The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-03
SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARYs3, 1872.

The policeman turned pale and civil.
tAin't YOU goin' along with her, sirr
said he. 49," " -" -, 49,. -.
TSs1 an not IT, pass h the nigh night here.
He retired, swearing, fas sntly, aud
locked the door on, me. -.
could not steep- bat ~ ar events,
I was free at last from my prosscusfia, !,
I was so pleased, tliat I sang a merry
song, and carved my name ON the wall
with q rusty nail, as other prisoners
hhave done before me, Tine next day /
was taken before a magistrate, who dis
missed the case at once, and / resumed
my journey. ,..y
When I reached Glasgow, I found
that my ship was on the point Of sailing
My luggage had been placed on board,
and my half-cabin was ready for me.
We had dreadful weather at sea-; we
were driven many hundred miles out of
our course and for three weeks after
leaving Glasgow was terribly i'll, aud
did not leave my cabin. believe
should not have left my, cabin at
ali if I had not been threnn bDdiIyF / oat id;
oft ~ 4 tremendous copeuzsiou one very ysa-,
stormy night. :" '"f
] rushed on deck, and found every
thing in the widest confusion. A fear
ful storm was raging, and the ship had
struck on sunken rock. Thsre. was
absolutely no hope for her, and it was
impossible to launch a boat, even if it
could, have lived in such a sea.
don't want to harrow anybody, 80
will coutent myself with explaining tha.
amid the shrieks of three hundred peo
pie, the vessel foundered.
/ | always take the prseaution, when ei
sea, Of wearing a little indiR-rGbber
apparatus round my neck, which I in
fate, and in that condition it prevent,
my head from going under. / inflated
it hastily, and found that 1t answered
admirably. was tossed about vioientl,
Tor some hours and when the gale a,
4 lshsth Nabsided, II was lar out at sea
No laHd %as visible; aud as rose and
i fell in the suIky hoping sea, felt thai
I ny h5ar WIS 1t hzad: looked eagerly
towards .he horizon on all sides, in the
vain hope Of seeinga distant soil, but l
saw none. There was, however, one
thing in view--a dark round thing
floating on the waves mile or SO from
me. l struck out for it, and was hor-
rihed TO find that it was alive Still
approached it, rejecting that death from
sea monster was preferable to death
from starvation, aud to my management |
found that it was making straight in my
direction. On approaching it, l was
appalled, to fnd that it resembled moth
ing so much as human head ia &
floating plate; and on coming within
three or four yards, l discovered that it
was the head of Miss Fortescuc, suppor-
ted above water by coutrivance similar
in character to the apparatus l have
already described. l should add that
her great fat bunchy body, and Q had
no doubD her legs, were still connected
with it.
Not Miss Fortescue 2 said l..
'Runmy old passenger, by Gar = said
she. What you doing here, sarp
Il am not here by choice. was
wrecked in the 'Auror4 Borealis.'
'Mc, too' sand she.
'You said l. Were you on board
tire Aurora 2
'-Borcalis, adrled che. 'yas-me
stewardess How are your
Il ain very cold, and this confou nded
thing has given me crick in the neck ;
Situation damp, said She Try this,
you queer one!'
1t Was flask % brandy. She held it
to my lips until had taken comforta-
BILE draught
Tive shillings, said she, holding the
bottle Co tho light to see how much
had taken
Here it is said I.
'Stewardcss, shilling-makc three.
/ determined to resist this cxtortion,
for on that line of packets the stewards
fee is included in tho fare. L told her
so.
You mean old cuss = said Aliss For
tescue. Il give you nothing more
| / tried To look dinnifed and inhifl