Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-11-18

objection OF what had happened "God,
he continued. "must have taken pity on m
one dry; for, as | ran wildly through ,hos
dread ul pine barrens,I met with toriois,
gazed upon il with amuZement and q,
light, and although knew that were / I
follow it undsiurbed, it would lead me
no. allow me 10 refrain from satsfyn
both. bv eating lis flesh and drinking II
| blood With one stroke of my axe tn
beas, was cut in two. and in few minute
despatched all but the shell. Oh,sir ,ho,
much thanked God. hose kindness ha
put the tortoise in my way! felt greatly
renewed. sal do az the foot Of pine
gazed on the heavens, thought Of my wifi
and children. and again and again thank
ed my God for my life, for now Eel, les
distracted in my mind, and more assure
that before long must recover my way jan
get back 10 my home"
| The Lost One remained and passed tn
night a, the Coot Of the same tree unde
which his repast had been made. Refresh
ed by sound sleep, he started al dawn to re
sumo his weary march The sun ROSE
shadows Still the drearlness Of the wood
was the same, and was on the point o.
giving up in despair. when he observed
racoon lying >qua ted in the grass. Rails
irg his axe, he drove il with such violence
through the helpless animal, thu i expired
without struggle. What he had don,
with the turtle, he now did with the racoor
the greater part of which he actually de
voured at one meal With more comfort
able feelings,he then resumed his wander
ings-hs journey canno: say-for al
though in the possession Of all his facul,ic;
and in broad day lighl, he was worse OF
than lame man g,opug his way in The
dark out Of a dungeon. OF which he knew
not where the door stood.
Days one after another passed-nay
weeks 10 succession. He fed now on cab
bage trees, then on frogs and snakes. Al
that fell in his way was welcome and savo
ry. Yet he became daily more annotated
urtil at length he could scarcely crawl
Forty days had elapsed, BY his own reck
onrg, when he at last reached the bank:
Of the river. His clothes in ta.ters, hi
begrim ed with beard, his hair matted ,anC
his frame little better than n skeleton GOV
cred with parchment: there he laid him
self down to die. Amid the periurbet
dreams of his fevered fancy. he though
he heard the noise Of oars far away on TIT
silent river. lie listened. bur The SCUM,
died away on his car. II was indeed n
dream. the las, gimmer Of expiring hope
and now the light of life was about to b,
quenched forever. But again the sornt
of oars awoke hm from his lethargy. Fl,
lis'ened so eagerly that the hum of fy
could not have escaped his ear. The
were indeed the measured beats Of oars, ant
now, JOY TO the fororn soul! the sound o
human voices thrilled 10 his heart. and a
woke the tumultuous pulses of returning
hope. On his knees did the eye of Coz
see that man by the broad still stream tina
gliltered in the sun-beams, and human
eyes soon saw too. for round that headlant
covered with tangled brushwood boldly ad
vance the Little boat, propelled by its lusty
rowers. The Lost One raises his feeble
voice on high Ut was a loud shrill screan
of iny and fear. The rowers pause ant
look around. Another ,bnt feeber scream
and they observe him. 1t comes-hIs
heart fuiters, his sight is dimmed, his braii
reels, he gasps for breath. 1t comcs-ii
has run upon the beach, and tho Lost One
is found.
This is tale Of no fiction. but the rea
ton of an actual occurrence, which NIGH
be em5elished. no doubt, but which is bet
ter in the plan garb Of truth. The note
by which | recorded it were written in tn,
cabin of the once lost 1.-Two .oaker, about fou
years after the painful incident occurred
His aimable wife and loving CHI ldren, wer,
present a, the recital. and never shall for
get the tears that flowed from them as they
listened to it, albeit it had long been more
familiar to them than tale thrice told. -
Sincerely do wish, good reader, ,ha, nei
Their you nor Imay el ell such sympathy,by
having undergone such such suffering. al
though 20 doubt such sympathy would b.
! recompense for them