The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-03
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The policeman turned pale and civil.
'tAiay you goin' along with her, sir 2
saia be. 'AI'" % N'T st,l.o ,,. .,SS -. 80. 49,
IN not: pass i Tie 9sa5ha 9aiashs here. ; '' I
He retired, ,sTearipg aaa anttly, and and
locked shs door On, me-, ..o;. -. -.
| could not siespr basi 1T sff, steti.s,
I was free ,at, last from my prosecusria J,
I was 50 pleased, ttas I sang . merry,
song, and carved my name on Che wall,
with . rusty nail, as other prisoners
have doae before me, the next day i
was taken before magistrate, who dis7
missed the !c case & once, Al and I sayip rssasyaippeal
ny journey.
When / reached, Glsu,ggsoza, Glugs To-, found
that my ship was on the poip. Of sailing
My luggage had been placed on board,
aud my half-cabin was ready for me.
7 We had dreadful weather Of sea; we
we're driven many hundred miles out Of
our course; and FOR three weeks after
leaving Glasgow l was terribly ill, and
did not leave my cabin. I believe
l should not have left my, esbiali Is
ali III had NOT beea tkrorn b bsadiiI5 dil out ,sa
ofa 81 ( Tremendous eepedssioa coz one ID very very
stormy night. '' - - S''''
! rushed on deck, and found every
thing in the widest confusion. A fear
full storm was raging, and the ship had
struck on . sunkep rock, Th4re, was
absolutely NO hope for her, and it was
impossible to launch a boat, even If it
could Aaye lived in sueh.assca. - =
don't want to harrow anybody, 60 I
will content nyself With explaining that
amid the shrieksu Of three hundred peo
pie, the vessel foundered. "
1 l always take the prseautiou, when Ct
sea, Of wearing u little india-r6bber
apparatus round my neck, which in.
fate, and in that condition sit prevents
my head from going under / inflated
it i,nstily, aud found thatilt answered
admirably. was tossed about violently
sfor.some hours, md when the gale as
1 ishashkdhsiasd, III was lar DAT q. ssa.
No litid Mas Visible; aud as rose and
/ Hin the suLk topping sea, 1 felt that
w ns hour m wss II hziid: / I5oEaa ssgsFly' s
towards che horizon on all sides, in the
vain hope Of seeipgIa distant soil, but I
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 l was hor-
ri6ed TO find that it was alive! Still l
approached it, rejecting that death from
a sea-monster was preferable to death
from starvation, aud to my amazemept /
found that it was making straight in my
direction. On approaching it, l was
appalled, to 6od that it resembled moth
ife so much as human head in q
floating plate; and on coming within
three or four yards, l discovered that it
was the head of Miss ,Fortescue, suppor-
ted above water by q coutrivance similar
in character to the apparatus l have
already described. / should add that
her great fat bunchy body, and I had
no doubD her legs, were still connected
with it.
Not Miss Fortescue 2 said I.
'Rummy old passenger, by Gar : said
she. What you doing here, sarY
Il am not here by choice. I was
wrecked in the 'Aurorl Borealis.'
sMe, tool sand she.
J. sYou!' !'said I. Were you on board
the Aurora ?
'-Borcalis, added she. 'Yes-me
| atewardeas How are vnn7'
i am very cold, and this confounded
thing has given me crick in the neck
sSituation damp, said she. TRY this,
you queer one!'
1t Was a flask Of brandy. She held it
to my lips until had taken comforta-
BILE draught.
Two shillings,' said she, holding the
bottle Co the light TO see How much /
had eakeh.
Here it is said I. u
'Stewardcss, a shiling-makc three
determined to resist this extortion,
for on that line of packets the Stewards
fee is included in tho fare. told her
so.
You mean old cuss ! said MisS For
tescue. 4 give you nothing more' -a'