Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09

direction should l take!1 struck out TO
the right and made a wide circle, but there
was nothing unusual to be seen. The bed
was hard, rising and dipping here and
there, with loose rock lying about, and
hardly any weeds. I paused again. tried
to remember in what direction the yacht
lay, and moved, as 1 thought, away from
her. l walked on and en-. until 1t was
time to ascend, and on getting to the sur
face l found 1 had wandered east of the
vessel.
TRY further south this afternoon, said
Capt. George, when I made my report.
by the way, what did those loose rocks
look Ike?"
Most Of them were rough and ragged"
I replied. I'm some places they were
thrown together in heaps, and in others
only two or three were to be SEEN.
"Ah, l thought so! Don't despair, Law
repceson you're not far from the mark"
At :, o'clock 1 made a second descent,
good deal further to the south. Soon after
L touched the bottom l found something
that aroused my interest. 1t was an iron
stanchon, evidently torn from vessel
which must have foundered close at hand.
l went on, and then stood STILL
What was it made me pause? l scarcely
knew at first, but 1 had a sort of instinct
i've feeling that l was near some unseen
danger. l moved on very cautiously, and
halted second time. With a strange
sense of awe stealing over me, became
aware of a singular circumstance for when
l could not account. There was a sngn1
me, much like the vibration Of the air
after a distant peal of thunder. once or
twice. too l fanced I felt faint heaVing
in the ground under my feet.
1t was little time before could
bring myself to proceed. l walked first
ahead, then to the left, then to the right
and back again toward the point from
which l had started. l made no 1urtnef
ton in the water seemed to grow more dis
tinct; frequently it died away until 1t was
hardly perceptible. 1 was puzzled:
thought it better to go up, ana see wnether
Capt. George could give any explanation OIL
this singular occurrence.
You were within reach of the rock ne
said when he had heard what had TO tell.
1.-The next time you go down Try anu as
certain from what point that tremor pro-
ceeds Follow in this direction; it will lead
to your goal
! The next morning 1 set out again. l was
now thoroughly bent upon pushing on Win u,
the search, no matter what RISKS might lie
in the way l had placed buoy over the
spot where I had descended the previous
day and told the men 10 keep ROWING
slowly to the south while ! was uhoer
water, for that was the directloh was ue
termined to take.
l still noticed that strange tremor nave
described, but l soon grew accustomed "
it, and walked boldly ahead. AS l pro
ceaded the disturbance increased; the
ground seemed to sway under me; II was
as if waves of motion were passing pc
meath my feet. Once or twice lett nan
inclined 10 turn back; was just a niue
hit-weu I remembered / had wife ana
family depending upon me, and 1t looked
| like tempting Providence to proceed lurtn-
| err. But / set my teeth hard ana pressed on.
Presently, the ground began 10 si'e, I've,
was now so great that at times had some
difficulty in keeping my feet. was near
ing the awful spot, then! l grew reckless.
7 cast aside every fear If l succeeded In
| r.;
service I would render to mankind
AS I desce1 ded into a kind Of hollow, L
became aware of something IKE DARK
wall rising before me. At first thought
# was the rock; but no; 1t was long, low
and regular in outline. l approached IL.
then l gave a sort or gasp lhsiIc lily
helmet. Good heavens! II was a s; Snip s,.
4 big steamer, too! What sight sNe
presented as she lay there on her side,
rising and falling with the undulating mo
ton Of the ground. Her m7sts anu luh-
nels were gone, her decks torn up ana hcr
bows battered in, almost down to the lore,
mast Around her. the place was uttered
with wreckage, cargo of every description
and the bones of her gatlant crew. " M.
was her name? I CROPPED my, way TO the
stern, held up my lamp, anu ie''u' Va
tario, Liverpool.
Scarcely had 1 left her, and moved fur,
Their along the hollow, than another nun
appeared in sight, A ssihns snip IN. INC
time! After that, almost every step l TOOK
brought ME in view of sunken Vessel.
They lay scattered around in all directions
and in all positions; some mere sheis,
others lust beginning to break up, ana
few which showed they had been alloat
within the last year or two. The battered
bows of each told the same terrible story:
Ships of every size-and OF Almost eVe:S
80, 7 sunpose-were h,iddled together in
this awful valley of death. Here stood the
remains of an old three-decker. and by her
side lay the skeleton of small vessei, no,
much bigger than schooner turned
away; had seen enough!
At the opposite side from which had
approached l noticed there was an upward