The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-04-26
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hurt fly. But l wasn't so lucky,
though, when / crossed with him the
last time, COS there was great big man
who was slowing away as well, and they
showed us down in the fre.room and
made us shovel Goals Oh, my! wasn't
it hot. The BIZ fellow used to faint
nearly every day. Que time he got
regular fit, and had to be carried up on
deck: that was the time when we used
to take the red hot Goals out of the fur
mace and play the hose on 'em. Then
we couldn't see each others fac, for
the smoak. Oh lor, it was aw "ul. The
iremcn treated me well enough, 'cos |
used to make 'en laugh and sing songs
to 'em, but they used to swear at that
big fellow and throw things at him, COS
they thought he was making believe to
faint. But he wasn't. He told me he
had been starving in Liverpool, and we
was mcrc nor twenty four hours hiding
before we showed ourselves aui the big
fellow nearly dropped from bungo- and
weakness aud If you'd only seen him
tuck iuto The victuals che first chance
that he got you'd believed that he'd
been starving. However, I seen him in
| New York not ing ago, and he loo ks
quite respectable, and guv me quarter
aud told me l oush, to give up slowing
away
/ Aud have your tr.v;ls alw Us L-.u
confined to crossing the Atlantic Jim
my.
No ,ir; 7 once wo WI from MN
York to New Orleans in IL paddle boat
AMI did you sccrcto yourself in the
coal huukers as u-u,l2'
M. sir was ,fraii d;dnt kuow
! Tho roIes on 'hcm borts. 81 hid mTr,f
IN the lsddle b"x. Y,u knrw there's
r"om for three mr. four men in the boxes
but | d du't calkilnte on what I'd have
to go til "u$h ] ct mysci mp in
| corner, To keep clear Of tho paddles when
she star cl !; but when .he DID start.
oh my. was nearly kno ,kel into the
'itc Of the ship with the force Of tho
water wot Wis thrown at me, and
might iut rs we'll u DO dr. gged al or
he ship by rope. and better ton, f r
the force of,h water to,i all my bre nth
away. had to hold on for four
h'ar., though, aid then | tried to
,cream, but the noise Of the paddles
drowned my voic.', and | mi sht have
stopped there until We got to New Or
,eams, only passenger cam" out of en-
riesi'y to look into the p.ddle box, and
aud saw III, ;.
was screaming and roaring for my
life, but mob ,dy hid hclrd me, aud then
| had g't into the far corner of the p,d
die box, and they hal to stop the Ell he
to let me out That madc the captain
and tho engineer wild, aud tn Kicked
me and swore awful but they diln't
hurt me | had jolly trip that time
the passengers gave me bran new sui,
of clothes aud the captain nude me
wait OH hin at table
Aud how dill YOU get back to New
York"
/ was afraid to go back the samo way
81 i slowed away an another boat to
Galveston and then slowed away on the
reg gular alvcston ste.ncr back TO New
York"
And who is your friend Mickey
Il picked him up in New Yo,k. Hes
decent boy-hss father and mother,
and taat's mere nor have Oi. Mick
ey's all right; he told me his ia hers a
merchant, and he lives in Blxtcr avenue
lie wants 70 see iie he does, and when
he gets u Livcrp 'ol he'll wfi,e HON.
aud make his father send hini IN ,ncy t.,
pay his fare b ck.
Subsequent inqu res proved Jimmy.
account crhimscli to he correct in the
'n1in, AID his aniici atons of the joli-
nes os his pass'ge were moro rnau
realized. Both boys by their al,crity
and willingness male themselves cxtromc
ly useful to the passengers "sp ,ciallr to
tho sick onos, and at the end of tie
journey han Some little subscription
was got up for their joint benefit. Jim
my kaowlcags of life has proved o.
good service 70 bin, as he now arrives
in New York regularly dressed 10 neat