Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-22

raised as it, in n sudden terror and agony Of
DEATH no had darted look TO God. 80 in
imitably expressive Of life was his attitude
that, though / knew him TO be frozen body,
as persisted as il he had died with Adam or
Noah, was sensible of breathless wonder
in me that the affrighted start with which he
seemed TO be rising from the table was not
continued-that, in short, he did not spring
to his feet with the cry that you seemed to
hear in his posture.
The other figure lay over the table with his
face buried in his arms, He wore no cover
ing to his head which was bald, yet his hair
on either side was plentiful and lay upon his
arms, and his beard 1uffing up about his
buried face gave him an uncommon shaggy
appearance. The other had on a round fur
cap, with lappets for the ears. His body was
muflcd in thick ash coored coat; his hair
was also abundant, curling long and black
down his back; his checks were smooth,
manifestly through nature rather than the
razor, and the ends of a small black mustache
were twisted up to his eyes. These were the
only occupants Of the cabin, which their
presence rendered terribly CHASTITY and
strange.
The interior was extremely plain; the bulk
| heads of d mahogany color, the decks bare,
| and nothing in the form of an ornament saw
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set with diamonds, several rings Of beauty
and value lying loose in the brooches pocket
of the man whose face was hidden, a handful
of Spanish pieces in gold, handkerchief VI
fine elk, ond other articles, as if indeed
these fellows had been overhauing a parcel
Of booty and then carelessly returned the
contents to their pockets
But what needed was the means Of OBJ
tanning light; so, after casting about,
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and went to it, and to my great satisfaction
discovered what | wanted in the first pocket
dipped my hand into though | had to rip
open the mouth of it away from the snow
with the han3er.
| returned to the cabin and lighted the
candle, and carried the lantern into the black
passage or corridor. There were four small
doors, belonging to as many berths. l
opened the first, and entered n compartment
that snellcd so intoIerably stale and fusty
that had to come into the passage again
and fetch few breaths to humor my nose
to the odor. AS in tho cabin, however, so
here found this noXlousncss OF air was not
caused by putrefactlon or any tanning quail
ties OF vegetable or animal KIND, but hy
the deafness of the pent up air itself, as the
foulness of bilSe water is owing to its being
imprisoned from air in the bottom OF the
hold.
| held up the lantern and looked about me.
a glance or two satisfied me that was in a
room that had been appropriated by tho
steward and his mates, y number of dark
Objects which on inspection | found to 10
hams, We're slowed snugly away in battens
under the ceiling or upper deck; cask half
full of -four stood in corner; near it lay
large coarse sack in which was quantity of
biscuit, piece of which bit and found it
as hard as flint and tasteless, but not in the
least degree noldy. There were four shelves
running athwartships full of glass, knives
and forks, dishes and so forth, some of the
glass very choice and elegant, and many of
the dishes and plates also very fine, fit for
the greatest noblelnan's table. Under the
lower shelf, on tho deck, lay sack of what
l believed to be black stones until after turn
ing one or two of them about it came upon
me that they We're or had been, should say,
potatoes.
:, Not to tease you with too many particulars