Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-02-24

ger with the paragorie and put it to the baby
bps to quiet its pains of hunger. Then hear
a whispering in the next room. Now my eye
sight never WAS good, but to make up for it
believe had the sharpest ears that ever was
and don't think anybody but me could hav
heard that whispering. l saw little Gimme
OF light through the chinks that showed m
where the door was, and so l creeped up to il
and put my ear to tho key-hole. Still the,
Thorn but my sharp ones. They were talking
about selling some woman and child. l shcul,
'ay been Uneasy if they hadn't called the wo
man Kate. My villain offered EN- for fifty dol
lars but tother villain wouldn't give cent
He told my villain, az he called Captain, tina
he'd take EN- off his hands and no more Ant
then they threatened each other and went ou
o my hearing And in the mornin' the new
villain came and took me and the child off in a
shay, and drove down long way to the beach
and hRiled a vessel on the river and took u
aboard and sold US to the captain right afore M
eyes, and then went ashore. ard we was carried
off out to sea, though cried, and 'splainsd, ant
sPostulated all the time.
"Now, sir, come a strange providence which
the very thoughts of it might convert hea
then We had been to sea about five day,
when dreadful storm riz tell you, marster,
that looked like the wrath of God I huggeG
the baby to my breast, and went to praying a,
hard as ever l could pray.
presently felt an awful shock, as if heav-
en- and earth had come together, and then every
body screaming, She's struck She's struck Z
felt the vessel trembling like live creetur
and the water a pouring in everywhere. ]
Rugged the babe and scrambled up the com
panion way to the deck. 1t was pitch dark
and heard every man rushing toward one side
of the vessel.
"A flash of lightning, that made every thing
as bright as day again, showed me that they
were all taking to the boat l rushed after
calling to them to save me and the baby. But
no one seemed to hear me- they were all soc
busy trying to save themselves and keep others
out of the boat, and cursing and swearing and
hollering that there was no moro room-that
the boat would be swamped, and so on The
did so, And me and the baby and poor sailor
lad and the black cook were left behind to per-
Sh.
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, tho
we could only see it when the lightning flashed.
And every time we saw it, it was farther off,
4 ln,k 81, 49, L.
The boat far off as ever we could see her,
capSized and beaten hither and thither by the
wild waves-its crew had persisted.
Marster, az soon as the sea had swallowed
up that wicked captain and crew, the wind died
away, the waves fell, and the storm lulled-just
as if it had done what it was sent to do, and
was satisfied. The wreek-where we poor for
lorn ones stood-the wreck that had shiverel
and trembled with every wave that struck it
until we had feared it would break up every
minute. became still and frm on its sandbar,
as a house on dry land
Daylight came at last. And little after
sunrise we saw sail bearing down upon us.
We could not signal the sail, but by the mercy
Of Providence she saw us and lay to, and sent
off a boat, and picked Us up and tcek us on
board-ms and the baby, and the cook and the
sailor lad
1t was a foreign vessel and we could not
understand a word they said, nor they US. All
we could do was by signs But they were very
good to us, dried our clothes and gave us break
fast, and made US lie down and rest and then
put about. and continued their course. Tho
sailor boy-Herbert Greyson-soon found out
and told me they were bound for New York.
And, in fact, marstSr, in about Ten days we
made that port.
"Well, marster, amt gwine to bothey you
with telling you of how toiled and struggled
along in that great city first living out as
servant, and afterwards renting room and
taking in washing and ironing-sye! how
toiled and truggled-for-ten-lo years
hoping for the time to come when should be
able to return to this neighborhood, where l
was known, and expose the avil deeds of them
villains, and for this csnse 1 lived OH toiline
and struggling, and laying up money penny
by penny.
No one ever helped me but the lad Herbert
Greyson. Whenever he came from sea, he
sought me out and made little present to me
or Cap.
Cap, marser, was Captola, the child The
reason gave her that name was because on
that ring had drawn from the masked moth
er's hand were the two nanes-Eugene-Cap
itola.
"Wel, marster, the last time Herbert Grey
son came home, he gave mo five dollars, and
that with what had saved, was enough to pay
my passage to Norfolk
81 left my little Cap in the care of the peo-
pie of the house-sho was big enough to pay
for her keep in work-and took passage for
Norfolk. When got there fell i'll, spent all
my money, and was at last taken TO the poor
house Six months passed away before was
discharged, and then SIX more before l had
earned and saved money enough to pay nay
way on here.
I" reached here three days ago, and found
wheat field growing where my cottage fire used
10 burn, and all my old croniss dead, all except
old Hat, who has received and given me shell
ter. Sir, my stery is done-make what you
can of it," said the invalid, sinking down in
her bed as if utterly exhausted
Old Hurricane, whose countenance had ex-
pressed emotions as powerful as they were va
rious while listening to this tale, now arose,
stepped cautiously to the door, drew the bolt,
and coming back, bent his head and asked
"What more of the child?"
"Cap, sir l have not heard a word of Can
since l left her TO try and hunt out her friends.
But any one interested in her might inquire for
her at Mrs. Simmons, laundrsss, No. Rag
Alley"
You say the names upon that ring we're
Eugene-Capitola 7"
Yes, sir, they were"