The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-02-25

"Asn s"o' ho PuV sho pisttl " my OueehS
ordered me to get out, take the bandage
from my eyes, and walk before him. I
did SO, and saw dimly that we were in q
part Of the country that was ct before.
We were in dark road, in a clearing,
stood an old house; dim light was burn.
ing in lower window = ssg 5di
a"'Go on in there said the william,
putting the pistil to the back Of my head.
AS the door stood ajar / went into a mar
row, dark passage, the man all the while
at my back. He opened door on the
LETT side, and made me go.intoa dark room.
Just then the unfortunate child, that had
been moving restlessly began to wall !
Well it might poor starved thing!
whats that?" says the miscreant,
under his breath and stopping short.
"'It aint nothing. SIR says I, and
'hush.h-h' to the baby. But the poor
little wretch raised a squall. al'4s5
20" WHAT'S the meaning Of this?' says
he. Where did that child come from?
Why the demon don't you speak?' and
with that he seized me again by the scruff
of the neck and shook me. ll1A H. is7a
90 "'Oh, Master, for the love of heaven
DON'T says l this is only poor, nnfor-
tunate infant as its parents wanted to get
outen the way, and hired me to take care
on. And have had it.wrapped up un-
der my shawl all the time 'cept when I
was in your house, when I put it to sleep
in the corner.ra7a " 1iH'.sG liza
/" 'Humph! and you had that child
concealed under your shawl when ! first
stopped sou in the woods?' ''1 w. '
"'In course, Master says /. 'gH.
"Whose Is it?b9l]3qNs yt6a4gs
Master, says I, it's dead secret!'
for I hadent another lie ready.
'He broke out in a 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 there in
the dark, and went off and turned the key
on me. I wet my finger with the para
poric and put it to the baby's lips to quiet
its pains Of hunger. Then I heard q
whispering in the next room. Now my
eyesight never was good, but to make up
for it / believe | had the sharpest ears that
ever was, and don't think anybody could
have heard that whispering but me. I
saw little glimmer Of light through the
chinks that showed me where the door
was, and SO I creeped up to it and put my
ear to the key hole. Still they whispered
SO low that no ears could O. heard them
but my sharp ones. They was talking
about selling some woman and child. I
should 'av been Uneasy il they hadn't
called the woman Kate. My william offer
ed 'em for fifty dollars, but tother will
ain wouldn't give cent. He. told my
william, 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 hearin'. And in the mornin'
the new villain came and took me and the
child off in shay and drove down long
way to the beach, and hailed vessel on
the river and took us aboard and solo us
to the captain right afore my eyes, and
then went ashore, and we was carried of
out to sea. though I cried, and 'splained,
and spostulated all the time. -'
t'Now, sir. come strange providence,
which the very Thoughts Of il might con-
vert a heather! We had been to sea a.
bout five days when dreadful storm riz.
I tell you, master, that looked like the
wrath Of God Ihugged the baby to my
breast--and went to praying as hard as
ever could pray.ralrl59 gesraa yaa j
Presently l felt an awful shock, es if
Heaven and earth had come together, and
then everybody screening, She's struck!
She's struck I felt the vessel trembling
like live creeter, and the water pour
ing in everywhere. I hugged the babe
and scrambled up the companion way to
the deck. II was pitch dark, and l heard
every man rushing toward one side Of the
vessel. " '"' L''' q
IA flash of tightening, that made eve
rything 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 70 hear
me; they were all too busy trying to save
themselves and keep others out Of the,
boat, cursing and swearing and hollering
that there was no more room--that the
boat would be swamped. and SO on. The.
END was, that all who could crowd into
the boat did so. And me and the baby
and poor sailor lad and the black cook
were left behind to perish. A9la'a9gq {,
2 iHBut, 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 Tightening flashed. And every time
we saw 1t it was farther of. AT last mas
ter, fash Of tightening showed us the
boat as far of as ever we could see her,
capsized and beaten hither and thithsr 6y-
the wild waves--its crew had perished.
"Master, as soon as the sea had swal.
lowed up that wicked captain and crew
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