The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-12-08
31DDEFoRD, ME-, FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 8, 1866.


osrpsnter-shops at hand, look for 'eu In other
yarns-sich a. travels. - .-fiIt.. ,,..g o.
F. couldn't tell you much about how We lived
sometimes burning, sometimes soaked 10 the
skin, hall the time hungry. I found berries
and roots and . bread.fruit tree, and caught .
parrot and roasted her. I stuck to the Cap.
pen. I suppose month won't %, and he could
just move little; and then began helping
him on BY easy stages. hoping TO como to some
place where We should 900 human faces. We
didn't. only to woods We wsre afraid to 20
through for the Wild beasts, and wished ws
had stayed near the shore where We might have
seen sail.
learned how to Say, "Give Us to day our
daily bread" then, and the Losd sent il. But
one day. burning day-I could find neither
water nor food. We were starving. was ss
weak a child, and the poor Cappen weaker
than I.
And the Csppen said TO me over and over
again, "Go, Blaize"-'swasu't my man now
"you can escape, perhaps. Leave me. I'm
only an old, dying man." DO. 0rs.'"...
And I had answered, "No one shall ever say
Dick Blaiss dosartod his Cappsn." But I
knew No wsro both doomed. Neither aesh nor
fruit nor water could 6pd. And at last eat
down in despair. t ...
"Ths Lord must help us now, aidI. "And
pr'aps out hero, where half the folks Is unoon-
varted, he's lost sight Of u.s." .. ..., Y.
There again was wrong; for what 10 the
'vsreal world should hear but some one whist
ling yankee Doodle" and the next minute
saw under the bushes faoe-in particular a
nose-that couldn't hail from anywhere but old
Connecticut, where was born and brought up:
and then faces black and white and yaller-a
hull ships complement Of explorers, Is they
turned out to be. tried to hurrah. "Cap
pen" says I, "the Lord has heard u.s." And
then keeled over and took rest. Didn't
know much for bit, only feel sure that Con-
nscticut phis was close to mino over and over
again; and that whatever yarn the boss explor-
er puts In his book, he'll tell no lie II he says
he nussed me like my mother might, God bless
him! 50 before long. being among friends, wo
found ourselves pilotcd to q port and put aboard
Yankee vessel homewsrd bound.
Well, to cut q long story short. mess.mates,
We csmo ashore at Marblehsad at last, and
was we'll and hearty. but the poor Cappsu laid
low. II had thought we'd bury him at sea, but
1t didn't come to that, and they took him home
on litter to die there; but before he went he
held out his hand to me. au .r
"God bloss you - he said. "No son could
be kinder than you have been :" and I went
away piping my eye. ,rn
I'dgot - love him out there on the Gold
Coast. g.-f
Well, I was uneasy, and walked the deck
Of my room the best part Of the night, and at
daybreak some one says, "Ahoy, Mr.. Blsirs ="
and opened the door. A boy was there.
Says he, "Cappen Jersey has sent for you-hos
dying" H-..,.. ..,.'i
knew 10 must como but my heart sank
like tho lead 10 deep water. oct sail for the
house. leaving the lad quito out Of sight, and
got there In few minutes. The nigger took
me iu, and there was Cappsn in bed and Chap
lain slong'de, and Eva crying as II her blessed
heart would break And Cappsn says to me
"Blaire, time Is short for me, must speak
FAST You love my girl still i"ln"F
Says I,"I haven't words to tell how dear
she 10 10 me.'' '.I i.-...-r 90,
Then the Cappen took her little hand and
put It in mine, and says tn the Chaplain,
"Let me see Il done before de-"
And before knew what had happened I was
called on to answer would I take this woman
to be my welded wife1 and had said:
"willIi Why, II you'll give her to me,
Cappcn. you give me bit Of heaven aforo my
time" at which the Chaplain took mo pp|
sharp.
And then we were married. and the dream
cams true, for kissed her.
The best Of the yarn 10, the Cappen didn't
die. think when We were spliced he felt .
load of his conscience and took turn for the
better; and we have him living with US, hale
and hearty as man can bc at eighty.four.
And now teach tho young folks to 60 to
church rsg'lar, for, as I tell the Chaplain. no
knowing what good may come Of Il. found
my wife at church, and, bless you, she don't
think mo wicked for saying SO, though sho pre-
tcnds TOTO please the Chaplain.