The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-04-07
XENIA, FRIDAY, APRIL Z, 1866.

you ana OOr6 must 20 anu se5 II yuu
can't save some of the cargo that will be
driving ashore. They will call US pirates
or Arabs if it appropriated, as the car
go of the Mary Anne was
Men don't consider it stealing to pick
up bag of coffee or a box Of oranges on
the sea.shore said Higgins. They
would not take 3 cup of coffee or a sin
gle orange out of shop for their right
hands
Il know said Angus but you must
tell them that somebody owns that cargo
FWe will see to it, said bort, and then
they all went away. ....-- -.
The young man had held his hand on
the captains heart, in the vain hope to
discover warmth or motion.
Angus, said I, viii you not put him
in my bed ? There is a fire in my room,
and we must try to bring him to life; I
am sure he is not dead '-
Angus seemed out of patience with my
unreasonable pertinacity ), still he made a
very thorough examination Of the body,
but failed to discover any signs of life.
Then he turned to me, and said My
dear, I will do every thing just as if I
were as sure that he is alive as I am that
he IS dead --...---
He called John, and assisted by the
young man, whose name was Wilson, they
carried the captain to my room, where
they took off his clothes, and laid him in
my bed. Two women came in. I gave
my little Richard to one, and employed
the other in preparing the breakfast; and
l devoted myself, with my husband and
Mr.. Wilson, to the endeaVOr to resUscitate
the drowned man.
We raised the head on pillows at the
back of the bed, and let the legs and feet
lie over the front side of the bed in a pail
of warm water. I laid flannel cloths on
the chest and stomach, Wrung out Of hot
water, or hot vinegar, for used all in
turn, and Angus and Mr.. Wilson and
John rubbed the apparently lifeless body.
All the time felt sure the captain was
alive, and I was impatient that L could
not make Angus believe it too.
My poor Matte, said he, the wish is
father to the thought
Mr.. Wilson hardly spoke; he worked
never stopping to take any
thing but some wine and water, when he
was nearly fainting with exhaustion. Some
1f the time he was rubbing the body;
again he was initiating the lungs with the
bellows and then be was fOrmenting with
The warm fannels and spirits. At the end
If six hours he sat down, and seemed de-
3pairing. He sat with his face buried in
MS hands, and then he rose, and flung
himself en- the bed beside the body. He
,lasped the cold form to his bosom, and
Z Oh, my friend how can I ever tell
Annie and Lizzie that I left you to
lrownl
Then he wept long and bitterly. My
husband led him out Of the room.
It is all over, Mr.. Wilson, said Angus.
Take a morsel Of food, and go to bed
you are worn out we will do the rest
While they were gone out examined,
for the fftieth time, the space
,ver the heart. There was a scarcely per- |
,eptible warmth. Still it 'was percepti-
DE. 1 ran down stairs to tell my hus-
,and. He was standing by Mr.. Wilson,
whose arms hung beside him as if they
we're palsied.
There is warmth about the heart, 1
.ried.
Wilson sprang to his feet as if he had !
,eeu electrified. My husband looked at !
ne with tender reprOach, as much as to
ay, Your hope is false and foolish;' but |
lie did not speak, and we went up stairs.
lie examined the heart with his hand and
lis ear, and then bade Mr.. Wilson do the
anne, saying, "There Is ife.'
Hope seemed to have animated Wilson !
With new life, but my husband would |
lot allow him to do any thing.
If you will take some toast and wine,
hen you may work again, Mr.. Wilson,
aid Angus.
brought the food, and the young man
tie, and then they began their labor of
owe. The warmth at the heart increased,
nd then there was faint futtering, and
n an hour more we were rewarded by the
irst struggling breath of our patient.
I never saw such joy as that of the
-Oung man when he knew that his friend
vas alive. Soon he was breathing steadi-
y. He was notas much brusied as we had
opposed at first, and he seemed strangely
7ell when he became conscious. He took
cup of hot wine andwater, and said
LET me go to sleep, Wilson, and I will
Take as good as new. All hands are safe,
-ou say, and can afford to turn in and
leep till tomorrow or next day.
He smiled agoOd-natured, happy smile,
nd went to sleep.
'Now, Mr.. Wilson, said I, 'Oan't you
ollOw such a good ezampleY
He lay down on couch in the room
Nth his captain, and went away to my
laby, as happy as I could be. Why can
lot we be as happy when all our friends
re alive and well, and saved from the en-
.urance Of sorrow, day after day, as when
stranger is rescued from death! How
lear and dear these strangers seemed to us,
hough we had known them not yet a day
We sent word to Higgins that the captain
vas alive, aud he and bort came up, and
With a quiet joy shook hands with US,
eeming afraid to speak above their breath,
est they should awaken the sleepers.
hey spread the news, and the next morn
ng great many came to offer their con-
The captain tried to rise early, but his
ead failed him.
'The more haste the worst speed, said
10. 4 mean to see home and wife to-day,
ut they will keep till Tomorrow
And he quietly laid his head back on
is pillow.
You are a jewel of a man, said my hus-
and GT exnected vou would be down