The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-03-20

struck EN-, out o madness Ike, an laVeG EN-
to die where they was. 7 was the whelp was
n cutie dead. Zee Il think e was foolish, Sir,
but it seemed as though they was somethun to
me, an d a lost the last friendly thing there
was.
4 found big hummock an sheltered under
it, standun on my feet, wi nawthun to do but
think. an think, al pray to Gods an so don
ed | could n help feelun to God then, surely.
Nawthun to do, an no place to go, tull snow
cleared away; but jes' drift wi the great Ice
down from the Nothe, away over the say, - sixty
mia day, mubbe. l was n good Christen,
an l could n help a-thinkun O home an she
wsz troth- plight wi, an l doubled over myself
an gIoaned,- could n help it, bus bumby it
colned into me to say my prayers, an it seemed
IS mo she was askun me to pray ian she acaS
g9od, Sir, al'ays,) an knowed how to pray
! While the words were coming tenderly from
the weather. beaten fisherman, l could not help
beIe moved, and glancsd over toward the
dal t8r's seat; butshe was gone, and, turning
res. saw her going quietly almost stealthily,
anc ~ quietly, toa0ard the coye.
H. father gave no heed 10 heT loving, but
wsLt on with his tale -
'Fhen the wind began to fall down, an the
sno-5 knocked off altogether an the sun coined
out an sid n Ice, field ice an icebagges, an
eve one of EN- Eashun no as ef they q 6snd-
led Up bonfire. but no sig Of q schocne -
no sign of schooner! nor so sign o. NAYS
dora but ony ice, every way. high al low,
an scne places black water, in amongi an
on'5 aa poor swiles bawlun all oEer.an' stand
VI long 'em
| ~ ale was lookup o9t.I sid great icebaTg
! (the calls 'em) quarter ola mile @ea there
abc4 s, stp-5,sa ,.rs--one end q fwallf5 iasLom
out waear an about forty fathon across,
WI ellis like, an houses, EN- then, just as eff o
was alive az had looked notion in 'eself, see
munly, all of sudden % rared up, an turnea
over an over wi tarribls thunderun noise,sa
coined right on, breakup everything an throwun
great seas; It was frightsome for lone body
| away out among 'em! l stood an looked at un
| but then agen / thowt ] may jes' so well be
gum to thick ice an over Noofundland-ways q
piece, SO well l could. So l said my bit Of
prayer, an told I'm / could n help myself; an
made my confession how bad d been, an
was sorry, an eff e "a be so pitifu an forgive
me- an ell mus loss my life, eff Ed d be so
good as make me good Christen first, an make
they dapPy, III course.
so then l started an FIRST COED to where
my gaT Shy the mother-swiles an her whelp.
There was swiles every two or three yards al
most old uns IN young uns, all round, every
where an / fueled shamed in manner; but
got my gait an cleaned un, an then, in Gods
name,I took the big swile, that was dead by its
dead Whelp an hauled it away where the & 9TH
err poor things could n ST. me, an | sculpedH it.
all toek the pelt; If thOwt l d wear IN, now
the poor dead thing did n want to make oose
of un 30 more,-an partly bec&se twas seeh 8
lovun .hing. An so | set out, walkun this way
for squirt, an then & other way, keepun up
most, NornorweSt, so well rs l could; some
times away round the opens an more times round
a lun} Of ice, an more times sgeu, of from one
an or TO another, every minute. did n feel
hungIy for drinked fresh water Of tn ice. No
schooner no schooner
'Bumby the sun was goun down; twas slow
work feelun my way along, an l did n want to
look aAout; but then agen l thowt God 'ad
made { to be sid an so | come to, all turned
all round, gu looked and surely it seemed like
another world, someway, twas sc beautiful
yallow, an different sorts o. red, like the sky
itself in manner, an dashun like glass. So
then il. coined night an ! thowJ should n SO
to bed, an l may forget my prayers, an so I'd,
mubbe, best say 'em right way an Sc doned;
Tighten or Darkness and others we was Osssd
to say an it coined into my mind the Lard
said unto Saint Peter, why did n ZEE have
faith g when there was nawthun on the water
for un to 90 on an had ice under foot twas
but frozen water, but twas frozen,-an | thank
ed I'm.
Il could L help thinkun of Brigus an them
Id laYed in it, an then prayed for 'sm an
could n help cryun, almost; but then l give
over agen, an would n think, eff | could help it;
only tryun to say an odd pslRm, all through
singun-psalms an other, for l kn0wed q many
of 'em by singun wi Patience, only now cared
more about 'em l said that one,-
ssech as in ships an brickle barks,
Into the sea descend,
Their merchantun, through fearful foods,
To compass an to end;
They men are forced-put to behold
The Lards works, what they be;
an in the dreadful deep the same
Nost marvellous they see.'
An I said many more, Il can't bs accounta-
BILE how many / said Jan some I'm many times
over for l would keep on an oule sometimes
sing 'em very loud in my poor way.
"A poor haste Ca silver fox g was) coined an
looked at me an when l turned round, he
walked away piece. an then g coined back,
an looked.
so found high piece, wi wall Office atop
for shelter, Of it coined on to blow; an so [
stood, an said, IN sung. | knowed | was on'y
driftun away.
1T was tarrible lonely in the night, when
night coined; it IS use IT was terrible lone
ly but 1 'ould u think, eft l could help it an
prayed bit, an KEEP up my psalms, an varses
out o. the Bible, d alarmed. had n prayed
for sleep, but for wakun all night, an there l
was, standun.
The moon was out agen, so bright an all
the hills of ice shinun up TO heI; an stars twink
lun, so busy, all ever all Mother Lg hts goun
up wi a faint blaze, seemunly, from tn ice, an
meetun up alCft; an sometimes great groanun,
an more times tarrible loud shriekun There
was great white fields, an great white hills, like
countries, comun down to be destroyed an
some great bars a-goun faster, an teorun thro'
breaker Others to pieces; ali the gcoanun an
screechun, EFF all the dead that ever was, VII
their white clothes--But no i said the stout
fisherman, recalling himself from gazing, az he
seemed to be, on the far off ghas thy scene, in
memory
Nolan thank Els marcy, I'm sittun by my
own room. Z looked me off; but st was a
dreadful sight-it s no uso--ef body d let
| 'e'sself think! sid great black bear an hard
un growli an It feelun, like, to hear I'm SO bold
an stout, among all the dreadful things, an
bumbY the time 'ould come when e could n
save 'e'sself, do what e woul'
AN more times It was all still only Swiles
bawun, all over Ell it had n a-been foi the
poor swiles, how could stan it! Many 8 the
one I'd a-ketched, daytime an talked to un,a
patted IN on the head, as eff they d a-been dogs
by the door, like an they d Dose to shut their
eyes, draw their poor foolish faces together.
1t seemad neighber-like 10 have some live thing.
| so KEEP awake ,seyun al singun, an it was n
very cold; an sO-hrsi thing hnowed,I started
an there was lynn in heap an must have
been asleep, an did u know how It was, nor
how long d a,been so an some sort o. haste
started away, al e must have walked me up {;
l could n rightly see what It was WI sleepi-
ness : an then | hard a sound, sounded like
breakers; an that walked me fairly. IT was
like a lee-shore an st was comfort to think
o. land, eff It was ony to be wrecked on itself ;
but did u go, an stood an listened to I'm :
an now an agen | d walk piece, back al FORTH
an so passed many, many Lonesome hour,
seemuny, tull night COED down tarrible slowly,
an 1t coined up day O. t. other side; an there
was n no land nawthun but great mount aims
meltun an breakup up, an fields wastun away.
l sid It wss q rollun barg made tie noise like
breakers thowun up great seas o both sides Of
IN; no sight nor sign o. shore, nor ship, but
dazun white-enough TO blind 6ody-an
knowed t was all hoatun away. over the say
Then l said my prayer, an looked drink o
water, an set out agen for Nor-norwest It wa:
all could do, Sometime snow, an more times