The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-12

~ - 1oem-sshat ttA boat wO1ld " swAnped
| - eo - TN snd 49,, that III who eculd crowd
saihs Ind and the black cook were left behind
scpsFish.
| nDut, nazstes, = il tsrssd cut, Ne = was left
= d!s, wsre the only onss ssls1. w watched II
TO-, .h s esssA Ana y; ssss
time We saw i Il was farther q. Al last, arster
hash It lightning showed - the boat - Iar Cd
- eyer We could her capsised and beaten hither
and thither by the wild wawvcs-is GROW had
"Marstsr, - $500 = he - had swallowed up
that wicked caplafe a1d essw The vind died away,
tho waves ~, And the Storm lallsA just - Il
= hA9 tit aWas semitic do md WAS salts
neas - wrsck-whefe We poor forlorn enes
49, tho wreck that had shivered and txemhled
III xsvery wave that struck it-untiI Ne hAd
4ee{pe " would break up every minute, hseeme
lsttl! and nrm on its sandbar, - . house en- dry
daylight came 1t last. And little after sun
rise We saw . sail bearing down upon US. We
could not signal the sail bat by the mercy Of Prov
idence she saw Us and lay to, and sent Cd boat,
| and picked up and took M on board--me and the
baby, and the cook and the ssilof lad.
ut was foreign vessel, and We could not un-
derstand word they said. nor they ~. All ~
could do was by signs But they were very good to
u, dried our clothes and gave US breakfast, and
and continued their course. The sailor iad-Her-
| bert Greyson-soon found out and told me thew
were bound for New York. And. in fact, marster.
In about ten days we made that port.
"Well, msrstcr, amt gwinc u bother you with
telling yon of how toiled and strugglsd along in
that great city--fnt living out > servant, and
afterwards renting room and taking In washing
and ironing-aye! how toiled and struggled. for
-ten- -long years, hoping for the time TO come
when should be able to return 10 this ueiehbor-
hood, ghere was known. and expose the evil deeds
Of them Williams, and for this cause 1 lived on
toiiing and struggling, and laying up money PEN
ny by penny.
"No one ever helped me but the lad Herbert
Greyson. Whenever be Q anne from sea, he sou eht
me out, and made little present to me or Cap
cap, marstcr, WAS Capitols, the child. The
reason gave her that name WAS because on that
ring which had drawn from the masked mother 4
hand were the two names--Esesn e-Capitoia.
well, marster, the last time Herbert 0reyson
came home, he gave me ave dollars, and that with
what had saved, VS. snosgA - ~ my passage
al left my little Cop in the ears Il The people Of
the house-shs W. ks enough p pay for her keep
in work-and I tsek passags ~ hssfsIk. When
got there fell IN, spent al ~ noney, and
was taken 70 the poes-hsuss. Xix months passed
had earned and ssvsd money saesgh to pay my
way on here.
81 reached hers three days ago, aad found q
wheat field growing where my cottage Are used to
burn, and all my "a creniss dead, 81 except old
Hat, who has received and given me- shelter. Sir,
my story IL done-maks what you can Of ii, said
the invalid, sinking down in her bed ~ II utterly
exhausted.
Old Hurricane, whose countenance had expressed
emseeoas - powerful az they werc various while
hsts6ng TO this tale, nov arose, stepped oautioas
~ 70 thsdosf, drew the bolt and coming hack,
bent No Rod and asked
"what noreef the childf'
cap, siTl i have not heard 4 word az Can
since left her to try and hant out hsr friSnds.
But any one interested in her might inquire
for her ut Mrs. simmons, laundress, Nc. Rag
Alley"
lyon say the names on that ring wsrs-R ssans
"Yes, sir, they were"
"Hsve you that ring about your"
"Ns, marster. ! thought |. WAS best, in case Of
! accident, to leave 1t with the child"
"Hase you told her any part Of this stran r. his
| tory"
"No, mara.er, nor limited It; she Wac too young
for such Aconfdsnce.''
"Yon we're right. Had she any mark shout her
person by which she could be identified p"
"fes, master, = very strange one. In the middle
Of her left palm was the perfect insge Of . erin
| Son hand, about half IN inch in length. There
l9ws also another. herbert Greyson, to plesss me,
aad bisl 0sSissia, Oct. 3lsI. 1851" ~
Aniget - tai NJ. my good sosl, do you
know, hum uA04 you were enabled to observe
What 49, Ga wss who're capitola was born -
]. 81 am On ~ cath. No, cir, do not know /;
"You suspecsg"
| The uemAn nodded.
cit was-," said old urricans, stopping and
whispering name that was heard only BY the sick
woman.
She nodded again, with look Of intense mean
HDoes your old hostess hero, Hat, know or sus.
pee. anything Of this story p inquired Maj War
"Not . word. No soul bat yourself has ever
| heard ii -
sThAt is right Still be discreet II you would
| have the wicked punished and the innocent pro-
tected, be silent and wary. Have no anxiety about
| the girl. What man can do for her viii 40, and
| quickly. And now, good creature. day Is gradual
| ly dawning. You mnst seek reposs. And I must
| cail the parson in and return home. will send
Mrs. Condinent over with food, wine, medicine
ring, and every comfort that your condition re-
quires, Gid Ola HssrieAne, rising and calling in
the Chapman, With whom he soon after left the
| They raehed Harrieane> Hall in time fer an
early breakfast which the astonished housek eeper
had prepared, and for which their nights sdven-
| lures had given them : good appetite.
Major Warfeld kept his word, and ~ soon q
| breakfast Was over he dispatched Mrs. Condiment
with carriage filed With provisions for the sick
woman. Bat they were not needed. In couple
Of hours 10 housskespsr rsturned with the intel
1 ligencs that the old narse was dead. The false
strength Of mental excitement that had enabled her
to tell 20 long and dreadful tale, had besn the
last Harng up Of the dAme Of life, that almost i'm
msdisteiy went ont.
II am not sorry, upon the whole, for now shall
have the game In my own hands - muttered Old
Hurricane to himseif-ssAh! Gabrielle lie Noir
batter you had cast yourself down from the high
est rock Of this range and have been dashed to
pieces below, than that you should have thus fallen
into my power"
So far We have followed the lovely heroine and
her friends; but the foregoing 10 all that We can
publish in our columns. The remainder Of The
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