The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-19

"She wi. go no nearer the wind, " cried
Jenny, and we drift continuously 10 lee.
ward. You must haul that sheet tighter
It's our only chance.
Twas running forward To my work, when
a block, detached from the rigging by the
wind, struck me on the head, and fell 90
the deck insensble
When l came 20 myself my head was
aching violently, although IL seemed 10 be
supported by soft pillow. IL was quite
dark, and the air was full of noise
Where am ~ / said feebly / felt
arms about me and kiss on my forehead
1--WE shall be ashore, dear, in five min
utes, - said voice in my ear
willie, " said Jenny once more In my
ear, 'if you get safe ashore will you give
my love To father"
Then found that I was lying beneath
the shelter of the poop deck, protected a
little by that from the seas that were
breaking over us, and that life belt was
fastened under my arms. Jenny was
crouched beside me holding my hand
We grounded upon an outrunning spit,
and instantly the sea made clean sweep
over ms. i had seized Jenny at the mo.
ment of striking, and we were hurried
away together in hideous trough of cord
age and timber.
lost my senses for awhile, 10 find my
self damned in between two fragments Of
rock. Jenny was gone
Time passed, hardly / know how, till
the moon rose The tide was down, but
tho surf reached to the very base of the
cliffs. The flood would come presently,
and should perish.
Then L heard voices below me and by
the moonlight saw men cropping about
among the rocks beneath me-
They were full of compassion and kind
ness. They carried me along the base of
the cliffs by footpath among the debris
till they reached n smooth gap In the wall
of chalk, by which they assembled. was
presently carried to house, stripped and
placed in a warm bed 1 recullect Just
this much and then memory fails me.
AS soon as L could get about / went
down to Havre to inquire about the Petrol
at our consulate. She was lost, was told,
on such and such night with all hands
on board. The captain had returned home
two months ago.
/ left my watch with the good farmer
who had taken care of me as some recon-
pense for the trouble and expense to which
he had been put. l landed without any
clothes but those / wore, and with only a
few shillings in my pocket But there was
money due to me for my pension, and
took a cab To the paymaster's office to get it,
william Thornley,, " said the clerk, look
ing at his list. "Why, he's dead-struck
off the list two months ago. You're the
man, you say. I'm sorry To say that only
a treasury order will bring you to life
again.
Tho ,,arSonnn1 of no r.fyf.a al.
entirely changed since / was last in Eng
land. l went to the old Office. One of my
old chums was still there, and him found
out. He looked ut me, stared, burst into
laughter what, you're not drowned,
them" he cried.
Drowned? No, but precious near it.
Who stopped my pension, prayf"
"Oh, some friends of yours came here
a seafaring party and a pretty girl in deep
mourning-a deuced pretty girl, " said my
friend, pausing.
"Well, they gave me n long account of
you lost on board the Petrol. Why he came
to me was that he remembered my name
as fellow who knew you, don't you see?
BY Jove, here they are!'
was sitting with my back to the door
and turned my head toward it. A young
woman in black ran forward with "a scream.
l sprang to my feet and clasped Jenny in
my arms.
Her father it turned out, had been on
the cliff and had followed the Petrol along
the shore all that eventful night. 1t hap
PLY CHANGED that there was crane used
for raising blocks of chalk from quarry
half way down, and aided by some dou-
aniers, he had descended by this means
the face of the prccipicc and had caught
hold of his daughter as she was swept away
from me in the last mad rush of waters.
II wish you'd have stopped drowned, Z"
said my friend between his teeth But for
all that he stood best man at my wedding.
New York Press.