Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-16

-Nncfc TIE HItccle WIS kepI--tHtft Heft
about fifty bags on board, each contain
ing thousand doIIars-and I deter
mined to take my pay for my work
which | had done for them. as they
would not be likely to send it to me, il
went away their creditor.
81 knew | was paying myself liberal
ly, for | took one of the hags; Int
would not go through what did those
Hour months, again, for thrice that sum.
The mDney was in doubleoRs, and had
some difficulty ian arranging it about nv
person, but | srcreted the greater pOr-
ton by sewing it in my clothes. AS it
grew towards night found it very diff
fieult to cont ofmy excitement; my face
soottiU pale and fitish despite my utmost
efforts and p grew nervous at the thought
of eneoHnterihg tliesskeeii eyes of RIVE
re, tile oaly re;ti sharp man among them.
Bnt,g fortuhatel v fer me, Riyiero ffad ia
ken more than his usual allowance OF
wine-the fellow was not a bacchana-
liam, bat the excellent quality of the
wine, and his elation at the prospect OF
becomlng speedily rich, had overcome
his habitual teinperanee-and as Il con-
sequence he was sound asleep in his
cabin. ... 81. .
''i had made my arrangements to Sc
crete myself ON deck ,uiltif the second
watch was called. and during the stir,
trust to a chance to slip over the side of
the ship into one Of the boats. AS it
grew dark crept cautiously under some
old sails and coils ofrigging, hardly dar-
Ing to breathe for. fear of discovery.
While lying there l had the pleasure of
hearing the following brief but pointed
dialogue, one OF the speakers being the
same man who had given me the first
hint OF ihy fate the evening before.
Where is the American o-nig ht?'
"sGone to sleep if he drank that cof-
fee,' was the reply. { Butt hadn't as it
happened. There was little pause and
then the other asked in a low tone:
"'Who is going 70 do the job?'
"'Pedro. He don't mind such work.
don't mind it myself when man
it's different thing to kill sleeping
man. .ssxo.. ......1szf..r4 5lzfs
s'1he men walked away and 1 heard
no MORE, never had such hard work
in my life as / did to force myself to lie
there fonrsheurs, expecting every instant
that Pedro would discover my absence
from my berth, and raise the alarm,
when l should be discovered and proba-
bly, he shotinslantiy. 20 those terrible,
terrible hOurs-shall l never forget
them. =
f1mBat all earthly things come to an
end, and SO at last did that first watch
Wien the men nturnetlsthei backs isron-
ed TO aae edge Of the deck aiId SLIPPED
foverthe railing, still holding to it With
my hands not daring to drop into the
boat until had listened a moment to see
| if had been heard. 1t was very dark,
without stars or moon, and was rs like
iy to drop in the water as In the bOat-a
little shelf of a thing, which for the last
| two or three days had been drifting
alongside, confiued by two stout ropes
| to ue side. OF the ship. i held oi.sas long
rs could ami then dropped into the
WaSer, just grazing my hand againstthe
boat prov. Perhaps it was fortunate l
did not fall into the boat, the noise
might have startled them. 4 staid in
the water Il moment or two. supporting
myself by holding or, to the side of the
boat, and theii Climbed III, and then,
after waiting another moment, Il care
fully cut the ropes, aud the vessel
moved oil, leaving me alone and in ut
ter darkness in that little frail boat. But
it was the happiest moment l had
known in my life, and for the first time
for four long, long hours, drew Il full
lsbreath and rha hanled God for myRlarvxl-
Elous escape. l felt round and sue
ceeded i'll finding some oars, and then
hffn<d the boat about, and srowed fol
my life away from tile ship.
'sTLes next norning hfasg picked up
by ship bOund for Bordeaux, and safe
landed in that port two days later
! told MY story, aIiu word was at once
dispatched to the authorities at Lisbon
but whether from fear of that same
thing, after discovering my escape, OIL
from what. cause, l. ueyer knew, but Iht
SaltiIio never csine into Lisbon--at leas
SHE mad not when left Bordeaux.
had another tit of illness after l LANDED
, there, .lid from one. cause and anotiIe
| did not reach New York until abou
three weeks ago. had bought my
! ticketGof BreAt,A and was walking NJ
and down the platform when the trail
from the East came in. 4 Was SO alb
sOfbed in pleasant anticipations, won
! defing What you would say, dear, AM
pictnring to myself your sweet fac
with its look Of sudden surprise, that
tdid not parfieularlt notice a woman
} tw Ii6in two iifeii Bore 'iptst me into tn
! | MsBut Just then a handkerchief cam
) hattefing to my feet. stopped me
] ehanlealiy and picked it up, and AS
:, did so, something about it brought yo
so powerfully before me, that put tn
Z handkerchief-a little hem-stitche
! bit OF linen-in my pocket, and fol
: lowed the men as far as the door. The
u were just laying their burden on
e tfoungc as j glanced In, aud heard on
s OF the men say, in answer to some que.
= ttion: l3 ir I-f a'G,.i- -1
i "'We do not know anything abot
i her. She has been in this catalepti
Il Estate ever since she entered the cars
: and then he stepped aside little an
n <rla NO in fas,,
n my little Lena! All, how many times
# had pictured that same dear face befoI
y me, but never, u never like that!
e 81 do not know in what words [ mad
q known my relationship, but l remen
IT Der that they all fell back respectful
4, whenI came and knelt besitle you, an
ii were very gentle and thoughtful, OF
| going for physician who advised yo,
to immediate removal to the hospital. All
" that is how you came here, and the re
you mow dear :" 4 y = * =
le ''Dear, dear father!'' she said, in
M tone of unutterable love, laying h
at cheek against his hand.
s. "a very strange story" said DOet
k. Dfnsfifore, land fully accounting f
nc the mysterious disappearance which
ut shocked and paisled us. But one poi
en- of the mystery still remains unsolve
w Who conld it nave been that gave "
to the blow which rendered yon senselel
s and put: you in Davitt's boat, and s
I'll you adrift in such, u terrible night ?''
ey f.l4stW as stDavitt's boat p,iilt -a.
nd Yes, 1t was discovered missing t
| morning you were, and. two weeks
ur terwartls it was picked up at sea, a
.m tit0Ved into Brent. This confirmed pt
pie in the belief that you had taken t
boat for some purpose, and we
Id wrecked on che h:iftor bar"
To tse1God alone knows how was saved
ne he said, selenanly; sit doesn't seem p
les sib1e' to mortal eyes. But as to who
err was, / do not. know as had an enel
lys in Brent save Barry Grey, and l had
Ids thought him bitter enough for tn
Sometimes have thought that may
ION she-Dane's wife-intited him to i
deed.''
the so father,o interrupted Lena, in
y panied voice, "vou must not think ST
Mis- terrible things of her, indeed J
ere mustn't. Aunt Celia has been very X
18th to sme, and once, when | was speak
ma of you, she buried her face In her hal
ght and broke into such terrible, passion
BILE weeping that was frightened. An
shall never forget how She looked wi
eri- she said. looking up at me through
tears: .,. a5s-5 fs3-