The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-07-11
Latitude, one degree north; between

- ana 70 degrees WeSLS SFsssAs
/ waited until night, when I de-
! scended to my cabin and openedithe
letter with a dull, awful feelings I
held my breath while I broke the big
red seal and read r
Captain Fountainbleau The
convict, Antoine Hindsclear,; stands
convicted of high treason against
the Republic The Directory order
that he be shot. IN mid ocean, and
you are hereby instructed to see that
these orders are carried into effect"
l read the letter backwards affd
forwards Invent on deck. There
they were, she looking upon the
ocean, and he gazing upon her with
an expression of unutterable fond
ness, Catching his eye; / signed for
him to come into the cabin, and bid
ding her good-by he came down,
mis- face all Smiles. LI.1J
was bathed in a cold sweat; I
felt as if deadly sick I handed him
the letter, and he read it together
with the death warrant, which was
drawn up in due form and attached.
l gathered voice as he finished.
He colored slightly and bowed.
Il ask nothing, Captain" he said,
in the same gentle voice thas always
characterized his speech; "no man
can be expected to swerve from his
duty. only wish to speak a few
words to. sLaurette;. and to entreat
you to take care of her, if she should
survive. / hardly think she will.
"AH that is fair, my good fellow
I said. off you request it I will
Carry her back to France to her fam
| ily. I will never. leave her nntilishe
wishes to be rid of me, but I do not
think she will survive it, ,,:.
! He took my hand and pressed it.
'fFMost kind Captain, I see you
suffer more in this. business than /
l do, but there is no help for it. I
trust you viii preserve what little
property of mine is left, for her sake,
and trust you will take care she
gets what her poor old mother may
leave her. I put her life, her honor
in your hands. She is (and how
fondly low his voice became) del
icate lite creature, her chest is often
affected; she must keep it waffftf
and if she could keep the two dia-
n1ond rings her mother gave her, /
should be gland but, Of Course, If
money is needed, they must go. My
poor Laurette, how pretty she
looks" ~ Eai3". 1ist '@A ii.s.4''iiI9
It was getting too much for me:
I began to knit ffy brows. $40
Gone word is as good as thou
sand" said, owe understand eaGlf
other. Go to her:''
I squeezed his hand he looked
wistfully at me; and l added ''Stay
a moment, let me give you a word5
of advice. Don't say Word to her;
be easy; that is my business, It
shall be managed in the best man.
ner."' # 1sncZ
"Ah!'' said he, s'I did not under;
stand; yes, much better. Besides,
this leave taking, this leave, taking!
eyes," said I "don't behave like
a child-=much better No leave
taking if you can help it, or you are
lost" ...-. l.5 10 -
kept my se1t. Isaw them walksF
ing arm-in arm upon the deck for
about half an hour.
I called the mate to me, and when
he had read the, letter, l said !" Gar =
ley, this is. bad business-bad busi-
ness. / put it in your hands. |
obey the order, but remain in. the
cabin until it is over. =, .'
sfow do you wish the tRing
done p he asked, in nonchalant
manner. --r-7o 9zF 4ra.7
ssTake him out in a boat-out of -
sight do it as quick as possible
don't say anything of this till the
time comes."r'nafs - al
Garley sat five minutes looking
at me without saying word. He
was strange fellow. / didn't know
what to make of him He then went
out of the cabin without saying
word. .ay1l- f... es,s9a.--l.t sf -l-f
Night came atlast. "Man boat 3
60 a quarter of a mile; be quick aea.
To obey slip of paper! for it
was but a slip of paper after all.
Something in the very air must have
urged me on. I saw the young n,afi
kneel down before his Laurette kiss
her knees! her feet! her gown /
cried out like madman Part them!
part them this instant! Part them
curse the republic@eurse the BIZ
rectory-the Directors quit the.
service curse the lawyers you may
tell them if you viii - a x.-
She was dragged into her berth
and the boat rowed away in the
darkness. vt - ss5' H5;
Sometime after dull volley came !
over the sea to the vessel. 1t. was
all over r.. n .
Fool, madman; how I paced the
deck and cursed myself. All night
long 1 paced back and forth; and q
all night long l heard the moaning /
of the poor stricken bird. -
Often halted; and was tempted
to throw myself into the sea, and so .
end this horrid torture of brain and =
heart. .-s+.-s ..--
Days passed; I saw nothing of
Lauretta. I woald not see her
She avoided me and I was glad of
it. 1 could not bear the sight of
that woe -strickened face. 9di .o tf"a-
The mate, Garley, how 1 hated &,
him He was as cool and as uncon-
eerned as though ne had no remem-
brance of shooting the poor wretch.
At Cayenne / resigned my ship
Going to the city / made all ar .
and took the steamer
for New York. Iplaeed ample funds !;