The Morning herald., 1876-12-25
there been I would have hired ons and in.
sisted on their 0Oinrthere

went to zee the lady, and made this
proposal a. delicately - could. There
were two berths in my room. i urged her
and her daughter to- take them. At tirst
they both refused most positively, with
tears of gratitude. But would not be 90
put of. To the mother l portrayed the
situation of the daughter in that den of
horror; to the daughter pointad out the
condition ofthe mother; to the son showed
the position of his mother and sister, and
thus worked upon the holiest feelings OF
their hearts. For myself assured them
thai could get a place among the sailors
in the forvta-tie, and that l preferred do
ins 50, BY sucl means as these moved
them to consen, They did so with an ex-
preston of tha kfulness that brought tears
to my eyes.
"Dear Ma me-" said I, "you will break
my heart if .ou talk 80. Take the room
and say notlng. have been wanderer
for years, It ID can live any where"
1t was III then that found out their
names. 'ols. them mine. They looked
at one tl.other in astonishment. Ian.
ghet.i?' said the mother.
EYES," ,...- ....- %.
"D.d yon ever live in Holby7"
"les. MY father WAS organist in Trinity
CAnrcn, and l and my sister lived there
some years. She lives there still" .
My Godv' was her ejaculation.
"Why?" l asked, with eager curiosity
What do you know about Hobby, and
about Longhetti?" ~.
She looked at me with solemn earnest
nest. 81" said she, ''am the wife, and
these are the children Of one who was your
fathers friend. He who was my husband,
and the father ofthese children, was Ralph
brandon, of Brandon Hail."
l stood for moment stupefed. Then l
burst into tears. Then | embraced them
all, and saidI know not what of pity and
sympathy and affection. My God to
think If such tale as this awaiting the
family of Ralph BrauJon. Did you know
this, OH Teresina? If so, why did you
keep it secret? But no-you could not
have known it. Ifyou had this would not
have happened.
They took my room In the cabin-the
dear ones--Mrs Brandon and the sweet
Edith. Theson Frank and stay together
among the emigrants Here l am now,
and l write this as the SUI is getting low,
and the uproar Of all these hundreds is
sounding in my ears.
June 3O.-There is panic in the ship.
The dread pestilence known as ''ship.fes-
yer" has appeared. This desease is the
terror of emigrant ships. Shurely there
was never any vessel so we'll adapted to be
the prey of the pestilence as this Of ours
l have lived for ten days among the steer
age passengers, and have witnessed their
misery, ls God just? Can he look down
unmoyed upon scenes like these? Now
that the desease has come, where will it
stop,
July 3.-The desease is spreading. Fiji
teen are PROSTATE. Three have died.
July lO.-Thirty deaths have occurred,
and fifty sick. 1 am assisting to nurse
them.
July l5.-Tbirty -four deaths since my |
last One hundred and thirty are sick.
will labor here if l have to die for it.
July 1:.-lf this is my last entry let tbs
diary be sent to Mr.. Thornton, care OF
William Thornton, Hobby, Pembroke,
above entry was written in
English, the remainder was sll in Italian,
as before). More than two hundred are
sick. Frank Brandon is down. ! am
afraid TO let his mother know it. am
working night and day. In three days
there have been forty-seven deaths. The
crew are demoralized and panic-strlcken.
July 23,-Shall survive these horrors
More than fifty new deaths have occurred.
The disease has spread among the sailors,
Two are dead, and seven are sick. Horror
prevails. Frank Brandon is recovering
slowly. Mrs. Brandon does not know that
he has been sick. We send word that we
are afraid to come foi fear Of communicate
ing the disease to her and to Edith.
July 27.-More than half Of the sailors
are sick. Eleven dead. Sixty-seven Pas-
sengers dead since last report. Frank
Brandon almost we'll, and helping me in
my work. |
July 3O.-Nearly all the sailors more
,r less sick-fve new deaths among them.
Ship almost unmanageable. In the Gulf
IF st. Lawrence. Talk of putting into
some port. Seventy passengers dead.
August 2.-Worse yet. Disease has
,pread into the cabin. Three cabin passen-
yers dead. God have mercy upon poor
Mrs. Brandon and sweet Edith! All the
,teerage passengers, with few exceptions
Drostrate. Frank Brandon is weak but
1elps me. l work night and day. The
,hip is like floating pest-house. Forty
new deaths since last report.
August 7.-Drifting along, | know not
1ow, up the St. Lawrence. The weather
,alul. and two or three sailors able to man
,g. he shin. Captain and mate both dead.