The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-08-06
rnEnE.usMAN oFLAKE ERIE.

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erica IL f,u,,n.. and as ,uu stand on n. sL,,,
pnd see Il. r,e., vs,es l,.biu, in ors ,Crcr
nnoi her. YOU iIrlt well ii,;rt .,ou vrf, lcu. Inn
at the p,rcn o,,,u.i.srlr 1ha I,,s.y-G,r Ia,
W., the name ,f lie ,,sarrr--Oo. d,rs.ch ,,,
with man, I,i.Lt a,... H.. limo p.t,r H.. ,i,.
nal ol immediate sallry was alor, tle rarrnw
oray tl,.,i int. o,, ir,, tt, III. ho,,,p.r .,,.-.
!, line with GA h orbrrf FIR ylsecrg,re. trny,le,,
hgfr ip,, backwards and forward 10 lock for tLcir
bquparr friend. shgk ne hands. and h,J,liuc c,,l
o.hcr farewell, idl,r. unyug atou. with thci,
Lands in thin plckpt,.rtb diver. iupiiav for
a Iar,e fare. ard All ib. y.,tiou, kinds II bIstl.
md confusion ,lat nl,s,a the departure Of a
packet from a watering place.
But presently the anchor was hove the pad
dies began to turn. the sail. were Get, and lrnv
iry troad hR,k oGfnanl behind ler the Jersey
stood westward and held on her cour.e for the
the town Of Ere. II WAS A l,i.ht. bIue day.
and as hour after hour ventby, some mingled
in the Juay coryp,,a,irn on pol,,i,a. some sat
apart. and calculated the gain. Of the shop or
cuun,iuc house. ZONE were wrapped up 10 the
book in which they we're tn harg heavily, com
posed hrmsclve. to .lrep n shnrt one aad all
were Ike men VITO thought That let danger CCrne
10 Them when il might, At least IT would not be-
thnt day.
II drew iaw4rIs fan, in tho afternoon anil tLe
steamer Qli.h had Hitherto been E.,nin., IN.
niJIl. of ,Ic uke s,ood souihw,rI rrn thr
place 10 which il wns bound l,tn, on die soutb
orn side. OdJ,Ln Ma,pard WA =, The ,rb.eI D..
a bhT weather he,tcn old tar tanned lv many
n l,,r,rrp GUNNER d,r. pnd bv many a viD,.,
,,,,rc.t II. LaI,rply ls,rpt' 4, IL. c,,,,r, w,,I,
his sitr,tiu,, name co,,lI sav that trI.yE,Ib.,,d
lin rep nt Nh. hard labor or hi. -conty mas.
He had, in .bc worst time kind word urd a
cheerful look f,r those viii, uIom be mot cast
f,.r ooou.h i.,o ono ,,,r,,,,y g., ,,;.l a., I.,.,
,,j ra,e,,ll, s,ccc.Jsb in say;,,, -, J,,,,
,o,n,,l'nr for its GOOD pe was tnown from, a,,.
end ,fl.Ep Er., !, lie other Lv ~. ,,,,,. n
honest John NavDard. nrI rbc .ecr., cf hi.
hone.tv to hi. p,,,bbors was I'M. loysto toC;nJ
The Land wa, atou, ten miles off whrn the
captain comirg Nm from M, cabin cried fo , .n,l.
Or Dick Fletcher. whats MI that smoke see
coming out from the hold ,
IL, rom the engine room 7 guess, said the
man
Dawn with v-,, then md u, me t,ovo
The sailor hcp,n descpnd;r, -. ladder Nv
which Won 20 to Tho hold. IN, sco,rely had ~.
,-..,,,c,,o,I baoo,tb tho loci whom he ca,rn nm
with much greater srccJ.
"Jbr LuLr. %, 6,.. said 10 IN p,a .7,,,i,
who vrs br MI. time clean IN him
Tho c,i,i,in ran ,,,vp opl E,rrd tho occornt
trra. some sp,,k- had f,,l.n on a burtle of
tow. no one b,d seen the accident and nov mot
only much ufihc luggage but the sides Of the
vessel Srrc IN a srnou,lrriny 1tme.
All hands passengers as well IA sailors. we're
called together, aud two lines bping mads, one
each s,ie 81 the hod br, krls of water were pass.
ed and rcra.scd; trpy vereahlled from the lake
aud few along a Inc g.. ready hands, were
dashed on the frc. and ;.,s.cl to the Other side
fo bee rrflrd For some moments 1t seemed as
f tie flames were ulducd
IN the weanlimc the women IN beard we're
clustering, round John hayn.rd the only man
unemployed Nhp was capable uf answering ques
ii"r' How far is IL land l. How long shall
we be getting inf IL it very derpr is there
no h1rf Can they see US from the shorcT
TIE hc'n-aan Answered ~ well as lie could
There WIS no boat: i, ha! been lcfr ut Rufro to
he meudrd; they might De- seven miles from the
shore, they would probably he IN f,r'y minutes,
ho could NOT tel, hov IN tho ere had reached
B.' tu sTrnk iL- lrurh" he odlcl we are all
IN great d-rgrr. and ;ijuk i th.,c was less
rr's7g nri little lmu'r ,rs, ins, IT would be
better { , -s and tone he wrrsr 'or he boat"
'liuW's her bead . shouted The captain.
"Wc,t sou' west" answered MAYNARD
"K,ap her sou, nrs,' SAID the cap'aia. We
uu4t gD7-hurn su,vhrr"'
II Larp,Urd ,hata 3aught Of vind drove back
the lines. which soon began to blrze up more
.tWGs,y gains, the saloon, lhr nartiiicn between
It aal Jhe hold WIS soon on fire Then long
wr,n'hs ol smoke began 60 i.UI their wly through
tie ky light, and the captain sculug this OF
d'lcd al ,he women forward. The ,nginccr put