The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-07-06

From the Capital.
'Fisk's is the Fall River line, is II not ?''
"Yes. And the way he tries to beat every.
body else and make his the only line TO Bos-
ton is astonishing. Why, I'll tell you some.
thing about Fisk. One day, just a. We vert
starting from New York. a trim little cir
stepped aboard and took stateroom, saying
she was going through to Boston. She wasn'
dressed loud, but mighty neat and rich
wearing Turkish hat, vesvet sack trimmed
with lace, dress with lot of scollops ant
trimming around it, and about the most be
wildering foot ever saw on . human being
She was pretty, sassy, and called me OLD
father at supper, and carried ON In u way
that soon showed what abe vas, though sl,,
deceived me at fira with her baby face an,
girlish manners.
after having Mortified the ladies and amused
the gentlemen by her rollicking manner, ant
became quiet for few minutes, while sh,
looked far out at sea, she turned round to tn
captain, and, putting up her email whit,
hands and taking him BY the whiskers Oh
each side of his face, she looked mp 10 hin
and says she, very solemnly, did you eve
want to die, Captain y We'll, no. saws he
4 don't think ever did And ii you did,
said she, what would you do p
We'll, in that case, said the Captain
loosing her hands and turning away, q
think, as have plenty Of opportunity,
should jump into the sound and drown my
self
''The words were hardly out Of his mouth
before she turned round like a fash, AMI
putting one hand on the railing, leaped over
board. She was gone before person coult
stir to catch her, and terrible scream arust
from the passengers who saw II. wal
standing aft when l heard the shouts, and
looked out and saw her come TO the surface
She had taken of her hat, and her splendid
brown hair, which she wore loose down heI
back, dOated in . mass on the water.
fancied she looked straight at me with heI
childish face as she came up, and there wa!
nothing wild or struggling about her, bu
she seemed to smile in the same jaunty way
that she did when she was plaguing me hal
an hour before. In another moment she N,
swept rapidly astem and disappeared. W.
put about and lowered the boats, but v.
never found her. 1t is strange how tn.
women, who had been 70 shocked at her con
duct before, now pitied and even wept fol
the little girl when they found what a LOAD
there must have been in the foolish baby's
heart while she was laughing the loudest
She had left small reticule in the cabin
and when We opened it we found some yer
ses, written in little cramped hand on 8
folded sheet Of note paper. They ran abou
this way, and we're headed:
MAGDALKN's DEATH.
/ can no longer endure this polluting,
This fostering breath;
Gladly fly TO the refuge that's left me,
Merciful death.
Not sadly, tearfully,
But gladly, cheerfully,
Go to my death.
Priests may refuse to grant sanctifed burial
There unto me.
Father, thank Thee! blessing II always held
Over the -.
Aye, in its widest foam,
Aye, in Its thickest gloom,
Blessed is the SEA.
Welcome, o sea! with thy breaking and dashing.
That never shall cease;
Down in thy angriest, st0rmiest waters
Oh, hide me in peace.
Say to the weary face,
Come to thy resting place,
Slumber in pence,