Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-03-14


take Dick away asked the child at her
side, and then she burst into tears.
/ When she had recovered herself they
set to collecting eggs, an occupation
which, Notwithstanding the screams and
threatened attacks Of the birds delighted
Dick greatly. Soon they had as many as
she could carry; 50 they went back to the
hut and lighted fire of driftwood, and
roasted some eggs in the hot ashes; she
had no pot to boil them III. Thus, one
way and another the day wore away, and
at last the darkness began to fall over the
rugged peaks behind and the wild wilder
ness of sea before She put Dick 10 bed
and he went off to sleep. Indeed it was
I wonderful to sec how well the child bore
the hardships through which they were
passing. He never had an ache or q pain,
or even a cold in the head.
After Dick was asleep Augusta rose to
her knees and prayed 10 Heaven with all
her heart and soul to rescue them from
their terrible position, or, if she was
doomed to perish, at least to save the
child
And so the long cold night wore away
in thought q vigil, till at last, some
two hours before tho dawn, she got to
sleep. When she opened her eyes again
it was broad daylight, and little Dick.
/ who had been awake some time beside her,
was sitting up playing with the shell
which Bill and Johnnie had used to drink
rum out of. She rose and put the child's
/ things a little to rights, and then, as it
! was not raining told him to run outside
while she went through the form Of dress
/ ing by taking off such garments as she
had, shaking them, and putting them on
/ again She was slowly going through
| this process, and wondering how long it
would be before her shoulders ceased to
/ smart from the effects of the tattooing,
when Dick came running in without going
! through the formality of knocking.
"Oh, auntie! auntie!" he sung out in
| high glee, here's a big ship coming sail
/ ing along. Is it mummy and daddy com
| ing to fetch DickY'
Augusta sunk back faint with the sud
| den revulsion Of feeling. If there was a
! ship, they were saved-snatched from
| the very jaws of death. But perhaps it
was the child's fancy. She threw on the
! body Of her dress; and, her long yellow
hail-which she had in default of better
| means been trying to comb out with a bit
of Notwithstanding behind her, she took
! the child by the hand and flew as fast as
she could go down the little rocky prom
| ontOry of which Bill and Johnnie had
met their end. Before she got half way
! down it she saw that the child's tale was
true-fOr there, sailing right up the ford
| from the open sea was large vessel.
| She was not two hundred yards from
where she stood, and her canvas was
being rapidly furied preparatory to the
| anchor being dropped.
| Thanking Providence for the sight as
she never thanked anything before, Au-
! gusta sped on till She Got to the extreme
| point OF the promOntOry, and stood there
waving Dick 5 little cap toward the YES
sci, which moved slowly and maiesticalIy
on, till presently, across tho clear water,
came the splash Of the anchor, followed
| by the sound Of the fierce rattle of the
chain through the hawse pipes Then
| there came another souud-the glad sound
OF human voices cheering She had been
seen.
Five minutes passed. and then she saw
boat lowered and manned The oars
were got out, and presently it was backing
water within ten PAGES Of her.
Go round there, she called, pointing
to the little bay, land viii meet YOU"
By the time She had got to the spot the
| boat was already beached, and a tall. thin.
kindly faced man was. addressing her in
an unmistakable Yankee accent Cast
away, MISS he said interrogatively.
Yes, gasPed Augusta; we are the
survivors Of the Kangaroo, which sunk
IN collision with a whaler about a week
ago
Ali" said the captain, with a whaler?
Then / guess that 5 where my consort has
! gone to. She's been missing about a
week, and put in here to see if l could
/ get upon her tracks-alsO to fill up with
water. Wall, she was well insured, any
| way; and when last we spoke her, she had
| made very poor catch But perhaps,
miss, you viii, ut your convenience, favor
me with a few PaTticulars!'
| Accordingly, Augusta sketched the his
| tory OF their terrible adventure in as few
! words as possible; and the tale was one
/ that made even the phlegmatic Yankee
! captain stare. Then she took him, followed
/ by the crew, to the hut where Meeson Law
| dead, and to the other hut, where she and
Dick slept upon the previous night.
wall, miss, said the captain, whose
| name was Thomas, Il guess that you and
/ tho yOUngstcr viii be about ready to va
cate these apartments; so, if YOU please.
/ l viii send you off to the shin, the Hair
pOon-that's her name-of Norfolk, in the
/ United States You will find her well
/ favored with oil, for we are about full to
the matches; but, perhaps, under the cir
cumstanceS, you viii not mind that ANY
! way, my missus, who is aboard-havinc
come the cruise for her health-and who
is an English woman, like you, will do all
she can to make you comfortable. And
tell you what 1t IS, miss, if | was in any
way pious, should just thank the Al
mighty that l happened to see that there
bit OF Tag with my spyglass as | sailed
along the coast at sun-up this morning,
for had no intention Of putting in at
this creek. but at one twenty miles along.
And now, miss, if you'll go aboard, some
of US will stop and just tuck up the dead
gentleman as well as we can"
4 Augusta thanked him from her heart,
and, going into the hut, got her hat, and
the roll Of soycreirIl5 which had bean Mr..
Nelson's, but which nc had told her to
take, leaving the blankets to be brought
by the men.
Then two Of the sailors got into The lit.
tie boat belonging to the kangaroo. in
which Augusta had escaped, and rowed
her and Dick away from that hateful shore
to where the wbaler-a fore and aft
schooner-was lying at anchor As they
drew near she saw the rest OF the rev of
the Harpoon, among whom was woman,
watching their advent from the deck, who,
when she got her foot upon the compan-
ion ladder, one and all set up hearty
cheer. In another moment she was on
deck-which, Notwithstanding its abomin
able smell OF oil, seemed to her the fairest
and most delightful place that her eyes
had ever rested Ou-and being almost
Rugged by Mrs. Thomas pleasant look
ing woman Of about 90 the darrl tor Of s.
Suffolk farmer who h2i cnaigrated to the
states. And then, OF. course, she had to
tell her story all over a-Gin; after which
she was led of 10 the cabin occupied BY
the cantnin nmd Lis rifa land which