The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-01-07
THE Willie DU HAvRE


: NsRs FNNABRF says n bpN1
t.e pGd HuIh.
A ! write tlia letter the news poa
through tho laud tlrat The Vile IL
HRvre lieH MI The bottom Of the aen
The awful dienater must chill ever,
hnnrt. hnt IL comes home To me will
donhly dreadful import. ] go back h
nighta when hat dismal old boat woult
Of n sudden stand Htill aud Hhiver ant
shake like n paralytiC, when all hands
and Tho cook |Hcampered from stem tc
storm to learn the locality Of the laHI
trouble. I left that hnnt n devortlv.
thankful. but somewhat disappointed.
woman. | counted on her going 10 the
bottom that trip. Tho gorgeous old
hulk waa fixed mp with tho bloom ri
youth and patent HtayH md new i~naoI,in.
cry, but was old when she went into The
limo. She WINS an old Hide-whrel steam
or. which had born The name Of Napo-
Icon III, Queer name for an o Il girl.
She outraged all tho lava Of naval arrbi-
t]eotnro, and | always supposed ships.
like bridges. Must bo symmetrical in
allape to be aafe. Here was n shin.
originally Of good length. to which was
attached Hixty feet Of giIded saloon. It
$3.50 a'gad ne. atytala IA.
waa the tHfffs WidtH -
moi n Hinpie brace auyw IlsFs -
paueied beautifully with white marble
alabs. vctncd with gold. Mt a little dis-
TANGO they had the cheerful look Of
gravs-EtoncH. aud ID took o little inn
ngiuation to rad frat. olnaH obituary
~noticos on AL Of them. Thnt whole an
loon Hlwaya seemed to me a sort Of por.
oclain-liped iron diuner-pot. Very lucky
for mo il In that the Vile du Havre
didn't meet a floating clothea-pole Iaat
Augttnt. | shouldn't ho on dry land TO-
day thinking sadly Of those poor orea-
lures who poriHlrod on tho morning Of
tho 10Th Of November.
Aa - prophotcHH I am n a,1ccnHs and
/ mean to write 10 my potornRl proeen-
itcr tonight and learn If there In any
Heveptb daughter about me. | pre-
dicted n prediction that that vile old
hoat would never see tho year ID naoat.
md lol she in gone Never again
through her gildod saloon will ring The
Anglo~Frouch oty. Ding. dong, gargon.
rat lemonade I" There il n terrible
Lesson 10 ho learned from The IosE of the
Vile du ~Elnvre. If tho actunl facts are
eve known, for there wac frightful
economy shown in it's management, and
criminal recklosHnesa in ever putting
her on the line. When | came over
they hid the disabled state Of the screw,
aud took her back to bn repaired In
France, with ono entire fan gone mud
part Of another missing, because repairs
roBt so much loHs there tllnn here. They
saved 84O M n trip by using n filthy
yellow fat III the machinery instead Of
decent oil, and the smell of the vile
compound atewinR on the engines must
done much to reconcile the pnHHen-
gers 10 shirwreck, A paper expresses
aatoniahmeut that an electric light wac
not uaed. Why. the last / knew Of the
iaatBrdly economy of the French line
they were negotiating with a red-headed
1Rul. thinking he would prove q cheaper
for n headlight than The
feeble lanterng In uHe, Catch them In
thoir expenses one hundred
lollara a day for electric light.
/ eeuttlod The Bhip In half "a dozen
with hair-pips and paper.eutters,
| toll the unexeFEerated truth when n
any that lying on the sofa, iii ~stete.rorm
No, 30, / dug Into the pun wood. tW0
" three inches away ffonA1la hoh
with IL paperahlife ~
of iron Clint formed I'D outer
,oat. That iron plating vns nowhere
thicker than ~ frying. pan, and d deter.
mined little pilot-boat, with n shinefa.
mil Mt The prov, could have out
through ua and got out MT the other aide.
I II didn't run into the cook or captain
"a route, When the Loeb Darn ueta
nto port, the people will rush down 10
go The fearful agent of destruction.
will poHHeHs no such Importance for
40. | know how eapy Bhn did il. for
now what Rcr ny old shell the Vile du
fnvre was.
II Ia all very we'll TO write thus idly.
I try 10 client my heart Of pain hv
arele#s words. II In dismal enough ON
hure with II drisale hat In not rain.
nd n aleet tjInt Ia not SNOW. but before
he rise unbidden the familiar featarra
I that ship with tho panic stricken Hai-
IRA IN the grty of the morning atruR-
ling 10 get the salt.oloRRed bonts Off
tetr treFtles, tho hoarse orders of that
Id tar. Captain Surmont, mingled with
40 groena aud prayers mud uttor agony
tho desrairiuE passengers. with that
mixing ship beneath them mud the iov
htere around them. 10 me there .
'mes the pttifal pleading face Of the |
ttle Creole doctor. Oudeland. He was !
telling me of hiH wife and babies !
Havre. Poor homeeiok soul In
supreme moment how his dark face -
ost have biauched before the whiten-
truth that for him there wal no
turn that he was parted forever from j..
lose he loved Bo passionately. =
! don't know IL other people feel ms / I
} about these dreadful calamities but 2
got a morhidly pictorial soul Tint !
IL mp for woota after any horror like r
" Of the Vile du Havre, and presents 4,
9 with fearful tnbleaaz. I know i !.
fitted In spirit In and out with every ]
THAT was waahed ashore A Mars \
aad, / am roasted or torn by every i
ilfoad accident that d and for !,
. next few lays I'm a sufferer by che L