The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-03-01

cret' for | hadn't another lie ready.
'He broke out into rude, scornful laurl
and seemed not half to believe me and ye
not to cal. about questioning NE too close
ly. lie made NE sit down then in the darl
and went out and turned the key on ne
| wet my finger with tho paragoric and put
it 10 the babes lips to quiet its pains Of
hunger Then heard whispering in the
next room. Now my eyesight never wa,
good, but to make up for it believe | had
the sharpest ears that ever was, and don't
think anybody could have heard that wills.
pering bat me. | saw little gliInmcr Of
light through the chinks that showed me
where the door was, and so | creeped up
to it and put my ear to the key-hole Still
they whispered 80 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 Wy viii
lain offered 'em for fifty dollars, but t'o;her
willin wouldn't give cent lie told my
villain 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 hcarin' And in the mornin the
new willin came and took me and the child
off in a shay and drove down a long way to
the beach, and hailed vessel on the riy-
er and took us aboard and sold Us to the
captain right aforc my eyes, and then went
ashore, and We was carried off ont to sea,
though cried, and 'splaincd, and apostula-
ted all the time
Now, sir, come strange providence,
which the very thoughts Of it might convert
a heather, We had been to sea about five
days when a dreadful storm riz | tell
you, master, that looked like the wrath of
God, hugged tbs baby to my breast
and went to praying as hard az ever could
pray.
Presently felt an awful shock. as if
Heaven and earth had came together, and
then everybody screaming. She's struck,
she's struck" felt the vessel tremble
like live creetcr. and the water pouring
in everywhere. | hugged the babe and
scrambled up the companion way to the
deck. 1t was pitch dark, and | heard
every man rushing toward one side Of the
vessel.
"a fash of lightning that made every
thing rs 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 scemedto hear
Tue they were al too busy trying to save
themselves and keep out Of the boat, and
cursing and swearing and hollering that
there was no more room - that the boat
would swamp, and 50 on The end was,
that all who could crowd into the boat did
So And mc and the baby and poor sail
or lad and the black cook were left behind
to perish.
but, master, 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 light
ming flashed And every time we saw it ii
was further off At last, master, a fash Of
lightning showed us the boat as far off a,
ever we could see her, capsizcd and beaten
hither and thither by the wild wayes-it:
, crew had perished.
Master, as soon as the sea had swallow
ed up that wicked captain and crew, tho
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'
I wreck-wherc we poor forlorn ones stoo'
5 the wreck that had shivered and trembl
ed with every wave that struck it - unit
We had feared it would bread up every min
ute, became still and firm on its sandbar, a
1 a house on dry land.
h daylight came at last And little al
| ter sunrise We saw sail bearing down NJ
3 on us We could not signal the sail, bu
by the mercy of Providence she saw L
and lay to, and sent off a boat, and pickle
us up, and took us on board - me and tn
baby, and the cook and the sailor lad
f ut was foreign vessel, and We coul
not understand word they said nor the
d us. All we could do was by signs Br
they were very good to Us, dried our elotl
q and gave Us breakfast, and made Us lie dow
and rest And then put about and contil
j. ued their course. The sailor lad-ilerbe
Greyson- soon found out and told me the
, were bound for New York And, in fac
d marster, in about ten days We made th;
1t port.
4 "Well, marster, aint gwine to both,
K you with telling You how Itoled and stru
gled along in that great city - first iivii
out asa servant, and afterwards renting
h room and taking in washing and ironing
d aye how .ciled and struggled--for-tC
" -long-years, hoping for the time to con
d when | should be able to return 70 tt
,e neishborhood, where | was known, and e
. rose the eyal deeds of them williams, Al
t for this cause lived OF toiling ani s.ru
O. Cling, and laying up money, penny by penn
n. No ore ever helped me but the /
Herbert Greyson. Whenever he car
#. from sea, he sought me out, and made a
. le present to me or Cap.
II. Cap, marster, was Capatola, the chi
a. The reason | gave her that name was
IF cause on that ring hid drawn from
. masked mothers hand were the two nan
al -Eugene-Capitola
We'll, marster. the last time Herb
Greyston came home, tie gave me five d
m lars, and that, with what | had saw
was enough to pay my passage To \
h. folk.
u a. Al =