eneral Intelligence.

Rev. J. I. WARD, !, Assistant Editor.

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| W IN the earliest dawn Of the morning


the hsherman's family were astir the elder
girl was busily arranging their little parlor.


while the yodnger. was arranging the break
fast table, and the mother spreading before
he fire the clothes of her husband and her
boy. I'm hour passed, and she grew some-
what uneasy, that he had remained abroad
beyond the usual period Of his return. 4Anri
other hour had elapsed, when she said to
her iather, B" Father, go QUITO the hillock,
ana try II you can see his sail upon the wa-
yer ne seldom stays out SO long when the
sea Is calm and the weather is fair my lit
tle boy" she continued, "was not quite well
last night, and this alone should have hast-
ened his return. .w4aFEIE a9'aNHHi i'


lhe old man went forth, and one by one
his grand children followed him, until the
mother was left alone, rocking the cradle OF
her unconscious babe. After the lapse Of
another hour, her daughter entered with the
news that -neighbor had spoken to her
father n y the night, and that he would GER
tainly soon be home


"God grant it!' said she, and she spoke
~ a tone of deep anxiety she was never
away so long but once, that was when he
savedtf1e crew of the ship Mary; and then
the wh'rl ofthesinking ship well nigh made
his graye.n naeHt6 & GSa e1baa as.o 983sal


Again she stirred the fire, again arranged
the clothes before it, and poured some hot
water into the tea-cups. Still the breakfast
remained untouched.
\ The sun was row soaring to its meridian
heIght when once more the family assem-
bled in their humble dwelling; the prop Of
the whole wasy yet wanting. They sat down
to alcheerless meal, the seats at either s1e
Of the wife remaining vacant. The old man
was the only individual who appeared to
anticipate no evil !; but he hastily finished
his breakfastian went forth. .a ta7.a.4g \.


The noon was rapidly passing, and the
sun had already given tokens of the glory Of
his departure, when the fsherman's wife
having luled her infant to sleep, went her
self to the hill that commanded an extensive
view of the wide spread ocean All the lit
tie household soon assembled on the spot,
but no boat was seen upon the waters
nothing that could give hope except the as
pect of The waves, which looked too placid
to be dangerous. 1lH .l.l1 as E