The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-04-05
aNisfellallu.
BOYS YOU ARE WATCHED.


Do you belive this boys? 1t is
true-true that you are watched often,
very often, when you think not of it.
Perhaps / can best illustrate this by
giving you story related by a traveller
in one Of the Southern States
Among the Irish emigrants who
came to this country more than twenty
years ago, was lad not then out of
his teens. He was a stranger in a
strange land, without friend or helper.
In search of employment, he came to
the banks Of one. of the rivers which
flow into the Gulf Of Mexico, Here
he obtained situation as deck hand on
board of steam boat It was hard
work and poor fare. At all hours Of
the day and night he was expected to
stand ready to land and receive freight,
| take III wood, and feed the furnace
He did his work faithfully, proving
himself sober, active and intelligent. +.
| =, He had been in the boat week,
when, one dark night, a fire was seen
| and a cry heard on the banks of the
river. The fire was signal for the
boat to STOP The mate, who was then
in charge, would not land, but sent our
young Ifishman on shore in a small
boat. He found a planter and two or
three negroes standing by the signal
fire. The planter handed him a pack
age, saying: t@''a -..'.
Here are thirty four thousand dol
lars. Give it to the captain or clerk,
and ask him to deposit it for me in the
Planters Bank as soon as he gets in
Tell him not to forget it, as it is to pay
a note that falls due day after to NOR
| row. t.a rs,.,-s.--.$zs. s,s-y.-..- ,...-.. i.
| The young man put them oney in his
bosom, and pushed off for the boat. -
In the darkness he might have gone in
another direction, and with the money
in his possession-a great fortune, for
q poor acknowledgement, never
more to be seen in these parts. Does
i'll gotten wealth everprove a blessing
This young man probably thought not.
All events he had no notion of trying
it. 3t:|
On his reaching the deck, the mate
demanded of him what:was wanted.-
The lad replied simply that it was a
message for'the captain and was rough
ly ordered to go into the-cabin and de-
liver it. es a. E.soxz.s}sg ss,es9as,E{ a.tr
se Upon entering the cabin, he saw the
captain surrounded by a jolly group; Of
passengers, and very busy with cards
and punch. Under these circumstances,
he wisely concluded that the money
would for that night be safest in his
! T Ia he
cabin unobserved, and slowed the
package of notes in the bottom of his
clothes bag. In the morning, when the
captain. was. sober, he again visited the
cabin, and delivered the money and
message, when something like the fol
lowing CONVERSATION occurred 80,
h." "What is this ? Where did you get
this money y 80 - =, :, .l'-
II went ashore hl,oie in the, y.awyl for las
might, sir'' 5.'',>a ..e. IL '-''.'2'' =
S'And why did younot bring it to thu
Office at once?' l-1- =" ~ -s't-i
~a@s' / did, sir, but you and the clerl
were both very busy" ~ -5' E-s#
This answer drew forth a hearty
laugh from some of the passengers who
had been engaged in the, same bust
ness. B#I-T e3f ~ 51.3lt.s fa7-..f ....f
hessss g Young, man said the captain
I how :, long have you been on thi
ooat asst .d,; T9d5oaa 900. .g0e
A week, sirc3''Al. .oks+ a. r-sffs,,-os,..
~ " And how much mo money have you P
!" Five dollars, sir. 80. .54-' 1'.N'
t In three weeks from that date th,
: young emigrant, became second mate.
l in year, first mate, and not long after
: captain, In few years, he had wifi
S and children, and owned a plantation
- and two or three steamboats,.
Now, was it only a happy fortune
g or, as some would say, a lucIychance
E which, in one short year, raised thi
young man from the Situation of