Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-05-14

He was looking over the quarter.rail, and
l knew he did not hear me; the bext slime
spoke 1 ripped out an oath and intmnt.
ed if he did not move I'd help him.
Il did't hear YOU he said, with an in.
dependhnt tone
No words, said l.
Il suppose can't speak he retorted
moving slowly toward the companion way.
His looks, words, aud the slow care
less manner in which he moved fred me
in a moment, l graspcd him by the collar
Speak to me like that, and Il fog you
within an inch Of your life, said |.
You may fog away he replied firm
and undaunted as o rock.
And l did fog him caught up the
end Of rope, and beat him ill my arm
fairly aked but he never WINGED.
'How's thatr said /.
There's little more life in me, you d
better fog it out was the reply.
And | beat him again. beat him till
he sank from my hands against the rail !;
and sent out one Of my other men for my
quadrant. When it came, and h ad ad-
lu'ted 1t i0' g. Observation, l found that th-
sun was already past the r..,so,ap apd
was too late, This added fuel to the
fire Of my madness, and quickly seizng
the lad by the collar, l led him 10 the
main hatchway, and had the hatch taken
off ! then thrust HIM down, and swore J
would keep him there till his stub
borDness was broken. The hatch was
then put on and went into the cabin. -
| suffered good deal that afternoon, not
with any compunctions Of conscience for
what had done, but with my own tcm.
per and bitterness. 1t made me mad 10
think that | could not conquer that boy
that l could rot break down his cool
sieru opposition. But will do it, said
TO myself; 'I'll siarve him into it, or he
ahaIl die under the operation
A';er supper l went to the hatchway
and called out to him but he returned mc
no answer. At 8 o'clock 1 called again
aud again got no answer, | might have
thought that the hogging had taken away
his senses, had no, some of the men as
.urea me that they heard him, not ar
hour before, talking to himself. l did no
trouble him again until morning. Ate
breakfast | went 10 the h#tchway an(
called to him once more. heard nothin
from him, nor could l ace him had no
seen him since l put him down there.
called out several times, but he woul,
make no reply, and yet the same men toll
me they had heard him talking that YER
, morning, lie seemed to be calling 0,
them for help, hut he would not ask 70
: me. l mean to break him into it. Hell
, beg before he II starve, thought an
! go determined to let him stay there,
Q supposed that he had crawled forward to th
forscastle bulkhead, in order to make tn
sailors hear him. Some cf the men aske
t leave to 90 down for him, but l refuseC
b, and threatened to punish any man tha
dared TO 90 down.
n At noon went again, and as he did nc
f answer Inc thi, time, resolved that h
j should come TO thr hatchway aud ask fo
t me, ere | went again The dag passe'
away, aud when evening come again,
. began to he startled | thought Of th
e many good qualities the boy had, and c
the widowed mstbcr. He had been in tn
!. hold thirty-sx hours, and all of fort
S hours without food or drink. lie must |
n too weak to cry out now. 1t was hard tc
= me to give up, but if he died there fro
: actual starvation it might 60 hard with ii
C still. SO at length | made up my mind
| 90 and see him. 1t was not quite sundow
Il when had the hatch taken off, and
e jumped down ON the boxes alone. A Ii
d tie way forward | saw SPACE where Jac
d might easily have gone down, aud to til
|. point crawled on my hands and knee
d called out there, but could get no al
e swer. A short distance further was
l wide space, which had entirely forgotten
d but which | now remembered had bee
1t left open, on account of break in Il
l flooring of the hold, which would let an.
d thing that might have been stored the
,. rest directly upon the thin planking Of II
N ship. To this place made my way al
: looked down, | heard the splashing {
N water, and thought | could detect a soun
l. like the incoming of a tiny jet, or streaI
lie At first l coald see nothing but as 500
| as became used to the dim light, cou
ID distinguish the faint outlines Of the boy
a some distance below me. He eseemed to
r sitting on the broken floor, with his fe
| ak,AkoIaI ooSl, / aol