The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-06-08
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geueraliy sitting nesrswith bis eyss Fixed,
as il enchanted, upon her innocent face.
You all know what a misformnewe me!
with by being r~unlinio by the Lownaes,
and how many lives were lost on ourbeat
| go, ashore in nigh, clothes with grea,
difficulty, Alter seeing a scors Of women
and children perishs and The first object
thaianei'my Ieyes on the shore was old
Captain Seeley chatting the cold hands OF
little Ellen, whom he aAd-hopue ashore a,
heimmineut hazard Of his owniife. Afier
.that theschiM seemed more dear 90 him if
possible than before; and whenih e. own.
'eFs built our new beaihc had aslste room
inshe ladies' cabin ftied Up parposely Tor
Ellen and her school mistress. '5'f
But there was an emf 10 all this as there
is 10 every good thing on earth. Freigh,s
got duh in the Cincinnati trade and in the
81. Louis trade; aud there wssmutliup Tor
ii bot 10 go to New Orleans again. So we
Stated with a good aud heavy load; but
there wasnothing so heavy in all our load
as the weightthat seemed to be 90 Capt.
Seeley's mind. lie was under the i'm
preston, he said, that some evil impended
over him. and all we could say would,
drive the thing Of. Heamqpet and freted
all the way down, and when we got in
sight Of New Orleans, locked towards it
as though he was 10 be hung and there was
The gallows.
Sure enough, his f~orebcdings were re-
allied. We had scarcely been ashore
two hours and the passengers fairly clear.
ed out. when a gentleman came on hoard,
dressed in a captains uniform, whose re.
semblance to liIAe Ellen was loo striking
10 escape notice. Captain Sefley turned
pale as a ghost when he saw him and ian.
mediatey sent a message to Ellen that |
had no difficulty in understanding, that she
should remain in the ladies' cabin while
the officer was there.
The individual, enquiring for Capt. See.
ley, introduced himself as captain Wins
low of the US. army and said that he had
learned from that a lady answering
a certain description had died on his boat
a few months before. 10 this captain
Seeley replied in the affirmative, and hur.
riedly referred the gentleman 10 a certsn
custom house in town where he could find
the deceased lady's baggage. Blu, that
was nel the object Of the search. Was
there not a little girl in her company (de.
scribing herr and where is she nowl
Ii is not common for steamboat captains
to look confused. Their business is one
that hardens the face il not the heart. Blu,
The old man could not conceal his cons,er.
nation at this pointed inquiry. although he
eudeayored to slammer out some incohe.
rent statement or other, but at last he had
10 own up frankly, that there was a girl
aboard Who, however, he slouily averred
did not al all answer Capt. Winslow's in.
quiry and could not possibly be his daugh.
Ter! Well, let me see her. said the now
trembling officer! lie, me see her! | can
tell at a glance il she is my child! lie, me
80 TO her at once! No, replied Capt. See.
ley, there may be some trick in this! The
lhile girl is my adopted daughter now.
have taken legal steps in Pittsburgh and
have The, guardianship Of her! | cannot,
cannot parl with her on any terms!
Alter considerable debate il wat agreed
upon tia, Capt. Winslow should walk arm
in arm win Capt. Seeley, pas, the sofa on
which lille Ellen was sitting, and il there
was not a mutual recogniuon between faith.
er and child il would be admitted as evi.
dence that there was some mistake in the
claim. So they starred, both 50 pale thai
they looked as lille like themselves as
possible, aud | followed alta short distances
behind. 10 witness The scene.
As he returned his cnun,enance working
IN every lineamrnt with his pmnlion, she
could n0 longer iurbear 10 speak. but reach
I'd oui her arrus and cried out pasgnna,ely,
'FaIher, it's me, ,ou dun know mel The
old Captain had lost his adopted daughter
aud he saw it at a glance.
Capt. Winslow made half a dozen trip,
with US 10 please him, and when the oil,
gentleman died, a couple Of years after, i
was found that he had left every dollar u
his earnings 10 little Ellen.