Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-11-21
THEY MET AND PARTED.

SOuV O"SAoJ JCaIo dSO SG6am-
ship sailed from European port to
this country. Among those ON board
were French Huguenot gentleman and
youHg English lady, They had never
met before; but no sooner did they see
each other than an attachment sprang
p between them, which soon ripened,
upon acquaintance, into mutual esteem
and enduring love. The vessel, when
seven days out, struck upon Cape Race
Rock, and became total wreck. Most
OF the passengers were saved, among
them the two persons alluded to, and
landed, in small boats, at Chance Cove,
few miles north Of the cape. Here
they remained for several days, living
a la Robinson Crusoe, until they were
observed by coasting vessel and taken
off in small parties to st. John, New
Foun9iand. At this place the subjects
OF my story were united in marriage.
The 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 Brunswick) telegraphed to his
port of destination in the United States
for, or take the fortnightly mail-steamer
to Halifax. AS this latter course in
volved the payment of passage, and
most of our shipwrecked people had
lost their all on the sharp pointed rocks
of Cape Race, but few could avail them
selves of it. On the other hand, to
await the relief vessel involved fur
ther detention at st. John of, it was be-
lleved, fully two months-not a very
pleasant prospect in suca place. In
this dilemma our hero resolved upon a
rstSe. He and his wife hid themselves
in different places on board the Halifax
steamer when she was ready to sail.
Their plan was to remain concealed
until she was out at sea, and then to
discover themselves. The gentleman
had friends at Halifax, and knew he
could obtain funds when he arrived
there. They were both young, giddy
creatures, >and hardly understood the
foolish nature of their enterprise.
Well, the vessel put to sea and, af
ter few hours of seclusion, the French
gentleman made his appearance. This
was the signal for volley of curses
from the captain Of the vessel, and q
cruel order condemning the stow-a-wa
to the martyrdom of coal-bunker.
But our hero cared nothing for either
the heat of the furnace 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. So he went to work al
stokiug coal with will, determined
first to allow the captains rage to blow
over, and then TO search out his hidden
sweetheart.
Imagine his horror and despair when
he heard, shortly afterward, from 9
brother stoker, that his wife had been
discovered before the vessel left pori
and put ashore. In vain had she called
upon her husband, who could not heal
her in vain had she asserted to the
infuriated captain that her husband
was slowed away on the vessel, and thai
she would not be parted from him
She was heard with derision, anc
treated as an unscrupulous and vicious
person; so that she was doubtless
landed in st. John not only minus {
husband, but also minus q character
for responsibility. At least, this wal
the conclusion to which her unhappy
husband arrived as he looked over the
trackless waters about the vessel anc
cursed the repeated misfortunes they
had visited upon him. However, there
was no help for the situation until hs
could reach Halifax.
Next day, or the day after, he wal
kicked rather than put ashore, anC
found himself in the streets of Halifa,
q in guise so suspicious that, but fol
his obvious air of gentility, he would
not have been received at the Arcadiai
Hotel, where he had had the courage tt
apply for board.
TO make the story short, he succeed
ed in finding his friends and having hi
drafts honored, thing he could no
accomplish in Newfoundland. Thel
ne offered to pay for his stolen passag
IN the steamer, an offer which was i'm
pudently, refused by the agents. III
nnally took passage back in the sam,
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