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

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The policeman poll a turned pale and civil.
| 'Ain't you goin' along with her, sirr
said he. ' ~ ''"
I 4 am not I pass the night here Il
he retired, swearing fuently, and
locked the door on me.
could not etcep--buti ut Ill e&ents.
was free at last from my prosecutrfA.
was so pleased, tfist I Gang merry
song, and carved my name ON the wall
with rusty nail, as other prisoners
have done before me. The next day I
was taken before a magistrate, who dis
missed the case at once, and resumed
my journey.
When ! reached Glasgow, I found
that my ship was on the point of sailing
My luggage had been placed ON board,
aud my halfcabin 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, and
did not leave my cabin. l believe
should not have left my, cabin at
als if had not been thrown bodily on.
! ofit BY tremendous concussion one very
stormy night.
| l 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. Th.re was
absolutely no hope for her, and it was
impossible to launch boat, even if it
could have lived in such q sea.
/ l don't want to harrow anybody, 30
will coutent myself with explaining that
amid the shriesy of three hundred peo
pie, the vessel foundered.
| L always take the prseaution, when at
sea, OF wearing little india-rGbber
apparatus round my neck, which 1 in.
fate, and in that condition it prevents
my head from going under. / inflated
it hastily, and found that 1t answered
admirably. was tossed about violently
? for some hours, aud when the gale u,
4 lshssh rabsided, Il was lar out at sea
No lahd was Visible; aud as rose and
Il fell in the sulky topping sea, l felt that
I ny fCar wa.s 1t fahd: I60xsd eagefISS' cry
towards the horizon on all sides, in the
vain hope Of seeing distant soil, but
saw none. There was, However, one
thing in view-a dark round thing
floating or the waves mile or so from
nae. struck out for it, and was hor-
rlhed TO 6ud that it was alive Still |
approached it, rejecting that death from
a sea monster was preferable to death
from staryat' .nd to my amazcment
found that it was making straight in my
direction. On approaching it, l was
appalled, to fnd that it resembled moth
irfe so much as human head in a
floating plate; and on coming within
three or four yards, discovered that it
was the head of Miss Fortescuc, suppor-
ted above water by eontrivance similar
in character to the apparatus | have
already described. / should add that
her great fat bunchy body, and (L had
no doubt her legs, were still connected
with it,
Nat Misc Enrtosoua p s,,I
'Runmy old passenger, by Carl said
she. What you doing here, sarY
Il am not here by choice. I was
wreck ed in the 'Aurora Borealis.'
NE, too sand she.
'You. said I. Were you on board
tire Aurora? 2
'-Borcalis,' added she. 'Yes-me
stewardess. How are your
Il am 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 Of brandy. She held it
to my lips until had taken comforta-
bic draught.
Two shillings, said she, holding the
bottle Co the light to see how much 1
had taken.
Here it is said I.
'stewardcss, shilling-mahc three.
determined to resist this cxtortion,
for on that line of packets the steward 8
fee is included ia tho fare. L told her
SO.
You mean old cuss = said MisG For