The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-08-25

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covered until the vessel bad toundered'
Could expect ought else, shsr IN Tbs
occasional lnll OF the hurricane ! heard
the rush OF The deadly waters 10 the bold,
aud ieli the stip lurch more heavily each
moment as sbe pluugea 10 the trough oi
the sest suddeuly shs gave terrific heel
over, aud q wave came rafting down the
oompsniou ladder like ihuuder. rusbed
under the door spa inundated The cabin.
sbrieled 10 seoay. believing that oil
uss over that was 10 die tins. 20, even
With the chance Of battling for life.
iell tb.t could meet death calmly II
| we're on deck, With the htsveps shove
me; but nv very hair stirred q, the
though, OF being buried 10 the sea ~ II
were 10 box, Was there really DO way
Of escapei looked around and gave
srea, cry Of Joy. lesped forward. careless
now that the ws,er lesped higher and
higher,
Fooli Idio,i ! exclaimed. You are
your own murderer
My eyes had rested upon my revolver.
10 a second had fred Two OF its barrels
into the lock OF the door, shivering 1t TO
atoms, and the next minute | Was upon
the deck -only Just in time, for the vesse
wss settling fast II would have settled
long before, but that the storm had sbst
ed.
With wild hope / locked for the
boats. Near or lar all was slike-dsrk
ness hii the waters. Bat. having snc
ceeded SO far, / resolved not to dispsir.
One by one discharged the remaining
barrels OF my revolver, and then plunged
into the sea. to swim rs far - ! could |
from the ship before it sank, hoping that
should find some pieces Of wreck.
did so before had proceeded fsr-s mast,
with cordrge attached. This helped me;
for. after lAshing myself to the mast -
we'll as | could. the waves bore me away.
however. . fearful rush OF water
seized me. was drawn rapidly back.
40 d then down ss Id a whirlpool flung. II
seemed, here, there and every where alter
" Lich remem bered no more. When !
came to, WAS 10 one Of the boats with
May Brodstone leaning over me-
1t sppesred that directly morning dawn
ID the boats we're called together, and the
,sptsin went over the names. when mine
was found missing; upon which be hsd re
solved to row back, and see il be could
,ot find me, urged thereto BY many Of his ,
who wondered as did not
! scob kiel-whAt could have prevented
ny getting into one Of the boats,
The ses wss nearly calm, the sun shin
np, and their search was not difficult
They soon perceived dark object Ap
,rosching il they found it TO be myself.
lingiog like grim death to the wreck.
,ut laue hing and yelling like msnisc. q
o fact. | was mad, and for some time sf
er they managed to get me into the boat Q
remained 80; then became calmer,
hough Was delirous for whole day and o
light.
Directly sensibility returned told my Q
tory. filling every one with horror. espec 3
lily May Brodstone. d
see it slll exclaimed the captain. The Z
illnul Last night our boats separated 81
, the darkness; this morning the one v
caring Jacob Kiel and the worst Of the v
rev was missing. He has either steered d
he boat into different track, or paid the o
slows to desert ne, fearful Of the punish a
tent that might have awaited him when O.
Q touched land. v
Whether this was so do not know, for O
Q never heard OF jacob Kiel again. "a
That day We were picked up by one OF
reen's ships. homewsrd bound. and in 10
ue time we're landed in England, where Ia
lay and we're married. and where we 10
ow reside; for my wife will not hear Of p
tossing The ocean again. as she cannot bl
rget thst mort terrible moment Of my OF
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