Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-16
VOL. III. NO. 6.
A Woman's Error.
BY MRS. r.. b. EDISON.
CHAPTER NJ, CONTINUED.

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,KAHEN first left the house, il
EAkyt lu,ss A., Osifoli as cotlisi sio at
If%9El first to stand up against the
isSS33S storm. The wind and ram
were terrific, but after a moment or
two + started on, making slow headway,
however. 1t was pitchy dark; 1 could
not see.two. feet before me; but was
not afraid OF losing my way in Brent,
and so, drawing my hat well down over
my face, | pushed on, my thoughts go
ing before me. l youdered how she,
nv brother's wife, wonld receive me;
she had not spoken to me for twenty
wears. And then 1 fell To specializing
On the pfobable M tn e OF Danes secret,
M wos,tleriug ff 10 hadJanything tslao
with our father. thought IL had, and
I still think so. Suddenly, breaking in
upon NV musings like @ fierce thunder
bolt. a man sprang upon me from fhe
side of the road. l heard his swift step,
there was o rushing sound ip my ears
which was not fiieI roar Of the SURF or
the shrek of the wind, and that was
all. -.
Three days afterwards found myself
on board a Brazilian vessel, weak,
faint and. IL, And this was all ] knew
for several days mdre, for e Was too
weak, when l was not delirious, to talk
save in monosytIables. was carefully
n,,rsed and kindly cared for. ,ani
When became cohvafesceht, tffey told
me ali they knew w concerning me. 4
nrhe ia Plata''9that was ifhe YES
sel,s ,tvmeLhaxlo been with a cargo OF
merchai.dise to some of our northern
ports. The storm had driven her soine-
what out Of her coarse, and the MORN
ing found them not more than twenty
miles of the coast Of Brent. With the
flyst dawn of light the lookout at the
masthead discovered a boat drifting to-
wards them. At first they supposed II
empty but rs 1t came nearer, rising and
Ealing Oh the long swells, they qiscovT
! cred aImfsn 4yingS nOd0n1ess insthe Dot
tom of the boat. When they were near
enough, they threw out nook anu
drew the boat alongside, and one or the
sailors was let down into it, to ascertain
If the man were alive or dead, though
all inclined to the latter opinion. But
the man reported that he was warm, and
his heart beat family. So rope was
passed around his body and he was
lifted on 'sifipboafd, where theA sailor
quickly followed, and then the boat was
sent .adrift, and one Of the men sald ne
saw it, a little while after, floating bot
| ION up. q"
ssThere was a slight discol0ration
abot,t the telstffe,, Which 4Iie Ships str7
@eon at oace pronounced the effect OF q
severe blow which had rendered me
senseless. in which condition, as far rs
was concerned, / remained for nearly
three weeks, with only slight lucid in
ter,ssls M whiel.iEfe felt ooweek tosspahk
or stir. But after the first few hours on
shipboard my stupor passed on, and
was for the most part wildly deiirious.
They had do means of knuwiDg WHO OF
what Icwas, save as spoke the .Ehshsll
iaiigaage. Yhe captain and most OF the
crew We're Sbaiiish, and wheh I became
able to converse, my knowledge OF that
language ifelped me % 1eNpi iaifF al that
knew or the affair to them, They were
very kind tome, but of course seou ID not
put their ship aboat for my acccnmOda1
ton, and 1t was nearly three mohths pc
fore 4 was put ashore, and thenssI was
pepnjless and anOng strangers. z work
ed at anything + could find to .d5,, iWhicli
was not much, and barely sufficeda It'd
pay nv board. Two months watched!
and waited, but p potsasselitary henewarJ
bound vessel touched at the port, tho4gil
a number of wAalefs bound round the
Horn stopped for some sort of supplies
lsMy anxiety ouSyopfeaeeesth tsufH child
was Intense, the more as remembered
your sorrow at supposing me dead Al
last. sometime in September, vessel
touched at Rio .Janeiro, going as ial
north Assyara Crek. 9hhkiAg it better
than nothing, | shipped aboard this YES
sci in the capacity of cook, to procure
which had been the object OF their com
ling in. Bat I had snos been three day
on board ibcfofe itegaIf tolreSfet hatins
i left Rio Janeiro. The crew were made
MP OF Spaniards, Portuguese and ltal
ians. and were, soon discovered, in 1
mufno,rs stale. 1 The geaptsin was ;
Frenchman, and though passionate ant
excitable, was, | believe, the best maj
| on board the SstltillO. tfhe Spaniafd
were the Capttin's friends, while TIN
others favored RivierO, the second mat
of the slip, who had promised tlfem,
I've could get command of the ship, t.
run her into some jEinopeail poaf am
dispose of her cargo which was yer
valuable, and after dividing the spoil
and putting in some guns, they wOul
!. cruise about just where they liked, Oh
= I'm other words, become pirates.
ssrhey did not hesitate 10 discuss thei
plans before me, as had been very care
+ iul not to betray my knowledge Of thei
ansuage, whicii was, ,fndeed, Etr froi
being perfect, yet enabling me to MAX
out the main portion OF their plot. A
soon us l was sure, sought out the cal
cerning It, Whether they were susp
cious of me, or whether they had fait
lin their own ability TO tfetef1d then
selves, / never knew; for the mint
morning out l awoke with duh pal
i'm my head and a strange sensation (
nunibness in my limbs. lam not a heay
lsleener, but [ could remember IietiIiH
since drank my coffee at supper moi
than twelve hours before. l did sis
even Ireneiaber getfing i6tos ny 3berd
and all at once the conviction dawnt
upon me that l had been drugged, and
remembersd' otitins am Unusual taste
the coffee, of which, contrary to N
usual custom, had taken two cups.
sliuddered as l Thought of the pOssib
purpose of this, and laid half an hol
dreaAihg teanakeethe discovery Of Mh
feared; but unable to endure the 81
pense longer, arose and went OIL dec
A few swift glaneesE passed between t
!, sailors congregated there, and then,
a motion fiom Riviero, one of the m
came forward and infOrmetf me in ft
words of broken English, that l was
do. my work as usual andIaslk7 no 4tt
tions. never did, but l knew as 81
nd, AS if l had seen them do it., that tn
| bfQfQcirl tttktI1Aii Att1 tAsAtS1 a.
fully half the Spasiiaasls; for though
was on beard tire Saftflfo ffearly fo
;, months, 1 never saw or heard of TIN
after that night.t, ras
1--WE touched at several ports, bu
have no idea in what part of the wo
they were. as I-was never allowed
leave the ship and they were, for so
reason, very, careful to mention no nan
in my hearing. But one night ov
heard two OF the sailors talking. 81
one, a ittle sthriA of &ex ultatien In
tone:
'Riverio says we, will be in Lisl
in two days more.'
tJf "'I think 1t is time,' answered
other, grnffiy. t,..,..f...f,... .,.i, : ~
t''He wanted time to send word OF
coming to some of his friends. So fh
wonid be no surprise at his return "
ship and cargo. You know he is
4. tive OF Lisbon, and the authorities mi
have been inclined to ask disagrees
questions
Ia"sWhat is to become of the Am
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