Show off the banks bank S by chance daly dougli dougls me saddest reminiscence of my varied aried life la Is connected with a fishing exe erslon off the Sew ew found land bank banks I 1 owned a yacht and as poon soon aa an I 1 I 1 11 tot need ofed the trip to my friends I 1 tind had no tio difficulty in finding plenty who ho were willing and nylons to accompany me I 1 choso chose a round dozen choice spirits who I 1 knew hail had the necessary to make an excursion A appler 1 party never act set d di 11 fj I from any port than the yacht ferried on thie this occasion singing riale etory story telling and playing filled up the hour hours and when we met around the well welle spread pread table the hilarity ana ar rene renewed pit wo VO had anther a e dis disagreeable ans ange to the banks backs with ith fr rolna and mart smart gales but our tipper and crew were ih ri and we had aa as little apprehension of disaster die aeter ae as of any other fortune the jirim nt at laet last lulled the sea ea graw arid the captain report ed that WP we PI be off the flailing fishing grounds the next morning I 1 well re member the unbounded mirth and tun fun of that night e got out our tackle and overhauled it in order to be fully ready for the port sport and when that waa was done with the cross fire of jokes and quips that accompanied it wo madi mado merry with ong song citory and other cheer till tar far into the morning when we wei wel 1 to 0 o sleep it was with the highest anticipations of the tte coming sport good weather I 1 hope captain was the cry that the latter as he at the table next morning 1 I in an sit aid old I 1 rant cant nay say much for the weather eather at present waa mat the th reply we ran into a fogbank about daylight and we don t acra likely to get out of it till the heather eather cleir fog rog ie is about the last thing I 1 expects to find up tip hire at thin season of the ear hut but here we anre right in it I 1 hope it 11 clear I 1 low ri ever during the morn ing 1 somewhat disappointed it if ts in we me ato but little and then went on deck I 1 thought tho ight I 1 had erin foge fogs belore in different quarters of the world but neri had I 1 witnessed any thing like till i the air was wits co cod d raw and heavy with moisture mo liture and the fog eo so denee tense that wp we could hardly see the length of the A sen ant wae was sent below for ran ewla Is and cloaks and we sat aft shive ing in our wraps wrape and feeling aa as gloomy nit ws via natural under the circumstances one of us produced nome alg ais which were passed around and lighted and under the influence of the weed eed we grew more companionable and even began to pro propose porte small beta bets RR na to the hour the un unwelcome plennie fv acs would lift the captain now came aft and asked m mt if there waa was anything like a fog bell among the rubbish in the forward hold I 1 told him there was ong ono I 1 remembered one foggy night in the creelin archipelago when II 11 sounded all night over no ni head and prevented my sleeping bleeping mil j that the company coTi pany the next cortil morning g had voted the thing a nuisance and directed it to be taken down I 1 believe it had never been hung sine 1 well we 11 have it put up tip and set it going at once ild the captain as hr he turned away it la Is pro babi an over precaution as we are far out of the steamer track and theres not jirld enough to give headway to anything with balls but we well 11 net set the thing going foi fot perfect safety ho ito there forward up the big bell from the hold and liang ang it on that fixture by the maet mast lie turned away to ape see that his or ders were executed and at that in stant our doom tell fell upon us without ift hout a cry a noler or any warning what ever to herald it the great high bow of one onis of the ocean steamers appeared as suddenly as an though she had risen from the flea sea or descended fruci from the skies and maruck us amidships with a crash that cleft the little yacht completely in twain the two halves of the Ill fated ves vel rose up fore and aft and she let set tied amidships I 1 heard a ehrl a prolonged cry of horror and despair deepa lr mingled with the rush of the water ater and the puffing of smoke as the steamers ete amers engine was wait reversed I 1 was conscious of a tre ire shock a blow and a great black wass girair above ime and I 1 was conscious of athing nothing furt further lier un tin til ill I 1 woke to life in the saloon of the steamer lying on a sofa with r crowd of sympathetic gentlemen rm ladles ladies about me applying restorative and chafing my hands a few bruises I 1 was nu no t ir hod bod and was walkine H i thi hi steamer eoon soon atter i inh ed feeling of thank thanh i rry my limit escape and bitt i i I 1 fate of my poor com compani paril i 4 olds of mine can deschi lc I 1 have been awakened 1 tt li k night from a peaceful I 1 i 1 ir the roof root over our head b i sheet of flame I 1 have been ji i tit a train of cars care down a stier t ikmelt ent when traveling at a int miles per hour I 1 have been i bately shot at in the street by annac the ball grazing my clu i iut mt noblene has ever happened to n hat seemed to fall so suddenly u mysteriously like the swift band hand 0 doom itself ax at that dreadful traced ff the newfoundland banks the of the chick fb u now belac benir enacted dieted in many an a cincu bator |