The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04

! which they feared to seek whore their
| companion had died; but each seemed
| t. lear his Hyi-hhur. for none knew
/ where the COntagiOn might be. At II
"'ciuci> the slight breathings OF the
/ air, which seemed for the last few
! hours 10 have had no sCuticd point
! began - gather more force from ii e
J!Grth%ard and west ward and ere long
a. good fresh breeze filled the ship ;
/ canvas and started her through /. L
"ater. Tine wind continued 10 Iii
crease, ana before midnight ali HANDS
were called 10 take i'll the top gallant
~ails. ~ l. o'clock the mid watch
was set. and all hands We're for a few
moments brought III contact with each
other. No further symptoms of the
dreaded pestilence had appeared, and
hey began 70 take hope.
1t was hall past IL o'clock. An ola
seaman naued Bin Shipper had The
.I"Im, while the remainder OF the
watch were either in the gangwaY or
else forward. The wind continue
fresh, but yet steady, and the old ship
vas close hauled upon it. lying some
TWO points off from her true course.
The ships bell was suspended over
til" pinnacle, and Old Shippen reached
over and struck the first half hour af-
ter midnight. He had just resumed
his position, AID was gazing intently
at the compass, when he felt hand
laid upon his shoulder, ard On turn
ium around lie beheld 10y the strug-
cling beams OF tie pinnacle lamp tie
pale, deathly features of Walter Add
son
For an instant the old sailor remain
ed rooted to the spot, and then. utter
ing sharp cry of fear, he let go tie
wheel and lnrtel forward. In mo-
usut the ship began to fall off. and as
size brought the fiat surface of broad
canvas to the wind she hpeled over
alarmiugly; but soon the pale specter
that had frightened the helmsman
from his post caught the wheel. and
laid the helm hard down. and ere long
tie ship was oncemo to the wind.
Shippers cry had started all hands
from their listlessness, for they
thought the cholera tiend had assaulted
him, but from his broken calculations
they soon learned what was the mat
ter, and in a body they crowded att.
and by the dim light from the bin
naCte they saw the specter helmsman,
Every knee trembleI. and every
tongue Glove to the roof of its mouth.
None dared to approach him, nor did
any move back. Al this iuncture tle
captain came on deck. His eve
caught the corpse like form that still
held the wheel, and he, too, was rivet-
ed to the spot where he stood.
"rShipmatcs. relieve Inc from here, or
| small faint. am cold and weak" at
length came from the lips of the seem
81, 4
Capt. johnson besitated an instant,
and then he rushed forward and laid
his hand on the trembling form before
him. II was cold and wet, bat he
knew that it was living man. One
after another of the men gathered
about, and before long all knew that
Young Walter Addison still lived.
Tie captain had him conveyed to his
cabin, where everything that could be
tnOu@ht of was administered for his
comfort, and it was not long before he
sufficiently revived to give an account
OF his strange escape from the cold
deep grave to which he had been con
signed.
1t seemed that young Addison had
fallen into that death!ike lethargy
which not iLfreQuently results from
-UdGrn cholera, and which, us all who
are acquainted with the disease must
be aware, 50 nearly resembles death
thai even the best physicians have
been deceived by it. The sudden i'm
mersiom i'll The cold water had revived
hi~ dormant senses and as the ship
had but q slight motion at the time
lac came to q partial realization of his
situation before size had passed him.
and by considerable eXertiOn he man