Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVII. SHIPWRECK. Dedicatory. God knows. Unrest. The missing Ship. Toil. Missing Link. Heroines. Deacon Moses Paine. A Diary. The first mentioned. Four Masters. Ship AmtrUa. Salem Gazette. Captain John Simpson. John S. Emery. Three Salem Ships. The Brutus. The Man in a Sand Mask. Elegy. An intuitive Navigator. A gentle Sailor. 1825 a fatal Year. Visitor to a Townsman's Grave after forty-five Years. Clutching for Life. The black Flag. Duty and the Grave. A noble Woman. The young Merchant. A sad Sunday. The Poet. Towed under. October Gale of 1841. The lost Fleet. Account of Joshua Knowles. Account of Matthias Rich. Other Notes. A Sea Feat. Love's Phantom. Mysterious Calamity. The Fishermen's Graves. A family Record. The venerable Skipper lost near his own Doorstone. The October Gale of 1851. Honor to his Craft. Heroes. The fearless Captain. A true Sailor. Buried at Sea. Not divided in Death. DEDICATORY. O fleet that silent tarries Along our listening land, No night to come dismays thee, No bar and tempest strand. O sails that seek no shelter, That need no beacon-light; In vain our harbors open, In vain our hearts invite I O watchers, all ye look for Will come, or soon or late; They cannot always tarry, Ye cannot always wait. For this work--By Hiram Rich. A STATEMENT was made in a late English paper, that among the bodies recovered from the wreck of the illfated ship Northfleet, at Lydd, near Dungenass, was a beautiful child. The parish constable answered the undertaker for the name. The stern man, used to hard sights, looked at the fair dead child, and with tearful eyes and trembling voice said, "God knows." "So let the name be," said the undertaker. They buried the child with tender care, placing at the grave a stone with only...
