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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1891)
AN OXFORDSHIRE SON3, Tit itin time o' the year. If boeobon root bt Th. iinxm. Ilka breaker, rolla steady up the Itmixili, And nm um Id the bimumm and floods the trunk and towns With little angry pry that Is the underwhlte of the mvm: And lying In rowagalnitt the chilly north. thuahuop Indiana t plure without a wind for Under lamlmto Bleep. Tin the time o' the year. In early light and glad, Tiip lark Iimh a uiuhIu to drive a lover mad; The down are dripping nightly, the breathed nil owe urine, ltaltniniiHly the freebeU oool the grayling'! golden eyitt: And from the batik into the lane the primroses do nrowd. All (tolornd like the twilight monn and spread Ing like a cloud. Ti the time o the yearwhnn over Motley flmt 1 watched from my harrow the cloud that build and burnt; And If before thoeunbe hid cornea slowly up the vale Ptwtora with bur d tin plod throat, Paetora with her pail- Hey. hut there'e many a March for me, and many and many a burnt I fall to work and song again, and let Paetora pan. Irfmbw Imogens Qulney In r"ew York lnd ptmdcnt. 1 THE LAST PLANK. ! whu Ant mate of the ship Triumph, t Ktu rid from Bixttou to New Orleans, with hii aiwortfd caro of (Trent value. The ('rtpUiin, Iluhhit by name, wan an oddity in every way, Heiilway struck for new cnurow,. took all tnwkn but thoae pre lum bwi by ciiKtnm, and thought nobody knew nnythiim hut hininelf. For hiHtanco, he hwiHted bhat a counter our rant run unuUiwiird lnnldo the Gulf Htmim, and tlmt the only way to make a quick voyHK) to New Orleuua wan to bug nlofte in on the Htmre Hide of it all the way am. deftpite thedutmor of capM, rocka and recta, the whereuUmtH of which lie said he kww too well not to avoid tbtmi. Who could Kuiuwiy himF He was cap tain of hiftown ship monarch of It nud nil board, ho, aailiiiK with a tiff nor' wester on our fumrtt-r, we nped swKtly on, paHHiiiK all the danism of the coant auc 'ewtivtily, huuIi as ilarnoKat, Hatterim, etc., iiiitJ found otirHelvea on a morniuir sud denly twculint'd off (Jhhj Florida, clone in wn h the land, hut soon drift inn northward cHpite the cunuiin's noutherly current, l! wan very clear not a cloud In Highfe wurni and close, though it wan Beptemher And the time for an equinoctial gale to be upon us. "Heave the deep sea lead, Mr. R.," said the captuin to mc, "and see if it is shoal hotinh to m?t un anchor to hold." I Hounded and forty futhonis were gireo, "Bend your lmwMors together and drop our heaviest keuKC," wuh bin next order, "Then clone furl every sail but the fore. storm Ntayaail and balance reefed spanker, send down all the litflit epars from aloft, jtnd uet ready to Iioumu toimiUHttt and nm' lower yurds; Rt up preventer braces, mm see all necure bulow und aloft." "Ay, ay, sirl" And it won done. We wore now ready for a Rtorm, but I, old as I am In sea mutters, could see no token of It unywhure. " We're going to have a tough time of It, Mr. K., uiud (Jap tain liubbit to me. "Why, sir," suit! I, "the sky In us oleosa my love's dear eyes, and the water is at) -smooth us a mill pond. I see no sigu of wind.' " Wait about two hours, mid you'll sing another tune," he replied. "I've been in these latitudes before. The worst of thin will be that it will come dead off shore. And if we must scud, Cuba and her reefs will be under our lee. if we bump our heads there, It will be the. Inst of the old Triumph, and us too." J made no reply, for I thought It only one of his fancies, and leaving the second mate In charge of the deck, went bolow to take a nap, fur I'd had the mid watch and felt rather suoozisli. I went to my state room and threw myself on my bunk, and soon was dreaming of a blue eyed angel whore, whom I hoped to lie Hpliced to at a not far diatunt lime. A heuvy trumping overhead and the Hhout of "ull lunula Ahoy!" ufoiight me out of aleop and to my feel in un instant. I hurried on deck. Never can I forget the change of scene, of ky and sua, from the culm beauty In which I hud left it when I went below. Now, black clouds were rolling up to the northward, coming on in great blotchy waves, like crags of ebon mountains over liangiiiK and about to fall upon us. The sea won block under the shudowy wing of the storm, and the roar of the tern pent, like a hoarne, angry voice, camo to our care from ti Uintai.ce. "Up with tlio forentorm staysail never mind the spanker," shouted the captuiu. "Ycm two mutes taku the helm; mini, lush yourselves, to the nigging; it will wash un fore and aft Iwfore we get headway." And nejzing an ax from the beekut, he bounded forward und cut away the hawser which held uh at anchor. f As he did this I looked off on our star I ward beam, uud huw the water apparently rolling ,iu a huge white breaker toward us. The next InsUtut the wind struck us, and for a moment I thought all was over, for the ship heeled until her lower yardarnu wore In the water. "Hard up -hard up the helm I" shouted the captain in my ear. I could but just hear him, und pointing to the wheel he saw that his order had been anticipated. Just then away went our mizzunmast close by the duck, uud tlmt alone saved us, for now her iheml paid oil' before the wind und the tmip righted. Then the staysail tilled und away the old craft shot, like an arrow sped from a well strung bow. As we got out into the gulf the sea rose liter ally so hard that the foam was scattered In cloudy mists through the air. i "How does she head i" asked the captain, Who stood forward of the wheel. "Soit'-sou'west, sir," I replied in a shout, for the gale drowued ull common tones. ) "If she goes at this -rate uud holds that course we will strike Cuban rock inside of ten hound" ho cried. "Why not try to heave her to?" I asked. "In such u sou ami gale we would be bot tom un in a minute wore we to try it. Alt t.ur hope is in a change of wind or ft fall which will let us put the mainsail on her." "This looks rough, but what Is to be will be. There is no rubbing tout out," I re plied, aud then I did my lwnt to steer as nicely as I could, so that no broaching to should hasten onr fate. On, on once passing a hapless vessel drifting bottom up, with her satis and spars alongside of btrwe swept until the night was upon us. Then the captain and a good seaman relieved us from the helm, and 1 had time to think. I wout below and looked at the chart, I made an esti mate of our speed, and to my horror saw we could uot be over twenty or, at the most, thirty miles to windward of the rockiest part of the Cuban coast, . I went on deck sick at heart, for sea and gale seemed higher than ever. I told the captain how near the last peril was, but he did not seem to heed me. He stood with his shoulder to the wheel, and the ship flew madly on. Never had she satfed with such speed before. I 1 went forward, and while I looked at i the phosphoric flame flashing from be neath the bow I thought of home, of my own loved Klla and I groaned in bitter agony, I never before had feared death, 1 but now now so near, it was terriblel An hour, maybe more, and then I heard ; all too plain, even above the wild roar of the storm, the sound so sullen and deep of the surging breakers, 1 rushed aft and shouted the fearful tidings in the cap tain's ear. "God help usl God help us I" was all he said. An instant after we were in white, seeth ing, hissing water, and then, lifted sky ward on mountain rollar, we were dashed down with a terrible crash upon the dread ed rocks. Darkness above flashing phos pborism all around the ship shattering, parting beneath our feet, men shrieking iu wild misery my pen cannot paint the picture. And now wave after wave swept on over us, lifting the ship up and crushing her down, tearing her all asunder, and yet I clung to a rope which I had fastened to a bolt in the deck, not knowing whether one was alive beside me or not, for all was silent hut the winds and waters. Like howling demons they went on with their fearful chorus. How long seemed that night, while I could feel that the shattered remnants of the old ship were gninz fast from under me I But the blessed daylight came at last, and even the sun shoue out. And I saw, lushed like myself to the deck, but one man thut man was the captain. Whiter than foam was his face, and full as white his hair, which had been glossy brown on the day before. Our eyes met his were wild' aud wolflnh insanity's Are was in them. The sea now drove the last part of the wreck asunder, and for a moment I thought we both were goue; but on one high spot of rock we got a foothold, and t he re clutch ing the coral crag with bleeding hands we bung. Until then neither of us had looked away from each other or the wreck. But together glancing southward, there we saw, not a miledistaut, beautiful, flower carpeted, fruit laden Cuba. White cot tages, groves of golden oranges, and tall palm trees never bad they looked bo beau tiful to me. Vet a mile of terrible break ers lay butweeu us aud it a "waste of wa ters," through which the strongest swim mer could not hope to puss. And the ship was gone no, one plank a single plunk small, but targe enough for one to cling to, came drifting in our reach. With oue band each of us seized it, while with the other we clung to the peak of rock which alone had saved us from in-' stant deHtruotion. "Ut go the ptauk.it Is mine! I will lash myself to it and live!" cried the cap tuiu, his eyes glaring tierce ly on me. "I will not yield my right; the plank is mine, and life is us dear to me as to you!" I shouted. "I have a wife aud children; you have none; let me live for them!" he pleaded. "I have ouo d -trer tlmu all the world; I will live for her who yet shall be my wife!" I cried. "Fool fool! she shall look for you In vtiin!" And as he said this he drew a pis tol from bis bosom. Well I knew it was capped, waterproof; well I knew how sure lie was iu mm; but I drew the plank toward me which he hud let go of when he clutched his weapon. He raised his hand, his weapou was leveled at my heart. "Give up the plank!" ho shouted. "Never, coward never! fire, and my dyiug curse go with you!" I closed my eyes I knew my fate but a wild rush of water, a fearful wave, swept me far, far away from the rock. Then I whs drowniug-gurgliug, choking in the water. But I rose, and us I did, something hard touched my body. 1 clutched it it was that blessed plank. To it I clung with a death gruxp; yot it seemed as if I was doomed to die, after all, for the waters cov ered me and I lost ui) consciousness. But uot for all time. I was restored toa knowledge that dear life watt yet miue by the kind acts of Cubans, who had drawn my body, yet clrnging to the plank, from the surf, and were applying stimulants wheu I opeued my glad eyes once more on the face of bright humauity. I asked if any others had got to the shore. They curried me to a mournful looking group of bodies, I saw several of the crew, ; but not himnot the captain. But even 1 while we stood there u great rolling wave swept him iu, and for an Instant I thought he lived; he looked so grim, with the pistol yet clutched iu his bund, But he was cold j und dead, and uf'r they bore him to the ' corpse pile of the test, and I had grown : stronger, I took i,he pistol from his stiffened grasp, took aim at a piece of the wreck Und fired. The bullet which had been in tended for my heart went deep into the oaken wood. I went down ou my knees then and there aud thanked the Almighty that X was saved for my poor Klla; and though I have since done a sailor's duty in protecting and aiding the widows and or phans of the poor captain, I never have been bo unselfish as to regret that I had pos session of the last plank. True Flag. ' Not ao Very New. Young Lobbylounger Have yon teen Mile. 0 burin ti, the new premier danseuseP Old Gray beardNut since I was a boy. New Itork Weekly. THE WESTKKX MRTUIB'l CHOSEN 8PKOIVIC. With every advance of emigration into the fnr Went s new denrnnd in created lor Hoaletter'a HtoniHoh Bittern, Newly peopled reirioiw are fre quently lew HHluhrlouK than older nettled local 1 lion on Hccount of the mhurniB whieh rives from recently cleared land, piirtloiilarly along the bank of riven thai are tmbjeet to fmthct. 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