The St. Cloud journal., 1872-09-19

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most tsnderly' united inshis, hope that
~ result might be everyvay ssusoie-
aous. There vss balm in this, though
ne knew the tendency of tho hone OK.
pressed. " IT, r.. a,.-.s
The ship Vas on it, WY, and George
Wadrington found himself in . new
xorld, and among strange associates.
There were about two hundred pas.
ssngen 10 the second class, and when
he went below to his berth, he stood
eonfounded At the scene before him.
However he might have resolved to
suppress bis feelings, he could not see
bis quarters for the next three or four
months without . feeling of diegust
and repulsion. = .
In long apartment, divided off into
small stalls, as it were in . market
stalls Of some seven feet long by three
Or four feet wide, and. in which there
was just room for halty.rd vide mat
trsss-he made one of a rude crowd
With whom he had no sympathy, nor
tor the language and spirit Of many of
them, even federation. The very low
est purlieus of Whiteeh.pel and Rat
clrfe Highway seemed to have furnish
led > liberal .qnota of the thing !;
and tho squalling Of the ahilderen and
messss Of cooking, were to, him some
thing frighttul. go,
The first few days were rather stormy
Luckily George was we'll, and could
escape to the deck. As he emerged
from tho hatohway, however, ono Of
his fondsst hopes wss at once diss,pat-
ed. He wss met with an exclamation
Of surpfss BY % old acquaintance.
It VA Adam Swisburoe, who had pass.
ed bis apprenticeship as surgeon in
Newcastle, and VAS here - the ships
doctor. -
George Widdrington! aud below
there What, in the name Of .ll won.
ders, is the meaning of this :" was the
young mans exclamation. George
took him by the arm, and leading him
for~srd, explained so much Of the
mystery as that he had suddenly re.
solved On trip to the gold fields, and
as it, Of course, had at first been done
without tho knowledge of bis friends,
he had from necessity taken an inter.
mediate berth. He begged Adam
Swinburne to keep his confidence as
to who he was, and hoped there we're
no other people from the north in the
cabin.
SHOT . soul r said the warm. hearted
Adam. "But, my good fellow, you
cannot stay down there, 1t is i'm.
possible. have a whole stern cabin,
large, and airy that's your place, and
= pleasant time We will have Of it.
Come along" =.
But George hung back. "1t can't
BE-, ADAM: It would require forty
pounds to advance me to the dignity
Of cabin passenger and see, I have
just FOUR" pulling out that number of
soverei1ns. my mother sent me
sixty pounds; but I guessed we'll
enough where it came from, and l
sent it back With my SOULS thanks"
"That's all right said Adam
Swinburne, "but now hear. I shall
have half-a-sovereign for every passen-
ger on arrival. There are about two
hundred. I'll settle all that, and we'll
balance out Of the first nugget"
"But if we are drowned" said
George, smiling, "who's to pay for me
then 2"
"Why, let the proprictors come after
Us for it," said the kind.hearted
youth, aud laughing lugged George
away by the arm into the cabin.
"A patient already?" said the Cap.
tain, who was still sitting At the break
fast-table, with a number of ladies and
gentlemen.
"No; . passenger" said Adam, still
going on towards his cabin. George
seemed to breathe again as he entered
its airy space with Its books and com.
Portable furniture, and recalled the
filth, and stenehes, and darkness be-
low, with oil its motley crowds. The
business was soon arranged by Adam
With the Captain. Georges trunk
was carried in, and fresh bed added.
Georges Intelligence and gentlemanly
bearing soon made him = welcome in
mate Of the cuddy, and, As the voyage
went on, he saw ample cause to con.
gratul.te himself on escaping from be.
low. Two hundred people who had
been accustomed on land to lives of
daily labor, and to degree Of restraint
from the presence of their employers,
here thrown together for weeks and
mouths, without an object but to drink
Of the plentiful stores Of brandy which
the ship afforded TO gamble, and sing,
and fight, ere long presented q strange
spectacle, 10 which the coarse rioted.
aud the meek and more refined shrunk
aida snI a,{fa,od Tho nlo..>n<o.<