The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
A WIFE WORTH HAVING.

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of those craft that, according to the
theory of sailors, are doomed to i'll fate,
James Marshall, n young man from
Newport, r, l., had been her captain
for five years, and during that time she
had been twice knocked down" once
had she carried away her foremost, and
at the time of which we write the old
ship was locked at Liverpool undergo
ing repairs from n serious damage she
had received during heavy gale in St.
Georges channel, but in all these mis-
haps the owners had been forced to ac-
knowledge that the young captain was
entirely free from blame, while, on the
other hand, he had made better slime"
in his trips than any other master had
ever been able to got cut of her,
The last damage which the Vincent
received proved TO be the occasion of the
dawning of anew era in the life of Capt
Marshall, for while waiting in Liverpool
for his ship to be repaired he fell in with
blooming New England girl named
Emma Ramsey, the eldest daughter of
Vincent's owners. and ere long they dis
covered that between them there existed
peculiar feeling of mutual love, Capt
Marshall popped the delicate question,
Emma consulted with her papa, and at
length she consented to become Mrs
Marshall. If was happy day for all
parties when the marriage took place,
for from the known characters of the
bridegroom and his beautiful bride all
felt sure that the match would prove one
of peace and content.
The Vincent was once more ready for
sea. Her cargo was all on board, and
shipped for Boston, and Emma had re-
solved to accompany her husband to the
United States. For a number of days
the weather was pleasant, and the wind
was fair, while Capt. Marshall felt him.
self supremely happy in the delightful
company of his wife. The old sailors
shook their heads as they saw the gentle
Emma pacing the deck, and they very
mysteriously asserted that "such pleas
ures couldn't always last" and so in.
deed, it proved; for at the close of a
pheasant day, when they were within
lthree or four days sail of their destined
port, things began to look anything but
agreeable Away TO the south'rd and
Teast'rd the horizon began to assume a
sort of inky blackness, with here and
there ghostlike, livid spot, while on all
hands the heavens had changed their
ethereal blue for cast of deeper and
more fearful import.
Capt. Marshall felt as he had never
felt before on the approach of storm.
For himself, for his ship. be had no
thought then. There was one on board
who engrossed his every sympathv-for
his Young wife he felt degree of in
tense anxiety that was painful: but he
forgot not his duty, and with compare
tive calmness he set about it. The
courses were hauled up and snugly
furled, the lighter sails taken in, and the
lofty wards and tcpgallant masts sent on
deck, aud the three topsails close reefed
Long before the sun went down the
undulating ocean had assumed almost
the blackncss of night, and not many
moments ELAPSED after the spars had
been secured upon the deck ere the
storm burst upon the ship 1t was a
regular southeastern. and those who have
encountered one of these storms in the
pulf know something of their power
Higher and hipher rose the mighty fem.
pest, until at length 1t was found neces-
sary TO take in the topsails and trust to
the fore and main storm stavsails and a
balance reefed spanker. In this way the
ship lay to till morning, the gale increas-
ing every honr.
Capt. Marshall trusted that when the
sun rose on the next day the storm
would abate, but in this he was disap-
pointed, for a part of the forenoon he
was actually Obliged to scud before it.
1t was not until two staysails had been
torn from their bolt ropes that he fully
explained his authorizations and the ex-
tent of his fears to his wife.
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