Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-03-01


that had been moving restlessy began 10
wall! Well it might, poor starved thing /.
w hats that 6! says the mIscreanl,
under his breath and stopping short.
- II aint nrth:ng. sir, says 1, and
hush-h-h' TO the baby. But the poor lit
tie wretch raised squai.
40 What is the III aning Of thisa' says
he. Where DID thai child come from :
Why the demon don't you speak 2 and
| with that he seized une again by the scruf
of the neck and shook me.
"Oh, Master, for the love of heaven
DON'T says |, this is ouiy poor. unfor-
tunate infant as It's parIents wanted 10 get
outen the way. and hired me TO take care
on. And l have had 1t wrapped up un-
der my shawl all the time 'cept when
was in your house, when put it TO sleep
In the corner.
"s Hump! and you had that child con.
cealed under your shawl when | first STOP
| ped you IN the woods Z!
"' In course. Master, says l.
"' Whose is II e
"' Master says l, it's-il's a secret,
| for l haddent another lie ready.
:" He broke out into a rude, scornful-
laugh, and seemed not half to believe me
/ and yet not TO care about ques,io 2ing me
too closely. He made me sit down then
| in the dark, and went out and turned the
key on me. | wet my finger with The
paragoric and pu, /: to the baby's lips TO
quiet is pans OF hunger. Then | heard
a whispering In the next room. Now my
eyesight never was good, but to make up
for it | believe | had the sharpest ears
that ever was, and don't think ANYBODY
could have heard that whispering but me.
| saw liule gilmmer of light through
the chinks that showed me where the
door was, aud SO | creeped up 10 il and
pul my ear TO the key-hole. Still they
whispered so low that no ears could O.
heard them but my sharp ones. They
was talking about selling some woman
and child. | should 'av been oneasy If
they hadn't called the woman Kate NV
william offered 'em for fifty dollars, bat
t'o,her william wouldn't give cent He
told my william, as he called Captain,
that he'd take 'em off his hands and no
more. And then they threatened each
other, and went out o my hearn.' And
IN the mornin' the new william came and
took me and the child off in a shay and
drove down a long way 10 the beech. and
hailed a vessel on the river and took Us
aboard and sold US TO The captain right
afor my eyes, and then went ashore, and
we was carried OF out to sea, though
| cried, and 'spiained, and spostula,ed ali
the time.
Now, sir, comes strange providence,
which the very Thoughts OF ii might con-
vert a heathen. We had been at sea
/ - a 4
| tell you, marster. that looked like the
wr1th of God. | hugged the baby 10 my
breast-and went 10 PRAYING as hard as
ever | could pray.
Presently | felt an nful shock, as If
Heaven and earth had come together, and
then everybody screamed, " She's struck
| She's struck !" felt the vessel trembling
like live creelur, and the water pour
| ing In everywhere. l hugged the baby
aud scrambled up the companion way TO
! the deck. Ii was pitch daf!i. and heard
every man rushing towards one side of
| the vessel.
g A flash of lightning. that made every
thug as bright as day again, showed me
that they We're all taking TO the boat. |
rushed after, calling 10 them 10 save me
and the baby But 20 one seemed 10
hear me; they were ali to busy trying TO
save themselves aud keep others out of
the boat, and curslng and swearing and
hoilerIng that there was 40 more room-
that the boat would De swamped, and SO
on. The end was, that all wno could
crowd into the boat did so. Aud me and
the baby and poor sailor lad and the
black cook were left behind 10 perish.
was left 10 die, were the only ones saved.
! We watched after that boat with longing
eyes, though we could only see it wlen
The ligh,nlngs flashed. And every time
we saw 1t II was farther off. At last,
marster, fash of lightning showed Us
the boat as far of as ever we could see
! her, capsized, and beaten hither and thith-
er by The wild waves-Its crew bad per.
ished.
"Mars,er, as soon as the sea had swal-
lowed up that wicked captain and crew,
| the wind died away, the waves fell, and
| the storm u!led-lust as If 1t had done
what IL was sent TO do, and was satisfied.
The wreck-where we poor foriorn ones
stood the wreck that had shivered and
trembied with every wave that struck 1t
until we feared II would break up eve
~ minute, became suu and firm vE Its
sand bar, as a house Oh dry land
Daylight came al last. And little
after sunrise we saw sail bearing down
upon u.s. We could not sigma The sail,
but by The mercy OF Providence, she saw
US and lay 10, and sent off boat, and
picked US up and took US Oh board-me
and the baby, aud tie cook aud ,ne sail
or lad.
g 1t was foreign vessel, and we could
lot understand a word hey SAID, nor they
US. All we could do was by signs. But
they were very good 20 US. dried our
clothes and gave US breakfast, aud made
Us lie down and rest. And then put
abou, and continued iheir course. The
sailor lad-Herhert GreYson--seou found