Litchfield enquirer., 1848-09-28

r.vrr. where sat as long as was able win
fee, in the water, for the purpose, IL Poss'>
hle. Of extricating the frost. The oiled
..uv.ss hayersack in which carried my
ske,ching.case. I filed with water, OF which
ldrank freely. The dreadful knawingS OF
A,m.er had by this time subsidized, and ]
81, ircliued 10 rest. Before leaving the
hank Of the river, 1 laid bold Of the t'.llest
alder near, and drawing II down towards
me. fastened my handkerchief to the ton
and lie, it so. also srrawied few words
on TWO slips Of paper, describing my ~i'aa>
sion-and pu,,iag each into piece "f slit
stick. threw them in,o the stream. l next
moved back little way amongst the long
grass and alders and striving to be as calm
and collected as my suffering and weakness
would allow, addressed myself to an all
seeing and msrciful Providence, and endenv,
ored TO make my peace with Him, ard
place myself entirely at his disposal-fsei>
ing assured that whatever the ssueDmigh,
be, whether for time OF eternity, II would
undoubtedly he for the hest. ftrus, ] was
no, presump,ious, hu, ! Eel. perfectly calm
aud resigned to my fate.
lay down amongst the long We, grass,
having placed my papers under my head
and my haversack, with some water. near
my side. My weakness seemed to fayr the
mos. extraordinary creations Of the brain.
!, became surrounded especially towards
evening. with distinct asscmblage Of gro.
tesque and busy figures, with which, could
have seen them under different, circam-
stances, / shonld have been highly amused.
Yet do / believe them 70 have teen so great
n relief from the utter loneliness that mus,
otherwise have surrounded me, as it really
required an effort to establish the trnsh of
my being al1nc. 1855.
passed another long and dreary night;
and from It's being rather miller, had some
little SLEEP, although of a distressing and
disturbing IA Ilrs, aud no, in the leas, re-
ffeshing. Ihs, morning Of the ninth arris
ved, and Ccssld Thea with dificulty sup.
port myself even on my knees-Still. after
extraordinary exerlions, procured fresh
supply Of water and lay DOWN. though,
most likely never TO Else agaiR. A violent
sensaison In the stomach had now come on.
A few moWhfbls of water allayed il, bu,
brought on violent spasms for 1--WE or ten
minutes, after which had, tor li,,le while
comparative relief. 10 this state gradually
growing weaker, I continued until the NOR
ming os ;he 10Th During the nigh, II rain
ed In torrents, which although in some re-
spects announcement and disaerseablc, had
in grea, measure drawn the tros, froa. nay
feet and hands, which, as we'll as my face
had become very much swollen.
Ia the course of the morning Il though,
head the sound Of voices. ! raised my
head little from the esound-a,l ] could
row accomp lish---and looking through the
aldeSs, saw party OF meo and some hor>
ses on the opposite side Of the river, and
scarcely hundredyards distant from where
Hay. Ny sarpvise and Joy were Of course
excessive yet ] had Of late seen Sc many
yhsaioms. that ! wass qniie Mt loss whe.h-
er 10 consider II . realisyer not. When at
length convinced, ! discovered, ala> that
both my strength and voice were so com.
pleseiy game that Iconlh Eeither make my
sell seen nos heard. All my. exer.ions were
unavaiIing--and my horror aud disarpoiat.
npens may be readily conceived a. seeing
them depart again in the direction from
which shey, had come. Ihad now given up
oil hope, aud once more resigned my ,elf %
my apparently inevitable fate. Three
hours had passed, when ! again thoagh, |
heard the sound Of horses feet on the bed
ef the river. On looking up, saw they
had relurped to- the same SPOT. My Efforts
10 mahe myself heard were once more re,
Ieped, and al last succecded in producias
q howl 30 inhuman, as 10 be mistaken By |
them foF that of wolf-bu, on looking up Il
he sHeam.,hey saw my handkerchief which
had fastened to the alder, and knowing
me to have been missing before they left the
ss,,lemen,, surmised the truth. and came .
once 10 nay assistanee. ! was taken into
the cabin built al the stern ON the TOW boat,
In which there was : small stove. TheSe
they made . bed for me, and covered me
with blankets and rugs. They made me