Such was the state of things, when one morning Mr Carr going on deck, as was his custom, to take a look-out, and to hoist our signal of distress, he shouted out, `Sail, ho!' "How did our hearts leap with joy as we heard those words! We all crawled up as best we could to take a look at the stranger, which we hoped would save us. She saw us, and drew nearer. The captain got the mate and me to help him up on deck, and then, as he saw the approaching vessel, his heart bursting forth with gratitude, he called on us all to return thanks to God for the deliverance he hoped was at hand. His poor wife, who had held out bravely, and scarcely ever left his side, wept with joy at the thought that his life might yet be spared. "`Now, my lads, let's see if we cannot get the ship somewhat clear of water,' exclaimed Mr Carr, going to the pumps; `It will never do to have it said that we did nothing to help ourselves.' "I believe he did this to employ the men's minds till assistance could reach us. He set the example, which we all followed; and, weak as we were, we pumped away with such good-will that she rose perceptibly in the water, showing us that there was no leak to injure her. "At last the stranger, a large brig, reached us, and heaving-to just to leeward, Mr Carr gave him an account of all that had happened to us. "The master of the brig said that he was himself somewhat short of provisions, but would send us what he could venture to give in his own boat. We thanked him with grateful hearts. Still the boat did not come. There was some consultation on board; we could not tell what. A breeze from the westward again sprung up. It was a fair wind for the stranger. "`What's he about now?' exclaimed several voices, trembling with agitation. "He put up his helm and filled his headsails. "`He'll go about directly, and heave-to on the other tack,' said Mr Carr. "Still the stranger stood on. "`Where can he be going to?' again exclaimed several of us. "On, on he stood, steadily, with all sail set! Oh, how bitter were the words which followed him! Could that heartless stranger have heard them, would he have ventured to brave the fate to which he had left so many of his fellow-creatures? How completely had he forgotten that golden rule, `Do unto others as you would wish others to do unto you!' What will be his thoughts some day when he is suffering from all the miseries to which we were exposed, when he remembers the wreck he deserted on the wild ocean! Hour after hour we watched him anxiously, scarcely believing, till his topsails dipped beneath the horizon, that so heartless a wretch existed in the creation." "Ay, it's another proof of the depth of man's vileness, and wickedness, and contempt of the laws of a God of mercy," observed Peter Poplar. "I have known many such instances almost as bad; so I am not surprised."