Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-13

sheas buata 1h5cA - dancmg ahoas ~
nufahelh, more sscurv from III q mtny.
But harks 4 dnn, hrisf report ssssun1B
shove the din a DE tsmpese and ~ @Hs0
a ths vasen Thk 3 10 thund~ q -
waves; It "a . cannon shot We bar = 0nnD
rnors, and than repeated II ah0rss intsvak
Men congregAse 1t ths hAsbx's mouth, aAd .
large Telescope u procured Bot no nip b
yet Visible: the horizm b TOO circumscihsd
Thus half an hour pa9D away Al Alkngs
b On tbs alest People untts IN puaps % dr.
en- ths plight of the Asvoesd vussl ind
uyseif ATTACHED 70 ons II these kn0eA Now
lit may be about 5 oclock-soxnefhing h1nck
becomes viabls againss the background a
Hxmnerterg II drass nearer snd bscouas
plaineT-ws distinguish . ship.
A sudden fash, quickly followed BY arS
port. give. O renewed inrimAs5on tha3 the ves-
sel b IN diatruRL But Who can Ssander any
aidg The coast h pFectpstous, and wild- un-
even crzgs tst out far Into the OCEAN Ths
sea l. 20 rough that no boat could i've In T.
The danger hecomes more and more fmmt
nent The craft, brig already berefs OF IL
nanmast, must strike. 1t b hofeles1iy last
In the sxeitenent Of the awful momsnt !
had been unconscious q to my iznmediats
surrounding Suddenly. quite Close TO me.
beard cry full II despair, . soul stirring
wall
It was Gndrun, who stood wringing bar
hands, hcr fallen trvs~s . prey 70 the blask
The SanfiIus--Gunnar" he cried in ber
anguish Save hiIn-my love-
The doomed ship was none other than thas
which bore her betrothed honeward Men
ran TO and fro with CONFUSED cTiss, but no ono
ventured 10 the rescue. 1T would only b
tempting Proviience,' declared . venerable
sailor, and he added, uncov-ring his bead in
ali reverence: The Lord OF heaven and earth
deliver them" All the bystanders followed
his examptc and united In the prayer.
Gudrln rushed from group 70 group, i'm
ploring, supplicating, wringing her hands,
but nobody ventured 10 court certain death
Suddenly Capt. Torsteusen, her father, ap-
pared upon the scene, wearing . ~sou wes-
ter" and long va boots.
~Who will come with mer be asked in .
clear, resonant voice He INST with no re-
sponse Some attempted to persuade him
from bis enterprise, even resorting TO force
The most experienced sailors regarded IL as
madness 10 attem-'t To navigate in such sea-
Then shali it alone he declared,
hurrying toward his boat. Two young men
followed him, at first doubtfully; then. ID
iurei by Gudrun, determined TO join him h
the desperate venture.
A rush WINS made for the landing where the
boats were lying. Torstensen could scarce
stand upright in his boat, bat for all that hs
east of the painter And now, just as the
men were in the act Of pushing of, Gudrun
leaped into the boat A cry Of terror russ
from hundred throats Many women were
weeping The boat heeled over, and the oarS
men we're evidently striving TO put back with
Gudrun- A receding wave, however, carried
tho boat rapidly out Of the harbor
Tho crowd stood breathless; not . word
was spoken All eyes we're conferred on the
boat which appeared OIL the lofty summit OF
Q wave. only TO disappear next moment in
tho trough Of the ssa Gudrun's fair locks
were floating in the wind like . cloud neck
The minute guns had long ceased to echo from
the brig.
Darkness set in and they had not returned
Nothing further was seen of the ship. Night
fell The storm ragged on, the waves still
battled fiercely, and out yonder those who
were meeting their doom drew their last
breath nnheairi.
Unheapd' No There is one who listens
and hears.
Tho people Of Allinge passed a sleepless
night As for me, pondered over Gudruns
words Of the previous day: DO you heart
Oh. know shall die soon!'
Once more day dawned, but the morning
was bright and sunny. The storm had sub
sided Men were searching the shore. All
that remained Of the brig was shattered
wreck wedged in between the rocks Here
and there body was lying drowned on the
beach. Gudrun's father lay among these
dead. And about a mile west of Allinge, on
q projecting rock, two lifeless forms were re-
Ginning locked in each others ar1ns-a maiden
OF passing loneliness and a stalwart, hand
some youth. They were Gudrun, the clair
voyant, and Gunnar, Ne Hero and Leander
of Bornholn. The Argosy.