. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. . escaping from their dreadful the third day, a sail hove in sight, |>nt she was en-tirely beyond hailing distance. When found, theywere sadly burned by the sun, starved and exhausted,though still in possession of their faculties, and ableto move and talk. But their pain and suflering wasnot without its pleasures and enjoyment. The ro-mantic part of the story ot their expedition is yet tocome, and there is no telling how m
. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. . escaping from their dreadful the third day, a sail hove in sight, |>nt she was en-tirely beyond hailing distance. When found, theywere sadly burned by the sun, starved and exhausted,though still in possession of their faculties, and ableto move and talk. But their pain and suflering wasnot without its pleasures and enjoyment. The ro-mantic part of the story ot their expedition is yet tocome, and there is no telling how much longer they 70 STEAMBOAT DISASTERS. would have subsisted on the same food that seems tohave aided at least in sustaining them so well suchan incredible length of time. The intrepidity he dis-played—the risk he run—-the danger he incurred for,and, above all, the magnanimity he evinced in sav-ing her life, strangers as they were to each other, atthe imminent hazard of his own, elicited from her atonce the warmest feelings of gratitude towards him,and, before the tortures of hunger and thirst commenc-ed, kindled that passion which burns nowhere as it. burns in womans bosom. On the other hand, , her fortitude and presence of mind at themost perilous moment, and particularly her readinessto meet and share with him the fate which awaitedthem, excited on his part an attachment which wasneither to be disguised nor conquered. And there,upon the waters wild, amid the terror which sur-rounded, and the fate which threatened them, in thepresence only of an all-seeing God, did they pledgetheir mutual love, and declare if their lives were spar-ed, their destiny which misfortune had united, should THE PULASKI. 71 then be made as inseparable, as escape from it nowseemed impossible. After their^escue, he informedher that a sense of duty imi:>elled him to apprise her,that by the misfortune that had befallen them, he hadlost every dollar he possessed on earth, (amounting to
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