In Which Is A Sad Recognition
THE mate did not mistake his position, for the jut1 of land we described in the last chapter is but a few hours' ride from Nassau, and the houses are inhabited by wreckers. With desponding hearts did our unfortunates approach one of the rude cabins, from the window of which a faint light glimmered4, and hesitate at the door, as if doubting the reception they were about to receive. The roaring of the beach, and the sharp whistling of the wind, as in clouds it scattered5 the sand through the air, drowned what sound might otherwise be heard from within. "This cabin seems deserted," says one, as he taps on the door a second time. "No, that cannot be!" returns the other, peering through a small window into the barrack-like room. It was from this window the light shone, and, being a bleak6 November night, a wood fire blazed on the great hearth7, shedding its lurid8 glows over everything around. It is the pale, saline light of wreckwood. A large binnacle lamp, of copper9, hung from the centre of the ceiling, its murky10 light mingling11 in curious contrast to the pale shadows of the wreckwood fire. Rude chains, and chests, and boxes, and ropes, and canvas, and broken bolts of copper, and pieces of valuable wood, and various nautical12 relics-all indicating the trade of shipwreck13, lie or stand promiscuously14 about the room; while in the centre is a table surrounded by chairs, some of which are turned aside, as if the occupants had just left. Again, there may be seen hanging from the unplastered walls numerous teeth of fish, bones and jaws15 of sharks, fins16 and flukes of curious species, heads of the Floridian mamalukes, and preserved dolphins-all is interspersed17 here and there with coloured prints, illustrative of Jack18's leaving or returning to his favourite Mary, with a lingering farewell or fond embrace.
Louder and louder, assured of some living being within they knock at the door, until a hoarse19 voice rather roars than speaks-"Aye, aye! hold hard a bit! I'se bearin' a hand!" The sound came as if from the clouds, for not a living being was visible. A pause followed; then suddenly a pair of dingy20 legs and feet descended21 from a small opening above the window, which, until that moment, had escaped their notice. The sight was, indeed, not the most encouraging to weak nerves. Clumsily lowered the legs, the feet making a ladder of cleets of wood nailed to the window, until the burly figure of the wrecker, encased with red shirt and blue trousers, stood out full to view. Over his head stood bristly hair in jagged tufts; and as he drew his brawny22 hand over the broad disc of his sun-scorched face, winking23 and twisting his eyes in the glare, there stood boldly outlined on his features the index of his profession. He shrugged24 his shoulders, gathered his nether25 garments quickly about him, paused as if half confused and half overjoyed, then ran to the fire-place, threw into a heap the charred26 wood with a long wooden poker27, and sought the door, saying--"Avast heavin a bit, Tom!" Having removed a wooden bar, he stands in the opening, braving out the storm. "A screachin nor'easter this, Tom--what'r ye sighted away, eh!" he concludes. He is--to use a vulgar term--aghast with surprise. It was Tom Dasher's watch to-night; but no Tom stands before him. "Hallo!--From whence came you?" he enquires28 of the stranger, with an air of anxious surprise. He bids them come in, for the wind carries the sand rushing into his domicile.
"We are shipwrecked men in distress," says the passenger--the wrecker, with an air of kindness, motioning them to sit down: "Our party have been swallowed up in the surf a short distance below, and we are the only survivors29 here seeking shelter."
"Zounds you say--God be merciful!" interrupts the hardy30 wrecker, ere the stranger had time to finish his sentence. "It was Tom's look-out to-night. Its ollers the way wi' him--he gits turned in, and sleeps as niver a body see'd, and when time comes to unbunk himself, one disn't know whether 'ts wind or Tom's snoarin cracks hardest. Well, well,--God help us! Think ye now, if wife and I, didn't, in a half sort of dream, fancy folks murmuring and crying on the beach about twelve, say. But the wind and the surf kept up such a piping, and Tom said ther war nought32 a sight at sundown." With a warm expression of good intention did our hardy host set about the preparing something to cheer their drooping33 spirits. "Be at home there wi' me," says he; "and if things b'nt as fine as they might be, remember we're poor folks, and have many a hard knock on the reefs for what we drag out. Excuse the bits o' things ye may see about; and wife 'll be down in a fip and do the vary best she can fo'h ye." He had a warm heart concealed34 beneath that rough exterior35; he had long followed the daring profession, seen much suffering, lightened many a sorrowing heart. Bustling36 about among old boxes and bags, he soon drew forth37 a lot of blankets and quilts, which he spread upon the broad brick hearth, at the same time keeping up a series of questions they found difficult to answer, so rapidly were they put. They had indeed fallen into the hands of a good Samaritan, who would dress their wounds with his best balms.
"An' now I tak it ye must be famished38; so my old woman must get up an' help mak ye comfortable," says he, bringing forth a black tea-kettle, and filling it from a pail that stood on a shelf near the fire-frame. He will hang it on the fire. He had no need of calling the good dame39; for as suddenly as mysteriously does the chubby40 figure of a motherly-looking female of some forty years shoot from the before described opening, and greeting the strangers with a hearty41 welcome, set about preparing something to relieve their exhaustion42. A gentle smile pervades43 her little red face, so simply expressive44; her peaked cap shines so brightly in contrast with the black ribbon with which she secures it under her mole-bedecked chin; and her short homespun frock sets so comely45, showing her thick knit stockings, and her feet well protected in calfskin laces, with heels a trooper might not despise; and then, she spreads her little table with a heartiness46 that adds its value to simple goodness,--her invitingly47 clean cups and saucers, and knives and forks, as she spreads them, look so cheerful. The kettle begins to sing, and the steam fumes48 from the spout49, and the hardy wrecker brings his bottle of old Jamaica, and his sugar; and such a bowl of hot punch was never made before. "Come now," he says, "ye're in my little place; the wrecker as don't make the distressed50 comfortable aneath his ruf 's a disgrace to the craft." And now he hands each a mug of steaming punch, which they welcomely receive, a glow of satisfaction bespreading his face, telling with what sincerity51 he gives it. Ere they commenced sipping52, the good dame brought pilot bread and set it before them; and while she returned to preparing her supper the wrecker draws his wooden seat by their side, and with ears attentive53 listens to the passenger as he recites the disaster.
"Only two out of twenty-seven saved-a sorry place that gulf54!" he exclaims; "you bear away, wife. Ah, many a good body's bones, too, have whitened the beach beside us; many 's the bold fellow has been dashed upon it to die unknown," he continues, with serious face. "And war ner onny wemen amang ye, good man?" interposes the good dame.
"Seven; they have all passed into eternity55!" rejoins the seaman56, who, till then, had been a mute looker-on.
"Poor souls! how they mun' 'ave suffered!" she sighs, shaking her head, and leaning against the great fire frame, as her eyes fill with tears. The wrecker must needs acquaint Tom Dasher, bring him to his aid, and, though the storm yet rages, go search the beating surf where roll the unfortunates. Nay57, the good dame will herself execute the errand of mercy, while he supplies the strangers with dry clothes; she will bring Tom hither. She fears not the tempest while her soul warms to do good; she will comfort the distressed who seek shelter under her roof. With the best his rough wardrobe affords does the wrecker clothe them, while his good wife, getting Tom up, relates her story, and hastens back with him to her domicile. Tom is an intrepid58 seafarer, has spent some seven years wrecking59, saved many a life from the grasp of the grand Bahama, and laid up a good bit of money lest some stormy day may overtake him and make the wife a widow.
"This is a hard case, Stores!" says Tom, addressing himself to our wrecker, as with sharp, hairy face, and keen black eyes, his countenance60 assumes great seriousness. Giving his sou'-wester a cant61 back on his head, running his left hand deep into the pocket of his pea-jacket, and supplying his mouth with tobacco from his right, he stands his tall figure carelessly before the fire, and in a contemplative mood remains62 silent for a few minutes.
"Aye, but somethin' mun' be done, Tom," says the first wrecker, breaking silence.
"Yes; as my name is Tom Dasher, there must. We must go to the beach, and see what it's turned up,--what there is to be seen, an' the like o' that." Then, turning to the strangers, he continued, "Pity yer skipper hadn't a headed her two points further suthard, rounded the point just above here a bit, and made a lee under the bend. Our craft lies there now,--as snug63 as Tompkins' wife in her chamber64!"
"Yes, but, Tom! ye dinna think as the poor folks could know all things," speaks up the woman, as Tom was about to add a few items more, merely to give the strangers some evidence of his skill.
"Aye, aye,--all right; I didn't get the balance on't just then," returned Tom, nodding his head with an air of satisfaction.
A nice supper of broiled65 fish, and toast, and tea, and hot rum punch-of which Tom helped himself without stint-was set out, the strangers invited to draw up, and all partook of the plain but cheering fare. As daylight was fast approaching, the two wreckers dispatched their meal before the others, and sought the spot on the beach described as where the fatal wreck2 took place, while the good dame put the shipwrecked to sleep in the attic66, and covered them with her warmest rugs and blankets.
Not a vestige67 of the wreck was to be seen-not a fragment to mark the spot where but a few hours before twenty-five souls were hurried into eternity. They stood and stood, scanning over the angry ocean into the gloom: nothing save the wail68 of the wind and the sea's roar greeted their ears. Tom Dasher thinks either they have been borne out into the fathomless69 caves, or the men are knaves70 with false stories in their mouths.
Stores,--for such is our good man's name-turning from the spot, says daylight will disclose a different scene; with the wind as it is the bodies will be drawn71 into the eddy72 on the point, and thrown ashore73 by the under-current, for burial. "Poor creatures! there's no help for them now;" he adds, sighing, as they wend their way back to the cabin, where the good dame waits their coming. Their search was in vain; having no news to bring her, she must be contented74 until morning. If the bodies wash ashore, the good woman of the Humane75 Society will come down from the town, and see them decently buried. Stores has several times spoken of this good woman; were she a ministering angel he could not speak of her name with more reverence77. For years, he tells us, has she been a harbinger of good, ever relieving the sick and needy78, cheering the downcast, protecting the unfortunate. Her name has become a symbol of compassion79; she mingles80 with the richest and the poorest, and none know her but to love and esteem81 her. "And she, too, is an American lady!" Stores says, exultingly82. And to judge from his praise, we should say, if her many noble deeds were recorded on fair marble, it would not add one jot83 to that impression of her goodness made on the hearts of the people among whom she lives.
"Ah, man! she's a good woman, and everybody loves and looks up to her. And she's worth loving, too, because she's so kind," adds the good dame, significantly canting her head.
Daylight was now breaking in the east, and as there seemed no chance of making a search on the bank that day, such was the fierceness of the wind, the two men drank again of the punch, spread their blankets before the fire, lay their hardy figures down, and were soon in a profound sleep. The woman, more watchful84, coiled herself in a corner of the room on some sail-cloth, but did not sleep.
At ten o'clock they were aroused by the neighbours, who, in great anxiety, had come to inform them of an event they were already conscious of,--adding, however, as an evidence of what had taken place, that sixteen male and three female bodies, borne to the rips at the point, had been thrown upon the shore. The denizens85 of the point were indeed in a state of excitement; a messenger had been sent into the town for the coroner, which said functionary86 soon spread the news about, creating no little commotion87 among the inhabitants, many of whom repaired to the scene of the disaster.
When it became known that two witnesses to the dire88 misfortune had been spared to tell the tale, and were now at Stores' house, the excitement calmed into sympathy. The wrecker's little village resounded89 with curious enquiries, and few were they who would be satisfied without a recital90 of the sad tale by the rescued men.
Carefully they brought the dead bodies from the shore, and laid them in an untenanted house, to await the coroner's order. Among them was the slender form of Franconia, the dark dress in which she was clad but little torn, and the rings yet remaining on her fingers. "How with fortitude91 she bore the suffering!" said the rescued passenger, gazing on her blanched92 features as they laid her on the floor: the wrecker's wife covered her with a white sheet, and spread a pillow carefully beneath her head.
"Yes!" returns the unfortunate seaman, who stood by his side, "she seemed of great goodness and gentleness. She said nothing, bore everything without a murmur31; she was Higgins' pet; and I'll lay he died trying to save her, for never a braver fellow than Jack Higgins stood trick at a wheel."
The coroner arrives as the last corpse93 is brought from the sand: he holds his brief inquest, orders them buried, and retires. Soon, three ladies-Stores' wife tells us they are of the Humane Society-make their appearance in search of the deceased. They enter Stores' house, greet his good dame familiarly, and remain seated while she relates what has happened. One of the three is tall and stately of figure, and dressed with that quiet taste so becoming a lady. And while to the less observing eye no visible superiority over the others is discernible, it is evident they view her in such a light, always yielding to her counsels. Beneath a silk bonnet94 trimmed with great neatness, is disclosed a finely oval face, glowing with features of much regularity95, large dark eyes of great softness, and silky hair, laid in heavy wavy96 folds across a beautifully arched brow-to which is added a sweet smile that ever and anon plays over her slightly olive countenance. There, boldly outlined, is the unmistakeable guide to a frank and gentle nature. For several minutes does she listen to the honest woman's recital of the sad event, which is suspended by the passenger making his appearance. The wrecker's wife introduces him by motioning her hand, and saying, "This is the kind lady of whose goodness I spoke76 so last night." Anxiously does she gather from the stranger each and every incident of the voyage: this done, she will go to the house where lay the dead, our good Dame Stores leading the way, talking from the very honesty of her heart the while. In a small dilapidated dwelling97 on the bleak sands, the dead lay. Children and old men linger about the door,--now they make strange mutterings, and walk away, as if in fear. Our messengers of mercy have entered the abode98 of the dead. The wrecker's wife says, "They are to be buried to-morrow, ma'am;" while the lady, with singular firmness, glances her eye along the row of male bodies, counting them one by one. She has brought shrouds99, in which to bury them like Christians100.
"Them three females is here, ma'am," says Dame Stores, touching101 the lady on the elbow, as she proceeds to uncover the bodies. The passenger did, indeed, tell our Lady of Mercy there was one handsome lady from Carolina. One by one she views their blanched and besanded features.
"A bonny figure that, mum; I lay she's bin3 a handsome in her day," with honest simplicity102 remarks Dame Stores, as, bent103 over the lifeless body of Franconia, she turns back the sheet, carefully. "Yes," is the quick reply: the philanthropic woman's keen eye scans along the body from head to foot. Dame Stores will part the silken hair from off that cold brow, and smooth it with her hand. Suddenly our lady's eyes dart104 forth anxiety; she recognises some familiar feature, and trembles. The rescued seaman had been quietly viewing the bodies, as if to distinguish their different persons, when a wrecker, who had assisted in removing the bodies, entered the room and approached him, "Ah!" exclaims the seaman, suddenly, "yonder's poor Jack Higgins." He points to a besanded body at the right, the arms torn and bent partly over the breast, adding, "Jack had a good heart, he had." Turning half round, the wrecker replies, "That 'un had this 'un fast grappled in his arms; it was a time afore we got 'um apart."
"Was it this body?" enquires the lady, looking at the lifeless form before her. He says, "That same, ma'am; an' it looked as if he had tried to save the slender woman." He points to the body which Dame Stores has just uncovered. The good lady kneels over the body: her face suddenly becomes pale; her lips purple and quiver; she seems sinking with nervous excitement, as tremulously she seizes the blanched hand in her own. Cold and frigid105, it will not yield to her touch "That face-those brows, those pearly teeth, those lips so delicate,--those hands,--those deathless emblems106! how like Franconia they seem," she ejaculates frantically107, the bystanders looking on with surprise. "And are they not my Franconia's-my dear deliverer's?" she continues. She smooths the cold hands, and chafes108 them in her own. The rings thereon were a present from Marston. "Those features like unto chiselled109 marble are hers; I am not deceived: no! oh no! it cannot be a dream" (in sorrow she shakes her head as the tears begin to moisten her cheeks), "she received my letter, and was on her way seeking me." Again she smooths and smooths her left hand over those pallid110 cheeks, her right still pressing the cold hand of the corpse, as her emotions burst forth in agonising sobs111.
The wrecker's wife loosens the dress from about deceased's neck-bares that bosom112 once so fair and beautiful. A small locket, attached to a plain black necklace, lies upon it, like a moat on a snowy surface. Nervously113 does the good woman grasp it, and opening it behold114 a miniature of Marston, a facsimile of which is in her own possession. "Somethin' more 'ere, mum," says Dame Stores, drawing from beneath a lace stomacher the lap of her chemise, on which is written in indelible ink-"Franconia M'Carstrow." The doubt no longer lent its aid to hope; the lady's sorrowing heart can no longer withstand the shock. Weeping tears of anguish115, she says, "May the God of all goodness preserve her pure spirit, for it is my Franconia! she who was my saviour116; she it was who snatched me from death, and put my feet on the dry land of freedom, and gave me-ah, me!" she shrieked,--and fell swooning over the lifeless body, ere Dame Stores had time to clasp her in her arms.
My reader can scarcely have failed to recognise in this messenger of mercy,--this good woman who had so ennobled herself by seeking the sufferer and relieving his wants, and who makes light the cares of the lowly, the person of that slave-mother, Clotilda. Having drank of the bitterness of slavery, she the more earnestly cheers the desponding. That lifeless form, once so bright of beauty, so buoyant of heart and joyous117 of spirit, is Franconia; she it was who delivered the slave-mother from the yoke118 of bondage119, set her feet on freedom's heights, and on her head invoked120 its genial121 blessings122. Her soul had yearned123 for the slave's good; she had been a mother to Annette, and dared snatch her from him who made the slave a wretch,--democracy his boast! It was Franconia who placed the miniature of Marston about Clotilda's neck on the night she effected her escape,--bid her God speed into freedom. All that once so abounded124 in goodness now lies cold in death. Eternity has closed her lips with its strong seal,--no longer shall her soul be harassed125 with the wrongs of a slave world: no! her pure spirit has ascended126 among the angels.
We will not longer pain the reader's feelings with details of this sad recognition, but inform him that the body was removed to Clotilda's peaceful habitation, from whence, with becoming ceremony, it was buried on the following day. A small marble tablet, standing127 in a sequestered128 churchyard near the outskirts129 of Nassau, and on which the traveller may read these simple words:--"Franconia, my friend, lies here!" over which, in a circle, is chiseled130 the figure of an angel descending131, and beneath, "How happy in Heaven are the Good!" marks the spot where her ashes rest in peace.
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