The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-16

He found her In the northwest room,
Sill vie ding her beloved broom
He lol her that her time was nigh;
That arc must now prepare 70 dc,
She grnYcly answered with trOWn;
i'Juit lot me sweep that cobWe9 down."
Her ApFOn EtTtngA Ahe then uulieu,
Aud calmly laid her down Rlll died;
But Whispered " tn thu last breath given,
Observation-Disclosures heaven"
| A SINGULAR ESCAPE.
AyOy,
My twin brother Tom and myself took
to the sea at about the same, time in
| 1879, although we did not sail In the
same vessel, There Is a feeling among
sailors that It Is not we'll for brothers TO
sail together. 1t is a bad sign, psople
say-a sign that one or the other will
die on the voyage, OF course this is
mere nonsense, but then, aside from all
superstitIon, VIC felt that, should any
misfortune happen to either Of US while
together, 1t would be a dreadful thing
to the other; and SO we thought IL best
~ keep apart.
During the next three years each Of
US went a number Of voyages, and II
happened that We were n1ver once At
lhonie together in all that time. When
ever arrived hack, Tom would be, per.
haps, Ia Constadt or Trieste and when.
ever Tom was at home ! might be
doubling the Cape OF Good Hope or I'M
loading u cargo Of flour in Rio Janeiro.
Yet We had great desire to meet, for
We were as strongly attached TO each
other as brothers generally arer and !
think even more 80. Mother would tell
each OF US how the other was looking,
and what he had said and done while VI
homeland this was all knew Of Tom,
or that Tom knew OF me. She said that
he had grown, us had, and that he was
now a stout boy, whom all the people
he sailed with seemed 10 like. Poor
mother! Isuppose she was proud Of US
both, though always In anxiety for US.
Finally, ut nineteen, arrived home
from the Mediterranean with full de-
termination to see Tom once more bH.
fore again setting foot on ships deck.
He was in the West Indies, aud his
versel was expected back in u month or
two. Mother was greatly pleased to
think that both her boys were 10 be at
home at the same time, after SO long a
separation.
The brig to which he belonged was
called To Columbia, and at last she was
reported TO DO down the harbOr. How
glad | felt and saw mother wipe away
tears OF 10y with the corner OF her apron.
But when the vessel came up to tbs
wharf, | could not SEQ Tom anywhere
about the deck. had a dreadful mis-
giving that some evil had happened and
my fears were not without reason, Two
Other crew had been impressed on board
II British man'of.war--and one OF them
was Tom.
/ need not tell you what house was
ours. 1t seemed as II death itself could
hardly have been worse than what had
taken place. 1t was torture to us night
and day.
Nevertheless, after some weeks l pre-
pared for sea again. | must go, OF course,
Tor IL was In the way Of my profession.
| shipped by preference for the island Of
Barbaloes; for, although reason told me
how shadowy such d hope must be, !
could not resist the feeling that there II
might be possible to learn something Of
Tom.
Our brig, the Amelia, arrived out In
due time, and from the moment We on.
tered the port was all eyes and ears. ]
| knew that Tom had been taken
OH board the poiCtiers, seventy.
four guns; but although there were soy.
eral llCn.of.war anchored In the harhor,
she was not, Us | learned: among them,
But one day We saw big ship coming
10. Oh, how she doomed up Aud when
she came 10 an anchor her yards were
almost instantly black with men. Her
sails were all 'lurled at ono aud the same
time, and then she lay swinging at her
chain, although too fat of for US TO dis.
tinguish the faces OF those on board.
Somehow had the feeling that this
was Toms ship; and sure enough, upon
questioning harhOr boatman, we were
told that the vessel was the Poiptiers.
II was Sunday, 80 that we had our en-.
sign flying, aud know that this would
attract Toms attention, provided he
still remained on board the SHIP.
Ithoug hit II likely, too, that he might
recognize tho Amelia, us ! knew that
he had oppe sailed in her himself He
would. see thu st8ts and stripes dis
played from q vessel belonging TO lliA
native town, yet all the while DO help
less to escape.
Ialnost wished that |, too, could b.
with him on board the English ship. Il
Aeelued 10 INC that together We should
BIZ able 10 CONCERT some plan Of escape
Us two heads are better than one. hut
little thought how very soon my hail
wish was to be fulfilled.
III short tune boat put of from The
: seventy.iOur, pulling directly for Oul
vessel. We well know what that meant
Ills nalesty's ship was In want OF men
and BhJ would hAye them, too
The officer who game on board OF III
said that hO was In search OF Englisl
] sailors, and was happy TO perceive tha
our captain had at least two such amoni
, his crbw-inlicating as no spoke QUO o
| my shipnlalps and Myself.
"rhGy arc Americana said the cap
. tain, "and have projections, as all lnI
: men have. They call produce"
"Never mind tho producing" was TIL
y answer. "tlere, you fellows, get u
' your dunnagO at onCc aud step into tina
: boRtl" Aud his armed crew drew clos,
about us, 40 II 10 enforce the command
Ny shipmAto was very pale, aud
could not wonder at II but as for my
sell, I felt that | was more than hal
. willing TO go-r did so want to se
Tom.
K ring Of martinez, with fxod bayo
nets, soon hustled Us into tho boat, AM
In q few minutes We were standing Of
the wide, sweeping deck OF the seventy
four, What ship she was In COtnpafl
son 10 the little craft We had lust left
Beside the Amelia she was o castle com
|, pared With cottage,
| had Just Time " observe this and
Y geL out from under the noses Of the oil
!, cor and bis tnarin,B when q stout yOun
: sailor Spraug forward aud grasped III
q hand.
v WOh, John |" he cried, lie II polsibI
4 TINT you have rot here, lOOY I'm sorE
], and glad both Al once.N
u a Il