Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-02-26


Il to the baby's lips to quiet It's pains ot
hunger. Then heard whispering in the |
next room. Now my eyesight never was
good, but TO make up for It believe hau
the sharpest ears that ever was, aud l don't
think anybody could have heard that whis-
pering bot me. l saw little glimmer OF
light through the chinks that showed me
where the door was, and so Crept up to It
and put my ear to the key-hole. Still they
whispered so lew that no ears could o heard
them but my sharp ones. j should 'av been
oneasy If they hadn't called the woman
Kate. lTy william offered 'em for fifty dol
lars. but tother william wouldn't give cent.
He told my william as be called Captain,
that he'd take 'em of his hands aud no
more. And then they threatened each 9TH
er. aud went out o. my hearin' And IN the
morniR the new william came and took me
and the child off in shay and drove down
long way to the beach, aud hailed a weS-
sci on the river and took us aboard and
sold us to the captain right afore my eyes,
aud then went ashore and we was carried
OF out to sea, though ] cried, and 'splain-
ed. and sposiulated all the time.
Now. sir, come strange providence,
which the very thoughts Of it might con
vert heathen We had been to sea a
bout FIVE days when a dreadful storm riz
tell you, master, that looked like the
wrath of God j hugged the badly to my
breast and went to praying as hard as ever
could pray.
Presently felt an awful shock, as if
Heaven and earth had come Together and
then everybody screaming, She's struck !
She's struck 2 / felt the vessel trembling
like live creetur, and the water pouring
in everywhere. | hugged the babe and
scrambled up the companion way to the
deck. 1t was pitch dark, and heard eve
ry man rushing toward one side Of the YES
sci.
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 hear me !;
they we're all too busy trying TO save them
selves and keep others out of the boat, and
cnrsiDg and swearing and hOllering that
there was no more room II that the boat
would be swamped, and so on. The end
was, that all who could crowd inte the
boat did So And me and the baby and a
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 wi Ell the
lightning flashed. And every time we saw
it it was farther of. At last, marster, a
fash of lightning showed US the boat as far
off as we could see her, capsized and beaten
hither and tbither by the wild waves - Its
crew had perished.
"Marster, as soon as the sea had swal
lowed up that wicked captain and crew
the wind died away, the waves fell, and th'
storm lulled just as if it had done wha
it was sent to do and was satisfied. Th
wreck - where we poor forlorn ones stoo'
, the wreck that had shivered and trembiet
with every wave that struck it-until w
had feared it would break up every minute
became still and firm on its sandbar, as
house on dry land.
Daylight came at last. And littl
after sunrise we saw sail bearing dow
upon us. we could not signal the sail, bu
, by the mercy Of Providence she saw us am
lay to. and sent off boat, and picked u
I'D end took US on board me aud the 6a
, bv. and the cook and the sailor lad.
at was q foreign vessel, and we conl'
not understand word they said, nor the
US. All we could do was by signs. Bu
they we're very good to u.s. dried our clotht
? and gave US breakfast, and made US i
E Gown and rest. And then put about an
continued their course. The sailor lad -
: Herbert Greyson - soon found out an
told me they were bound for New YorE
And. in fact, marster, in about ten day
we made that port.
"Well, marster, aint gwine TO hottie
E you with telling you of how tolled an
struggled along in that great city-hr
I living out as a servant, and after ware
x renting a room and taking in washing al
ironing-aye how l toiled and struggle
-for-ten-long-years, hoping for Il
time to come when should be able TO r
turn to this neighborhOod, where | Wi
f known. and expose the evil deeds
them williams, and for this cause live
r on toling and struggling, and laying up n
money penny by penny.
' No one ever helped me but the lad He
bert Greyson. Whenever be came from Sc
: he sought me out, and made little pre-
n ent to me or Cap.
n Cap, marster, was Capitola, the chill
, The reason gave her that name was b
e cause on that ring had drawn from q
/ masked mothers hand were the TWO nam
-Eugene-Captola.
We'll, marster, the last time Herbe
Greyson came home, he gave me five do
I lars, and that, with what had saved, wi
e enough to pay my passage 10 Norfolk.
Il left my little Cap in the care of Il
y people of the house-she was big enons
4 to pay for her keep in work-and to,
,e passage for Norfolk. When | got there
IN fell III, spent all my money, and was at la
ID taken to the poor-house. Six months pu
a ed away before l was discharged, and th
six more before / had earned aud saw
lg enough to pay way on here.
he 4 reached here three days ago and fou
* a wheat field growing where my Gotta
K. fire used to burn, and all my old croni
le dead, all except old Hat, who has receY
n and given me shelter. Sir, my story is do
T. make what yon can Of it, said the inv