The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-08-14
fii'en for the cormrn, by Roy Twelve Years old.
The Runaway's Life.

The hunaway's Life.
Father, please don't whip him, he
won't do IL any MORE" said Mary Wood,
as her father was raising the stick to
whip her brother Henry, because he
would not tell lie. Mr.. John Wood
was at that time keeping saloon. Hc
was born in New York. Ills father was
well of, and when he died, left large
estate to his only heir, John Wood. He
being like great many young men, soon
run through with it. lie went from
there to the vicinity of Cambrige, mar
ried nice little woman, and commence
ed farming; he soon got tired of that,
and commenced saloon. BY this time
he had two children, Henry and Mary.
Henry was 13 years old and Mary IA.
To go back to the commencing of our
story, Mary's pleading did no good.
Mr.. Wood poured licks down OH him
till he was exhausted. "Mother," said
Henry that evening, 81 am going TO run
off; hate to leave you and sister Mary
here alone to receive the brutlity of a
drunken father, but cannot stand to be
licked because won't tell lie." MY
son, ] am sorry that your father is so
brutal as to make you leave, but will
fix up your clothing, and will come and
wake you up tonight" After bidding
his sister Mary good night, he went to
bed. In the night his mother came up,
gave him his clothing, saying, Henry,
get up now, II is time to CO." ''Goodbye,
mother" said Henry. Goodbye, my
hoy, and may Gods blessing be with
you.' Henry went out at the door which
had covered him, looking around on the
little arbor, and the dear old well where
he had cooled his parching lips. "Oh,
God! why hast thou ordered it SO ?"
said he, ''coulds't thou not have put it
on somebody who was more able to car
ny it?' lie was giving way to sorrow !;
tears were starting in his eyes; turning
abruptly away, he started on the road TO
Boston. lie had not gone very far, till
he overlook an old sailor, whose name
out to see his old mother, who lived in
Jonesvillc. So they walked on together !:
when they got to Boston, they got lost
somehow another. So Henry went up
to tho sailors home, and from there went
down to the harbor, got employment as
cabin boy on the ship, Alto, one Of the
finest ships that ever had been in Bos-
ton Harbor. lie went from there up TO
the clething store, bought nice little
sea chest aud stored it with clothing.
lie went down To ship in the evening,
and imagine his surprise on getting on
the ship, TO see his old friend, Jack Da-
wis. Jack spied him too. and said, Hen,
W har in the thunder have you been Z"
Henry told him. Are you bound i'm
thi, brig asked Jack? "Yes," replied
Henry. Pretty soon after they had start
ed, Henry began TO feel a sickly sensa-
ton that he had never before felt-it was
that dreadful sea-sickness-pretty soon
Inc was laying on deck puking like a
dog, (as the sailors expressed i..) One
of the sailors, TO have little fun, got a
piece OF fat meat, and slipping up behind
him, dropped IL on his face; had it not
have been for Jack, there would have
been more tricks played of Oh Henry
than there were. The next morning,
though Henry was hardly able TO stand
he was jerked out of bed and sent to
wash down the deck. lie soon became
so dizzy he had to lay down. lie had
not been down more than five minutes
when the Captain appeared on the deck
with rope, walking up to where Henry
Law, he commenced beating him with it,
III will teach you how to lay around me
aud be lazy, you Internal old puppy
YOU" Henry made an effort to rise but
could not The ca 2tain beat him till his
strength was exhausted, he then called
on Jack Davis, but Jack refused to do so.
IL will sec you directly Mr.. Davis lie
then called on Cudjo, the Cook. where
i'm the thunder are you going to put him,
after you have killed him." cried Cudio |!
IL amt going to kill him, you goose,
you,' replied the captain. Cudjo went
up and commenced beating him, he had
struck him about five licks, when he
cried, "Oh, we have killed him we have
killed him, Captainw Then they threw
him overheard for the hungry sharks to
devour. So ends the life of runaway,
who started out young and healthy.