Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-11-12

niW l u euro MS temper before L haH uobe WIN
him. In reply be told me that I might kill him
if liked and | logged him with the end Of the
miLsen.top,gallant hailiards till be could hardly
stand. l asked him if he had got enough, and no
told me | might fog him more il | wished to. |
felt a strong inclination to throw the 10y over
board, but at that moment he staggered back
against the mizzen-mast from absolute weakness,
and | left him to himself. when reasoned calm
ly about the boys disposition. | was forced to &C
knowledge that he was one of the smartest and
most faithful lads | had ever seen. When | asked
him TO do anything he would be of like a rocket;
but when / roughly ordered him to do it, then
came the disposition with which | found fault.
One day when it was very near noon, | spoke to
him, and told him to go below and bring up my
quadrant. lie was looking over the quarter rail,
and | knew he did no. hear me, and the next time
| spoke l ripped out an oath, and intimated that
if he didn't move I'd help him.
Il didn't hear ye," be said, with IN indeperd-
ent tone.
No words said |.
Il s'pose I can speak, he %retorted, moving slow
y towards the companion way,
Ills looks, words. and the slow, careless man
uer in which he moved, fred me in a moment,
and I grasped him by the collar.
Speak to me again like that, and I'll fog you
within an inch Of your life,' said L.
'You can fog away he replied, firm and I'M
daunted as a rock.
And / did fog him. l caught up the end of q
rope, and beat him until my arm fairly ashed /;
but be never WINGED.
'IIow's that said l..
arI 1..t- -. 1sco g. $40 -a,JtI haitian
fog out was the reply.
And I beat him again. / beat him till he sank
from my hand against the rail and then l sent
one Of the men Tor my quadrant. When 1T came
and | had adjusted it for my observation, | found
TINT the sun was already past the meridian. and
that l was too late. This added fuel to the fire
of my madness, and quickly selling the lad by
the collar, | led him to the main hatchway, and
had the hatch taken of. ! then thrust him down
and swore I would keep him there till his stub
bornuess was broken. The hatch was then put
on, and | went into the cabin. | suffered u good
deal that afternoon, not with any compuncsions
for what / had done, but with my own temper,
and bitterness. 1t made me mad to think that !
could not conquer that boy-that could mol
break down his coul, stern opposition. But | will
do it, l said to myself, by tho heavens above
me, III starye bin into it, or he shall die under
the operation
After supper I went to the hatchway, and call
ed out TO him, but he returned me no answer
10 So ] closed the hatch and went away. At ter
o'clock called again, and again | got no ans
wer. l might have thought that the hogging ha
taken away his senses, had not some of the mer
assured mo that they had heard him not an houl
before, talking to himself. l did not tronLl'
him again till morning. After breakfast l wen
to the h~atchway and called out to him once more
l heard nothing from him, nor could I see him
l had not seen him since put him down :bere
l called out several times, but he would make n
reply-and yet the same men told me they ha'
heard him talking that very morning. lie SCENE,
i to be calling on them for help, but he would nc
ask for me. meant to break him into it. He
beg before he'll ~starve,' I thought, and 90 d.
iermined to let him stay there. l supposed tina
he had crawled forward to the forecasilc bull
head, in order to make the sailors hear hin
Some Of the men asked leave to 60 down and loo
for him, but refused. l threatened to pupis
the FIRST man that dared to go down.
At noon I went again, and as be did not answt
me this time, ! resolved that he should come
tho hatchway and ask for me, ere | went an
more. The day passed away, and when eveuin
came again / began to be startled. l thought
the many good qualities the boy had, and Of h
widowed mother. He bad been in the hold tbir,
six hours, and all Of forty without food or drin
70 He must DO too weak to cry out now. 1t was hal
on for me to give up, but if he died there from abs
,e. lu:e starvation. it might 60 harder with me stil
So at length | made up my mind to go and e.
on him. 1t was not quite sundown when l had Il
Of hatch taken of, ant l jun ped down upon the DO
of es alone.
err A little way forward | saw a space where ia,
Try might easily have gone down. and to that poinl
III crawled on my hands and knees. l called o
there but could get no answer. A shor. distan
lin farther was a wide space. which l had entire
10. forgotten, but which | now remembered h
he been left open on account of a break in the &c
i. of the hold. which would have let every thing IT,
lin nigh have been slowed there res. directly up
.h- the thin p~lanking Of the ship.
as To this place | made my way, and looked dow
I heard the s~plashing Of water, and thought
Mt could detect a sound like the incoming of a ii
of Jet, or stream. At first | could see nothing, b
per as soon as | became used to the dim light. | cou
distinguish the faint outlines of the boy at sol
NIX distance below me. lie seemed to be sitting
ore the broken floor, with his feet stretched out agair
to the cask. l called out to him and thought he loo
ca ed up. 3
ice Jack, are you there
nd And he answered me in a faint, weary tone;
ne: yes. help me I! For heavens sake, help M
al Bring men and bring a lantern-the ship b
sprung a leak =
ok h~ssitated, and he added In q more Gag
an tone
be Make hsste!-I will try and hold II till y
n come back ta
N, waited to hear no more, Blu, hurried on de-
re az soon as possible, AMI returned with a lante
n and three men. / leaped down beside the DO
IN and could scarcely believe the evidence Of Il
be own senses. Three of the tim5ers were col
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