Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-15

A forever. still koe~f vas too hoarse-too hope
| less from previjus enbrts, TO cry oai more. Bat
| siruek-'esbiy at FIRST, and then 81 cngly-irsn,i'
eally with my coached hsts against the sides Of th
| boiler. There were people moving near who mus
hear my b,swa Cou'd not I hear the grating o
ehsns. the shutting of feet, the very ros,le Of
| rope, hear them all. within lev inches Of mel
| lid but the gurgling water that was growing hot
| ter and hotter around my ex,remltes. made NOR
no within the steaming cadron than did my irenzi
cd blows against is sides.
| "Lstierly had hardly changed my position. bu
| nov the growing heat OF the water made inc splasl
| To and fro; lfins myself wholly out OF It was i'm
possible, hu, could not remain quiet. I stumbled
upon somethlng-it was malle!--a oh nee too
/ the smith had left there by accident. With wha
Wild Joy cid sc e it-with what eager conhdenc,
| did now deal my first blows with !, against thu
walls OF my prison But scarce had intermitteC
them FOE moment when heard the clang Of tn,
iron door the fireman flung it wide to feed tn,
flames that were to torture me. My knocking wal
unheard, though could hear him the sticks In
to the furnace beneath me, and drive too the doo
when his internal oven wa, fully crSmmed.
Had yet hop,l had, but i, rose in my
mind side by side with the fear that might now
become the agent Of prep,rioe myself more fright
ful death. Yes! when thought Of that furnace
with its fresh fed flames curing beneath the iron
upon which s,ood-a moro it'shtful death tveu
than that Of being boiled alive Had discovered
that mallet but sho1 time sioner but no matter.
would by its aid resort TO tic only expedient left.
TT was this-l remembered having n marine
spike in my pocket, ard IN less tipe than have Ia
ken in limiting at the consequences o. thus using it,
had made impression upon the sides Of the hoi
Ter, and soon succeeded in driving it through. The
water gushed through the aperture-would they see
iD No, the JET could only pay against wooden
PARTITION which must hide the stream from view,
must tckle down upon the decks before the leaksge
would be discovered. Should I drive another hole
q make the leakage sreaterl Why, the water within
seemed already 10 I've sensiby diminished, so hot
had become that which remained should more csc pc
would not hear il bubbl, and hiss upon the fiery
plates ofiron that were already scorchins the soes
OF my fee 2
"Ah! there is n NOV ,ment-voces-I hear them
calling for crow bar-The bulkhead cracks 90
they pry off tic planking. They have seen the
leak-they are trying TO se, at it &c BOD God why
do they not first dampen the hre1-why do they
call for ths-the
"Stranger, look at that finger! il can never 70
gain its natural szs-bui il has already done all the
service that man could expect from so humble n
memter-"Sir, that hole would have b:en plugged
up on the instant, unless had jAmmed my finger
through"
81 heard the cry of horrors rs they saw it with
out-the shout to drown the fre--the stroke Of the
cold water pump. They saw, too, that vas con.
scious when they took u1e OUTPUT IL remember
oo:hins more until they brought, julsp to my bed
SHE afterwards, AND that juiepi-"
Cooling was. ?"
"SrRaSGER!!i"
BIN tured away his head and wep,-He could
no more.