New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-02-04
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rock, slopeda OIL gradually to a plat
form or terrace below, where were
erected a rustic seat or two and which
thoroughly sheltered by the wall Of
rock, which hid too, from view Of the
house, and favored by the warm sun
and soft south breeze, was as pleasant
a resort as any hereabouts
Beyond these the cliff fell suddenly
off to the beach, two hundred and fifty
feet below. The wide terrace contin-
ued, for some quarter Of a mile, to the
right, then narrowed, and, by a sud-
den sweep upwards, led to the open
space or downs, crossing which, and
again descending, you reached the vii
lage; though the nearest, but less safe,
road was by descending q precipitous
natural path among the rocks.
Though the view from the summit
was the finest on the coast, though the
rarest curio stiles OF the sea-shore had
been found upon it's beach, though it's
bay was smooth as glass, and the
cove as secluded as a bathing-room,
Deepgang was deserted, and the
lovely Chine a desert,
Deepgang was haunted!
The storm peopled it enough that
night; g.. >s.:..-# 3
With deep echoes, out from the very
bowels OF the rock, as if, far, within,
some mighty ogre We're forging the
vast thunderbolts, and that, as he
opened his forge's mouth. to cast them
forth, the red flames leaped out, and
lighted up sea, earth, and sky-With a
hundred weird shadows wall
ing, and bowling, and pitiless beating
Of the storm, that night the Deepgang
was peopled, and alive, as with it's.
own proper inhabitants.
The while, in the deepest corner OF
the bay, where the overhanging cliff
threw a perpetual shade OF midnight
from between the chinks OF some
masses of fallen rock glimmered a.
fixed light, faint but steady. ~
'Such folly a-shadin' and a-hidin'
of it, as if one mighn't make a bonfire
o. the church upon the Point, and not
a creetur'd heed it, grumbled a man,
as he nevertheless placed the lamp be-
hind an inner niche of the cavern,
where he sat with a companion.
Gas well to be safe, mate; and as
long as you stick to orders, alps fair
sailing as far as it goes" s..E.--- "
OI0CLo:s Sllt111Oleu tl1t 1lISO, IC)ldC-
ing in his mouth the pipe he had re-
lighted at the lamp, =s...
eye ha' said orders,' but that's not
what l calls 'em; 1 calls it all just
foolery now" ...-. &.*
He pulled his pipe till it glowed in
cheerful contrast to himself, for he
was evidently 'fput out"
The place where these men were
seated was a natural cavern in the
rock, which had apparently been
adapted for point Of watch; or resort,
or even an occasionl dwelling place.
From some small projections hung
several coats, caps, and leggings, such
as seafaring men Wear-a basket or
two, and some nets, of the fisherman
property style, were there; some oars
and SOULS leaned in a corner-cook-
ing utensils, with a brazier of ingited
charcoal, were in a recess that gave
by some crevices upon the sea; on an
other niched shelf burned the lamp;
and, resting each an elbow upon the
shelf, their feet stretched towards the
brazier, sat the men, with pipe in
mouth. ~. .-... - "
They were dressed in the ordinary
attire Of fishermen, but, in addition:
eachywore a broad, thick, belt about
his lolns, to which was attached
a short cutlass; their coats
were off, and their brawny Shout
ders, in red wooden shirts, covered by
a loose rug Of shaggy blue; a. similar
article half hungfrom ham mock sus-
pended overhead. =, .s.. 5.-
"You said ORDERS" calculated the
man who had first spoken; he took the
pipe from his mouth, laid it slowly on
the rude table beside him, and, lean
inghis hands upon his knees, bent for
ward, as he addressed his compan-
ion -
"Simeon Foulkes, if you could re-
member, as I do, the times when we
stood on q deck OF our owll-ay, OF as
| fine q bit OF timber as ever were afoat
If you'd seen her, colors flying. and
setssails spangling along, like a cloud
afore the wind fve-,end-twenty fine
as fellows as ever stepped ashore, or
| boarded a enemy-''a
| His voice grew louder and his eyes
| cleaned, while he continued to speak
more rapidly
Her decks like bit O. driven snow,
not a ropes end wry-taut and trim
as a maid on her wedding day; why,
her very guns shone again I say,
Simeon Foulkes, if you'd known what
it was to walk the seas abroad that
brig, and second only in command to
him well, you'd say, as / do,#o' this
here milk-and-watery, -and-seek,
stay -at-home business, - foolery,
you'd say! and that's all about it.