The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-04-27
The CAPTAINS STORY.

MYTHS vas canaofe o. eFeISk With - eAy
2ufbtr dwners UeseluilkSg 10 trus; 1 tAsi
psl1e cargo IN Der. 80 | would not reuse 10
trust myself. We wqebUhrd 10 Liverpool,
ard nothing ~uapsuai happened an,il about
sEsr vsebSANtsy ests pheh werrea fool OF "a
TaaprsSrgt ssrly inShe raofnpg,
Sc ore svnree, ard not above ~ 81 eight
net Of ieeswas above wafer, Il having hesn
ns.rly I'll melted 10 ths Warin region OF the
sui,sttsp. fIvdii mot lhiFg Ne susfained
'hsrh ~srjhty, foEths sbosklwas tyhi; has 1
was very angry, and gave the lcokout . Sc
we're ytVts'knsnisA visi,as, even siot ping TO
inquire whether be cJali haVs seen The
terg in time to escape it.
NJ cStin Boy pas E~smedsJssk WiIhers.
llctwas Iourksn yea4 o; az, and this was
bs,Ast toyago hsl taken him from his
Nt5SrdAmosher. and had promised her,
Souid ses him well treated, hat WIS If he
behaved .hinseli. ] SOON ,msd,. mysel be
iAys Mtsa AZ Swfui disposition, / fancied
he was The most stubborn piece OF humanity
iLsds yes come across. l.haI mazda up my
hiSa&hat he bad never been properly gov
srned, ard bad re- olyed 10 break him in
lola him tdemb his temper before 10
dpne with him. In reply he tnld me that |
figa EillsH IN If ftiked sand / hoeseth him
&ish-tbs cad oisifa DiaAsn top gallant hal
i!ards ill be could hardly stand. asked
'Hh Ute had got eyough sud he told mel
rpIghs c him more il | WISHED to. telt
a Isiigng hcliha Gcuta Ihrcw1hs boy ossr
bald, but At that mement lie Stage red back
sg@in't ne mizzrn. mast frCrn absuiu'e weak
itFs, md | let hitn 10 himself. When !
EsIsQne5 calnlIabe3l It's. boys disposition,
acSss doGcsdlto@ ackoowlcdge that he was
ore Of tie ~srGartest and most intelligent aud
fs'htU, lals1lka4 essrsseeng When | ask.
Ell hin TO do anything, he would be eff like
g rccae'; hut when | roughly ordered him
lo 10 anything, then came the disposition
Win which | 'cunc FAULT.
Q1e day, hen it was very near noon, l
rpoke TO him 10 bring up my quadrant. He
was booking oyer the quarter rail, and |
knew''ts did not hear me; the next time |
tp9Sel riFped out ansoatb, and intiiaa,ed
that III be did no. laoye l'Ih&p him.
II dde'thser yssths SID wi'R sp ia'
No Words said /.
G spEpsBsl CAMS essk ! b asssotssa Smay>
Ing slowly toward the companion way.
HIS looks, words, and tho slow, careless
manner in sbich he moved, fired me in a
.sisue,spdsl srasped him by ahe collar. g.,
.k'spssk 10 me again like thaG, and In fog
soE Sftfinan !Ech OF y0dr1ife.' said T.
'Iop era Dig aYsy.5h he replied fEm and
undaGNtel IS a rock.
And did Iqg h.n. :. lcsnght up the end
Of 3 rcrs, end beat him till my arm fairly
scseda hakhe never @hanesd. ~, ~ yva
'hJx aehat fssaid II
NJ 'Fhsrs'sa iipie more la nina y9u,dtss-
Tor fog it0Gt,' said he.
And | beat hin again. beat him till he
sank lreR my. hsia agsinss tie rail; and |
sent"cSe OF mySother men FOR my quadrant.
when it cans, and | had adjusted it for OBJ
ssrvstion, I found that the sun was already
pat The meridian, and that l was 100 late
Tli3 Eddsd.tu to thsire ofzmy madness,
aoa quickly seiZing the lad by tho collar. L
tsdtMn to- Main hatchway, and had the
batch tsken off. n ! then thrust him down,
and swore ! would keep him there till his
sAebaFnoess. was broken. The. hath was
then pot on, mud went into the cabin
suffered & gosd deal that afternoon, not with
any eonl pune don Of conscience for what |
nod deper but with my own temper and bit
terneSs. II made me mad to think that |
could not conquer that boy-that | could
y,oI break down down bis cool, stern oppsi.
lion. But IN do it,p | said to myselD; III
siarye Elm int It, or he Shall die under the
operation ,-
LITER sopperI went to the hatchway and
called out 10 him, but he returned Inc no
AnsEersN At 10 O'Clock l called again, and
sgain got no answer. | might have thought
'ths Tagging had taken swayyhis senses, had
uos soue o. tue ,tneu assured me that they
had heard hin not al hour before, talking
10 himselL did, not trouble him again un,
ti uertinsA4 After breakfast Invent to the
lstcLway and called to him o~ce more |
heard nothing from him, nor could | see him
~ bad not seen him since I put him down
sheIese 1vcallea' out several times, but he
would make 10 r%eply-and yet the same men
told PIE hey bad heard him talking that very
molnilg. lie seemed TO be ,cslling' on. Them
for help, bot he would not ask Tor me. !
neant,to break him into it. He'll beg be-
aors he'll starvs, thought; and SO | deter
mined 10 let him stay there, ! suppo'e that
ne had crawled forward 10 the iorecastle
batkhesd,s IN order to make the sailors boar
bin. Some Of the men asked leave to &c
down and look Tor him, batl reused. and
Threatened TO punish The ftst man that dared
10 80 down. -, ~.
y, At noon l went again, and as he dad no
an2wsr Inc this time, l resolved that b,
Sheuld como TO the hatchway and ask Ter me
ere | vent any more. The day passed AWAY
1nd 6hen evening anne again, | began to bt
startled. ,hooght OF the many good quail.
fi.ies Of the lads and OF his W dowed mother
lie lad been in the hold thirty six hours
wi,hcut TODD or drink. He must be toe
wesE % sFI out now. 1t eas hard for Inc t.
give up, tut /! 10 died there from aetna
-ssa; es,+en, it might be harder with me still
50 Il Iasgtb l'msde up my mind to goanc
sxsLhin.% 4t4was not quite sundown wher
hsd tbs hatch taken off, and jumped dowr
upo1 ahD bpxcs belog.nA little way for
wardpl fSEsaspass where ack might easily
h.yeSgone down, ant 10 this point | crawled
on nv hands ana knees. i called out there
kql could get noansweT. A short distance
pFiheT:wssa wide space, which | had en-,
aRIAsqrgptlen. But. which f'now re remember.
cd lad, been lett Open on account Of o break
In me Ht6fing toi tSe held, which would lei
Vanyghing that might have been stored there
rag: directly upon the thin plarkipgs of ship
TOMS place | made my way, and looked
down. | heard The splashing Of water, and
thought | could detect . sound Ike the. m
coming efa'tny Jet or stream. At first ]
couldseei sothIng. but as soon as | became
used TO the dim light, | could distinguish
SIG faint. outlines OF the boy a. some distance
belov zoe. lie seemed to be sitting on the
bEoken Goor, with his feet stretched out
-egsins. a !cask.';sh called Quito him and
tEodgn. he looked up. Jack, are you
1hsre.s .e 4a. '12"a N y '0gF.a;
va, lie answered me in . faint, weary tone
.~-.Yssi help me! Do help me! Bring men
and bring a'lantern-the ship has sprung d
ieah!A
! hesilatsds and he added in more eager