Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-04-22

land was yours.
That seventh starlight night, as
have said, we made our camp, and go
our supper, and set our watch, and tn
children fell asleep. 1t was solemn anC
beautiful in those wild solitary parts
to see them, every night before the,
lay down, kneeling under the bright SIX,
saying their little prayers at women'
laps. At that time we men all uncov
cred, and mostly kept at distance
When the innocent creatures rose up
We murnured sAmen!' all together
Fer, Though we had not heard wha
they said, we knew it must be good fol
us.
At that time, too, as wss only matura
these poor mothers in orr compan,
whose children had been killed, shee
many tears. / thought the sight seem
ed to console them while it made then
cry; but, whether was right or wrong
in that they wept very much. On TIM
sev enth night, Mrs. Fisher had criee
former lost darling until she cried her
self asleep. She was lying ON littl,
couch of leaves and such-like q made
the best little couch | could, for them
every mighty and Miss Maryon has
covered her, and sat by by her, holding
her hand. The stars looked down upon
them. AS for me, / guarded them.
Davis' says Miss Maryon. Il am no
going to say what voice she had.
|couldn't if l treid.) .-..-
4 am here, Miss
The river sounds as if it were swol
len tonight
we all think, Miss, that We are com
ing near the sea-
Do you believe, now, we shall es
cape?'
4 do now, roally believe it, | had
always said | did; but, / had in my own
mind been doubtful
How glad you will be, my good Da-
Wis, to see England again.
| have another confession to make
that will apper singular. When she
said these words, something rose in my
throat; and the stars | looked away at,
seemed to break into sparkles that fell
down on, my face and burnt it,
England is not much to me, Miss,
except az q name.'
oh! SO true an Englishman should not
say thst.-Are you not well tonight,
Dayisf' Very kindly, and with quick
change
quite well, Miss
Are you sure? Your voice sounds
altered in my hearing
No, Miss, am stronger man than
ever. But, England is nothing to me.
Miss Maryon sat silent for so long q
while, that | believed she had done
speallingto me for one time However,
she had not; for by and by she said in a
distinct, clear tone:
No, good friend; you must not say,
that England is nothing to you 1t is
TO be much to you, yet--everything to
you. You have to take back to Eng
land the good name you have earned
here, and the gratitude and attachment
and respect you have won here; and you
have to make some good English girl
very happy and proud, by marrying her;
and shall one day see her, | hope, and
make her happier and prouder still, by
telling her what noble services her hus-
bands were!in South America, and what
a noble friend he was to me there
Though she spoke these kind words
in cheering manner, she spoke them
compassionately. | said nothing. 1t
will appear to be another strange con-
fesslon, thatI paced to and fro, within
call, all that night, most unhappy man
myself all the night long.
You are as ignorant as any man alive
you are as poor as any man alive; you
are no better than the mud under your
foot That was the way i'll which l
went on against myself until the morn
ing.
With the day, came the days labor.
W hat | should have done without the
labor, I don't know. We were afoat
again at the usual hour, and were again
making our way down the river 1t
was broader, and clearer of obstructions
than it had been, and it seemed to flow
faster. This was one Of Drooce's quiet
days; Mr.. Pordage, besides being sulky,
had almost lost his voice; and we made
good way, and with little noise.
There was always a seaman forward
on the raft, keeping a bright lookout.
Suddenly, in the full heat of the day,
when the children were slumbering, and
the very trees and reeds appeared to be
slumbering, this man--it was Short
holds up his hand, and cries with great
caution:
'Avast Voices ahoad,'
We held on against the stream as
soon as we could bring her up, and the
other raft followed suit. AT first, Mr.
Macy, Mr.. Fisher, and myself, could
hear nothing; though both the seamen
aboard of US agreed that they could
hear voices and oars. After a little
pause, however, we united in thinking
that we could hear the sound of voices
and the dip of oars. But, you can hear
a long way in those countries, and there
was bend of the river before us, and
nothing was to4be seen except such wa
tiers and such banks as We were now in
the eighth day land might for the mat
ter Of our feelings, have been IN the
eightieth,) of having seen with anxiou.
eyes.
1t was soon decided to put a mar
ashore who should creep through the
wood, see what was coming, and war;
the RATS. The RATS in the meantime
to keep the middle. of the stream The
man to be put ashore, and not to swim
ashore, as the first thing could be more
quickly done than the second. The raf
conveying him, to get back into mid
stream, to held on along with the other
as web as it could, until signalled by tn,
man. In case of danger, the man t.
SHIFT for himself until it should be SAT-
to take him aboard again. VOLUNTEERED
to be the man.
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