The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-30
CHAPTER X

RESCUED.
Augusta woke up just as the dawn was
stealing across the soddcn sky. It was
the smArting Of her shoulders that woke
her She rose, leaving Dick yet asleep.
and, remembering the turmoil Of the
night, hurried TO tho other hut it was
empty
She turned and looked about her About
fifteen PAGES from where she was lay the
| shell that the two drunlarls had used as
n cup. Going forward she picked Sc up.
| II Still smeled disgustingiy 0f spirits
Evidently the two men had dropped 10 i'm
the course Of their midnight walk. or
rather roll Where had they gone &c,
Straight In front OF her q rocky prom
ontory ran out fifty PAGES or more INTO
the waters Of the ford Ike bay She
walked along Il aimiesslv tin presently
she perceived one Of the sailors hats
lying ON tho ground or rather floating in
a pool Of water Clearly they had gone
| this way. On she went 10 tie point If
/ the little headland, sheer over the water.
| There was nothing to he seen. not % single
vcstige Of Bill and Johnnie Aimlcssly
enough she leaned forward and stared
over the rocky wall. and down INTO the
clear water. and then started back with "a
/ little cry.
No wonder that I ne started, for there
on the sand, beneath fathom aud half
of quiet water, lay tie bodies Of the two
ill fated men They wero locked in each
Others arms. and lay rs though they were
asleep upon that ocean bed How they
camo 10 their end she never knew. Per
haps they quarrcled in their drunken
/ anger and fell over the little clif or per
E haps they stumbled and fell, not knowing
whittier they were going Who can sayl
! AZ any rate, there hey were, and there
they remained. till the outgoing tide
Coated them of to jim the great army Of
their companions who had gone down
with the Kangaroo And so Augusta was
/ left alone.
Fortunately there was but little rain
that morning so Augusta took Dick out
20 look for eggs, not because they wanted
any more, but in order 10 employ them
selves Together they climbed up on 10
/ a rocky headland, where the flag was fly
/ ing, and looked ont across the troubled
ocean. There was nothing in sight so far
as the eve could see-n0thing bat the
white wave horses across which the black
cormorauts steered their swift unerring
! flight She looked and looked TIN her
| heart sunk within her
"Will mummy soon come in boat to
take Dick awayy' asked the child az her
/ side, and then she burst into tears.
When she had recovered herself they
set 10 collecting eggs, en- occupation
which, Notwithstanding the screams and
threatened attacks OF the birds, delighted
Dick greatly Soon they had as many as
she could carry; So they went back TO the
hut and lighted n fire Of driftwood, and
roasted some eggs in the hot ashes she
had no pot to boil them in Thus, one
way and another the day wore away, and
at last the darkness began 80 fall over the
rugged peaks behind and the wild wilder
ness of sea before She put Dick 10 bed
and he went off 10 sleep. Indeed, it was
wonderful 10 see how well the child bore
the hardships through which they were
passing lie never had an ache or pain,
or even a cold in the head.
After Dick was asleep Augusta rose to
her knees and prayed to Heaven with alt
her heart and soul TO rescue them from
their terrible position, or, If she was
doomed TO perish, at least to save the
child
And so the long cold night wore away
in thought and vigil, Till at last, some
two hours before the dawn, she got TO
sleep. When she opened her eyes again
it was broad daylight, and little Dick,
who had been awake some time beside her
was sitting mp playing with the shell
which Bill and Johnnie had used 10 drink
rum out of She rose and put the chlld's
things a little TO rights, and then, IS IL
was not raining. told him 10 run outside
while she went through the form Of dress
ing by taking of such garments as she
had shaking them. and putting them On
again. She was slowly going through
this process. aud wondering how long il
would be before her shoulders ceased to
smar from the effects Of the tattooing,
when Dick camo running in without going
through the formality Of knocking.
ooh, auntiel auntew he sung ont in
high glee, here's It big ship coming sail
ing along is il mummy and daddy com.
/ ing TO fetch Dick"
Augusta sunk bacl. faint with the sud
/ den reyulsion Of feeling. IL there was a
/ ship, they were sayed-snatched from
+ the very Jaws Of death But perhaps It
was the chld's fancy Sine threw on the
body Of her dress; and her long yellow
/ hair-which she had IN default Of better
means been trying TO comb out with BIT
OF understanding behind her she took
the child by the hand and few as fast as
she could go down the little rocky prom
ont0ry off which Bill and Johnnie had
met their end. Before she got half way
down il she saw that the child's tale was
true--for there, sailing right up the ford
from tho open sea was a large vessel.
She was not two hundred yards from
where she stood and her canvas was
being rapidly furled preparatory to the
anchor being dropped.
Thanking Providence for the sight as
she never thanked anything before, Au-
gusta sped on till she c0t to the extreme
point OF the promontory, and stood there
waving Dicks little cap toward the yes
sci, which moved slowly and majesticaiiy
on, till presently, across tho clear water,
came the splash Of the anchor, followed
by the sound Of the fierce rattle of the
chain through the hawse pipes. Then
there came another sound-the glad sound
Of human voices cheering. She had been
seen
Five Minutes passed and then she saw