The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-11-20

h.ltv.y beisetn the tso islsnds ihty o,
esusistsd toe fuli force Of tas eulsoini
tide, sna fouad their prosress ~lsh ih'
fall ss,er enk 10 which they we're ssrpes'
hy ropes. rendered extremely difi,alt
Alter half az hours srasele. darint
vttsa very li,lle way ws' gained, Ptisr'
.uuoutced hi. ipieuiicn bic Intention o
cutting himself ,driit ODoonell b
.o,sbt bi. mate 10 hold on nr,il the ,id'
tnrneal bnt Peters, dtssios his tnIie. ts'
cred the rope Which st,seasd bin 10 'a'
s.t. Shortly sfrs.ris be dissppesred
10 the direslioa Of CoFpsr isiand
Conneli, left 10 himself struggled
wildly for . time 10 hold bis oup. hpt The
buoy.nt cs.k vas loving oim on, TO ses 81
On ever increasing rste Of speed aud ss last
be vs reluctantly obliged 10 relssss hin
sell By this time. however. be vas o. %
.i.rmiog distance from the shore. and be
cav that his Only cbsnce vas in remaining
"A at until the tide turned. when be
mish bit hope by its aid 10 resch The land.
The night wss clear snd . brillisnt moon
vas shining Soddenly, to bis horror. 90
onin us trispg ul.r ia broke the surface oi
the water not three f.lhom's lsngth from
where be evan. Another and Jet smother
appeared. Ind tbs unhappy man presently
discovered that b. wss 10 the midst OF O
school OF .hstksi U terly exhausted as be
us., bis position was t,rnble one 10
describing his feelings To M. be sad that
be should rot have believed is possible
that suy CON bination oi cii cumstsnces
could have eductd him to such s'i'e OF
obi OF iesr 20 tbst in which he now found
himself Already he seemed TO lei the
cruel teeth rendir bis naked hssh,
and be shuddered with utter terror, The
scene was IS light Us day. and the sharks
we're plsiuly visible Gs they ciroled round
him. He cav one monster suddenly
chsnge bis iirtclioa and made ttfsis BIT for
him. Bot O'Connell was like fuh 10
vat and drawing The sbesthe koiie from
the belt round bis nskea vol be tlr.w
bis arms above his head spd sank like .
stone. A. be rose sgsln tome seconds later
be found him eli di eotlJ banesth the
shark, and tbrust bis knife up to the hill
10 the monsters stomach. The sounded
shark si once nsde Cd. aud some other
prey possibly presented itseli, the others
followed is example. 10 o 'Conneli's great
relief.
BY this time the tide vas on the turp,
and after 9 long and e1hsustingl swim
O'Oonnell. shaken and weary. landed on
Copper island shortly si.er Daylight, hsv
,ng been eight bonrs 10 the water. His
companions, had. OF course, given him up
for lost, s according to the seoouut oi
Peters, who had gained the shore 10 safety,
be VS.. when isst seen, drifting rapidly
ont to ses. O'Oonusll proceeded to the
tsnt and pulling ssids the ZAP. looked 10
d the sleeping men. Peters vas sleeping
a. svsetly ss though he had not . few
hours before abandoned bis mate. O'Con
nell pickel up . piece Of tori and threw
il lightly on the sleeper's face. Ps!srs sat
up. and seeing the bose standing there,
vet, thought be looked upon
ghost. and With . cry OF terror fell back 10
= dead faint, his previous nisbts sdven
tore having left him 10 . wssk state.
The little colony was nov 10 . very bad
way. being without water save for little
y which had been reserved 10 kerosene tin.
This listed until The evening Of the next
day, and then, when O'Oonnell Vas seri
,usly o ntempla,ins return to Water Is
land with the kerosene tin. rain happily
Tell. and oil hands we're u once engaged In
he important work Of collecting 1t. The
lent vas pulled down and converted into 8
,snvss eisteru. and every svsil.bls vessel
wss filed
Two days later great ex ,itemenl was oc
,ssioned 10 the little com N unity. so
mnooael on tbi, inhospitsble
slet, by the sppesrsncs Of y esil to the
evidently bearing 10 the difec
lion OF the island. The snIions Miners
gathered upon the beach and res,hlessly |
watched the ne.ripg crsit. They soon dis
covered that ii wss none Other tbsp D-'e
,vsr due schooner. Presently a boat was
ossrsd, end D. himself, Hith . erev
II three men. was seen approaching the
slsnd. The miners met him with . s,of 10
u inquiries - to the delay, bat be sp
,ently bad no explanation TO N axe ct any
ate, be offered none
he listened to the story OF their privs
ions snd the dangers they bad passed
trough with the mort insulting indiff Z
,ncs. 'Y)o look sll right, snyhow.' wss
III the con nmsut be offered, spd i'm medi
'tely vent on TO make irquiries ss TO the
uocess OF their mibinR operations. The
'oss vas lsden with provisions, snd pres
'ptly be gave order. TO hsvs these landed.
Stop . minute. aid O'Connell. Who hsd
lot hitherto spoken. D,yoa think for
q nomen, that after the ~sy ws have been
rssted We are eoipg 10 remain here 1t
'our n arcy sssini
You will stay here was the brutal reply
intil your contract has expired,
That l certainly shsll not, sii O'Ooo
Tell. snd, gong back to lLs camp, be
,roughi bis Tsss' | am psibs back to
sydney, or ~ cry tate TO Brisbane. 10 that
schooner. saii hs; the other men csu do -
hey like.
Upoo this D-yho had sviasn,ly been
iribkins. called hinge nfsro. Who vas
,pe OF tas basts etev, snd ordered bin 10
prevent o'Csrnell fr5u eu,cusg her TIE
black sprang ,shoTp. spi "a 0Col ell
trsv bis bnusis ca bosr i.ii bod OF /
lin. Ba, tho biooi O, the miuins 'bos.' 4
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