Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-08-20

Of ship. and that we were. on the sea,
steaming at the rate of so many miles
toward England.
There were several ladies and gentle
men in the saloon who rose and shook
hands with us. They quite overcame
me with their praise of what they were
pleased to call my heroic actions. I
had sense enough to know that these
blushing honors which were thrust
upon me would be short lived.
So we went on the deck, l overhear-
ing one of the ladies talk some non
sense about her never having read or
heard of any thing more delicately
romantic and exciting than the young
sailor rescuing a pretty girl from
wreck and falling in love with her.
There were number of passengers
on deck-men, women and children;
and when ran my eye along the ship
(he Grosvenor would have made a
neat long boat for her) and observed
her dimensions, l thought that city
might have gone to sea in her without
any inconvenience arising from over
crOwding. In word, she was mag
niticent Clyde built iron boat of some
four thousand tons burden, and pro-
PEELED by eight hundred horsepower
engines; her decks white as yachts,
short, yellow funnel, towering masts
and broad yards, and embodying every
conceivable --latest improvement" in
cOmpasses, capstans, boat lowering
gear, blocks, gauges, logs, windlass,
and the rest of it. She was steaming
over a smooth sea and under a glori-
Gus blue sky at the rate of thirteen
knots, or nearly fifteen miles, an hour.
Cool draughts of air circled under the
awning and famed my hollow cheeks,
and invigorated and refreshed me like
cOrdials.
The captain was on deck when we
arrived, and the moment he saw me
he came forward and shook my hand,
offering me many kindly congratula-
tions on my recovery; and with his
own hands placed chairs for me and
Mary near the mizzcn-mast. Then the
chief officer approached, and most, in
deed l think all. of the passengers; and
| believe that, had | been as cynical as
old DiOgenes, l should have been melt
ed into a hearty faith in human nature
by the sympathy shown me by these
kind people.
They illustrated their goodness best,
perhaps, by Withdrawing, after a gen
erOus salutatiOn, and resuming their
various employments or discussions,
so as to put me at my ease. The doc
tor and the chief officer stayed little
while talking to us; and then present
| ~ the titlin-bell rung, and all the pas.
sengers went below, the captain hav-
ing previously suggested that | should
| remain on deck, SO us to get the bene-
| fit of the air, and that he would send a
| steward TO wait upon me. Mary would
not leave my side; and the officer in
charge taking his station on the bridge
| before the funnel, we, to my great sat
lsfaction, had the deck almost to our
| selves.
You predicted, Mary" I said,
that our lives would be spared. Your
! dream has come true"
Eyes; l knew my father would not
deceive me. Would to God he had
| been sparedn'
yet God has been very good to us,
| Mary. What a change is this from the
deck of the Grosvenor- seas beat
ing over us, the ship laboring as
| though at any moment she must go to
| pieces-ourselves tagged to death, and
each of us in our hearts for hours and
hours beholding death face to face!
| feel as though l had no right to be
alive after so much hard work. Its a
violation of natural laws, and an i'm
| pertinent triumphing of vitality over
The whole forces of nature.
''But you are alive, dear, and that is
| all | care about"
pressed her hand. and after look
| NO around me. asked her if she knew
whether this vessel went directly to
| Glasgow.
Yes"
Have you any friends there?"
{ RT,t I hoI fr;o I,
The captain has asked me stay with
his wife until l hear from home"
''To whom shall you writer"
ITO my aunt in bennington. She
will come to Glasgow and take me
home. And you"
ZIP"
looked at her and smiled.
II? Why, your question puts mat
ter into my head that l must think
over
You are not strong enough to
think. If you begin to think shall
grow angry"
But | must think, Mary"
"Why?"
81 must think how I am to get to
London, and what l am to do when
get there"
"When we were on the Grosvenor,' -
she said, "you did all the thinking for
me, didn't you? And now that we are
on the Peri, mean to do all the think
ing for you. But l need not say that,
[ have thought my thoughts out.
have done with them"
"Look here, Mary, 1 am going to be
candid"
"Here comes one of the stewards tc
interrupt you"
A very civil fellow came with tray,
which he placed on the skylight, and
stood by to wait on us. told him he
need not stay, and, addressing Mary,
exclaimed:
"This recalls our farewell feast or
the Grosvenor.
Eyes; and there is the boatswair
watching us, as if he would like tc
come to us again and congratulate us
on having found each other out. Dc
catch his eye, dear, and wave you1
hand. He dare not come here"
l waved my hand to him, and he
flourished his cap in return, and 50 die