The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1859-02-25

whats thatY" says The miscreant,
uuder his breath and stopping short.
"'It aint nothing sir, says /, aud
'hush.h-h' to the baby. But the poor
little wretch raised squall.
"'What Is the meaning Of this 2 SAYS
ho. Where did that child come from
Why the demon don't you speak % and
with that he seized me again by the scrufl
Of the neck and shook me.
"'Oh. Master. for tho love Of heaven
DON'T says /, this is only a poor, un-
lortuet infant as it's parents wanted to
got ou,en the way, and hired me to take
care on. And / have had Il wrapped up
under my shawl al the time 'cepl when
| put IL to sleep in tho corner.
'Humph and you had that child
concealed under your shawl when frst
stopped you the woods q
In course, Master, says I.
80 Whose is itg
"'Master.' says /, 'it's--it's dead
seacret for | haddent another lio ready.
"He broke out into rude, scornful
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 turn
ed the key on me. 1 wet my finger with
the paragoric and put Il to the baby's
/ lips to quie! its pains Of hunger. Then
j heard whispering in the next
room, Now my eye sight never was
good, but to make up for It believe /
had the shsrpest ears that ever was and
don't think anybody could have heard
that whispering but me. saw little
| glimmor Of light through the chunks that
showed me whore the door was, and 30
| creopod up to it and put my ear to the
key-hole. Still they whispered so low
that no ears could o'hoard them but my
sharp ones. They was talking about
selling some woman aud child. should
hav been oueasy if they hadn't called the
woman Kate. ny william offered 'em
for fifty dollars, but t'other william
wouldn't give cent, He told my will
lain, rs he called Captain, that he'd take
'em of bis hands and no more. And
then they threatened each other, and
went out o'my heariu,' And in the morn.
in the now villain camo aud took mo
aud the child off in susy and drove
down long way to the beach, and hailed
q vessel 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 ,.i.ca S slt 0ai e JSsshtbSpsh I6gfend
Nov sir, come a strange providence,
which the very thoughts Of il might con-
vert a heather | We had been 10 sea about
Eve days when a dreadful storm ris. /
tell you, marster, that looked like the
wrath Of God hugged the baby to
my breas;-and went TO praying as hard as
ever | Gould pray.
"Presently felt an awful shock, as Il
Heaven and earth had come together
aud then everybody screaming, She's
Struck She's, ,siruek y i felt the vessel
trembling like live creetur. and tho va.
ter a pouring in everywhere. hugged
the babe and scrambled up the oompan-
ion way to the deck. 1t was pitch dark,
and heard every man rushing toward
one side Of tho vessel.
"a fash oflightning, 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
aad the baby. But no one seemed tc
hear me they were all too busy trying
to save themselves and keep Others out O.
the boat, and cursing and swearing ant
hollering that there was no more room
that the boat would be swamped, and Sc
on. The end was, that all who could
crowd into the boat did SO. And m,
and the baby and poor sailor lad anC
the black cook were left behind TO per
i,h.
"But, marster, as It turned out, we al
was loft to die, were the only ones saved
We watched after that boat with longing
eyes, though we could only sec it wheT
the lightning flashed. Aud every tim
We saw IL 10 was farther of At last
marster, a flash Of lightning showed vi
the boat as far of as ever we could Sc,
her, capsezed and beaten hither ant
thither by the wild waves--its crew ha,
perishod.
master, as soon as the sea had swal
lowed up that wicked captain and crew
the wind died away, the waves fell ant
ihe storm lulled-just as II il had dom
what il was sent to do and was satisfied
The wreck--wheTe we poor forlorn one
stood--the wreck that bad shivered an,
trembled with every wave that struck !
until we had feared IL would break ul
every minute. became still and firm OF
its sandbar, as house on dry land"
daylight came at last, And it'll
after sunrise we saw sail bearing dow
upon us. We could not signal the sail
but by the mercy Of Providence she saw
, us and lay TO, and sent of boat, an,
picked Us up and took US on board d-mr
and the baby, and the cook and the sail
or lad"
1T was foreign vessel and We -coul,
not understand a word they said, nor the]
US. All we could dc was by signs. Blu
they were very good to us, dried ou
clothes and gave US breakfast, and mad
us lie down and rest And then pu
about and continued their course. ThI
sailor lad--Herbert Greyson-soon fount
out and told me they we're bound 70
New York. And, in fact. marster, il
about ten days We made that port"
"Well, marsters. aint 9 gwine Il
bother you with telling you Of how toll