The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-24

/ ~ 70 her pare nts, TO whom her husband
would introduce him. NJ d
"A few days afterwards, Marianne,
the gentlcst and most afniable Of beings,
was consigned To- Tic watery tomb,
amid the sonoRs IL the captain and
crew, her spirit AZ nlingie with those Oh
d similar nature. 4. \. II. ,
Z. '.Twcntyr fxe years have now elap-
scd, said the captain III d reyefie,
I apparently addressing the ellild, sssince
1 | first entered Philadclphia, d poor,
ragged, fricndlcss boy, and 4 have only
/ been there once since persons and
scenes must be changed. Fond of
/ liberty, and early hating the oppression
Oh my native land, / left Sweden i
friendless child, and worked my way
10 the land ot freedom, the country Of
my adoption, America. ! can now
afford To- be Kind to d helpless babe;
and when 1 reflect on my situation
when / first entered Philadelphia, TIC
| Feelings of my heart overcome me,
while they make me raise my prayers
in behalf OF those who FIRST adniuis-
tered to me, Almost naked, / wander
! ed up the street, and entered u clothing
store, told the storekeepers / was i
/ frienlless boy, and begged them to
i give me a suit Of clothes, promising ia
{the. most earnest manner to pay them
4 the first opportunity. 81. I: 80 s.
K. 4h sweet littEesgirl, about Four years
Eof age, the only daughter oil the own:
/ ers oE the store, ran up. ID me ami
8clasped me with tie greatest affcctiS.n,
Ecallel me her brother; aud, as tears
fell from my eyes as I thought of my
Elittle sisterin Sweilcn, the little CREATURE
told me. not to cry, and she would kiss
| the tears away. The parents wels
touched with the scene, and belierifss
my earnest appeal, and touched 4xitil
the sympathy Of the child, u ihesI -
from head to toe; and understanding
that circumstances compelled me to 80
ito sea, recommended me as Il cabin
boy to q captain whpnn they knew. j
entered the service, and my FIRST money
was offered For my first outfit; but on
account Of the fonaness of little Mari-
anne for her Pete, they made me q
present of ii, and wished me every sue
I cess in hfe. My next voyage was ar
tended with dreadful consequences
THE ship was wrecked, md my kind
Acaptain and all hands lost. save niy-
| self. .zs 5.s
n. Since then Isha9e had to- battle life
like a hero; am not only master and
owner Of this ship, hut own several
Others, and haye accumulated property
SOFAS to be what Is called independent.
This will be my last trip, when / bring
the good ship to II homaston, |" where
| hopegt to enjoy the undivided society
i.of my dearWife and little ones. ...
Es0h, Eilat how you remind me Of my
little daughter at home; and who
knows, bat she may yet need some kind
soul to soethe her care through life?
/ will give yousupssafely intothe arms
OF your grandpa and grandma, and none
other shall have the honor of the Of
flee. ...*=1- Il t .s. E
Snow in q few days i will enter the
city a rich, respected man, where
4 twenty fNe years agonc, Twas poor and
fffriendless, save by those that God
raised up for n1e---the parents Of little
Marianne. Perhaps [ may see her
a gentle mother OF happy family ]" 8
! Some days afterwards the captain
and mate drove in d carriage. up the
/ streets Of Philadelphia; the former
/ bearing the smiling Ella in his arms.
I They alighted at the house they sought
for; when the captain faithfully deliy-
cred the babe. to its grandma, and in
i formed them of the mother request;
fand OF his serupulous attention to their
daughter and her babe, which was
gratefully eorroborated by their son-in-
law, the mate, +. .z. ...>..... -. -
! Many thanks were rendered to him,
accompanied with signs and tears for
their loss. r. :. !. y. =. -
The. kind-hearted captain, in order
ito turn the condensation from one 50
affecting, related his first visit to Phila-
!. delphia, in an interesting manner, when
the old gentleman and lady sprang to
? him, exclaiming: 'And is this little
!, Pete?" In our store, from our hands
you received the suit Of clothes; and il
Is the same little Marianne's child which
!. you have just now given us" -.
}. The captain wePt . second time IN
: their presence, -