Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-17

eyes, and walk before him. did so anc
saw dimly that we were in a part of the
country that was never at before. VIZ
were IN dark road through the thick
forest. On the left side of the road, ii
q clearing, stood an old house . lin
light was burning in lower window
80 Go on.in there said the william
putting the piotil to the back ofmy head
AS the door stood ajar went in to mar.
row, dark passage, the man all the while
at my back. He opened door on the
left side, and made me go into dark
room. Just then the unfortunate child
that had been moving reStless!y began to
wall! Well.it might. poor starved thing
What's that?"" says the miscreant, ,un
der his breath and stopping short
g. 1t amt nothing, sir says |, and
hush h h to the baby. But the poor lit
tie wretch raised squall.
- What is the meaning of this?' says
he. Where did that child come from
Why the demon don't you Sedsg and
with that he seized me again by the seguff
of the neck and shook me.
Oh, Master, for the love of hea9en
don't, says |, this is only poor, unfor,
tunet infant as its PARENT wanted to gel
outen the way, and hired me to take
care on. And | have had it wrapped up
under my shawl all the time 'cept when
| was in your house, when put it to
sleep in the corner.
Humph aud you had that child con
cealed under your shawl when first st, D
ped you in the woods 2
So In corse, Master says |.
$50 Whose is it
g. Master, says |, its dead secret
for haddent another lie ready.
- He broke out into rude scornfui
laugh, and seemed not half to believe me
and yet not to care about questioning me
too closely. He made ME sit down then
IN the dark, and went out and turned the
key or me. wet my finger wilAxthe
Iparagoric and put it to the baby ) Tips
to quiet its pains of hunger. Then l
heard a wispcring in the next ROOM
Now my eyesight never was good, but to
make up for it believe had the sharp
est ears that ever was, and don't think
anybody could have heard that wispering
but ME. | saw little glimmer Of light
through the cinks that showed me WAerr
the door was, and so | creeped up to il
and put my ear to the key hole. Sill
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 Uneasy if
they hadn't called the woman KATE Ny
wilIin offered EN- for fifty dollars, but
tother willin 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 hcaritk- And
III the mornin the new willin came and
took me and the child of in a shay and
drove down long way to the beach, and
hailed wesse! on the river and took Us
aboard and sold us to the captain right
afore my eyes, and then went ashore, aud
we was carried off out to sea, though /
cried, and 'splained, and sposlulated all
the time.
Now, sir, come strange providence
which the very thought Of it might con
vert heather We had been to sea
about FIVE days when dreadful storm
ris. tell you, master, that lookei like
the wrath of God | Rugged the LADY
10 my breast-and went to praying as
hard as ever | could pray.
Presently l felt an awful shock. as If
Heaven and earth had come together, and
then everybody screaming, She's struck!
she s struck ! | felt the vessel trembling
like live creetur, and the water a pour
ing in everywhere. Rugged the babe
and scrambled up the companion way to
the deck. 1t was pitch dark, and heard
every one rushing toward one side Of the
vessel.
"A fash of lightning, that made every
thing as bright as day again, showed me
that they were all taking to the boat. |
rushed after, calling to them to save me
and the baby. But no one seemed to Eear
me they were all too busy trying to save
themselves and keep others out OF the
boat, and cursing and swearing and hol
lerlng that there was no room-that the
boat would be swamped, and so on. The
end was, that all who could crowd into
tae boat did SO. And me and the baby
and poor sailor lad and the black cook
were left behind to perish.
But, marSter, as it turned out, We as
was left to die, were the only ones saved.
We watched after that boat with longing
eyes, though we could only see it When
the lightning flashed. Aud every time
we saw it it was farther off. At last
marster, flash Of lightning showed Us
the boat as far off as ever we could see
her, capsized and beaten hitler anl
thither by the wild waves--its crew hao
persisted. aGA
i Marster, as soon as the sea had swal
lowed up that wicked captain and crew
the wind died away, the waves fell an(
the storm lulled just as if it had done
what 1t was sent to do and was satisfied
The wreck-where we poor forlorn one
4 stood-the wreck that had shivered ant
: ltroinoled with every wave that struck
l-until re had feared it woald Break y,