and the growth Of hair that riDged it,
sud III 1qaing lp his beard above b..
arms. IA which his face was sunk. J
touched lis bead with ashuddsriDg finger,
s-d lo:sd tina, the iroS; GSd made ever
hal o. il As srf As wira. 1t would not d
70 stand idly contemplating hin, for 81
~ there wa slowly creeping into me &
dead o. seeing ais ilgs; so took bold o.
aya md swayel him from the table, anC
Il fell upon the deck sideways, preserving
his posture, 30 that his lace rerSiGed hid
G n. I dragged him s little way, but b
was 80 heavy and hi5 attitude rendered
him ~ a burden - surprisingly cumbrous
tlat I wa Su-s l could never Of my owl
Strength haul hin up the ladder. Ye
neither was i: tolerable that he should b
there.
Thso, thoaShtI, if was to put him be
FIRE tie lie, he might presently thaw int
some sort Of suppleaess, and so prove no.
harder than the other to get on deck.
liked the idea, and without more ado drag
gel him laboriously into the cook room
aud laid him close to the furnace, throw
my in e little pile Of coal to make the hrI
fO~r.