The Portland daily press., 1864-02-26

hours had elapsed, no doubt could now remain
on the subject He had fallen overheard
unobseryed, said; for all had been question
ed, and none had seen him in any position
of peculiar risk.
"Why saw him myself" replied the boat
swain. Just before / turned in, on the forecas
tie. lie was leaning over the bows and look
at the cntwater and watching the ship pitch
ing and the fellow on the steerage was talk
ing to him. They were slowed away like,
out OF sight under the lee OF the sail"
"Why, that same young man said he had
not spoken to the child all day, and had not
seen him since noon, / said much surprised.
All the steerage passengers were questioned
about it,"
The man of whom the sailor spoke was one
of many we had on board, who were emigrat-
ing from the manufacturing district where
at thas time, much suffering existed, and
where extreme doctrines were broached
among the laboring class. Ofthese Payne was
a great advocate.
The boatswan's statement now set me
thinking, and determined to probe the mat
ter to the bottom. | inquired il he remember
ed anything that passed between the two. He
said that he had gone forward TO look up a
man who was doing something on one of the
yards, and of course did not pay much atten-
tion 10 a conversation between a man and a
child of seven. But he heard Payne urge the
hir, soT,e rovrard t5o ho,y renly;no tbat his
,,o,bo, ,,-oulJ ,o vor, o,,crv n s3e knew
The loretonmast staysail was half hauled
down, for il was nearly calm, and hung in
folds on the forecastle, screening the boat
swain from Paynes view, and he left without
hearing more.
Now, why, should the man deny having
snoken to tbe child. / said. he mnst have been
urgino him IN do someihinp wrongr
.Wel. sir. think | can gI,ess y renlied the
boatswain. "Fro,n what know of the chan
its nv opinion that he has dared the bow ia
10 ont on the boom. and the little fellow has
lost his hold and tumbled overheard. I've
seen him do such trick once before-ofered
10 helm orc of the YOUNGSTERS nm in the
sbronds and ,ben ran a,ysy down and iaf,
him and lauobed af his rr;aL, Ua and had
so,ne words sho,,4tbat matter
,.I5,,, that yas hasa mos, ;nc,noo,s
,bin, and ,o.l,es tho eollo,, o,t ,rnrsa ,han
thn,,oht lii, ~ ho - Ia '''''
s,,Sda, ,ho,,ah, s,,o,,,os,.d h,- what ,ba
Ia az, sai5 assLa3 'non nv
Sie'5 eii;. ,,s1 sn ,S;,l, - -,
mon sonsi5era,ion dismissed + 80 n,,eriy
imnrobahIa Ho could not ho On haso as tha,
s,igt., Ia - ,,s,.eals 'N' ~ ~ 'N 90 ''"'
o., 80, laa,,a - H. ,oo,- ,,,o,,. -.
,-a;n ~ ~. T.oaan'o1, ~ ~, ~. eo"'
Want ,op 70 como tor,rard Win mo a1a coo
III, ,,3a,, No''o VIZ" '''o anu 'ee
We dsscondoa tha oor,r,r;o, laddor Ioad;n,
iototbe steerage \ dim lantern hung from
,hSo , ,,s, ino /" Jiul laneein muns hou
sho,r"d al ,ho 49, 80 10 har,Is ara,, "',u
cd IN sccon,t ortho hs.. Know;n,r wbera
pa,,,,a,S h,S,t. ,,'as 7 81, dann ths lan,or,,
and walked mn IN II Tho man Was sonnd 4
asleen and snoripo aSurelv he must have
= goad or alsn = yerv coIiors conscianca > 7
| thouoht as Shoot, him nntilI he awoke
"Pavne" said, ~ am shnre thai Won know
somefhing about that how. If was Observed
that 1.o,, aid pnt ioin in tha soorcI CO.. hin, ;,
As soon as he recovered from lilo surnr;se
| Of his Sudden in,erruntion IN his slnmbars be
| heoan IN nrotest that he l-navv n,thing ,phat.
| eyer NJ The bov
sDont tell me that" @think of bis moor
| mother nearly Killed with tho sbocir ond If
Won can clear nm tbis mystery do So at ono. ),
And pansed and looked AT him keenly. At
this appeal he hesitated a moment. looked
confused but ouiclSlv recovering his b9rdi,
hood again denied ali tnowledge Of ~ the mat
ter: and when the boatswain broadly stated
his susnicions he renelled them indionantlv
! enough. | was satisfied and ran nnon deck
ssThat how is ROT overheard nj all;, I said
70 the astonisbed boatswaih and that fellow
| has known N All the while. and instanilv went
10 the steward and wole linn
s.Steward. / want Won 10 oat nm Were
| Won In the lazsrette today q, fIsha etora
room where ,he sunnlies we're kent
ayes doctor for = cavy minntas irs, bo,oro
dinner Whvpr
| a. horo "a 1,od ,bo, ,o;esin, ol;il ,,,oros 90
| hr;n,, yo,, tevn
| GLE a;n,t ,bera Doctor y cold ,hs mo, ss,,o-
| cause wont and !, ,hintinr he ,ri,,ht
bave crert IN sftnr mo nd ha ,'a;,;,, IT,
! ashamed ~ cali on, ); ''e''
Nv hone fcII as be snol,e I'm, nror c,rtl,or
onas,;nni sn,nS IL ia ~. ',d upuM ~, '.iS ~.
,d,aoa coe,,I. ,o1; IN ~, ,.n,. .n1
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al -. ALL III. 80 'o 'sli y, ''ie saip
-. 49,, ~. .sss .a. WIN
cantro A. srst go oo,'ld 80 o,l'i,,. ~ s',. -.
st,,,,,;,,r .;ii "a ,;o,o.,;.. 0us =
hroatJiT,, roaol,od o,,r 60, H., ,;s,a.,, 49,
na,. ubare n,,,,ber Of horrs ,.ora Eli s,'1
tbeTa go sonnd The nissi9s, cbi,d ,,i,i, .
| small ba,, nc orsnges raisins a,d ai1,onds h.,
bis side y
"Don't wake him. I said 70 the steward
who was ahout ronghlv m arose tbe sleener.
! and stenned uohtiy io Mrs Rntler,s har,b
and was admitted by the ladv nassanaar On
watch hut She was stil In y door, sIoer. 90
merely whisnerino ihe mod news to he lola
10 her Gently when sha woka lort and
knoe,sed 81 the dnor of the uaxt cahin ,haro
Miss Rutler and tho cliIdren yara Sba had
heard me. and had hastily dressed herself
dreading some new calamity from mis- nntima,
lv summons. I shall never for net ,he startled
and amazed look unon her male face as tal-
| inc her bv the hand / led her Ia tho doo, of
| Inc store room which was cIose hv ,rbare
,-i ~ nv