Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-10-11

Joshua | don't care if dew tew
We opened the basket, .iemima an,
'breakfastcd on ship-bord' We
cold ting. cold slaw. cold sandwich
, ditto ham. ditto pickles. ditto colJ
bctes. The betcs was purple. lkewis,
the cold kabbidgc These minushi,
will be ov interest anil civ n color 1,
the nerrytivc further on. This wa,
our breakfast.
just as | was putting a sasser back
I into the picknick basket we was few
miles from shoar sailing dew East
the steamer Elgin just in our wake. a,
the matt called IL. Though our wokc,
was TO come. and did come lec,l,
after. Jemima said, looking back
% see them gnlls l. | sor the dcks o.
the Elgin covered with Eolic Scrry
fines aud the publirk generally. and
scz /. '&ulls in horn. don't see NJ
gulls ont the Elgn.' Them words
of Jemima's was profettick. She
alloodcd to the birds on the water.
b; there was a dccpcr mccnin. which
has scnce been explained. Il was a
presentymenf ! shall never forget
them words. See them gulls.' for
them was we and the Eolic Serry-
fines.
left Jemima few moments AMI
smoked cigar on the huriicain ,lek
talked with the matt. and asked
him. without no nonscnce. had he
brandy on borde, for | began to feel a
little under the wethcr, scnSayShun
III my stnmmick. ihonght it might
be the cold slaw-rctchcd man, il was
the I.aik.
| took a little brandy at the bar.
and then went back To .,emima. but
didn't begin to feel quite well. The
swcte manl was missing | was
alarmed. | said to gentleman near
by, nigh at hand. sez Ia little
alarmlngly, for could not concele my
emoshun-Sez |. Have you seen
sweic angel in lavunler silk throw
heaself overbordc?' Then scz he.
with snigger, Il seen her you
deskribe, hrow something operJodrd.
and then go into that siait room. She
isn't well. | guess My sensashuns
began to be more than peculiar. Sez
10 myself, sorto vocy, sez 1, here's
a case for the crowncr. let an inkest
be sot on to a duv colored yum gman.
likewise his lavcn Ter colorcd sweet
heart, directly, fur we're pisened
1t must have been in the sandwich or
the cold slaw.'
felt wus.
There was a swelling under my
westcut, AMI sense of goneness
nigh by the PIT OF my stomach. Sez
|, allowed and in agony, .Jemima let
me di by thy side Then sez Jemima,
onseen, N feint voice cut small to
90 through little winder with re. /
calilScr curtain, sez she, 'Oh. Joshua.
L shall di.' Sez i, with much
cmoshun incrca sing in my bosurn.
so shall |, and
"Evcr my luv With thee,
One tombstun us cover
rushed into the statero0m and
saw Jemima bowed In one corner
Scz !, solcmd, 'Jemima | have come;
for our last hour together let us pass
it on our knees. i supposed she wa,
at her devoshun, | knelt beside her;
my horlifed gaze met a paI-and we
mingled our emoshuns, likewise break
fast, together inter that pail. Sez |,
family, 'Jemima. what was it; was it
in the mustard?'
Sez she, gasping. No. Joshua. it
Is see SICK
Retched fool that | was, not to see
it beioar. Ny cs was opened. The
Come was dancing like an eg shell.
4 went onto the d ,cks. they were COW
cred with rhe dying. Thy sed they
was 'dyin' | supposed was Our
oalina Jane was at the iorrid gunnel
she was in the last agony; ditto mes
of the crowd.
My pen shrinks from depicting the
scenes that follured. For hours we
were kept pr slrate on the pinnakel OF
anguish. Sech grones, secch extremi-
ties l never saw before. They lay all
about the deks. Silk gouns seven to
tea shlllings a yard was no account.
Jemima ate purple cappidge and bette
foa breakfast on ship bored as we
called it. My duv culercd SCOT will
carry to its grave the stancs of the
same euler. | do not particularcyes
Her head wos on ms shoulder. Ii
: wos not an hoir to think ov clothes
, But. Mr.. cditur, all the abuv sink
: inter ingsigniikans wen | rccal tne
q ieerful seems of the honr of return
+ The intervle at 81. 10. was passed il
: eetin peeches. walking in the sand and
e dredding the coming bak. Some wer,
e carried shivering with agony up the
4 gangway onto the botes, and thaii
e the seems began affiesh again once
mOar.
e For sewing hours we buffeted III
waive. Some tried to die. | neve
1 realized befoar the tenacity of life un
e der advers succumstanccs /. Their
Il was any peeches ct in ST. Jo.. none o
'em cum to this port. The fishe
twixt hear and St. 10. have had wha
> fishermen call ground bate al libby
y tum.
d Jemima was taken hoam in m
: aims in hak; her lavend and m
g juv-cullered suit are sight to be hold
o moreover her bunnet. We still la
: music and peeches. but seesic an
d peeches, is wot we both abjurc. Th
{ Eolic Serryfines are much OF our mind
likewise the generul public.