Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-14

umbrella thief has been sent to the peniten-
tiary for fourteen days. lie carried of the
sacred implement from the waiting room Of
a railway station, and when asked by the
Judge what he had to say for himself, he de
clared that he left the station with the UNI
brella " in a fit Of abstraction. This was
evident enough, but the court sent him mp
all the same.
ANor;haeet Passengers Story.
We take the following from the late Lon
don papers
/ ArRocIoUs CONDUCT OR tbs FOREIGN VESSEL.
~ We had been amusing ourselves after
tea with songs, some of them telling tales
and perhaps half dozen of Us men had
/ been on deck. for the weather was getting
/ bit calmer Most of the emigrant~ had gone
/ to bed and We're dropping off TO sleep but
/ and three fellows were playing cards
/ beating YOUR neighbOr out of doors. The
/ doctor had been round and told Us we had
| better get in bed, as he could not allow any
| playing at that time Some of them were
/ talking, laughing and making fun together,
when suddenly heard voice ON the deck
| crying out. Ship ahoy was listen
| ing TO what 1t meant. when heard a Eurg-
ilhs Ii"i9V i'hO l'i' "i 'Ic N"t'i' anu ii''4i'e
dately altefWard Temendou, crash
Tusneu up 9''-lI9 al once Ohe ol ii4 mates
| was playing with, he got up and dropped
/ his cards ON the table, and. turning pale a~
a ghost, he ran To his bunk for fright. and
was going 70 hide himself The other two
ran after me up To the deck One of my
mates was thrown ont of his bunk 10y the
| crash. for the other ship stove into our'n
/ just under where he lay. and the wood was
loAI ii'5 anu .i",'i'llS 'l'l'i. il'o"''s Jus
w., bo5rJ ~, -,,at, ,,l,,, 49, ,,r-l. IN,
tryman. holloaing to somebody. though we
could not at the moment see either him or
them. A. we came running towards him
We saw a big vessel right against Us with
her bow thar near thatl could have iumpea
on to her. nth lot of men running about
on her. ialhcring IN q tongue a~ / could
not understand. nor the mate neither. Then
the mate turns % me and ~ay-. Il can'tuu-
dcrstaud what they say. Nou run down be-
low. and tell that French fellow To- c1ncup.
merriam, he can talk to them. for We had a
French fellow among Ms. A. / turned railnl
to 20 down. / see the foreigner bearing
round with her stern 90 ours. and a lot of
her crew running 10 the bow with piece of
tarpaulin. which they threw over the f-ure
head $, as Ia hide her name With fhar
she backed water and got clear ut U.s. The
mate he was shouting % them all the time
and when he sees .hi- he cries out. %. my
God -t,D and save ID. f,- yv, Ia,e ,,yer
four hundred emirrant. On hoard = lint II
was not biz of use. sir. for she backed
water and shot across our bow. and was
AWAY with her black smoke driving i'm our
faces. before We could -ly many words %
each other while thew on hoard cried og,
sometime foreign. which off ,o8r-. we
c,nlJ make uotbinr Of
.....
''''
We SET To Work "i tHe pump with /
hearty good WILL they tied ropes [" ihe
hands oi the pump. winch was double
acting one and we all set Co together tI.l
the water ran of me, but lt was no good, |
sir We did not get out much, and the ship
lay perfectly -tlll, and wecould almost feel
her sinking Ike. W hlie the deck was get
ting fuller, managed 10 scramble down
the hatchWaY, and grupe my way 90 my
bunk. When ! came 90 the foot of the lad
der stepped ia water t0 over my ankles, /
and the cold sent % chill through me, for |
knew then that We had not many minutes
to live. ! saw jim Thomson lying in his
bunk with his clothes over him. and pull
ed them of his body and shook him, and
cried out to him that he had better come on
utth, lNT TINT lut water Wis Tl~iu- ON tuc ]
main deck but he looked at me in stupid |
sort of way. and groaned. and shook his
head. God help me SAYS he. ! may as
well be drowned here, George. Oh God |
have mercy on me-. | tried for a moment
20 pull him outand drag him along with me: ]
but he was like a log. and wouldn't help no |
more than a baby. They We're rroaniug /
and crying all around Inc. / could hear |
the CAPTAINS voice now and then above the |
prayinr and crying. but don't know as /
any one was paving attention to him. Two |
chaps had got hold of the tackle of the /
port life boat. and were lowering il pretty /
quick. for we were getting near the water |
at every moment. Suddeplv there was a l
cry from below. Cast her off. she's full |
inst MANAGED to ret TO the side and looked |
over. and could see that the little boat was /
as fun as she could be. with some thirty /
men in her. who were all tumblinr over /
each other, and ightingfor seats. and shout |
ing. while those at the bow were irving to |
unhook her. The mate and storekecper |
hallowed out to them To come back. but |
there wasa hoarse kind of laugh went up |
from those in the boat. and they sworc at !
the mate ane told him he might come and /
qet them. The mate rot hold of the rome /
and gave a pull at it. and he saws TO the I
boatSwain. Let US drown the coward, = /
but they were too quick for them below. |
for some of them had rot their knives out |
and were cutting AWAY at the ropes They |
were clear in n lew moments and showed off |
| had alway, been Good swimmer. and in |
a ouiot s,rt of yrov boned tb,t,t The lost |
moment | migbt lie allie to swim In some- |
where and qef sayed bnt II lid NOT seem to |
r,otter nucb T., me :