Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-11-20
THEY MET AND PARTED.

a French Huguenot gentlemen and a
young English lady. They had never
met before but no sooner did they
see each other than an attachment
sprano ND between them, which soon
ripened, upon acquaintance, into mu-
tual esteem and enduring love. The
vessel, when seven days out, struck
upon Cape Race Rock, and became a
total wreck. Most of the passengers
we're saved, among them the two per-
sons alluded to, and landed, in small
boats. at Chance Cove, q few mil S
north Of the cape. Here they remain
ed for several days, living q la Robin
son Crusoe, until they were observed
by a coasting vessel and taken .oh III
small parties to st. John, New Found
land. At this place the subjects OF
my story were united In marriage
Tie only means of getting away from
st. John was either TO wait for the re-
lief steamer which the captain OF the
wrecked vessel had (by way of st.
John, New Drunswick) telegraphed TO
us port of destination IN the united
States for, or take the fortnlghtly
mail-steamer to Halifax. As this lat
ter course involved the payment II
passage, and most OF our shlpwrecked
JpCL q lldU lOSt blcit oh thO CA'-
nointed rocks OF Cape Race, but few
could avail themseiveN i 1t. On the
other hand, to await the rell' vessel
involved a further detention at .
} Ohm of, 1t WAS believed, fully two
months not a very Z ~ pr"spec
in such place. In this t''=laInn "1i
hero resolved upOn y ra5e lie ana
H. wife Ind ,u--,n~e > III off rent
II
wien she was ready 10 sail. Ihtn
plan was to remain concealed untl'
she was out at sea. and then to discoF-
friends at Halifax, and he knew he
could obtain fluids when he arrived
there. They were both young, g'd,iy
creatures, and hardly understood the
foolish nature of their enterprise.
Well, the vessel put to sea; and, a.
| ter few hours of secluslon, the
French gentleman made his appear
ance. This was the signal for a vol
lev of curses from the captain of the
| vessel, and a cruel order condemning
| the stow-a-way TO the martyrdom OF a
! coal-bunker. Bus our hero cared
| nothing for either the heat Of the fur
mace or the smut of the coal. He had
| gained his passage, and his misery
would be over in two days. The only
thing he cared about was his wife. Sc
! he went to work at stocking coal with n
| viii, determined first to allow the cap
| tain's rage to blow over and then TO
| search ont his hidden sweetheart.
Imagine his horror and despair
when he heard, shortly afterwards,
from g brother stolzer, that his wife
had been discovered before the vessel
! left port, and put ashore. In VAIN
had she called upon her husband, who
could not hear her; in vain had she
asserted to the Infatuated captain that
her husband was slowed away on the
vessel, and that she would not be
parted from him. She was heard with
derision, and treated as an Gnscrupu-
Ious and vicious person; SO that she
was doubtless landed IL St. John 5
not only minus husband, but also
minus a character for respectabliity.
At least, this was the conclusion tC
which her unhappy husband arrived
IS he looked over the trlckteSS waters
about the vessel and cursed the re-
heated misfortunes they had visited
upon him. However, there was DC
help for the situation up.I L coz d
reach Halifax.
Next day, or the day afr, he We
kicked rather than r'ls ashore, auo
found him n ine stress q iia. tx
IL q gUiso so suspicious that, but foi
his obvious alr OF 6e1tiNty, ho woutU
not have been received at Ito Arc d'a1
Hotel, where Be had D3i the courage
to apply for board.
, To make the story short, he sncceed
Ell in finding his friends uad having
Lis drafts honOrc;i, thing hs cou:o
not accomplish in Newfoundland
Then he offered TO pay tor ms stotoL
passage i'll the steamer, IN offer wLlci
vas impudent!y refused by the agents.
same vessel for 1t. }ohos with the
T,eT Ct tescG1pG lis vile from ilti
UuCG-1tC; ttit.c GrJ i3ciJous POSITION
there.
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fo1ni that tite ra'ief ,es.c! from i:,e
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creature MAJ Ia sde Two very lmp ortait
u III TIE nrst place, the re
llei vessel GA not go 10 the port to
"nici the "feckea vessel was bound !;
III Inc secohu p,'ca' her friends dld
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m eiSe' supposed 10 De our
"es'. DC tha0 "h9h' after many de-
t s3 our heart,oroken trenohman
!ouna MS way 70 the port OF destlna-
eIon' ne cooio discover no trace OF his
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