Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-11-13

natured gentleman actually took ,gffal
trouble to explain how be could ge
there By the shortcut. Careu prc6tec
by this advice. 50 as to get there in tim,
to change his appesrsnce again. A
dinner, be asked of she QsloneI If b,
bad met miserable object % the road
"a very miserable objsft. indeed. . ssic
the C0lsnsl Carr made cleat
breast. of n: 81 lhs Colonel eoulc
moi oelies I'D 'beei, 50 deceived IN
he ssw ths =|a Ishi.own din
ins-f6ams 8 -@frness in disguis.
.in9 Himself. ID h rlne i q striking
sSsstsg 2 $500; %ss.
J h was shown into the room in which the
ge4llemen sat over their wine. One ol
Z the guests. Mr.. Pleydell, expressing
his Qualification at being introduced to
one he had heard so much Of, but had
never seen, Carew informed him that
he was Certainly mistaken on the latter
point, as he had presented him a fev
days before with suit OF clothes and 4
guinea. This announcement led to :
debate as to the possibility Of Mr.. Pley-
dell being again deceived, and the dis
cussion led to seSerel wagers being laid
on the matter. AS Carew was depart
ing, one Of the company limited that Re
would find the same party together
again on certain day at another place.
When the day came round. an old wO-
man appeared at the huuse in question;
she was old. ugly. and decriplt. her
charmes receiving no addition by her
back being encumbered withtwo squall-
ng children, while third trotted re-
luetanlly by her side. The juvenile
chorus which announced her arrival set
all OF the dogs OF the house barking, and
quickly brought out the maids, 10 see
what the hubbub was about. The
grandmother Of the three helpless
children" 1.-TWO borrowed from a beg
gar-woman, and one from a hump
backed tinker. whose dear mother bad
been burned to death at the dreadful
FIRE at Kirton," told her pitiful tale,
which the servant repeated to her mis-
tress, who sent out half-a-crown and q
basin Of broth. While the old woman
was busy with the latter, the gentlemen
gathered around her, and were so
shocked at her miserable appearance
that every one Of them bestowed some-
thing upon her. The broth finished,
the bsldam departed. invoking blessings
on the kind gentlemen; but as soon as
she was out of sight, loud view-halloo
lsts-i1ed their ears, and they were not
long in verifying the suspicious it raised.
OF the many characters in his varied
repertoire, CareW found that OF the ship
wrecked sailor by far the most profit
able, and he spared no pains in making
himself perfect in the part, actually
working his passage to and from New
foundland to that end. He was living
chronicle of shipping disasters. and neg.
lected no chance Of acquiring useful in
formation Happening to be on the coast
on a stormy evening when a vessel was
wrecked, he swan TO her, to find only
Dne OF the crew left alive. A few hur-
lied questions put him in possession oil
he ships name, the captains name.
Der port Of departure, destination. and
largo. Curiosity satisfied, gave place
% humanity, and Carew sought to in
jpire the terror stricken seaman with
sufficient courage TO tempt the waves.
His first efforts were vain and finding
The ship was about to sink. he sprang
into the sea. Strong swimmer as be
was. this pursuit Of knowledge under
the difficulties was near proving fatal to
him; as il was, he was thrown, bruised
and insensihle upon the beach. The
anxious watchers Of The wreck naturally
supposed he was one Of the crew Of the
vessel they saw 90 down; he WAS car
ried into the house of charitable lady.
whose attention soon brought HIM round.
OF course he did not disclose his true
character, and was rewarded Tor bis
daring and discretion by sundry gifts,
and certificate from magistrate, set
ting forth that he was the sole survivor
Of the crew OF the Bristol ship Griffin. 8
piece OF good fortune of which he failed
not to make the most H .-r.
Perhaps Csrew's boldest exploit was
his victamising the Duke of Bolton at
hampton. Having. with some difficulty,
obtained an interview, he made himself
known 10 his grace MS BamIylde Moore
Cnrew. shipwrecked on his way to Eng
land, in Swedish ship. of which he
was supercsrgo. The name was famil
lar TO TIE duke as that Of gooo family;
and the sham supereargo gave such ex-
cellent reasons why he could not apply
10 his relations in his need. that all sus.
picion was disarmed. Not content with
inviting the imposEor to dinner, the duke
ordered his barber to shave, and hi:
valet TO dress him, and dinner over, col.
lected q handsome Gum among bis
friends. Being called away, bis grace
insisted upon Carew's stsyi-g g the night
and gave strict injunctions to his serv
ants 10 make him comfortable. hwouid
seem that they did not make him com.
Portable enough, for he made some eI'
cuse TO leave the house, and made hi:
way 20 a public house patronised BY
vagrsnts, where be spent the night il
making merry at the dukes expense in
more senses than one. Next morning
be started to Salisbury as the ship
wrecked supercsrgo. upper ten" lib
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