New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-26
a rale Of Famine at Sea.

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Tale of Famine at Sea.
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When was lad Was long time aboard ship
90 traded with cargo Of odds and ends owner
e<ter places round the Horn. We had with us
nalI1< named Richard Thoyesby. and be was great
uien1 10 me Everybody liked and had sort Of re-
$500 far him. We used 10 say that ii be had cared
o. te mate, or even captain. be might have been
cue long before Old Abraham, our captain. would
<1Ek With him now and then. which he never would
wi<h us but Thoresby was silent man and not
of@ea cheerful. | believe may say be had more
liking Tor me- although boy compared with him,
fk1n snv one else In the ship. So, when Thoresby
urent ashore at Lima, and caught the lever nursed
IN. twss obliged ID DO 50 10 measure, for il was
WHO irst heard that he was i'll. and went ashore to
- him. When the captain heard of this, he sent
<ar trunks ashore With money ,and said weshoud
nat come aboard agsin and after that the ship
.rsiJed and left "a.
his vas dreary situation for me. though was
tHouehtlesn fellow. The sickness was pretty general
~ Lima ii that time; all the rich merchants were
4xAy. and the business Of the place was stopped.
" lived in one of those low, ghtbuilt houses
which Won dnd in all South American cities, where
czffhquakes are always expected. Thoresby had
eKough Of money. bpt nobody but l would 20 near
Aio- l used " steal ont 10 buy things for him at
distance, for people would not II they knew
I hsd been attending 20 with the sickness. The
ucxfher was very hot and the stiffness Of some Of
&fae streets as went alone in the bright open day,
sxse uae strange sensation. At night time used
and tten whea he stirred or wanted drink. little
lev doctor In the town sold me medicines for him.
hat be wonld not come TO see him. and Thoresby.
slser taxing he medicines for awhile. would t.ke 1o
moreL
For all this. never lost heart, till poor Thoresby
began % talk very much, which gave me great
drc4d lest he should die mad The fear of this made
Dse alore serioas than ever had been IN my life
xhnzghs that ia that event must inevitabiy die too
4ud Night sat with my little lamp beside ME at
Iiftle table and wrote long letter to my uncle and
aunt ID England meaning 20 write outside il, that il
vas . pc sent 70 them il died. While was writ,
ing this Thoresby began to mutter 10 bis Sleep but
tten. srddeny awakening. he called me to the bed
side. and said be had something 70 tell me. What he
tall me. viii tell pretty nearly ia bis own words
When was such a lad as you, said Thoresby, ~
" haeanu many 'imrs: v'si,ea secretly my nat've
Es*ce saw my atner Anu mother ana once even nearo
t1ieM spsak pt1 they never saw me again, or knew
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