Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-20

Fl don't know. the deserter answered.
@They don't seem TO be In q hurry for
some reason, which I can't understand,
unless they are waiting to hear from
Major Bridges on the land.
There may be some other reason.
What can 1t be2"
General Ross may be in trouble in
Baltimore.
@Ah! I had not thought Of that"
As the Americans were IabOFing that
night to strengthen their works, repair
their boats, and gather up material for
arms, they felt the earth almost trembling
sWhat is it2" 81 Cole asked Of Grit
fifth.
Captain Alton. who had felt the earth
tremble under these sounds before, said:
1t is distant cannOnading, ST.
@Where2"
Those shots come from Baltimore.
SAnd so the Britishers are there, are
/ they?" he asked his eyes wide open with
| establishment.
Yes, and were we a little nearer on
| higher ground, We could doubtless see
/ the fash OF those powerful cannon which
make the earth trembIe."
All night long the citizens of ManOa'
/ labOFed on their boats and heard the dis
/ tant cannonading of Fort McHenry
The night was still, and even the rest
less old ocean seemed hushsd to sleep.
L
looked kindly down upon the beleagured
/ people.
All through those dark, silent hours, tha
steady boom, boom, booming of cannon
could be heard in the distance.
1t was on that night that the heavens
were painted by rockets red glare and
the bombs bursting in air, and Mr.. Fran
els S. Key, a prisoner aboard British
/ vessel, wrote the immortal "Star-Span-
gled Banner"
Little did our beIeagured friends in
| ManOa, on that night of horror and
anxiety, dream that the great national
American air was being composed and
| written by a captive American.
Their own ar-spangled banner was
/ still floating over their earthWOrks, and
] at each glance at those folds they felt
/ their hearts becoming strengthened with
! hope and patriotism.
/ America, the land Of the free and home
/ of the brave-the republic which is des-
/ tined to stand a thousand years, was as
/ sailed by the same monarchy from which
/ it had cut loose thirty ght years before.
No one need blame our hero if he al
! lowed his feelings of patriotism to over
/ come his personal emotion. He wished
| that he was in that far-off contest where
men were battling for the true right.
! He would Willingly have fastened to
Baltimore and helped raise the siege,
/ could he have done so.
This heavy cannonading explained the
/ peculiar movements of Major Bridges.
! All night long Captain Atoms thoughts
/ were divided between ManOa. the man-of-
war, and Baltimore.
What will be the result of all this
! how is it to end?" he asked himself again
! and again. Would not that cannOnading
/ portend victory or defeat to their coun-
/ try.
The young commander saw that every
/ boat was drawn upon the shore, and the
caulking commenced as soon as it was
zone night more of work and we viii
! be ready said the deserter of the Keno
/ phon.
Can We not get ready to make the at
! tack the coming night"
mo, am afraid not, the deserter an
| sWered. "We hardly dare use the FORCES
| In daylight, as the smoke would indicate
what we were doing. But think we can
safely wait.
viii not the man Of war lombard usP"
%No, not to-day"
Why do you think SOP"
Because the result Of last nights
! bonn bardment is not known. Baltimore
| may be in the hands Of the British, or
| Gen. Ross may be defeated and on the
/ retreat. They would like to know how
that conflict has gone before they begin a
! bOmbardment. would advise you now
to go to your tent and try and get some
! sleep while this work IS going on. You
| viii have need for all your strength in the
! struggle that is coming.
| Others came to urge our hero, and the
/ result was that he retired to his couch
| Being worn out for loss of sleep and
/ long Unceasing exertiOn, he soon slUm-
| bered.
Even in his slumbers his mind was on
the condition of affairs. He never for a
! single moment lost the idea that Ola was
/ in danger.
He saw her standing in the midst of her
foes upon the ship, and he pOwerless to
go to her. Suddenly there was great
commOtiOn, and oh, horror of hOTOrsl the
| man-of-War was on fire. 1t was all alive
! with flame and smoke, and he saw the
/ blaZes leaplng up toward the sky Then
all of a sudden the scene changed. A
storm was raging and the ship was a
merchantmen. Ola was aboard the
pIunging, staggering vessel and black
| clouds swept over the scene. He strOye
to 90 to her, but was unable to do so.
God in heaven, help her!" he ejacu-
lated. He seemed to be dashed to a mast
/ and unable to move.
The storm ragged wrathfUlly and loud,
and the waves beat over him. He saw
/ his adored one on the doomed vessel
/ holding her arms extended to him, and
/ implOring him to come to her aid.
At this moment a man darted by
through the waters in a long, slim boat,
I which seemed to skim over the waves.
He reached the wreck just as it was going
down, and snatched the beautiful being
from destruction. There was a thunder
peal and binding fash, and he saw the
rescuer and the rescued standing safe
upon shore. The rescued was his beloved
Ola, and the rescuer was one of those de-
serters of the Xenophon.
Captain Alton, wake up.
Griffith started from his couch, and saw
the sailor Burnett at his bedside.
What is the matter?" the young com
mnnder asked. for the face Of Burnett
indicated that something strange had
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