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THE CORNISH FISHERMEN’S WATCH-NIGHT.
The old year was drawing to a close, indeed, it had not many hours to run, for the thirty-first of December had dawned upon the lonely Cornish village of Penwhinnock. It was a pouring wet day, and the wind was blowing so fiercely that the billows rolled and tossed as if some evil spirit, which could not rest, had taken possession of them. Penwhinnock overlooked the sea, being built upon a rocky promontory which commanded a splendid view of the Channel, and of any craft which might be nearing that part of the coast…..
THE BOOK THAT BROUGHT BAGS OF GOLD.
During the war between France and England a frigate sailed from a South American port, on board of which were a Brazilian widow named Maria da Silva and her child Francisca. Her husband had been in the service of the British Government; she herself had become a Protestant, and was now driven by persecution from her home. She was coming to Europe in the hope of finding her brother, her only surviving family member, who had preceded her some years before. The poor woman’s health was failing when she came on board. Anxiety and sorrow soon completed the work which disease had begun, and her death drew near.……..
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